Dec 18, 2016 - Mercer at Auburn - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

12/18/2016 Auburn v. Mercer Game Preview

	Mercer Bears	(5-6, 0-4 away)
	Auburn Tigers	(8-2, 7-1 home)

December 18, 2016 at 1:00 PM ET
Non-Conference Regular Season

Neville Arena
Auburn, Alabama

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2016-2017 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Mercer	32	40.5	70.8	24.6	55.4	.444	7.6	21.8	.350	14.0	17.9	.782	10.6	24.4	35.0	13.5	4.2	2.3	11.5	17.1
Auburn	32	40.3	80.4	26.9	61.5	.437	9.0	24.7	.366	17.6	26.1	.672	11.0	24.4	35.4	13.0	7.3	5.1	13.6	20.9
MER Opponents	32	40.5	68.3	23.0	55.3	.415	8.5	24.7	.344	13.8	18.5	.747	9.5	20.7	30.2	13.4	5.6	3.3	10.2	18.5
AUB Opponents	32	40.3	79.6	26.9	61.6	.437	8.5	23.9	.357	17.2	23.9	.720	11.8	25.7	37.4	13.6	6.2	2.9	15.2	22.7

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Dec 15, 2015	Mercer	Auburn	71 - 78	Auburn	Non-Conference Regular Season	Neville Arena
Nov 19, 2008	Mercer	Auburn	78 - 74	Mercer	Non-Conference Regular Season	Beard Eaves Memorial Coliseum
Dec 19, 2007	Mercer	Auburn	59 - 68	Auburn	Non-Conference Regular Season	Beard Eaves Memorial Coliseum

2016-2017 Mercer Bears Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	R. Holland	J. Strawberry	S. Jelks	D. Rivers	D. Ringer
Rotation	R. Lewis	R. Johnson	C. Kilby
Lim PT	J. Stowe	R. Cummings			A. Fishler
Lim PT	S. Gavin	D. Roy			J. N'Ganga

2016-2017 Auburn Tigers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	J. Harper	B. Brown	M. Heron	D. Purifoy	A. Wiley
Rotation	R. Johnson	T. Dunans	T. Lang	H. Spencer
Rotation				A. McLemore
Rotation				L. Smith
Lim PT	M. Cohen	D. Waddell	T. Tate	C. Blackstock
Lim PT	P. Keim	W. Macoy

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
33	Mac Brydon	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	Ross Cummings	SG	14	7.4	1.6	0.6	2.0	.321	0.3	1.4	.211	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.4
55	Andrew Fishler	C	30	8.9	2.9	1.2	2.2	.554	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.500	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.3	1.2
3	Stephen Gavin	G	2	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
10	Ria'n Holland	G	31	31.5	17.2	5.7	13.1	.437	2.5	6.6	.377	3.3	3.9	.843	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.3
34	Stephon Jelks	F	32	26.6	7.3	2.3	5.9	.397	0.7	2.4	.286	1.9	2.4	.803	2.2	4.4	6.7	1.8	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.2
11	Ryan Johnson	GF	32	10.4	3.8	1.3	3.1	.424	0.5	1.4	.364	0.7	0.9	.733	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.3
1	Cory Kilby	SF	27	12.9	3.4	1.1	2.7	.431	0.4	1.1	.355	0.7	1.0	.741	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.9
25	Rashad Lewis	G	32	12.5	2.8	0.9	3.2	.282	0.6	2.2	.261	0.5	0.7	.714	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.2	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.4
44	J.J. N'Ganga	C	30	8.2	1.4	0.6	1.4	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.3	.300	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.1
0	Desmond Ringer	FC	32	24.5	7.6	2.9	5.0	.575	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.3	.773	2.2	3.7	5.8	0.4	0.2	0.3	1.5	2.4
23	Demetre Rivers	G	32	30.0	11.2	4.1	8.6	.475	1.2	3.6	.348	1.7	2.1	.821	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.3	0.4	0.2	2.1	2.0
20	Darius Roy	SG	18	6.2	1.4	0.6	1.8	.303	0.1	0.5	.222	0.2	0.4	.500	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.4
22	Ethan Stair	SG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Jaylen Stowe	PG	26	7.1	1.6	0.5	1.2	.438	0.1	0.5	.231	0.4	0.6	.733	0.2	1.2	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.8
5	Jordan Strawberry	G	31	29.3	12.2	3.9	8.7	.452	1.6	3.8	.436	2.7	3.0	.883	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.3	0.6	0.0	1.9	1.6

Auburn Tigers 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	Cole Blackstock	GF	3	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
2	Bryce Brown	SG	28	21.1	7.5	2.4	6.8	.360	2.0	5.0	.400	0.6	1.0	.667	0.4	1.5	2.0	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.8
25	Mike Cohen	G	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4	T.J. Dunans	SG	31	24.3	8.2	3.4	8.7	.387	0.5	2.3	.208	0.9	1.7	.547	0.5	3.0	3.5	2.5	1.0	0.7	2.3	2.1
1	Jared Harper	PG	32	24.2	11.4	3.2	8.4	.385	1.7	4.9	.344	3.2	4.6	.705	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.0	1.2	0.1	1.5	1.8
5	Mustapha Heron	GF	32	28.2	15.2	4.8	10.8	.442	1.4	3.2	.423	4.3	5.6	.770	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.3	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.7
44	Heath Huff	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
35	Ronnie Johnson	G	32	16.4	7.8	2.8	6.6	.433	0.8	2.1	.379	1.3	1.9	.717	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.3	0.7	0.0	1.2	1.0
21	Patrick Keim	G	5	1.8	0.8	0.2	0.6	.333	0.2	0.4	.500	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
23	T.J. Lang	G	29	16.4	4.3	1.2	3.0	.398	1.0	2.6	.395	0.9	1.3	.667	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.9
21	Will Macoy	G	4	2.0	2.0	0.8	1.5	.500	0.5	1.2	.400	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
24	Anfernee McLemore	PF	32	15.1	5.4	2.2	3.2	.683	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.1	1.8	.603	1.7	2.8	4.5	0.1	0.4	1.2	0.9	2.4
3	Danjel Purifoy	SF	29	28.7	11.5	3.3	8.4	.398	2.0	5.5	.369	2.8	3.1	.879	1.0	3.7	4.7	1.8	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.2
12	LaRon Smith	F	24	12.0	2.6	1.0	1.9	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.2	.517	1.2	1.2	2.4	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.3
0	Horace Spencer	PF	19	16.3	4.8	1.9	3.5	.561	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.9	.500	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.5	0.7	1.5	0.9	3.1
52	Trey Tate	F	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
31	Devin Waddell	GF	10	7.5	0.7	0.2	0.6	.333	0.2	0.4	.500	0.1	0.3	.333	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.6
50	Austin Wiley	F	23	18.0	8.8	3.2	5.4	.584	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	5.0	.491	2.3	2.4	4.7	0.2	0.2	1.3	1.8	2.6
44	New Williams	SG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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