Mercer Bears vs. Samford Bulldogs

Feb 7, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
MER	22	27	49
SAM	40	29	69

Game Recap

Samford takes down Mercer 69-49. Jadin Booth scored 28 points as Samford beat Mercer 69-49 on Saturday night.

Player Stats

MERCER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
26Armani Mighty	33	4-13	0-0	3-4	9	0	1	1	0	2	11
11Brady Shoulders	32	1-5	1-2	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	2	3
6Baraka Okojie	35	9-17	2-4	5-8	4	2	1	0	3	3	25
1Zaire Williams	28	2-6	1-3	3-3	3	0	1	0	2	3	8
5Kyle Cuffe Jr.	19	0-4	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
18Pero Zubac	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Bendji Pierre	6	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
2Connor Serven	17	0-3	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	2	0
22Jaydon Cole	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23Braeden Carlsen	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
3Quinton Perkins II	13	0-5	0-3	0-0	1	3	0	0	1	2	0
14TJ Grant	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Tristan Gross	9	0-2	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
TOTAL	-	16-5927.1%	4-1723.5%	13-1776.5%	32	7	4	1	8	16	49

SAMFORD	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
15Dylan Faulkner	23	8-12	0-0	0-1	12	0	2	1	1	2	16
5Cade Norris	30	2-4	2-3	0-1	5	1	0	0	0	2	6
0Isaiah Campbell-Finch	29	4-6	0-0	0-2	4	1	0	0	1	2	8
3Keaton Norris	30	2-9	1-7	0-0	3	2	2	0	2	2	5
2Jadin Booth	29	6-9	2-4	14-14	3	1	1	0	1	3	28
4Judson Bjornstad	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
23Caleb Harrison	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22Jaxon Pollard	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
35Will Shaver	13	0-2	0-0	1-2	2	2	0	3	2	3	1
10Kam Martin	20	1-5	1-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	1	3
8Zion Wilburn	12	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0


