E. Tennessee State at Mercer

East Tennessee State is fifth in the 10-team Southern Conference defensively in points given up and fourth in field goal shooting allowed (.428%). The offense is fourth from the charity stripe and second in turnover margin. East Tennessee State is 56-33 ATS on the road after a loss and had no trouble versus Mercer four weeks ago in an 80-69 victory. Mercer has dropped five of six and comes home after playing six of the last eight on the road. They're last in the conference in scoring (69.8 points per game), while the defense is sixth in points given up and eighth in field goal shooting allowed (.444%). They're also the second-worst free-throw shooting team (.659%). Mercer is 9-23 ATS at home revenging a same-season loss to an opponent. East Tennessee State.