Feb 27, 2017 - Samford at Mercer - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

2/27/2017 Mercer v. Samford Game Preview

	Samford Bulldogs	(17-14, 8-8 away)
	Mercer Bears	(15-16, 9-8 home)

February 27, 2017 at 7:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Hawkins Arena
Macon, Georgia

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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
Samford	36	41.4	78.7	26.5	56.6	.469	7.8	19.6	.395	17.9	24.1	.743	9.1	25.9	35.0	16.1	6.1	2.4	13.7	18.8
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
SAMF Opponents	36	41.4	75.9	26.7	62.3	.429	8.3	25.0	.331	14.3	19.8	.718	11.2	22.8	34.0	16.4	6.8	3.7	12.3	20.4
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

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 11, 2017	Mercer	Samford	68 - 65	Mercer	Conference Regular Season	Pete Hanna Center
Feb 1, 2016	Mercer	Samford	85 - 70	Mercer	Conference Regular Season	Pete Hanna Center
Jan 2, 2016	Samford	Mercer	50 - 69	Mercer	Conference Regular Season	Hawkins Arena
Feb 21, 2015	Mercer	Samford	62 - 61	Mercer	Conference Regular Season	Pete Hanna Center
Jan 17, 2015	Samford	Mercer	56 - 80	Mercer	Conference Regular Season	Hawkins Arena
Dec 7, 2011	Mercer	Samford	83 - 78	Mercer	Non-Conference Regular Season	Pete Hanna Center
Jan 23, 2003	Mercer	Samford	74 - 68	Mercer	Conference Regular Season	Seibert Hall

2016-2017 Samford Bulldogs Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	C. Cunningham	T. Chambers	D. Denzel-Dyson	A. Thompson	W. Walker
Rotation	J. Sharkey		J. Hopkins
Rotation			T. Brutus
Lim PT		J. Boone	E. Adams	A. Peters
Lim PT		G. Smith
Lim PT		T. Tapp

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

Samford Bulldogs Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
13	Eric Adams	F	30	8.5	2.4	0.8	1.6	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.639	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.7	1.5
11	James Boone	SG	6	7.2	1.2	0.3	1.3	.250	0.2	0.8	.200	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.7
25	Terry Brutus	F	29	10.5	2.6	0.9	2.2	.406	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.2	.686	0.4	1.7	2.1	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.6
0	Triston Chambers	SG	36	22.6	7.2	2.4	5.7	.427	2.0	4.9	.412	0.3	0.5	.706	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.8	2.0
00	Christen Cunningham	G	36	34.7	11.4	3.9	9.2	.422	0.6	1.8	.354	3.0	3.6	.817	0.5	2.2	2.8	6.2	0.9	0.0	2.2	1.5
22	Demetrius Denzel-Dyson	G	36	30.8	16.1	5.4	10.9	.495	2.4	5.2	.460	2.9	4.0	.727	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.1	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.4
15	Justin Hopkins	SF	34	16.0	5.1	1.6	3.3	.487	0.3	0.8	.346	1.6	2.0	.779	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.2
55	Alex Peters	FC	32	8.4	2.4	0.9	1.3	.690	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.690	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.7
44	Dakota Quinn	PF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Josh Sharkey	PG	36	22.5	8.2	2.3	5.6	.413	0.3	1.3	.217	3.3	4.6	.720	0.4	1.5	1.9	4.2	2.0	0.1	2.7	2.7
24	Gerald Smith	G	23	4.8	0.8	0.3	0.8	.444	0.1	0.2	.400	0.0	0.1	.333	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.7
14	Tanner Tapp	SG	8	2.9	0.2	0.1	1.0	.125	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1
20	Alex Thompson	F	36	25.7	11.7	4.1	9.4	.433	2.0	5.0	.403	1.6	2.0	.803	0.7	3.6	4.3	0.8	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.1
33	Wyatt Walker	PF	34	29.1	12.9	4.6	7.9	.586	0.1	0.2	.333	3.6	4.8	.761	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.5	0.6	0.9	2.0	2.6

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

Samford Bulldogs Last 10 Games

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