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 2/24/26

Mercer men’s and women’s basketball will begin Region 19 Playoff play on Thursday, February 26^th in the Region Semifinals at Lackawanna College.  °®½´ÊÓƵ men’s basketball earned a bye into the Semifinals as the #1 seed and will face the winner of #4 CC of Morris vs #5 Lackawanna.  If the Mustangs win they will face the winner of #2 Raritan Valley vs #3 Middlesex College. 

Mercer men’s basketball enters the Region 19 Playoffs with a 18-11 overall record and 9-3 record in Region play.  °®½´ÊÓƵ has had a dramatic turnaround in the second half of the season after beginning the season 0-8.  Mercer is looking to advance to the Region 19 Championship for the first time since 2015.

°®½´ÊÓƵ beat Morris 81-72 on December 13^th at home and 85-80 at Morris on January 22^nd.  Mercer beat Lackawanna 77-66 on the road on December 9^th and 89-82 at home on February 10^th.

Mercer women’s basketball enters the Region Semifinals as the #3 seed and will face #2 Union who the Mustangs lost to in their final regular season game.  °®½´ÊÓƵ is 20-5 overall and 10-4 in Region play.  If the Mustangs win they will reach their first Region Championship game since the 2004-2005 season. 

Mercer women are ranked 15^th in the country and Union is ranked 11^th.  °®½´ÊÓƵ lost to Union 76-65 on December 16^th and 84-78 on February 17^th.

Both °®½´ÊÓƵ basketball teams have had great seasons but the most important games are Thursday as the playoffs begin. 

Good luck to both teams!

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