Model Predictions
| Model | Rice Owls | Mercer Bears | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 47.0% | 53.0% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 39.1% | 60.9% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 33.6% | 66.4% | +3.7 | ✓ (2.3 off) |
Actual: Mercer Bears +6 (77-71). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Rice Owls
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Gearhart * | 41 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | - |
| Marcus Jackson * | 39 | 4-12 | 2-7 | 3-5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | - |
| Andrew Drone * | 24 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | - |
| Max Guercy * | 24 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 4-6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | - |
| Van Green * | 21 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Bishop Mency | 30 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Dan Peera | 18 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | - |
| Maurice Rivers | 12 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - |
| Nate Pollard | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Denzel Davis | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Jordan Reed | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
Mercer Bears
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jibri Bryan * | 42 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 11-13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 16 | - |
| Ike Nwamu * | 39 | 5-13 | 3-7 | 8-10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 14 | - |
| Phillip Leonard * | 35 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4-10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - |
| T.J. Hallice * | 31 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 15 | - |
| Darious Moten * | 27 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | - |
| James Bento | 20 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | - |
| Jordan Strawberry | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Niklas Ney | 10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | - |
| Jestin Lewis | 7 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Lawrence Brown | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
* = starter