UNCG wins SoCon, gets NCAA berth after 69-61 win over Mercer

UNC-Greensboro forward Mohammed Abdulsalam (4) leaps to the basket against Mercer in the first half of an NCAA men's college basketball championship game for the Southern Conference tournament, Monday, March 8, 2021, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

UNC-Greensboro guard Isaiah Miller (1) shoots for the basket over Mercer forward Felipe Haase (22) in the first half of an NCAA men's college basketball championship game for the Southern Conference tournament, Monday, March 8, 2021, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Mercer forward James Glisson III (23) and UNC-Greensboro forward Mohammed Abdulsalam (4) tip off for the start of an NCAA men's college basketball championship game for the Southern Conference tournament, Monday, March 8, 2021, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Mercer forward Felipe Haase (22) looks to pass around UNC-Greensboro guard A.J. McGinnis (2) in the first half of an NCAA men's college basketball championship game for the Southern Conference tournament, Monday, March 8, 2021, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

UNC-Greensboro guard Isaiah Miller (1), Mercer guard Neftali Alvarez (2) and Mercer forward Felipe Haase (22) scramble for the ball in the first half of an NCAA men's college basketball championship game for the Southern Conference tournament, Monday, March 8, 2021, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)