Jan 11, 2020 - Mercer at Western Carolina - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

1/11/2020 Western Carolina v. Mercer Game Preview

	Mercer Bears	(6-11, 2-5 away)
	Western Carolina Catamounts	(12-3, 7-0 home)

January 11, 2020 at 5:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Ramsey Regional Activity Center
Cullowhee, North Carolina

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2019-2020 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Mercer	32	40.0	71.7	26.5	58.9	.449	7.7	21.4	.359	11.1	15.3	.722	9.9	26.1	36.0	14.4	6.6	2.6	14.4	18.8
Western Carolina	31	40.3	78.8	27.0	57.7	.468	9.7	26.4	.369	15.1	21.3	.710	9.1	27.1	36.3	14.5	5.3	1.8	14.4	17.2
MER Opponents	32	40.0	70.3	24.8	57.5	.432	7.4	23.2	.321	13.2	19.9	.661	9.0	22.6	31.6	12.7	7.0	2.6	13.2	15.9
WCU Opponents	31	40.3	74.7	26.7	61.5	.435	7.8	25.2	.312	13.5	18.7	.719	8.9	23.5	32.4	12.2	6.6	3.5	12.6	19.8

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Feb 14, 2019	Mercer	Western Carolina	74 - 65	Mercer	Conference Regular Season	Ramsey Regional Activity Center
Jan 10, 2019	Western Carolina	Mercer	80 - 84	Mercer	Conference Regular Season	Hawkins Arena
Feb 20, 2018	Western Carolina	Mercer	64 - 81	Mercer	Conference Regular Season	Hawkins Arena
Jan 10, 2018	Mercer	Western Carolina	56 - 58	Western Carolina	Conference Regular Season	Ramsey Regional Activity Center
Jan 30, 2017	Western Carolina	Mercer	47 - 62	Mercer	Conference Regular Season	Hawkins Arena
Jan 21, 2017	Mercer	Western Carolina	70 - 50	Mercer	Conference Regular Season	Ramsey Regional Activity Center
Feb 18, 2016	Western Carolina	Mercer	72 - 65	Western Carolina	Conference Regular Season	Hawkins Arena
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

2019-2020 Mercer Bears Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	K. Robertson	D. Dimitrijevic	E. Stair	J. Gary	M. Bender
Rotation			D. Love	J. Glisson III
Lim PT	D. Rivera	R. Cummings	P. Urey	F. Haase	V. Bafutto
Lim PT	M. Prendergast			L. Hamilton
Lim PT	N. Alvarez

2019-2020 Western Carolina Catamounts Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. McCray	M. Faulkner	M. Halvorsen	O. Steger	C. Dotson
Rotation			T. Harris	X. Cork
Lim PT	J. McMillan	D. Elks	K. Gibson	A. Sledd
Lim PT	M. McCrimmon	M. Thomas	D. Myers

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
14	Victor Bafutto	C	31	9.1	3.6	1.6	3.2	.505	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.520	1.1	1.4	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.0	1.9
25	Maciej Bender	C	32	19.3	7.0	3.0	6.4	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.2	.451	1.7	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.2	1.1	1.8	2.4
20	Ross Cummings	SG	6	23.0	9.5	3.2	6.8	.463	1.8	4.0	.458	1.3	1.3	1.000	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	1.8
5	Djordje Dimitrijevic	PG	30	34.3	16.8	5.5	12.9	.425	2.2	6.1	.368	3.5	4.2	.848	0.5	3.6	4.1	3.7	1.5	0.0	2.7	2.3
3	Jeff Gary	G	22	32.8	11.5	4.2	9.3	.456	2.2	5.6	.390	0.9	1.0	.905	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.5	1.8
23	James Glisson III	F	32	16.9	6.2	2.7	5.2	.509	0.1	0.5	.118	0.9	1.4	.636	1.4	1.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.5
30	Luke Hamilton	F	7	12.4	3.7	1.4	3.4	.417	0.9	2.6	.333	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0
10	Daniel Love	G	32	18.8	4.6	1.8	4.5	.399	0.3	0.9	.333	0.7	1.1	.676	0.9	2.1	3.0	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.2
12	Mitch Prendergast	G	12	9.4	2.8	1.0	2.5	.400	0.8	2.1	.360	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.3	1.2
30	Diego Rivera	G	21	10.4	2.4	0.8	2.3	.354	0.3	1.3	.222	0.5	0.7	.733	0.3	0.5	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.8
1	Kamar Robertson	PG	28	21.8	6.8	2.2	5.4	.413	1.0	2.4	.403	1.4	1.9	.736	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.8	0.7	0.2	1.9	3.0
22	Ethan Stair	SG	32	34.8	14.6	5.4	11.3	.479	1.9	5.3	.353	1.9	2.2	.859	2.0	7.3	9.2	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.8	2.4
35	Patrick Urey	F	27	12.0	1.1	0.3	0.9	.320	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.8	.636	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.9

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
13	Xavier Cork	PF	31	11.5	4.1	1.8	2.5	.696	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.2	.486	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.1	1.7
4	Carlos Dotson	C	30	27.2	15.5	6.0	9.8	.610	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	6.2	.573	2.8	6.9	9.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	2.7	2.8
10	Douglas Elks	GF	17	6.6	1.1	0.4	1.1	.333	0.3	0.9	.333	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.8
12	Nicholas Evtimov	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	Mason Faulkner	SG	31	33.6	17.7	5.3	13.1	.402	2.0	6.4	.313	5.2	6.7	.783	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.9	1.2	0.1	3.3	2.3
14	Kam Gibson	G	17	24.1	8.6	3.1	7.5	.417	1.6	4.7	.350	0.7	0.8	.923	0.4	1.9	2.2	1.1	0.3	0.1	1.1	2.2
2	Matt Halvorsen	G	31	32.5	9.5	2.9	7.2	.410	2.5	6.3	.402	1.2	1.4	.837	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.5	1.0	0.1	0.8	1.7
4	Tyler Harris	F	31	16.6	4.3	1.7	3.5	.473	0.3	0.9	.276	0.7	0.9	.815	0.7	2.0	2.6	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.4
25	Ahmir Langlais	PF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1	Tra'Vion McCray	PG	31	20.8	4.7	1.5	4.0	.374	0.8	2.4	.338	0.9	1.4	.690	0.2	2.3	2.4	1.8	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.0
23	Malik McCrimmon	G	6	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	.500	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2
3	Jason McMillan	G	9	2.4	1.0	0.3	1.1	.300	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3
5	D.J. Myers	F	8	4.1	2.1	0.9	1.1	.778	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.750	1.0	0.6	1.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.6
44	Adam Sledd	PF	16	4.4	2.1	0.9	1.6	.600	0.1	0.1	.500	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.6	0.4	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4
33	Onno Steger	SF	31	30.3	12.8	4.0	9.3	.436	2.6	6.0	.428	2.2	2.7	.810	1.4	3.3	4.7	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.3
21	Marcus Thomas	G	23	11.7	4.3	1.7	3.4	.513	0.5	1.2	.407	0.3	0.6	.615	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.3

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