Model Predictions
| Model | Mercer Bears | UTEP Miners | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 44.8% | 55.2% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 39.0% | 61.0% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 25.6% | 74.4% | +5.9 | ✓ (7.1 off) |
| Efficiency | 39.4% | 60.6% | - | ✓ |
Actual: UTEP Miners +13 (87-74). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Mercer Bears
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langston Hall | 33 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | - |
| Brandon Moore | 32 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 9-13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 20 | - |
| Jeff Smith | 30 | 7-12 | 4-7 | 4-5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 11 | - |
| Justin Cecil | 22 | 2-12 | 1-9 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | - |
| Jake Gollon | 17 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | - |
| Brian Mills | 16 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Mark Hall | 15 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Paul Larsen | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - |
| Bud Thomas | 8 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Chris Smith | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Monty Brown | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Kevin Canevari | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| David O'Shaughnessey | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Daniel Coursey | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ted Price | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
UTEP Miners
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Culpepper | 36 | 7-13 | 2-4 | 8-8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 16 | - |
| Julyan Stone | 34 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 11-14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 22 | - |
| Christian Polk | 27 | 6-11 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 | - |
| Jeremy Williams | 27 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 6-10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | - |
| John Bohannon | 17 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 5 | - |
| Michael Perez | 16 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Gabriel McCulley | 15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Isaac Gordon | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - |
| Claude Britten | 10 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | - |
| Wayne Portalatin | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
* = starter