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Mercer

Season: 2026 2025 2024
Also known as: Mercer Bears
Program History

2026 Team Stats (54 games)

73.3
PPG
75.5
Opp
+7.2
Margin
42.3%
FG%
33.6%
3P%
73.7%
FT%
36.6
RPG
12.6
APG
12.4
TO
81.5
Pace
77.5
AdjO
79.3
AdjD
#185
Rank

Model Outputs

2025-2026

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

Model Output Notes
Elo 992 (#185) -
Bradley-Terry 964 (#217) -
Bradley-Terry Recency 1004 (#179) -
Margin -1.7 (#188) HCA +2.2
Margin Recency +13.6 (#173) HCA +2.5
Pythagorean 0.585 (#122) -
Efficiency 0.844 (#63) NetEff +17.2
Adjusted Efficiency 0.416 (#196) AdjO 98.5 | AdjD 101.5
Log Adjusted 0.415 (#196) AdjO 98.1 | AdjD 101.1
Points Off/Def 0.460 (#185) AdjO 77.5 | AdjD 79.3
Points Off/Def Recency 0.605 (#113) AdjO 77.6 | AdjD 72.9
Core Ensemble 0.745 (#180) Blend of elo, bradley_terry_recency, margin_recency, pythagorean_log_adjusted, points_off_def
Recency Ensemble 0.713 (#179) Blend of elo, bradley_terry_recency, margin_recency, pythagorean_log_adjusted, points_off_def_recency
KenPom Kitchen Sink 0.899 (#216) -
Dynamic BT 1028 (#213) HCA +45.0

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-03 @ Tennessee L 61 - 76
2025-11-05 vs LaGrange W 101 - 62
2025-11-09 vs Lipscomb W 92 - 77
2025-11-15 @ Winthrop L 69 - 105
2025-11-22 @ Eastern Ky. W 95 - 83
2025-11-26 vs App State W 75 - 67
2025-11-29 @ Elon W 91 - 84
2025-12-02 vs Georgia St. W 78 - 67
2025-12-07 vs Oglethorpe W 100 - 50
2025-12-13 @ Clemson L 63 - 70
2025-12-17 @ UCF L 63 - 81
2025-12-20 @ Washington St. L 78 - 84
2025-12-28 vs Baptist U. (FL) W 122 - 49
2025-12-31 @ Furman L 72 - 74
2026-01-03 @ ETSU L 71 - 77
2026-01-07 vs The Citadel W 101 - 63
2026-01-10 vs Wofford W 109 - 97
2026-01-15 @ VMI W 77 - 67
2026-01-17 @ UNC Greensboro W 102 - 92
2026-01-21 vs Western Caro. W 88 - 76
2026-01-24 @ Wofford L 77 - 80
2026-01-29 vs UNC Greensboro W 95 - 77
2026-01-31 vs VMI W 95 - 81
2026-02-05 @ Chattanooga L 75 - 79
2026-02-07 @ Samford L 49 - 69
2026-02-11 vs Furman W 69 - 64
2026-02-14 @ The Citadel W 70 - 54
2026-02-19 vs Chattanooga L 90 - 94
2026-02-21 vs Samford W 89 - 86
2026-02-25 @ Western Caro. L 74 - 78
2026-02-28 vs ETSU W 82 - 76
2026-03-07 vs Western Caro. L 73 - 77

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles, with four dividers separating the position buckets.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Baraka Okojie G 31 40.9 23.4 3.7 6.2 1.7 0.1 3.3 16.4 15.4 - - - 42.0 30.0 82.1 - 56.3 46.5
Armani Mighty C 32 39.2 16.7 12.9 1.5 0.9 2.3 2.1 10.3 22.0 - - - 65.0 0.0 53.0 - 64.0 65.0
Zaire Williams G 32 32.9 15.2 4.1 1.7 1.7 0.1 1.5 11.8 9.4 - - - 44.9 35.1 84.4 - 58.7 55.4
Quinton Perkins II G 28 27.0 10.6 2.0 1.9 1.0 0.6 1.2 8.5 6.4 - - - 43.7 41.1 81.2 - 58.7 56.7
Brady Shoulders G 28 33.4 10.1 7.8 2.0 2.0 0.2 1.5 7.8 12.8 - - - 42.0 35.0 72.2 - 53.9 48.4
Kyle Cuffe Jr. G 31 19.4 9.1 2.5 0.5 1.0 0.2 1.1 8.1 4.2 - - - 39.4 36.6 66.7 - 51.8 49.8
Connor Serven F 28 22.0 6.8 4.0 1.2 0.6 0.9 1.0 4.9 7.6 - - - 56.2 30.8 69.2 - 61.3 59.1
Tristan Gross G 29 15.9 5.4 2.6 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.6 4.1 5.0 - - - 47.1 43.3 76.9 - 60.6 58.0
Bendji Pierre F 22 11.9 5.0 2.0 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.4 5.0 2.6 - - - 35.1 27.0 54.5 - 45.6 44.1
Braeden Carlsen G 9 11.2 4.3 1.6 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.8 5.3 1.3 - - - 29.2 20.0 40.0 - 37.2 36.5
Jaydon Cole G 8 9.6 3.9 2.5 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.6 4.4 4.1 - - - 31.4 27.6 50.0 - 43.2 42.9
Alex Koch F 6 5.7 3.0 1.3 0.2 0.7 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.7 - - - 100.0 0 0 - 100.0 100.0
TJ Grant G 9 10.7 1.1 2.0 2.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 1.8 4.2 - - - 18.8 0.0 100.0 - 28.2 18.8
NJ Nganga NJ Nganga G 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0
Pero Zubac F 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0
Petras Padegimas F 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0

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