Samford Bulldogs vs. Mercer Bears

Feb 21, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
SAM	41	45	86
MER	44	45	89

Game Recap

Okojie's 25 help Mercer beat Samford 89-86. Baraka Okojie had 25 points in Mercer's 89-86 win over Samford on Saturday.

Player Stats

SAMFORD	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	TO	PF	PTS
15Dylan Faulkner	28	12-16	0-0	3-5	8	3	1	2	3	27
10Kam Martin	13	0-3	0-2	4-4	1	1	1	0	2	4
5Cade Norris	38	3-10	1-3	2-2	5	1	3	0	3	9
3Keaton Norris	32	3-9	1-3	4-4	3	4	0	1	2	11
2Jadin Booth	40	8-15	4-8	6-6	3	1	2	2	2	26
35Will Shaver	12	2-6	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	2	4
8Zion Wilburn	23	1-3	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	5	3
0Isaiah Campbell-Finch	14	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	3	2
TOTAL	-	30-6446.9%	6-1637.5%	20-2387.0%	26	12	7	6	22	86

MERCER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
26Armani Mighty	31	7-8	0-0	0-5	13	2	2	2	2	4	14
11Brady Shoulders	26	2-3	0-1	2-3	4	2	0	1	1	0	6
3Quinton Perkins II	36	7-9	4-5	3-3	3	1	0	0	1	3	21
6Baraka Okojie	34	7-13	1-5	10-10	6	5	1	0	2	4	25
1Zaire Williams	35	5-9	2-5	3-3	0	1	1	1	5	4	15
2Connor Serven	26	4-6	0-0	0-1	4	4	0	1	1	2	8
10Tristan Gross	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
5Kyle Cuffe Jr.	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTAL	-	32-5064.0%	7-1741.2%	18-2572.0%	31	16	4	5	12	19	89

