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Mercer17-15

SouthernCoach: Bob Hoffman

17-15NET#172
Schedule
WWGeorge Mason logoGeorge Mason logoWAlabama St. logoAlabama St. logoLDavidson logoDavidson logoWTulane logoTulane logoWAppalachian St. logoAppalachian St. logoWWestern Michigan logoWestern Michigan logoWWAlcorn St. logoAlcorn St. logoLAuburn logoAuburn logoWArkansas logoArkansas logoLOhio St. logoOhio St. logoWKennesaw St. logoKennesaw St. logoWSamford logoSamford logoLChattanooga logoChattanooga logoWThe Citadel logoThe Citadel logoWFurman logoFurman logoWWofford logoWofford logoLEast Tennessee St. logoEast Tennessee St. logoLWestern Carolina logoWestern Carolina logoWVMI logoVMI logoWUNC Greensboro logoUNC Greensboro logoWSamford logoSamford logoWThe Citadel logoThe Citadel logoLChattanooga logoChattanooga logoLWofford logoWofford logoLFurman logoFurman logoLWestern Carolina logoWestern Carolina logoLEast Tennessee St. logoEast Tennessee St. logoLVMI logoVMI logoLUNC Greensboro logoUNC Greensboro logoWThe Citadel logoThe Citadel logoLEast Tennessee St. logoEast Tennessee St. logoLCoastal Carolina logoCoastal Carolina logo

Team Stats

32 games
  • Net Rating2.259
  • Offensive Rating110.451
  • Defensive Rating108.159
  • Pace64.232
  • Effective FG%49.8%50
  • Off Rebound Pct36.7%94
  • Turnover Pct20.0%37
  • FT Attempt Rate32.3%20

Team Stats

32 games

Core Stats

  • Net Rating2.259
  • Offensive Rating110.451
  • Defensive Rating108.159
  • Pace64.232
  • Effective FG%49.8%50
  • Off Rebound Pct36.7%94
  • Turnover Pct20.0%37
  • FT Attempt Rate32.3%20

Results & Margin

  • Win Pct53.1%55
  • Point Margin / Game1.459
  • Points / Game70.940
  • Points Allowed / Game69.472
  • 1st Half Margin3.382
  • 2nd Half Margin-1.832
  • Avg Largest Lead11.362
  • Avg Largest Deficit8.176

Box Score

  • Points / Game70.940
  • Rebounds / Game39.390
  • Assists / Game14.576
  • ORebs / Game12.687
  • DRebs / Game26.782
  • Steals / Game5.018
  • Blocks / Game2.314
  • Turnovers / Game12.846
  • PFs / Game17.585

Shooting

  • FGMs / Game25.453
  • FGAs / Game57.345
  • Field Goal Pct44.3%58
  • 2PMs / Game19.169
  • 2PAs / Game39.472
  • 2-Point Pct48.5%48
  • 3PMs / Game6.330
  • 3PAs / Game17.925
  • 3-Point Pct35.3%59
  • FTMs / Game13.833
  • FTAs / Game18.517
  • Free Throw Pct74.2%89

Scoring Breakdown

  • % Pts from 2s53.9%81
  • % Pts from 3s26.7%32
  • % Pts from FTs19.4%35
  • Paint Pts / Game25.277
  • % Pts in Paint35.5%80
  • Fast Break Pts / Game3.547
  • % Pts on Fast Break5.0%50
  • Points off TOVs / Game11.864
  • % Pts off TOVs16.6%68
  • 1st Half Pts / Game32.944
  • 2nd Half Pts / Game36.428

Adv Offense

  • True Shooting %54.1%53
  • Points / Shot1.2442
  • 3-Point Att Rate31.2%25
  • Assist Pct57.1%82
  • Assists / 100 Poss22.677
  • Ast/Tov Ratio1.13x68
  • PF Drawn / Game17.815

