Mercer Bears
Also known as: Mercer Bears
Program History
2026 Team Stats (54 games)
73.3
PPG
61.7
Opp
+1.8
Margin
42.3%
FG%
33.6%
3P%
73.7%
FT%
36.6
RPG
12.6
APG
12.4
TO
81.5
Pace
60.2
AdjO
69.4
AdjD
#265
Rank
Model Outputs
2025-2026
Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.
| Model | Output | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Elo | 1018 (#173) | - |
| Bradley-Terry | 923 (#234) | - |
| Margin | -9.5 (#269) | HCA +2.3 |
| Pythagorean | 0.480 (#180) | - |
| Efficiency | 0.558 (#157) | NetEff +1.8 |
| Adjusted Efficiency | 0.179 (#265) | AdjO 93.4 | AdjD 106.6 |
| Log Adjusted | 0.174 (#264) | AdjO 92.7 | AdjD 106.1 |
| Points Off/Def | 0.303 (#265) | AdjO 60.2 | AdjD 69.4 |
2026 Schedule & Results
| Date | Vs/At | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | @ | UNC Asheville | W | 48 - 39 |
| 2025-11-06 | vs | Clemson | L | 51 - 72 |
| 2025-11-10 | vs | Gardner-Webb | W | 61 - 56 |
| 2025-11-13 | @ | Wake Forest | L | 61 - 66 |
| 2025-11-19 | @ | Jackson St. | W | 78 - 68 |
| 2025-11-22 | @ | Ga. Southern | L | 72 - 93 |
| 2025-11-25 | vs | Florida A&M | W | 75 - 59 |
| 2025-11-28 | @ | Charleston So. | W | 71 - 45 |
| 2025-12-03 | @ | Campbell | L | 49 - 71 |
| 2025-12-06 | @ | Jacksonville St. | L | 62 - 72 |
| 2025-12-14 | vs | Mississippi Val. | W | 66 - 43 |
| 2025-12-17 | vs | Erskine | W | 91 - 37 |
| 2025-12-20 | vs | Detroit Mercy | W | 64 - 55 |
| 2025-12-21 | @ | Tulane | W | 70 - 67 |
| 2026-01-02 | vs | AUM | W | 66 - 55 |
| 2026-01-08 | @ | Western Caro. | W | 84 - 75 |
| 2026-01-10 | @ | UNC Greensboro | L | 59 - 76 |
| 2026-01-17 | vs | Samford | W | 76 - 67 |
| 2026-01-22 | vs | Furman | L | 49 - 60 |
| 2026-01-24 | vs | Wofford | L | 64 - 67 |
| 2026-01-30 | @ | Chattanooga | L | 59 - 72 |
| 2026-02-05 | vs | UNC Greensboro | W | 67 - 58 |
| 2026-02-07 | vs | Western Caro. | W | 61 - 51 |
| 2026-02-10 | @ | ETSU | W | 50 - 45 |
| 2026-02-14 | @ | Samford | L | 48 - 68 |
| 2026-02-19 | @ | Wofford | L | 58 - 72 |
| 2026-02-21 | @ | Furman | W | 80 - 63 |
| 2026-02-26 | vs | ETSU | L | 51 - 58 |
| 2026-02-28 | vs | Chattanooga | W | 68 - 55 |
| 2026-03-05 | @ | Furman | L | 45 - 66 |
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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Diarra | G | 23 | 31.8 | 11.2 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 10.9 | 8.0 | - | - | - | 32.0 | 34.9 | 76.1 | - | 44.5 | 38.0 |
| A. Bennett | F | 23 | 21.6 | 9.6 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 7.6 | 6.4 | - | - | - | 45.4 | 0.0 | 75.6 | - | 52.4 | 45.4 |
| A. Holtman | G | 21 | 26.5 | 8.9 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 7.6 | 6.1 | - | - | - | 36.5 | 33.1 | 88.2 | - | 53.5 | 49.1 |
| M. O'Dell | G | 21 | 28.2 | 8.6 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 9.1 | 2.4 | - | - | - | 30.7 | 27.7 | 82.2 | - | 42.7 | 37.5 |
| T. Kemp | G | 24 | 23.3 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | - | - | - | 41.4 | 32.0 | 78.0 | - | 50.6 | 44.4 |
| Ste. Utomi | G | 24 | 15.3 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 6.8 | - | - | - | 45.8 | 0 | 64.6 | - | 52.8 | 45.8 |
| R. Curry | G | 24 | 22.2 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 6.0 | - | - | - | 43.9 | 25.0 | 76.9 | - | 50.7 | 44.9 |
| E. Cabello | G | 23 | 17.6 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 3.0 | - | - | - | 37.9 | 32.8 | 50.0 | - | 46.8 | 46.8 |
| T. Harris | G | 21 | 15.1 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 1.3 | - | - | - | 31.2 | 25.0 | 75.0 | - | 37.3 | 33.1 |
| R. Drantmann | F | 20 | 8.9 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 3.6 | - | - | - | 38.3 | 0 | 50.0 | - | 40.4 | 38.3 |
| L. Brewster | F | 13 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | - | - | - | 60.0 | 0 | 50.0 | - | 59.7 | 60.0 |
Stacy Utomi
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G | 0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anaiah White | G | 0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K. Toure | F | 4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 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