Western Carolina beats Mercer 77-73

Western Carolina Catamounts beat Mercer Bears 77-73 on Saturday at Harrah's Cherokee Center.

The second half made the difference: Western Carolina outscored Mercer 41-38.

Western Carolina shot 39% to 42% and won the boards 53-29.

For Western Carolina, Tidjiane Dioumassi (G): 21. For Mercer, Baraka Okojie (G): 26.

Western Carolina improves to 15-15. Mercer falls to 19-13.

Attendance: 4,768.

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