While a battle for 6th place in the conference doesn't seen like it matters, the winner gets a first round bye in the conference tournament as this is the final day of their regular season.
It comes down to recent play and we'll back a hot team versus one dead in the water. The Spartans have won and covered 4 straight and are 6-2 SU/ATS at home with the losses and non-covers coming against the conference two elite teams that have a combined 46-15 record this year.
Mercer started this SoCon season at 8-3 but them came the suspension of 2 starters and they are 0-6 SU/ATS since. These two teams are new "rivals" with he recent conference realignments but we can't use the word rivals without "air quotes" as the Spartans are 0-6 all-time versus the Bears which should keep them playing hard for a full 40 minutes.