Wednesday, January 02, 2013

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MACON, Ga. – Mercer secured an overtime victory over FGCU to improve to 2-0 in conference play and 9-6 overall. Stetson, Jacksonville and Northern Kentucky also landed conference wins, while USC Upstate defeated non-conference opponent Hampton.

Lipscomb freshman Stephen Hurt racked up 30 points and 11 rebounds for the most in tonight's contests. Northern Kentucky's Chad Jackson grabbed 21 points and 5 steals to lead the Norse to their first A-Sun conference win.

Men's Basketball Contests
• Mercer 77, FGCU 70
• Stetson 70, Kennesaw State 60
• Jacksonville 85, Lipscomb 71
• Northern Kentucky 65, North Florida 52
• VCU 109, ETSU 58
• USC Upstate 68, Hampton 49

Top-Three Points
1. Stephen Hurt, Lipscomb - 30 points
T2. Chad Jackson, Northern Kentucky - 21 points
T2. Travis Smith, Mercer - 21 points

Top-Three Rebounds
T1. Stephen Hurt, Lipscomb - 11 rebounds
T1. Glenn Ricardo, USC Upstate - 11 rebounds
2. Khion Sankey, Lipscomb - 10 rebounds

Top-Three Assists
1. Russell Powell, Jacksonville - 9 assists
2. Will Wilson, North Florida - 6 assists
T3. Four tied with 5 assists

Top-Three Steals
1. Chad Jackson, Northern Kentucky - 5 steals
T2. Myles Hamilton, Kennesaw State - 4 steals
T2. Mario Blessing, USC Upstate - 4 steals

Top-Three Blocks
1. Glenn Powell, Jacksonville - 4 blocks
T2. Eric McKnight, FGCU - 3 blocks
T2. Daniel Coursey, Mercer - 3 blocks

A-Sun Men's Basketball returns this weekend with five games scheduled for Saturday January 5th.

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