Western Carolina

15-16

GAME THAT MATTERSAT

34.7%Western Carolina

65.3%Mercer

MMH WIN PROBABILITY

MODEL SPREADMercer -6.3

PROJECTED TOTAL160.7

MODEL MONEYLINEMercer -188

Mercer

19-13

MMH MODEL PROJECTION

Projected ScoreWestern Carolina 77

Projected Total160.7

Projected ScoreMercer 84

Team Comparison

Western CarolinaMetricMercer

53MMH Power Index54.1

112.6Offensive Efficiency116.6

111.0Defensive Efficiency106.5

1.6Net Efficiency10.1

-0.9Strength of Schedule-4.4

13.1Last 10 Net Efficiency1.2

69.7Tempo70.9

51.1%Effective FG%53.8%

16.4%Turnover Rate14.7%

36.1%Offensive Rebound %33.6%

30.8%Free Throw Rate38.9%

1.1Average Margin7.2

MMH GAME INTELLIGENCE

MODEL READ

Mercer HAS THE EDGE

WIN PROBABILITY65.3%

STATISTICAL ADVANTAGE

8–3

MMH comparison metrics

WHERE THE EDGE COMES FROMMercer holds the advantage in MMH Power Index (54.1–53.0), offensive efficiency (116.6–112.6), defensive efficiency (106.5–111.0), net efficiency (10.1–1.6).

Western Carolina COUNTERS WITHstrength of schedule (-0.9–-4.4), recent form (13.1–1.2), offensive rebounding (36.1–33.6).

Final

Western Carolina

77—73

Mercer

Western Carolina by 4 • 67.3 estimated possessions

Team Stats

Western CarolinaTEAM STATMercer

27-69FG27-64

39.0%FG%42.0%

8-283PT8-21

29.0%3PT%38.0%

15-20FT11-19

75.0%FT%58.0%

53Rebounds29

25Offensive Rebounds11

10Assists10

14Turnovers5

4Steals8

3Blocks2

17Fouls14

Player Box Score

Western Carolina

Player	Pos	Min	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Tidjiane Dioumassi	G	34	8-16	4-6	1-2	3	3	1	0	21
Tahlan Pettway	G	37	6-14	1-7	5-5	5	5	1	0	18
Marcus Kell	F	28	5-14	2-6	3-3	7	0	1	1	15
Cord Stansberry	G	34	3-12	1-8	6-10	4	1	1	0	13
Samuel Dada	F	25	3-7	0-0	0-0	14	0	0	0	6
Abdulai Fanta Kabba	C	15	1-2	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	1	2
Tayeshaun Smith	F	12	1-1	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	1	2
Julien Soumaoro	G	9	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0
Justin Johnson	G	6	0-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0

Mercer

Player	Pos	Min	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Baraka Okojie	G	36	9-21	2-5	6-8	1	4	1	0	26
Zaire Williams	G	36	5-10	3-7	5-9	2	3	0	0	18
Brady Shoulders	G	34	5-11	1-4	0-0	6	2	3	1	11
Quinton Perkins II	G	29	3-7	2-3	0-0	1	0	1	0	8
Armani Mighty	C	33	3-7	0-0	0-2	8	1	1	0	6
Connor Serven	F	18	2-4	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	1	4
Kyle Cuffe Jr.	G	12	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	0	1	0	0
Bendji Pierre	F	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0

Advanced Game Stats

67.3Possessions67.3

114.4Offensive Efficiency108.5

108.5Defensive Efficiency114.4

5.9Net Efficiency-5.9

44.9%Effective FG%48.4%

49.0%True Shooting %50.0%

20.7%Turnover Rate7.5%

29.0%Free Throw Rate29.7%

40.6%3-Point Rate32.8%

0.71Assist / Turnover2.00

Game Summary

Western Carolina won by 4 points. The game played at approximately 67.3 possessions. The largest advanced-stat separations came in Turnover Rate, Net Efficiency, Offensive Efficiency.

Advanced game metrics are calculated by Mid-Major Hoops from team box-score totals. Possessions are estimated. Highlighted advanced values indicate the stronger result for that metric; lower is better for defensive efficiency and turnover rate.