Opponent Shooting

  • Opp Effective FG%48.9%67
  • Opp True Shooting %53.0%68
  • Opp Field Goal Pct40.8%89
  • Opp 2-Point Pct44.7%89
  • Opp 3-Point Pct36.0%28
  • Opp 3PA Rate44.9%1
  • Opp FT Att Rate32.9%75
  • Opp Points / Shot1.2174

Defense Allowed

  • Points Allowed / Game69.472
  • Paint Pts Allowed19.460
  • Fast Break Pts Allowed5.418
  • Pts off TOVs Allowed11.644
  • Opp Assist Pct58.0%14
  • TOVs Forced / Game10.810

Adv Defense

  • Def Rebound Pct72.6%80
  • Turnovers Forced Pct16.8%14
  • Steal Pct7.8%20
  • Block Pct3.6%15
  • Hakeem Pct11.3%8
  • PF Efficiency0.98x61
  • Steals / PF0.29x37
  • Blocks / PF0.13x24

Chips are national percentiles within the selected split: a team’s away numbers are ranked against every other team’s away numbers, not against the full season. Gray chips mark stats with no good direction (tempo, shot diet and the scoring shares), where the rank says how unusual a team is, not how good.

Where They Rank

of 351 D-I teams
  • #19REB Diff+240
  • #21OREB%36.7%
  • #34PO TOV Diff+8
  • #64AST%57.1%
  • #70Opp OREB%27.4%
  • #89Paint Pts %41.9%
  • #117Opp eFG%48.9%
  • #142Pts Diff+46
Where they rank bestof 351 D-I teams
  • #19REB Diff+240
  • #21OREB%36.7%
  • #34PO TOV Diff+8
  • #64AST%57.1%
  • #70Opp OREB%27.4%
  • #89Paint Pts %41.9%
  • #117Opp eFG%48.9%
  • #142Pts Diff+46
Where they rank worstof 351 D-I teams
  • #3453PM Diff-94
  • #291Opp TOV%16.2%
  • #282FTAR32.3%
  • #270SOS-4.0
  • #254TOV%19.3%
  • #253Opp 3P%36.0%
  • #190FB Pts %6.1%
  • #187Adj DRtg105.0

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J. LewisSr6'1"+0.366––56.5%7223.6%8313.73.61.737.1%77.8%
P. LeonardSr6'2"+0.160––53.5%5824.1%8510.64.44.716.7%66.5%
J. StrawberrySo6'1"+0.054––49.4%3621.0%708.32.53.635.9%84.9%
D. RiversSo6'8"-0.626––57.0%7420.9%699.93.30.938.9%88.5%
E. StairFr6'5"-0.819––48.9%3516.4%376.34.11.028.3%67.3%
D. RingerSo6'9"-1.27––65.1%9416.4%377.94.40.60.0%81.0%
J. BryanSr6'4"–––65.8%9516.1%352.81.60.625.0%83.3%
L. BrownJr6'5"–––56.5%7214.0%213.12.40.20.0%72.0%
J. BentoJr6'6"–––34.3%1011.7%110.71.50.20.0%25.0%
A. FishlerJr7'1"–––51.4%4619.9%622.61.80.10.0%64.0%
N. NeySo6'10"–––64.7%9417.4%440.50.40.00.0%100.0%
C. KilbyFr6'7"–––52.6%5215.5%312.01.40.233.3%63.6%
J. StoweFr6'2"–––49.1%3519.1%571.40.80.146.7%50.0%
T. MooreSo6'4"–––41.0%1610.4%80.30.30.00.0%100.0%
Ratings (ADJUSTED)Four FactorsShooting
Mercer logoMercer logo25-2619-13#173-1.149111.563112.632-5.525+4156-14433.7%75-738453.3%7234.9%6572.3%46
Mercer logoMercer logo24-2514-19#256-6.431102.021108.447-5.028+2950-381929.7%44-286350.0%3132.2%2365.5%4
Mercer logoMercer logo23-2416-17#218-5.234103.535108.739-3.241-2335-133631.2%70-366950.2%3734.5%5966.9%10
Mercer logoMercer logo22-2314-19#221-1.946102.834104.857-3.233+8371-54231.0%69-44950.3%4133.4%3869.0%22
Mercer logoMercer logo21-2216-17#192-2.642104.551107.132-0.261-244-24425.5%23+412453.1%8435.1%7277.0%95
Mercer logoMercer logo19-2017-15#197-2.044101.341103.346-2.741+13985+85531.1%76+541451.5%6935.9%8672.2%63
Mercer logoMercer logo18-1911-20#189-1.149104.345105.4480.463-3434-61929.2%56-356951.6%5934.4%4968.8%31
Mercer logoMercer logo17-1819-15#1402.559114.086111.416-3.230+18490-293031.6%74+272955.1%9138.3%8976.0%90
Mercer logoMercer logo16-1715-17#1622.059109.879107.930-0.361+17591-282835.0%92+392751.2%5535.0%5178.2%99
Mercer logoMercer logo15-1616-16#172-0.353104.753104.949-4.126+28697-97237.1%95+591449.8%4434.3%4773.1%85
Mercer logoMercer logo14-1517-16#1630.755104.863104.145-4.123+3859-501833.4%70-477549.7%5734.7%5568.8%46
Mercer logoMercer logo13-141424-9#7510.983112.587101.673-4.229+14886+548534.0%73-326754.7%9538.4%8973.6%87

