Mercer Bears vs. Western Carolina Catamounts

Feb 25, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
MER	32	42	74
WCU	33	45	78

Game Recap

Stansberry scores 21, Western Carolina beats Mercer 78-74. Cord Stansberry had 21 points in Western Carolina's 78-74 win over Mercer on Wednesday night.

Player Stats

MERCER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
2Connor Serven	30	1-6	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	2	2
26Armani Mighty	34	5-10	0-0	6-10	14	1	0	0	1	2	16
3Quinton Perkins II	31	5-11	1-5	2-2	1	0	2	0	2	3	13
6Baraka Okojie	36	8-13	1-2	5-6	1	1	0	0	4	2	22
1Zaire Williams	34	5-8	0-1	3-4	5	2	3	0	3	4	13
8Bendji Pierre	16	1-4	0-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
10Tristan Gross	11	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
5Kyle Cuffe Jr.	8	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
TOTAL	-	28-5550.9%	2-1216.7%	16-2272.7%	25	4	6	1	12	17	74

WESTERN CAROLINA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
12Samuel Dada	25	0-1	0-0	2-2	6	0	0	2	0	4	2
23Marcus Kell	34	6-9	2-3	4-4	4	0	2	0	1	1	18
8Tahlan Pettway	38	4-10	1-5	6-7	2	1	3	0	1	2	15
22Tidjiane Dioumassi	29	4-13	1-5	6-6	1	0	0	0	2	4	15
0Cord Stansberry	39	7-11	1-3	6-6	5	4	1	0	2	3	21
21Tayeshaun Smith	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
7Abdulai Fanta Kabba	15	3-4	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	1	6
4Justin Johnson	14	0-5	0-2	1-2	3	1	0	0	3	2	1
TOTAL	-	24-5345.3%	5-1827.8%	25-2792.6%	28	6	6	2	10	17	78

