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Mercer

Season: 2027 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Also known as: Mercer Bears
Program History
Coach: Ryan Ridder

2027 Team Stats (1 games)

90.0
PPG
53.0
Opp
+37.0
Margin
47.8%
FG%
28.6%
3P%
72.7%
FT%
48.0
RPG
10.0
APG
15.0
TO
74.7
Est. poss./game

Model Outputs

2026-2027
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. Preseason prior 833 (returning production + recruiting): last season 968, returning -37, transfers -61, freshmen -37 More → 833 (#256) Preseason prior 833 (returning production + recruiting): last season 968, returning -37, transfers -61, freshmen -37
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1000 (#196) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +16.9 More → +0.0 (#194) HCA +16.9

2027 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2026-11-02 vs Reinhardt Eagles W 90 - 53
2026-11-05 @ Virginia Tech Hokies - Preview
2026-11-07 @ Davidson Wildcats - Preview
2026-11-10 @ Georgia Southern Eagles - Preview
2026-11-12 @ West Virginia Mountaineers - Preview

2027 Roster

Minutes by Position

Each player's share of the team's minutes per game (season minutes over the roster's), placed by position, so every column is one game's minutes. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM GP PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Shane Cherry Shane Cherry G 1 17.0 21.0 4.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 11.0 15.0 - - - - 63.6 42.9 80.0 - 79.5 77.3
Derek Goodman Derek Goodman G 1 21.0 18.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 12.0 10.0 - - - - 58.3 37.5 50.0 - 69.9 70.8
KJ LaMonte KJ LaMonte ATH 1 20.0 14.0 4.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 9.0 9.0 - - - - 33.3 0.0 80.0 - 52.2 33.3
Dawson Barr Dawson Barr G 1 12.0 8.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 6.0 7.0 - - - - 50.0 40.0 0 - 66.7 66.7
Makoi Mabor Makoi Makoi Mabor Makoi F 1 17.0 6.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 6.0 3.0 - - - - 50.0 0.0 0 - 50.0 50.0
Quinton Perkins II Quinton Perkins II G 1 24.0 5.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 -1.0 - - - - 33.3 25.0 0 - 41.7 41.7
Brady Shoulders Brady Shoulders G 1 22.0 5.0 13.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 4.0 17.0 - - - - 25.0 0.0 75.0 - 43.4 25.0
Karon Boyd Karon Boyd F 1 21.0 5.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 7.0 - - - - 66.7 50.0 0 - 83.3 83.3
Petras Padegimas Petras Padegimas F 1 11.0 2.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 - - - - 100.0 0 0 - 100.0 100.0
Keelan Steele Keelan Steele F 1 16.0 2.0 6.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 5.0 - - - - 50.0 0 0 - 50.0 50.0
Harrison Lyttle Harrison Lyttle G 1 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 - - - - 100.0 0 0.0 - 69.4 100.0
Ryder Cate Ryder Cate G 1 15.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 5.0 0.0 - - - - 20.0 0.0 0 - 20.0 20.0
Sawyer Mayhugh Sawyer Mayhugh F 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ryder Cate Ryder Cate G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Josh Jackson Josh Jackson G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dimitrije Kovacevic Dimitrije Kovacevic F 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Emmanuel Koveos Emmanuel Koveos G 1 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 -1.0 - - - - 0.0 0.0 0 - 0.0 0.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG

Alumni in the Pros

Every program's alumni →

Former Mercer players in G League 2025-2026, matched by provider player ids (ESPN athlete ids, ESPN bios, linked StatsNBA/EuroLeague ids). Only games after their last Mercer game count. These are observed results, not certified complete seasons. League and team are where each player last played a regular-season or playoff game (NBA ahead of G League when he played in both); recent games include the preseason.

Active alumni

Player At School League Team GP MPG PPG RPG APG Last game Last 30 days
Felipe Haase 2020-22 G League Mexico City Capitanes 31 22.1 9.8 3.5 1.7 04-01 3 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast Playoffs no games

Alumni around the leagues: recent games

Date Player League Team Opponent MIN PTS REB AST Box
2026-04-01 Felipe Haase G League Playoffs Mexico City Capitanes vs Rip City Remix 15 3 3 1 Box
2026-03-28 Felipe Haase G League Mexico City Capitanes @ Austin Spurs 16 12 4 0 Box
2026-03-25 Felipe Haase G League Mexico City Capitanes @ Valley Suns 16 2 2 0 Box

2026-2027 Shot Zones

67 located field-goal attempts in 1 game (ESPN). Each zone is coloured by the player with the largest share of the team's made-shot points there (left) and of its misses there (right).

Goodman21% LaMonte29% Makoi100% Barr100% Goodman50% Cherry100% Goodman50%
Points: who the team's points here most likely come from
LaMonte40% LaMonte40% Barr23% Cate40% Perkins43%
Misses: who misses most here

Derek GoodmanShane CherryDawson BarrKJ LaMonteMakoi Mabor MakoiQuinton Perkins IIRyder Cate

Zone FGM-FGA FG% Pts Top scorer Runner-up Most misses Runner-up
Restricted area 14-19 73.7 28 Derek Goodman 21% (6 pts) Shane Cherry 21% (6 pts) KJ LaMonte 40% (2 misses) Keelan Steele 20% (1 misses)
Paint (non-RA) 7-12 58.3 14 KJ LaMonte 29% (4 pts) Derek Goodman 14% (2 pts) KJ LaMonte 40% (2 misses) Brady Shoulders 20% (1 misses)
Mid-range left 1-1 100.0 2 Makoi Mabor Makoi 100% (2 pts) - - -
Mid-range center 0-0 - 0 - - - -
Mid-range right 0-0 - 0 - - - -
Left corner 3 2-2 100.0 6 Dawson Barr 100% (6 pts) - - -
Right corner 3 0-0 - 0 - - - -
Above-break 3 left 2-15 13.3 6 Derek Goodman 50% (3 pts) Shane Cherry 50% (3 pts) Dawson Barr 23% (3 misses) Derek Goodman 23% (3 misses)
Above-break 3 center 2-7 28.6 6 Shane Cherry 100% (6 pts) - Ryder Cate 40% (2 misses) Shane Cherry 40% (2 misses)
Above-break 3 right 4-11 36.4 12 Derek Goodman 50% (6 pts) Karon Boyd 25% (3 pts) Quinton Perkins II 43% (3 misses) Derek Goodman 29% (2 misses)