{"id":5158,"date":"2025-05-20T18:48:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gazellegroup.com\/main\/blog\/mercer-wins-grand-canyon-78-73\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T18:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:55:20","slug":"mercer-wins-grand-canyon-78-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gazellegroup.com\/main\/blog\/mercer-wins-grand-canyon-78-73\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercer wins at Grand Canyon, 78-73"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div id=\"x-section-1\" class=\"x-section\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;color:#000000; background-color: #ffffff;\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><h3 class=\"mtn\"><strong>Mercer wins at Grand Canyon, 78-73<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>March 14, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm cs-ta-left x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text cs-ta-left\" style=\"\" ><p><strong>PHOENIX, Ariz. <\/strong> \u2013 Jordan Strawberry\u2019s jumper with 4:32 to play gave Mercer the lead for good as the Bears captured a 78-73 win at Grand Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>Mercer trailed 35-34 at the half but never trailed by more than six points in the second half before Strawberry secured the lead. He ended the game with 21 points and eight assists. Ross Cummings also netted 21 points while Demetre Rivers had 13 points and Ria\u2019n Holland scored 10 points.<\/p>\n<p>The Lopes were led by Casey Benson and his 17 points with Oscar Frayer and Alessandro Lever each netting 10 points.<\/p>\n<p>The Quarterfinal Round of the CBI will take place on Monday with Campbell hosting New Orleans, Jacksonville State at Central Arkansas, North Texas home to Mercer, and Utah Valley at San Francisco. 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