Western Carolina beats Mercer 78-74

Western Carolina Catamounts beat Mercer Bears 78-74 on Wednesday at Ramsey Center.

The second half made the difference: Western Carolina outscored Mercer 45-42.

Western Carolina shot 45% to 51% and won the boards 31-28.

For Western Carolina, Cord Stansberry (G): 21. For Mercer, Baraka Okojie (G): 22.

Western Carolina improves to 13-15. Mercer falls to 18-12.

Attendance: 1,970.

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.