MACON, Ga. — Despite erasing a 19-point deficit with a big fourth quarter push, Middle Tennessee women's basketball fell on a last-second shot against Mercer 75-76 Monday in its season opener.
The Lady Raiders outscored the Bears 47-31 in the second half, including an 11-2 run to start the third quarter to cut Mercer's lead to 62-60. The Bears continued to find answers until a Lady Raider 7-0 run, capped off by Jalynn Gregory's 3-pointer, gave MTSU its first lead of the night with 1:35 to play.
Trailing by one with 11 seconds to play, Courtney Blakely drove in for a go-ahead layup to make it 75-74 but a buzzer-beating Mercer jumper dropped the Blue Raiders to 0-1.