FINAL SCORE
	() VMI	81
	() Mercer	95

January 31, 2026
Hawkins Arena - Macon

FINAL STATISTICS

Official Box Score

() VMI vs () Mercer

Game Totals -- Final Statistics

January 31, 2026 at Hawkins Arena - Macon

() VMI 81

No.	Player	S	Pts	FG	3FG	FT	OR	DR	TR	PF	A	TO	Blk	Stl	Min	+/-
00	LISTON, CAL	F	12	4-9	4-9	0-0	1	4	5	4	3	1	0	0	23	-11
04	HOLMSTROM, LINUS	G	17	5-9	3-7	4-4	0	5	5	5	0	4	0	0	35	-8
05	CLARK, AJ	G	5	2-8	0-2	1-1	2	3	5	1	1	2	0	1	33	-13
30	YILDIZOGLU, TAN	G	13	5-12	1-5	2-2	2	2	4	2	10	1	0	5	37	-18
44	JOHNSON, TJ	F	26	8-16	7-15	3-5	2	3	5	1	0	1	1	0	40	-14
02	TATUM, JR.,MARIO		5	1-5	1-3	2-2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	19	1
06	STUCKEY, KADEN		3	1-2	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	5	1	1	1	1	13	-3
07	PAZON, JAYLEN		0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-4
	TEAM		0				1	2	3	0		1
	TOTALS		81	26-62	16-42	13-16	8	20	28	20	18	11	3	7	200

Shooting By Period

Period	FG	FG%	3FG	3FG%	FT	FT%
1st Half	12-29	41%	7-21	33%	6-8	75%
2nd Half	14-33	42%	9-21	43%	7-8	88%
Game	26-62	41.9%	16-42	38.1%	13-16	81.3%

Deadball Rebounds: 0,0

Last FG: 2nd-00:14

Biggest Run: 11-0

Largest lead: By 2 at 2nd-06:25

Technical Fouls: None.

() Mercer 95

No.	Player	S	Pts	FG	3FG	FT	OR	DR	TR	PF	A	TO	Blk	Stl	Min	+/-
01	WILLIAMS, ZAIRE	G	10	4-11	2-9	0-0	0	4	4	2	3	2	0	2	26	-3
05	CUFFE JR., KYLE	G	17	7-14	2-7	1-1	0	3	3	4	1	1	0	2	25	19
06	OKOJIE, BARAKA	G	24	7-12	0-4	10-11	2	1	3	1	7	3	0	3	38	16
11	SHOULDERS, BRADY	G	11	3-10	2-5	3-4	1	11	12	1	5	2	0	2	36	17
26	MIGHTY, ARMANI	C	17	5-7	0-0	7-11	4	4	8	2	1	1	3	0	37	13
02	SERVEN, CONNOR		7	3-3	0-0	1-2	2	3	5	2	2	1	1	0	21	14
08	PIERRE, BENDJI		3	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	-3
10	GROSS, TRISTAN		6	2-4	2-4	0-0	2	3	5	2	2	0	0	0	13	-3
	TEAM		0				4	2	6	0		0
	TOTALS		95	32-64	9-31	22-29	15	31	46	15	21	10	4	9	200

Shooting By Period

Period	FG	FG%	3FG	3FG%	FT	FT%
1st Half	13-30	43%	5-16	31%	12-18	67%
2nd Half	19-34	56%	4-15	27%	10-11	91%
Game	32-64	50.0%	9-31	29.0%	22-29	75.9%

Deadball Rebounds: 4,0

Last FG: 2nd-00:22

Biggest Run: 8-0

Largest lead: By 15 at 2nd-00:22

Technical Fouls: None.

