The Southern Conference slammer is on Mercer. Game 599 at 7:00 eastern. Mercer has big game poise and has several powerful angles on their side tonight. Mercer is 38-8, including 8-1 this season vs losing teams and thats what they will get here tonight in Western Carolina who has lost 33 of 38 as a dog. Mercer has won 18 of 23 in January and has covered 5 of their last 6 and has been a scoring machine shooting over 50% from the field in 5 of their last 6 games. As a road favorite of 3 or less they have covered both times and have a better RPI Scale ranking than Western Carolina. They have won 9 of 12 vs teams ranked worse than 200 in the RPI Rankings. Western Carolina has lost 27 of 30 vs winning teams, including 0-9 this season and they also stand 0-3 as a home dog of 3 or less. In games vs teams who allow 64 or less they have dropped 12 of 15. Make it Mercer tonight.