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSAMMER

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Samford.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Mercer.
+2 (19:40) Dylan Faulkner makes layup.
20
+2 (19:18) Zaire Williams makes 18-foot jumper (Brady Shoulders assists).
22
+2 (18:47) Keaton Norris makes 13-foot jumper.
42
(18:32) Brady Shoulders bad pass turnover.
(18:32) Jadin Booth Steal.
(18:28) Foul on Baraka Okojie.
(18:20) Dylan Faulkner misses layup.
(18:17) Brady Shoulders Defensive Rebound.
(17:59) Brady Shoulders misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:57) Armani Mighty Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:47) Armani Mighty makes layup.
44
(17:23) Dylan Faulkner bad pass turnover.
(17:23) Armani Mighty Steal.
+2 (17:05) Armani Mighty makes 8-foot jumper.
46
(16:50) Cade Norris misses layup.
(16:46) Dylan Faulkner Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:46) Dylan Faulkner makes 0-foot tip in layup.
66
+3 (16:31) Baraka Okojie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brady Shoulders assists).
69
+3 (16:12) Keaton Norris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dylan Faulkner assists).
99
(15:47) Quinton Perkins II misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:44) Keaton Norris Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:41) Dylan Faulkner makes 1-foot dunk (Keaton Norris assists).
119
(15:20) Zaire Williams bad pass turnover.
(15:20) Kam Martin Steal.
(15:14) Foul on Quinton Perkins II.
+1 (15:14) Kam Martin makes free throw 1 of 2.
129
+1 (15:14) Kam Martin makes free throw 2 of 2.
139
+2 (15:02) Baraka Okojie makes 18-foot jumper.
1311
(14:43) Will Shaver misses layup.
(14:43) Connor Serven Block.
(14:40) Connor Serven Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:36) Brady Shoulders makes layup (Connor Serven assists).
1313
(14:14) Jadin Booth bad pass turnover.
(14:14) Zaire Williams Steal.
+2 (14:10) Zaire Williams makes layup (Quinton Perkins II assists).
1315
(13:53) Will Shaver misses 7-foot jumper.
(13:50) Connor Serven Defensive Rebound.
(13:44) Baraka Okojie misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(13:42) Will Shaver Defensive Rebound.
(13:30) Keaton Norris misses 19-foot jumper.
(13:28) Baraka Okojie Defensive Rebound.
(13:08) Quinton Perkins II misses 10-foot jumper.
(13:05) Will Shaver Defensive Rebound.
(12:52) Jadin Booth misses 16-foot jumper.
(12:52) Quinton Perkins II Defensive Rebound.
(12:52) Zaire Williams Block.
+3 (12:38) Quinton Perkins II makes 25-foot three point jumper (Baraka Okojie assists).
1318
+2 (12:13) Cade Norris makes layup.
1518
+3 (11:52) Zaire Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Connor Serven assists).
1521
+2 (11:31) Will Shaver makes layup.
1721
(11:20) Zaire Williams bad pass turnover.
(11:20) Cade Norris Steal.
+3 (11:11) Cade Norris makes 25-foot three point jumper.
2021
+3 (10:51) Quinton Perkins II makes 25-foot three point jumper.
2024
(10:26) Keaton Norris misses 12-foot jumper.
(10:23) Connor Serven Defensive Rebound.
(10:16) Quinton Perkins II bad pass turnover.
(10:16) Cade Norris Steal.
+3 (9:55) Jadin Booth makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cade Norris assists).
2324
+2 (9:37) Armani Mighty makes 1-foot dunk (Baraka Okojie assists).
2326
+2 (9:11) Jadin Booth makes 13-foot jumper.
2526
(8:57) Zaire Williams out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(8:51) Foul on Zaire Williams.
+3 (8:35) Jadin Booth makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dylan Faulkner assists).
2826
(8:35) Foul on Kyle Cuffe Jr..
+1 (8:35) Jadin Booth makes free throw 1 of 1.
2926
+2 (8:23) Connor Serven makes layup (Baraka Okojie assists).
2928
+2 (8:11) Jadin Booth makes layup (Isaiah Campbell-Finch assists).
3128
+2 (7:56) Connor Serven makes 1-foot dunk (Baraka Okojie assists).
3130
(7:31) Dylan Faulkner misses 6-foot jumper.
(7:26) Connor Serven Defensive Rebound.
(7:11) Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:08) Cade Norris Defensive Rebound.
(6:52) Cade Norris misses 8-foot jumper.
(6:49) Baraka Okojie Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:36) Connor Serven makes 1-foot dunk (Baraka Okojie assists).
3132
(6:35) Foul on Dylan Faulkner.
(6:35) Connor Serven misses free throw 1 of 1.
(6:35) Jadin Booth Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:19) Dylan Faulkner makes layup (Jadin Booth assists).
3332
(5:54) Zaire Williams bad pass turnover.
(5:54) Dylan Faulkner Steal.
(5:35) Kam Martin misses 5-foot jumper.
(5:32) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:22) Armani Mighty makes layup.
3334
(5:09) Keaton Norris misses 10-foot jumper.
(5:09) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
(5:09) Foul on Will Shaver.
(4:54) Connor Serven bad pass turnover.
(4:54) Cade Norris Steal.
(4:36) Will Shaver misses 16-foot jumper.
(4:32) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:21) Zaire Williams makes layup.
3336
(4:01) Foul on Connor Serven.
+2 (3:44) Will Shaver makes layup (Kam Martin assists).
3536
(3:30) Tristan Gross misses 12-foot jumper.
(3:27) Armani Mighty Offensive Rebound.
(3:25) Armani Mighty bad pass turnover.
(3:25) Jadin Booth Steal.
(3:20) Jadin Booth out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+2 (3:00) Armani Mighty makes 4-foot jumper.
3538
(2:36) Kam Martin misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(2:36) Samford Offensive Rebound.
(2:23) Keaton Norris misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:21) Tristan Gross Defensive Rebound.
(2:05) Foul on Zaire Williams.
(2:05) Zaire Williams turnover.
(1:55) Cade Norris misses 15-foot jumper.
(1:52) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
(1:35) Foul on Baraka Okojie.
(1:35) Baraka Okojie turnover.
(1:26) Technical Foul on Mercer.
+1 (1:26) Jadin Booth makes free throw 1 of 2.
3638
+1 (1:26) Jadin Booth makes free throw 2 of 2.
3738
(1:11) Zion Wilburn misses layup.
(1:11) Armani Mighty Block.
(1:05) Dylan Faulkner Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:05) Dylan Faulkner makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3938
+3 (0:54) Quinton Perkins II makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tristan Gross assists).
3941
+2 (0:44) Dylan Faulkner makes 10-foot jumper (Keaton Norris assists).
4141
(0:22) Foul on Zion Wilburn.
(0:08) Foul on Kam Martin.
(0:06) Foul on Will Shaver.
+3 (0:03) Quinton Perkins II makes 26-foot three point jumper (Connor Serven assists).
4144

2nd half

Team Stats

SAM

MER

86Points89

30-64(46.9%)Field Goal(%)32-50(64.0%)

6-16(37.5%)3-Point(%)7-17(41.2%)

20-23(87.0%)Free Throw(%)18-25(72.0%)

28(10)Rebounds(Offensive)32(5)

12Assists16

7Steals4

0Blocks5

6Turnovers13

22(0)Fouls(Technical)20(0)

4Largest Lead7

Game Details

Saturday, February 21, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Hawkins Arena · Macon, GA

attendance: 1,138 (32.5%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: MER -3.5

over/under: 156.5