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Shooting

vs D-I
True Shooting %
53.6%#156
Effective FG %
49.8%#174
3-Point %
35.3%#142
3PAR
31.2%#264
FTAR
32.3%#279
Assist %
57.1%#64

Shot Profile

vs D-I
Rim rateshare of shots at the rim
34.8%#193
Rim FG %–
Mid-range ratethe least efficient shot
34.4%#282
Mid-range FG %–
Corner 3 share–
Corner 3 FG %–
Above-break 3 FG %–

Shot Clock

25 games

A full turn is the thirty-second clock. How far a band reaches is how often the shot came from that stretch; the number under it is what those shots returned per attempt.

Offense
0s10s20sEarly (0–10s): 43.2% of shots at 0.63 points per shot, against a D-I 0.7143.2%0.63Middle (11–20s): 28.0% of shots at 1.36 points per shot, against a D-I 1.2928.0%1.36Late (21s+): 28.8% of shots at 1.21 points per shot, against a D-I 1.2228.8%1.21SHAREPTS/SHOT
Offense
Pts/Shot1.0054D-I 0.99
Early 0–10s0.631643.2% of shots
Middle 11–20s1.367328.0% of shots
Late 21s+1.214828.8% of shots
Defense
0s10s20sEarly (0–10s): 50.8% of shots at 0.70 points per shot, against a D-I 0.7250.8%0.70Middle (11–20s): 24.6% of shots at 1.20 points per shot, against a D-I 1.3024.6%1.20Late (21s+): 24.6% of shots at 1.31 points per shot, against a D-I 1.2324.6%1.31SHAREPTS/SHOT
Defense
Pts/Shot0.9767Allowed, D-I 1.00
Early 0–10s0.705950.8% of shots
Middle 11–20s1.208824.6% of shots
Late 21s+1.312024.6% of shots

Fill is this team's shooting against the D-I average for that stretch of the clock. On the defensive dial, green means opponents shot worse. The dashed arc is where D-I's own share of shots sits on the same scale. Points per shot excludes free throws. Percentiles are against the 344 D-I teams with five games or more on the clock this season.

No lineup data for 15-16. Five-man units are reconstructed from the players on the floor at each play, which the play-by-play only began carrying in 2023-24.

No on/off data for 15-16. It is built from the players on the floor at each play, which the play-by-play only began carrying in 2023-24.