Feb 18, 2016 - Western Carolina at Mercer - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

2/18/2016 Mercer v. Western Carolina Game Preview

	Western Carolina Catamounts	(12-16, 2-14 away)
	Mercer Bears	(18-10, 13-2 home)

February 18, 2016 at 7:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Hawkins Arena
Macon, Georgia

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2015-2016 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Western Carolina	34	40.7	72.9	25.0	58.6	.427	7.1	21.5	.332	15.7	22.4	.704	11.4	23.9	35.2	12.6	8.1	3.2	14.3	20.7
Mercer	34	40.9	71.9	25.6	57.6	.445	6.2	18.0	.343	14.5	19.9	.731	12.1	26.4	38.5	15.0	5.1	2.5	12.7	17.3
WCU Opponents	34	40.7	73.2	24.2	56.0	.433	7.1	20.9	.340	17.6	24.8	.712	10.7	24.6	35.3	12.9	6.9	3.8	15.1	20.6
MER Opponents	34	40.9	68.8	23.1	57.5	.402	9.0	25.6	.352	13.5	18.8	.719	9.2	20.8	30.0	13.4	6.6	4.1	10.9	18.5

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 24, 2016	Mercer	Western Carolina	80 - 86	Western Carolina	Conference Regular Season	Ramsey Regional Activity Center
Feb 12, 2015	Western Carolina	Mercer	58 - 54	Western Carolina	Conference Regular Season	Hawkins Arena
Jan 22, 2015	Mercer	Western Carolina	52 - 60	Western Carolina	Conference Regular Season	Ramsey Regional Activity Center
Nov 26, 2010	Mercer	Western Carolina	71 - 66	Mercer	Non-Conference Tournament	Kaplan Arena

2015-2016 Western Carolina Catamounts Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	R. Harrelson	M. Brown	J. Browning	M. Gosselin	T. Brummitt
Rotation	E. Pughsley	H. Mutombo
Rotation	D. Peterson	D. Parks
Lim PT	A. Williams	A. Williams	K. Rhoades	C. Brooks
Lim PT	D. Fuller			J. Deloach

2015-2016 Mercer Bears Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	J. Lewis	P. Leonard	S. Jelks	D. Rivers	D. Ringer
Rotation	J. Strawberry	E. Stair
Rotation		L. Brown
Rotation		J. Bryan
Lim PT	J. Stowe	T. Moore	C. Kilby		A. Fishler
Lim PT			J. Bento		N. Ney

Western Carolina Catamounts Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
41	Charlendez Brooks	F	11	6.8	1.0	0.5	1.1	.417	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.2	.500	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.7
2	Mike Brown	G	34	34.3	17.0	5.5	13.7	.403	1.3	4.1	.319	4.7	5.8	.803	2.2	3.7	5.9	3.2	1.5	0.4	3.2	3.4
23	Justin Browning	F	33	31.2	9.8	3.5	6.8	.516	0.6	2.0	.323	2.2	3.4	.643	1.9	4.1	6.0	1.7	2.2	1.0	1.9	3.5
4	Torrion Brummitt	F	34	28.1	14.2	5.4	10.6	.508	0.3	1.3	.205	3.1	5.0	.626	2.0	5.4	7.4	1.4	0.9	0.8	2.9	3.8
22	Jesse Deloach	PF	30	6.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	.310	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.5	.267	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.8
32	Devonte Fuller	G	2	1.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5
12	Marc Gosselin	F	33	18.9	3.2	1.2	2.6	.453	0.2	0.7	.273	0.7	1.1	.657	1.5	2.4	4.0	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.9	2.5
3	Rhett Harrelson	G	30	29.4	11.5	3.4	8.4	.399	2.7	6.4	.420	2.1	2.4	.849	0.4	1.5	1.8	1.9	0.8	0.0	1.4	1.8
11	Haboubacar Mutombo	G	32	16.2	4.0	1.7	3.4	.505	0.2	0.7	.381	0.3	0.5	.588	1.2	1.8	3.0	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.2
13	Deriece Parks	SG	9	11.0	2.1	0.7	3.4	.194	0.2	2.3	.095	0.6	0.9	.625	0.7	0.8	1.4	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.4
5	Devin Peterson	G	34	20.5	5.0	1.8	5.2	.347	0.4	1.9	.200	1.1	1.5	.692	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.4	2.1
1	Elijah Pughsley	PG	26	20.6	9.2	2.7	7.9	.340	2.1	5.7	.365	1.7	2.4	.726	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.4	1.0	0.0	2.1	1.7
21	Kyle Rhoades	F	3	4.3	2.0	1.0	1.3	.750	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3
31	Aaron Williams	G	5	3.6	3.0	0.8	1.0	.800	0.4	0.6	.667	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
24	Ashley Williams	F	16	7.3	1.6	0.6	1.7	.333	0.1	0.5	.125	0.4	0.6	.600	0.4	0.4	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.7

Mercer Bears Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
32	James Bento	F	27	6.1	0.7	0.3	0.9	.375	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.3	.286	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4
25	Lawrence Brown	F	33	12.5	3.5	1.4	2.5	.554	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.710	1.1	1.4	2.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.8
34	Jibri Bryan	G	6	10.8	3.2	1.0	2.2	.462	0.2	1.0	.167	1.0	1.5	.667	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7
55	Andrew Fishler	C	31	7.7	2.8	1.1	2.2	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.600	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.5	1.1
34	Stephon Jelks	F	34	29.0	11.7	4.1	9.4	.431	1.4	4.0	.356	2.1	2.7	.785	2.4	5.9	8.4	1.9	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.4
1	Cory Kilby	SF	34	8.1	2.1	0.8	2.0	.412	0.2	0.8	.296	0.3	0.4	.692	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.9
1	Phillip Leonard	G	34	27.4	10.6	3.5	7.5	.467	0.1	0.6	.158	3.5	5.3	.661	1.0	3.5	4.5	4.8	0.4	0.0	1.9	2.3
5	Jestin Lewis	G	23	27.1	14.0	5.0	11.2	.450	2.0	5.7	.362	1.9	2.4	.768	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.8	1.5	0.0	1.6	1.5
3	Tyre Moore	G	17	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	.286	0.1	0.4	.167	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2
52	Niklas Ney	C	13	2.9	0.6	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.6	1.000	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.7
0	Desmond Ringer	FC	23	25.0	7.8	3.1	5.0	.612	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.804	1.6	3.0	4.6	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.3
23	Demetre Rivers	G	34	24.2	9.7	3.3	7.6	.431	1.3	3.4	.374	1.9	2.2	.865	1.5	1.7	3.2	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.6	1.5
22	Ethan Stair	SG	34	24.2	6.6	2.5	5.9	.428	0.5	1.9	.281	1.0	1.5	.635	1.3	2.9	4.2	1.1	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.2
2	Jaylen Stowe	PG	23	4.2	1.3	0.4	1.2	.321	0.3	0.7	.467	0.2	0.4	.500	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.6
5	Jordan Strawberry	G	34	25.4	8.1	2.8	7.5	.378	1.0	2.8	.358	1.5	1.8	.833	0.6	1.8	2.4	3.7	1.0	0.0	1.8	1.4

Western Carolina Catamounts Last 10 Games

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