Mercer whips Lipscomb

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - Wesley Duke scored 18 points to lead Mercer to a 82-73 victory over Lipscomb on Monday night.<br> <br> The Bisons (8-4, 3-2 Atlantic Sun) lost a 50-43 halftime lead.<br> <br> James Poindexter scored 28 points and Brian Fisk added 13 points for Lipscomb, but it wasn&#39;t enough to hold off the Bears (8-4, 4-2). Lipscomb lost momentum after Mercer&#39;s Tyler McCurry hit a 3-pointer, his only basket, to put the Bears up 72-71 with five minutes left in the game.<br> <br> Mercer never trailed after McCurry&#39;s shot. Jacob Skogen added 12 points, Damitrius Coleman 11 and Will Emerson had 10 points and nine rebounds.<br> <br> Lipscomb scored 30 of its first 32 points in the game on 3-pointers, led by Poindexter, who was 6-for-9 in the half. But Mercer shot 63 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes to stay close.<br> <br> The Bisons went cold in the second half, shooting just 14.3 percent from long range.