Mercer 78, Grand Canyon 73

March 14, 2018

Post-Season NCAA Tournament

College Basketball Invitational

GCU Arena (Phoenix, Arizona)

Attendance: 5,941

Officials: Shawn Lehigh, Glen Mayberry, Marc Beasley

Team Rebounds: Mercer (2) Grand Canyon (2)

Technicals: Mercer (0) Grand Canyon (0)

  1 2 Final
MER (19-14) 36 42 78
GCU (22-12) 33 40 73

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MER 65 120.7 113.0
GCU 65 113.0 120.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MER .600 0.217 0.265 0.218
GCU .516 0.124 0.357 0.164

Mercer Bears

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
20 Ross Cummings Starter SG 27:00 7-13 5-7 2-2 12.5 1 4 5 1 4 0 1 0 21
34 Stephon Jelks Starter PF 29:00 2-4 0-1 0-0 5.8 1 7 8 1 3 0 1 0 4
0 Desmond Ringer Starter C 33:00 2-5 1-2 2-3 0.6 3 2 5 0 4 0 4 0 7
23 Demetre Rivers Starter SF 32:00 5-8 1-2 2-2 11.0 2 7 9 0 1 1 3 0 13
5 Jordan Strawberry Starter PG 40:00 7-15 1-4 6-6 14.2 0 1 1 8 2 1 2 0 21
10 Ria'n Holland Bench PG 20:00 4-8 2-4 0-0 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 10
11 Ryan Johnson Bench SF 05:00 0-0 0-0 0-2 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Cory Kilby Bench SF 06:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 2.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
2 Jaylen Stowe Bench PG 08:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 2.5 1 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0
3 Marcus Cohen Bench SG 00:01 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team               2   2            
        200 28-55 10-20 12-15 51.4 11 25 36 12 19 3 14 1 78
          50.9% 50.0% 80.0%                    

Grand Canyon Antelopes

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
11 Casey Benson Starter PG 37:00 6-10 3-5 2-3 22.1 1 7 8 7 1 1 0 0 17
2 Joshua Braun Starter SG 17:00 0-7 0-6 0-0 -1.0 2 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 0
4 Oscar Frayer Starter SF 24:00 4-8 2-6 0-0 6.5 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 10
25 Alessandro Lever Starter C 30:00 3-12 0-3 4-6 -1.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 10
24 Keonta Vernon Starter PF 30:00 8-10 0-0 4-6 16.0 5 1 6 0 4 2 1 1 20
1 Fiifi Aidoo Bench SG 16:00 2-4 0-1 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 4
12 Roberts Blumbergs Bench C 10:00 2-4 1-3 0-0 2.8 0 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 5
5 Matt Jackson Bench PF 16:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 4.5 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 2
42 Gerard Martin Bench SG 16:00 2-3 1-2 0-0 5.0 1 1 2 4 3 0 2 0 5
10 Damari Milstead Bench PG 04:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 1.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
  Team               2   2            
        200 28-61 7-26 10-15 57.1 12 18 30 17 16 6 8 5 73
          45.9% 26.9% 66.7%                    

Mercer Bears Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Jordan Strawberry
11.4p, 3.5r, 5a		 Ross Cummings
8.6p, 1.6r, 0.5a		 Demetre Rivers
11.1p, 3.3r, 1a		 Stephon Jelks
9.7p, 7.3r, 1.6a		 Desmond Ringer
9p, 5.4r, 0.5a
Rotation Ria'n Holland
18.5p, 3r, 2.6a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Jaylen Stowe
3p, 2.9r, 0.5a		 Marcus Cohen
4.4p, 1.2r, 2.5a		 Cory Kilby
4p, 2.3r, 0.7a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Ryan Johnson
2.4p, 1.4r, 0.4a		  
 		  
 

Grand Canyon Antelopes Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Casey Benson
9.7p, 4.2r, 4.5a		 Joshua Braun
11.4p, 3.8r, 1.4a		 Oscar Frayer
9.6p, 5.2r, 1.2a		 Keonta Vernon
9.2p, 6.7r, 1.4a		 Alessandro Lever
12.2p, 4.4r, 1.2a
Rotation  
 		 Gerard Martin
3.3p, 2.8r, 1.3a		  
 		 Matt Jackson
3.2p, 2.8r, 0.9a		 Roberts Blumbergs
5.2p, 3r, 0.8a
Rotation  
 		 Fiifi Aidoo
3.9p, 1.2r, 1a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Damari Milstead
4.5p, 0.7r, 1.1a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 

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