Mercer 80, Western Carolina 86

January 24, 2016

Conference Regular Season

Ramsey Regional Activity Center (Cullowhee, North Carolina)

Attendance: 1,112

Officials: Sean Casady, Landon Brandes, James Redding

Team Rebounds: Mercer (6) Western Carolina (4)

Technicals: Mercer (0) Western Carolina (0)

  1 2 OT 2OT Final
MER (14-6) 32 34 7 7 80
WCU (8-12) 24 42 7 13 86

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MER 82 97.1 104.4
WCU 82 104.4 97.1

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MER .429 0.194 0.354 0.167
WCU .500 0.170 0.189 0.344

Mercer Bears

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
15 Stephon Jelks Starter SF 35:00 5-14 1-4 2-4 13.8 5 7 12 3 3 1 0 0 13
1 Phillip Leonard Starter SG 30:00 2-3 0-1 2-2 9.2 0 5 5 6 3 1 4 1 6
5 Jestin Lewis Starter PG 39:00 10-22 4-9 3-4 17.5 0 6 6 2 0 3 1 0 27
0 Desmond Ringer Starter C 18:00 2-4 0-0 2-2 -2.5 0 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 6
23 Demetre Rivers Starter PF 20:00 0-7 0-3 0-0 1.0 6 1 7 0 1 2 2 0 0
32 James Bento Bench SF 11:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 3.5 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 2
25 Lawrence Brown Bench SF 05:00 0-3 0-0 0-0 -2.8 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
55 Andrew Fishler Bench C 16:00 1-5 0-0 3-4 1.8 3 2 5 1 3 0 2 0 5
20 Cory Kilby Bench SF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
52 Niklas Ney Bench C 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Ethan Stair Bench SG 31:00 3-6 2-3 0-0 6.2 1 3 4 0 5 1 0 1 8
2 Jaylen Stowe Bench PG 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Jordan Strawberry Bench PG 39:00 5-12 2-5 1-2 6.5 0 3 3 3 2 0 1 0 13
  Team               4 2 6       1    
        250 29-78 9-25 13-18 53.0 21 33 54 16 24 8 17 2 80
          37.2% 36.0% 72.2%                    

Western Carolina Catamounts

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
2 Mike Brown Starter SF 48:00 5-16 2-6 13-14 11.8 1 4 5 5 4 1 5 1 25
23 Justin Browning Starter PF 39:00 3-10 1-4 4-6 13.0 4 7 11 3 5 3 3 2 11
4 Torrion Brummitt Starter C 30:00 4-9 0-0 0-4 5.8 1 8 9 1 4 0 1 1 8
3 Rhett Harrelson Starter PG 45:00 8-11 4-6 2-2 17.5 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 22
1 Elijah Pughsley Starter SG 45:00 5-11 5-8 1-2 4.2 0 1 1 2 3 0 5 1 16
22 Jesse Deloach Bench PF 19:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 4.5 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 1 0
11 Haboubacar Mutombo Bench SG 12:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 4.0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 2
5 Devin Peterson Bench PG 12:00 0-3 0-2 2-2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
  Team               2 2 4            
        250 26-64 12-26 22-30 60.8 9 32 41 15 19 7 14 6 86
          40.6% 46.2% 73.3%                    

Mercer Bears Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Jestin Lewis
12.6p, 3.4r, 1.8a
Phillip Leonard
10.3p, 4.2r, 4.8a
Stephon Jelks
11.8p, 9.2r, 2a
Demetre Rivers
7.9p, 3.2r, 0.8a
Desmond Ringer
7.4p, 4.7r, 0.6a
Rotation Jordan Strawberry
7.2p, 2.5r, 3.8a
Ethan Stair
6.5p, 4.4r, 0.6a
James Bento
0.8p, 1.6r, 0.4a
 
 
Andrew Fishler
2.2p, 1.2r, 0.1a
Lim PT Jaylen Stowe
0.4p, 0.2r, 0.3a
 
 
Lawrence Brown
2.6p, 1.8r, 0.1a
 
 
Niklas Ney
0.8p, 0.6r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Cory Kilby
1.5p, 1.3r, 0.3a
 
 
 
 

Western Carolina Catamounts Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rhett Harrelson
13.2p, 2.1r, 2.4a
Elijah Pughsley
10.7p, 1.8r, 1.5a
Mike Brown
16.2p, 5.5r, 3.3a
Justin Browning
9.6p, 5.8r, 1.6a
Torrion Brummitt
12.5p, 6.8r, 1.1a
Rotation Devin Peterson
3.8p, 2r, 1.6a
Haboubacar Mutombo
3.1p, 2.6r, 0.5a
 
 
Jesse Deloach
0.9p, 2.4r, 0.1a
 
 

Today's Games

Virginia Tech 70
(2) North Carolina 75

(4) Villanova 76
(16) Providence 82

Temple 89
(8) Southern Methodist 80

(9) Iowa 83
(22) Purdue 71

(13) Virginia 73
Syracuse 65

Oregon State 85
(21) USC 70