Furman Paladins @ Mercer Bears

9-9, 3-2 SoCon

Final

	1	2	T
Furman FUR	23	42	65
Mercer MER	39	30	69

Mercer BearsMercerMER

13-4, 3-1 SoCon

Mercer holds on to beat Furman 69-65

Stephon Jelks and Jestin Lewis combined for 26 points as Mercer started strong but then had to fight off Furman for a 69-65 win in Southern Conference action on Thursday night.

Jan 15, 2017, 01:31 am - Associated Press

--FUR

--MER

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NCAA Division I

Southern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
East Tennessee State	13-5	-	23-11
Mercer	11-7	2	19-13
Wofford	11-7	2	19-13
Samford	11-7	2	18-14
Furman	10-8	3	22-13
Western Carolina	10-8	3	15-16
UNC Greensboro	9-9	4	15-19
Chattanooga	7-11	6	13-19
The Citadel	7-11	6	11-22
VMI	1-17	12	6-26

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