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMERWCU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:57) Jump Ball won by Western Carolina.
(19:57) Jump Ball lost by Mercer.
(19:44) Marcus Kell misses 6-foot hook shot.
(19:42) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
(19:33) Foul on Tidjiane Dioumassi.
(19:14) Quinton Perkins II misses 21-foot jumper.
(19:12) Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.
(18:59) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:58) Western Carolina Offensive Rebound.
(18:56) Tahlan Pettway misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:52) Zaire Williams Defensive Rebound.
(18:47) Zaire Williams bad pass turnover.
(18:47) Tahlan Pettway Steal.
+2 (18:30) Cord Stansberry makes 9-foot jumper.
02
(18:09) Quinton Perkins II bad pass turnover.
(17:53) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses layup.
(17:51) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
(17:42) Baraka Okojie misses layup.
(17:39) Armani Mighty Offensive Rebound.
(17:37) Armani Mighty misses layup.
(17:35) Tahlan Pettway Defensive Rebound.
(17:15) Tahlan Pettway misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(17:11) Zaire Williams Defensive Rebound.
(16:51) Baraka Okojie misses 11-foot pullup jump shot.
(16:47) Samuel Dada Defensive Rebound.
(16:37) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:33) Samuel Dada Offensive Rebound.
(16:15) Tahlan Pettway misses 18-foot turnaround jump shot.
(16:12) Connor Serven Defensive Rebound.
(15:42) Baraka Okojie misses layup.
(15:37) Samuel Dada Defensive Rebound.
(15:31) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses layup.
(15:31) Connor Serven Block.
(15:30) Western Carolina Offensive Rebound.
(15:20) Tayeshaun Smith bad pass turnover.
(15:20) Quinton Perkins II Steal.
(15:09) Zaire Williams misses 23-foot jumper.
(15:07) Abdulai Fanta Kabba Defensive Rebound.
(14:35) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (14:17) Zaire Williams makes 19-foot jumper.
22
(13:43) Justin Johnson misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(13:41) Justin Johnson Offensive Rebound.
(13:22) Tahlan Pettway misses 11-foot step back jumpshot.
(13:20) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
(13:07) Foul on Samuel Dada.
(13:07) Armani Mighty misses free throw 1 of 2.
(13:07) Mercer Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (13:07) Armani Mighty makes free throw 2 of 2.
32
(12:50) Foul on Kyle Cuffe Jr..
(12:38) Cord Stansberry bad pass turnover.
(12:38) Zaire Williams Steal.
+2 (12:33) Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes layup (Zaire Williams assists).
52
+3 (12:17) Marcus Kell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cord Stansberry assists).
55
(11:55) Bendji Pierre misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(11:52) Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(11:47) Justin Johnson bad pass turnover.
(11:47) Zaire Williams Steal.
(11:35) Connor Serven misses layup.
(11:33) Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(11:19) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses layup.
(11:17) Connor Serven Defensive Rebound.
(11:14) Foul on Cord Stansberry.
(11:11) Foul on Kyle Cuffe Jr..
(11:11) Kyle Cuffe Jr. turnover.
(10:54) Foul on Connor Serven.
+1 (10:54) Marcus Kell makes free throw 1 of 2.
56
+1 (10:54) Marcus Kell makes free throw 2 of 2.
57
+2 (10:34) Tristan Gross makes 11-foot jumper (Armani Mighty assists).
77
+2 (10:17) Marcus Kell makes 3-foot hook shot.
79
+2 (10:10) Tristan Gross makes layup (Baraka Okojie assists).
99
+2 (9:59) Tidjiane Dioumassi makes layup.
911
(9:42) Armani Mighty misses layup.
(9:40) Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:32) Marcus Kell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cord Stansberry assists).
914
(9:17) Foul on Tahlan Pettway.
+2 (9:03) Baraka Okojie makes layup.
1114
+2 (8:45) Cord Stansberry makes layup.
1116
(8:30) Connor Serven misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(8:27) Tahlan Pettway Defensive Rebound.
(8:20) Marcus Kell misses layup.
(8:17) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:14) Baraka Okojie makes 26-foot three point jumper.
1416
(7:53) Cord Stansberry bad pass turnover.
(7:43) Baraka Okojie bad pass turnover.
(7:21) Cord Stansberry misses driving layup.
(7:19) Abdulai Fanta Kabba Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:59) Abdulai Fanta Kabba makes layup (Justin Johnson assists).
1418
(6:51) Quinton Perkins II misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:49) Abdulai Fanta Kabba Defensive Rebound.
(6:41) Abdulai Fanta Kabba misses layup.
(6:40) Abdulai Fanta Kabba Offensive Rebound.
(6:39) Justin Johnson misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(6:36) Marcus Kell Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:35) Marcus Kell makes layup.
1420
+2 (6:21) Zaire Williams makes layup.
1620
+2 (6:03) Tahlan Pettway makes 11-foot step back jumpshot.
1622
+2 (5:54) Quinton Perkins II makes 8-foot jumper.
1822
+3 (5:34) Cord Stansberry makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tahlan Pettway assists).
1825
+2 (5:14) Quinton Perkins II makes layup.
2025
(4:53) Justin Johnson traveling turnover.
(4:38) Zaire Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:36) Marcus Kell Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:22) Tahlan Pettway makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cord Stansberry assists).
2028
+3 (4:08) Quinton Perkins II makes 27-foot three point jumper.
2328
(3:34) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (3:21) Baraka Okojie makes 13-foot step back jumpshot.
2528
(2:55) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:53) Armani Mighty Defensive Rebound.
(2:45) Foul on Tidjiane Dioumassi.
+1 (2:45) Baraka Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2.
2628
(2:45) Baraka Okojie misses free throw 2 of 2.
(2:45) Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.
(2:32) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(2:28) Bendji Pierre Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:23) Connor Serven makes layup.
2828
(1:56) Foul on Baraka Okojie.
+1 (1:56) Tahlan Pettway makes free throw 1 of 3.
2829
+1 (1:56) Tahlan Pettway makes free throw 2 of 3.
2830
+1 (1:56) Tahlan Pettway makes free throw 3 of 3.
2831
+2 (1:29) Baraka Okojie makes 7-foot step back jumpshot.
3031
(1:09) Justin Johnson bad pass turnover.
(1:09) Zaire Williams Steal.
(1:04) Quinton Perkins II misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(1:02) Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.
(0:53) Cord Stansberry misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:51) Quinton Perkins II Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:47) Quinton Perkins II makes layup.
3231
+2 (0:33) Marcus Kell makes layup.
3233
(0:06) Baraka Okojie misses layup.
(0:03) Armani Mighty Offensive Rebound.
(0:03) Armani Mighty misses tip in layup.
(0:03) Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

MER

WCU

74Points78

28-55(50.9%)Field Goal(%)24-53(45.3%)

2-12(16.7%)3-Point(%)5-18(27.8%)

16-22(72.7%)Free Throw(%)25-27(92.6%)

28(8)Rebounds(Offensive)31(10)

4Assists6

6Steals6

1Blocks2

12Turnovers12

17(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

6Largest Lead8

Game Details

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Ramsey Regional Activity Center · Cullowhee, NC

attendance: 1,970 (25.2%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: MER -1.5

over/under: 156.5