University of Georgia Athletics
Basketball Players Mercer, Brown, Jackson Suspended
October 11, 2007 | Men's Basketball
Mercer’s 15-game suspension will begin once he has been medically cleared to participate. The junior from Snellville missed the last 10 games of the 2007 season after he suffered injuries to his right knee in the Bulldogs’ win at South Carolina on Feb. 10.
The suspensions for Brown and Jackson will begin with Georgia’s exhibition game against Clayton State on Friday, Nov. 2.
At the time of his knee injury last season, Mercer was the Bulldogs’ second-leading scorer at 13.7 points per game. He started all 23 games in which he played as a sophomore.
Brown, a 6-8 forward from Flint, Mich., led Georgia in scoring last season at 14.2 points per game and also in field-goal shooting at 56.6 percent. He also averaged 5.6 rebounds per game, second-best on the team.
Jackson, a 6-10 center from Earlington, Ky., played in 25 games as a freshman last year, averaging 2.2 points and 2.2 rebounds.