TOTAL	-	24-5048.0%	6-1931.6%	15-2075.0%	36	7	5	4	9	16	69

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMERSAM

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Mercer.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Samford.
+2 (19:48) Baraka Okojie makes 18-foot jumper.
20
(19:18) Dylan Faulkner misses 5-foot jumper.
(19:11) Dylan Faulkner Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:11) Dylan Faulkner makes 0-foot tip in layup.
22
(18:57) Baraka Okojie misses 21-foot jumper.
(18:54) Isaiah Campbell-Finch Defensive Rebound.
(18:42) Dylan Faulkner misses layup.
(18:39) Baraka Okojie Defensive Rebound.
(18:33) Brady Shoulders misses layup.
(18:31) Cade Norris Defensive Rebound.
(18:15) Keaton Norris misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(18:12) Zaire Williams Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:57) Baraka Okojie makes layup.
42
+3 (17:43) Cade Norris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jadin Booth assists).
45
(17:18) Armani Mighty misses layup.
(17:15) Keaton Norris Defensive Rebound.
(17:10) Keaton Norris bad pass turnover.
(16:50) Foul on Zaire Williams.
(16:50) Zaire Williams turnover.
+2 (16:26) Isaiah Campbell-Finch makes 3-foot turnaround jump shot.
47
(16:14) Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:11) Dylan Faulkner Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:47) Dylan Faulkner makes layup.
49
(15:27) Armani Mighty misses 7-foot hook shot.
(15:23) Dylan Faulkner Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:01) Jadin Booth makes 13-foot pullup jump shot.
411
(14:48) Foul on Jadin Booth.
+1 (14:48) Zaire Williams makes free throw 1 of 3.
511
+1 (14:48) Zaire Williams makes free throw 2 of 3.
611
+1 (14:48) Zaire Williams makes free throw 3 of 3.
711
+3 (14:37) Jadin Booth makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cade Norris assists).
714
(14:14) Armani Mighty misses 6-foot hook shot.
(14:11) Will Shaver Defensive Rebound.
(13:49) Foul on Quinton Perkins II.
+1 (13:49) Jadin Booth makes free throw 1 of 3.
715
+1 (13:49) Jadin Booth makes free throw 2 of 3.
716
+1 (13:49) Jadin Booth makes free throw 3 of 3.
717
(13:21) Bendji Pierre misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(13:19) Kam Martin Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:57) Jadin Booth makes 24-foot three point jumper (Will Shaver assists).
720
+3 (12:42) Baraka Okojie makes 26-foot three point jumper.
1020
(12:19) Foul on Quinton Perkins II.
+1 (12:19) Jadin Booth makes free throw 1 of 2.
1021
+1 (12:19) Jadin Booth makes free throw 2 of 2.
1022
(12:05) Quinton Perkins II misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:02) Kam Martin Defensive Rebound.
(11:44) Will Shaver misses layup.
(11:42) Connor Serven Defensive Rebound.
(11:34) Bendji Pierre misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(11:30) Will Shaver Defensive Rebound.
(11:11) Kam Martin bad pass turnover.
(11:11) Bendji Pierre Steal.
(11:00) Connor Serven misses layup.
(10:57) Connor Serven Offensive Rebound.
(10:50) Foul on Keaton Norris.
(10:50) Baraka Okojie misses free throw 1 of 2.
(10:50) Mercer Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (10:50) Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2.
1122
(10:31) Keaton Norris misses 13-foot pullup jump shot.
(10:28) Connor Serven Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:17) Baraka Okojie makes 14-foot step back jumpshot.
1322
(10:00) Keaton Norris misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:56) Brady Shoulders Defensive Rebound.
(9:50) Baraka Okojie bad pass turnover.
(9:50) Jadin Booth Steal.
+2 (9:46) Jadin Booth makes layup.
1324
(9:46) Foul on Connor Serven.
+1 (9:46) Jadin Booth makes free throw 1 of 1.
1325
+3 (9:23) Brady Shoulders makes 24-foot three point jumper (Baraka Okojie assists).
1625
(9:01) Isaiah Campbell-Finch misses layup.
(8:56) Dylan Faulkner Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:56) Dylan Faulkner makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1627
(8:38) Baraka Okojie misses layup.
(8:29) Isaiah Campbell-Finch Defensive Rebound.
(8:28) Isaiah Campbell-Finch bad pass turnover.
(8:28) Zaire Williams Steal.
(8:22) Zaire Williams bad pass turnover.
(8:22) Dylan Faulkner Steal.
(8:12) Foul on Jadin Booth.
(8:12) Jadin Booth turnover.
(7:51) Quinton Perkins II misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:51) Samford Defensive Rebound.
(7:38) Keaton Norris misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(7:34) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
(7:28) Quinton Perkins II bad pass turnover.
(7:28) Keaton Norris Steal.
+3 (7:06) Cade Norris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Keaton Norris assists).
1630
(6:51) Quinton Perkins II misses 17-foot jumper.
(6:48) Isaiah Campbell-Finch Defensive Rebound.
(6:38) Dylan Faulkner misses layup.
(6:36) Dylan Faulkner Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:36) Dylan Faulkner makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1632
+2 (6:21) Baraka Okojie makes 18-foot jumper.
1832
+2 (6:03) Isaiah Campbell-Finch makes driving layup.
1834
(5:43) Foul on Cade Norris.
+1 (5:43) Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2.
1934
+1 (5:43) Baraka Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2.
2034
(5:23) Kam Martin misses 15-foot jumper.
(5:21) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
(5:20) Foul on Will Shaver.
(5:07) Baraka Okojie misses 20-foot jumper.
(5:04) Armani Mighty Offensive Rebound.
(5:04) Armani Mighty misses tip in layup.
(5:04) Will Shaver Block.
(5:03) Mercer Offensive Rebound.
(4:57) Foul on Baraka Okojie.
(4:57) Baraka Okojie turnover.
(4:30) Foul on Armani Mighty.
+1 (4:30) Will Shaver makes free throw 1 of 2.
2035
(4:28) Will Shaver misses free throw 2 of 2.
(4:26) Kyle Cuffe Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(4:06) Baraka Okojie misses 8-foot jumper.
(4:06) Zaire Williams Offensive Rebound.
(4:06) Foul on Will Shaver.
(4:01) Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses driving layup.
(3:58) Cade Norris Defensive Rebound.
(3:33) Dylan Faulkner misses 7-foot jumper.
(3:30) Baraka Okojie Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:25) Baraka Okojie makes 10-foot jumper.
2235
(3:04) Kam Martin misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(3:02) Baraka Okojie Defensive Rebound.
(3:00) Foul on Baraka Okojie.
(3:00) Baraka Okojie turnover.
+2 (2:33) Dylan Faulkner makes layup (Keaton Norris assists).
2237
(2:01) Connor Serven misses 6-foot hook shot.
(1:57) Connor Serven Offensive Rebound.
(1:54) Connor Serven misses 8-foot hook shot.
(1:51) Keaton Norris Defensive Rebound.
(1:40) Keaton Norris misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:37) Cade Norris Offensive Rebound.
(1:36) Foul on Brady Shoulders.
(1:36) Cade Norris misses free throw 1 of 1.
(1:34) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
(1:13) Zaire Williams misses 20-foot jumper.
(1:11) Cade Norris Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:57) Kam Martin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Campbell-Finch assists).
2240
(0:23) Foul on Isaiah Campbell-Finch.
(0:23) Baraka Okojie misses free throw 1 of 1.
(0:20) Cade Norris Defensive Rebound.
(0:03) Isaiah Campbell-Finch misses layup.
(0:03) Armani Mighty Block.
(0:03) Mercer Defensive Rebound.
(0:00) Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses 11-foot jumper.
(0:00) Samford Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

MER

SAM

49Points69

16-59(27.1%)Field Goal(%)24-50(48.0%)

4-17(23.5%)3-Point(%)6-19(31.6%)

13-17(76.5%)Free Throw(%)15-20(75.0%)

36(10)Rebounds(Offensive)39(4)

7Assists7

4Steals5

1Blocks4

9Turnovers10

16(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

2Largest Lead23

Game Details

Saturday, February 7, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Pete Hanna Center · Homewood, AL

attendance: 1,521 (30.4%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: MER -1.5

over/under: 160.5