Game Notes:
Officials:Luke Payne, Devyn Page, Jordan Craddock
Attendance:1520

Start Time:02:02 PM ET
End Time:04:08 PM ET
Game Duration:2:06
Conference Game;
Mercer is the No. seed and VMI is the No. seed in the ;

Score	1st	2nd	TOT
VMI	37	44	81
MER	43	52	95

VMI led for 4:45. MER led for 31:17.
Game was tied for 3:57.
Times tied:9 Lead Changes:14

Points	VMI	MER
In the Paint	18	40
Off Turns	11	16
2nd Chance	8	18
Fast Break	11	17
Bench	8	16
Per Poss	1.157 32/70	1.301 43/73

Official Box Score

() VMI vs () Mercer

First Half Statistics Only

January 31, 2026 at Hawkins Arena - Macon

VMI 37

No.	Player	S	Pts	FG	3FG	FT	OR	DR	TR	PF	A	TO	Blk	Stl	Min	+/-
00	LISTON, CAL	F	6	2-6	2-6	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	11	2
04	HOLMSTROM, LINUS	G	6	2-4	0-2	2-2	0	4	4	1	0	2	0	0	18	-8
05	CLARK, AJ	G	5	2-5	0-2	1-1	1	2	3	1	0	1	0	1	19	-3
30	YILDIZOGLU, TAN	G	2	0-4	0-2	2-2	1	1	2	1	6	0	0	3	17	-10
44	JOHNSON, TJ	F	17	6-9	5-8	0-1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	20	-6
02	TATUM, JR.,MARIO		0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	6	3
06	STUCKEY, KADEN		1	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	9	-8
07	PAZON, JAYLEN		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	TEAM						0	0	0	0		1
	TOTALS		37	12-29	7-21	6-8	2	11	13	11	9	6	2	4	100

Shooting By Period

Period	FG	FG%	3FG	3FG%	FT	FT%
1st Half	12-29	41%	7-21	33%	6-8	75%
Game	26-62	41.9%	16-42	38.1%	13-16	81.3%

Deadball Rebounds: 0,0

Last FG Half: VMI 2nd-00:14

Mercer 43

No.	Player	S	Pts	FG	3FG	FT	OR	DR	TR	PF	A	TO	Blk	Stl	Min	+/-
01	WILLIAMS, ZAIRE	G	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	11	2
05	CUFFE JR., KYLE	G	8	3-7	1-4	1-1	0	3	3	2	0	1	0	1	12	3
06	OKOJIE, BARAKA	G	9	3-6	0-3	3-4	2	0	2	0	5	1	0	1	18	8
11	SHOULDERS, BRADY	G	6	1-4	1-2	3-4	0	3	3	1	2	2	0	1	18	3
26	MIGHTY, ARMANI	C	10	3-5	0-0	4-7	3	3	6	1	1	1	1	0	17	3
02	SERVEN, CONNOR		1	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	8	9
08	PIERRE, BENDJI		3	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	-3
10	GROSS, TRISTAN		6	2-3	2-3	0-0	2	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	10	5
	TEAM						2	1	3	0		0
	TOTALS		43	13-30	5-16	12-18	9	17	26	9	10	7	1	4	100

Shooting By Period

Period	FG	FG%	3FG	3FG%	FT	FT%
1st Half	13-30	43%	5-16	31%	12-18	67%
Game	32-64	50.0%	9-31	29.0%	22-29	75.9%

Deadball Rebounds: 4,0

Last FG Half: MER 2nd-00:22

Score	1st	2nd	TOT
VMI	37	44	81
MER	43	52	95

Points (This Period)	VMI	MER
In the Paint	8	12
Off Turns	6	6
2nd Chance	0	8
Fast Break	7	9
Bench	1	10
Per Poss	1.028 15/36	1.229 19/35

Official Play-By-Play

() VMI vs () Mercer

First Half

January 31, 2026 at Hawkins Arena - Macon

Period 1

Starters:

VMI: 0 LISTON,CAL (F); 4 HOLMSTROM,LINUS (G); 5 CLARK,AJ (G); 30 YILDIZOGLU,TAN (G); 44 JOHNSON,TJ (F);

Mercer: 1 WILLIAMS,ZAIRE (G); 5 CUFFE JR.,KYLE (G); 6 OKOJIE,BARAKA (G); 11 SHOULDERS,BRADY (G); 26 MIGHTY,ARMANI (C);

Time

VISITORS: VMI

Score

Margin

HOME: Mercer

19:40

3-0

H 3

GOOD! 3PTR by CUFFE JR., KYLE