Mercer

Live: No. 1 Mercer women’s basketball takes on No. 2 Furman

Mercer women’s basketball celebrates their regular season title in the final home game of the year on March 2. Now the team is preparing for the conference tournament in asheville.
Mercer women’s basketball celebrates their regular season title in the final home game of the year on March 2. Now the team is preparing for the conference tournament in asheville. Jbaxley@macon.com

Reporter Justin Baxley (@justindbaxley) is in Asheville, NC, this week following the Mercer men’s and women’s basketball teams as they compete in the SoCon Tournament.

The No. 1 ranked women’s team beat No. 8 Western Carolina March 7 and No. 4 Wofford on March 8. Their next game is the SoCon finale on March 10 against No. 2 Furman.

Follow along for scores and updates out of the tournament:

This story was originally published March 7, 2019 at 5:00 AM.

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