First, I hope you guys are not going to make fun of me too badly for being from USC-Upstate. I know I'm the first fan from the school on this board, but keep in mind that we have only been D-1 a short time and really haven't had a team worthy of comment on- possibly until this year.

We lost tonight to a very good Mercer team, 73-66. We fought back from a 16-point deficit, but just couldn't get all the way back. Mercer has a lot of height and that height bothered us all night. Poor shooting is really what did us in, though. We made only 3 of 15 three-pointers (20%) and worse, only 13 of 25 free throws (52%). Simply put, we just didn't make enough shots. But take nothing away from Mercer. After seeing the Bears play tonight, and knowing that they will host the A-Sun tourney, I think they have a very legitimate shot at representing the A-Sun in the NCAAs. They were impressive-talented big guys who can shoot it.