Area college basketball: Upstate preview capsule

Published: Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 3:15 a.m.

Last Modified: Monday, January 9, 2012 at 12:47 a.m.

Where: G.B. Hodge Center

Records: Mercer (11-7, 3-2 Atlantic Sun); USC Upstate (9-7, 3-1)

Leading scorers: Mercer ? Sr. F Justin Cecil (11.5 ppg.); So. G Langston Hall (10.6 ppg., 4.2 apg.); So. F Jakob Gollon (10.2 ppg., 5.9 rpg.). USC Upstate ? So. F Torrey Craig (18.0 ppg., 7.4 rpg.); Fr. G Ty Greene (10.6 ppg.); So. F Ricardo Glenn (8.6 ppg., 5.8 rpg.).

Notes: USC Upstate, playing at home for the first time since Dec. 1, beat Kennesaw State on Saturday afternoon, 68-53. The Spartans, who finished at the bottom of the Atlantic Sun Conference last season, can tie Belmont for first place. ? USC Upstate is 5-0 at home. ? Craig is the leading scorer in the Atlantic Sun conference. He had a career-high 29 points last week at East Tennessee State, then had 28 with 10 rebounds in the win against Kennesaw State. ? Mercer is coming off a 76-61 loss Saturday at East Tennessee, which beat USC Upstate on Wednesday. The Bears had won three in a row. They have victories this season against Georgia Tech (65-59) as well as Southern Conference teams Furman (66-46), Samford (83-78) and Chattanooga (67-56). ? Among the losses were at Missouri, Seton Hall and Georgia. ? The Bears lost at Atlantic Sun leader Belmont only 82-78.

Next: The Spartans go back to Florida to play Saturday at North Florida and Monday at Jacksonville before coming home to play Belmont in a 2 p.m. game on Jan. 21, the start of a three-game home stand.

Source: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20120108/articles/120109767

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