Mercer falls short of upset vs. Alabama

Richard Hendrix scored 28 points and pulled down 14 rebounds Tuesday night to lead Alabama to a 90-83 victory over Mercer, the Bears unable to follow up their stunning win over Southern Cal with another surprise against a major-conference team. Mercer (1-1) drew the first sellout crowd in the history of their 3,200-seat campus arena, which opened in January 2004, but they simply had no one to stop…