Mercer

19-13

GAME THAT MATTERSAT

40.5%Mercer

59.5%Western Carolina

MMH WIN PROBABILITY

MODEL SPREADWestern Carolina -1.9

PROJECTED TOTAL160.7

MODEL MONEYLINEWestern Carolina -147

Western Carolina

15-16

MMH MODEL PROJECTION

Projected ScoreMercer 79

Projected Total160.7

Projected ScoreWestern Carolina 81

Team Comparison

MercerMetricWestern Carolina

54.1MMH Power Index53

116.6Offensive Efficiency112.6

106.5Defensive Efficiency111.0

10.1Net Efficiency1.6

-4.4Strength of Schedule-0.9

1.2Last 10 Net Efficiency13.1

70.9Tempo69.7

53.8%Effective FG%51.1%

14.7%Turnover Rate16.4%

33.6%Offensive Rebound %36.1%

38.9%Free Throw Rate30.8%

7.2Average Margin1.1

MMH GAME INTELLIGENCE

MODEL READ

Mercer HAS THE EDGE

WIN PROBABILITY59.5%

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

Mercer

74—78

Western Carolina

Western Carolina by 4 • 68.7 estimated possessions

Team Stats

MercerTEAM STATWestern Carolina

28-55FG24-53

51.0%FG%45.0%

2-123PT5-18

17.0%3PT%28.0%

16-22FT25-27

73.0%FT%93.0%

28Rebounds31

8Offensive Rebounds10

4Assists6

12Turnovers12

6Steals6

1Blocks2

17Fouls17

Player Box Score

Mercer

Player	Pos	Min	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Baraka Okojie	G	36	8-13	1-2	5-6	1	1	0	0	22
Armani Mighty	C	34	5-10	0-0	6-10	14	1	0	0	16
Zaire Williams	G	34	5-8	0-1	3-4	5	2	3	0	13
Quinton Perkins II	G	31	5-11	1-5	2-2	1	0	2	0	13
Tristan Gross	G	11	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	4
Connor Serven	F	30	1-6	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	1	2
Bendji Pierre	F	16	1-4	0-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	2
Kyle Cuffe Jr.	G	8	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	2

Western Carolina

Player	Pos	Min	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Cord Stansberry	G	39	7-11	1-3	6-6	5	4	1	0	21
Marcus Kell	F	34	6-9	2-3	4-4	4	0	2	0	18
Tahlan Pettway	G	38	4-10	1-5	6-7	2	1	3	0	15
Tidjiane Dioumassi	G	29	4-13	1-5	6-6	1	0	0	0	15
Abdulai Fanta Kabba	C	15	3-4	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	6
Samuel Dada	F	25	0-1	0-0	2-2	6	0	0	2	2
Justin Johnson	G	14	0-5	0-2	1-2	3	1	0	0	1
Tayeshaun Smith	F	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0

Advanced Game Stats

68.7Possessions68.7

107.7Offensive Efficiency113.5

113.5Defensive Efficiency107.7

-5.8Net Efficiency5.8

52.7%Effective FG%50.0%

56.5%True Shooting %59.2%

17.3%Turnover Rate17.7%

40.0%Free Throw Rate50.9%

21.8%3-Point Rate34.0%

0.33Assist / Turnover0.50

Game Summary

Western Carolina won by 4 points. The game played at approximately 68.7 possessions. The largest advanced-stat separations came in Net Efficiency, Free Throw Rate, 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.