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@MercerMBB #RoarTogether #RestoreTheRoar MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES MERCER BEARS WOFFORD TERRIERS 16-14 10-7 16-14 8-9 OVERALL SOCON OVERALL SOCON VS. Greg Gary 16-14 Jay McAuley 16-14 HEAD COACH RECORD AT MERCER HEAD COACH RECORD AT WOFFORD (FIRST SEASON) (1ST SEASON) OVERALL 16-14 SoCon 10-7 GAME INFORMATION SCHEDULE H 8-6 | A 8-6 | N 0-2 OPENING TIPOFF The Mercer men's basketball team returns to Hawkins Date/Time: Saturday, Feb. 29 • 4:30 p.m. ET NOVEMBER Arena for the final time during the 2019-20 season on Location: Macon, Ga. • Hawkins Arena (3,500) Wed. 6 at St. John’s FS1 L, 79-109 Saturday. The Bears’ will honor their two seniors prior to Live Stats: MercerBears.com/LiveStats Fri. 8 Columbia International ESPN3 W, 84-76 the start of the contest. The Southern Conference match Twitter Updates: @MercerMBB Mon. 11 Kennesaw State ESPN+ W, 74-62 up is set to tipoff at 4:30 p.m. and will be aired on ESPN+, Tickets: Tickets.Mercer.edu Fri. 15 FGCU ESPN3 W, 84-68 100.9 The Creek FM and Sportsmic Radio with Rick Cam- Tues. 19 at Georgia Southern ESPN+ L, 88-98 eron on the call. Sat. 23 $ at UIC ESPN+ W, 72-68 SERIES INFORMATION Tues 26 $ at St. Bonaventure ESPN+ L, 51-56 ABOUT THE TERRIERS • Overall: Mercer trails 28-22 in the series Wofford enters the contest with the Bears with a record • Current Streak: W1 DECEMBER of 16-14 and 8-9 in Southern Conference play… The • Last Meeting: W, 70-68 (Feb. 12, 2020) Sun. 1 $ vs. Canisius CUSA.TV L, 66-76 Terriers are currently on a six game losing streak…. The Mon. 2 $ vs. Holy Cross CUSA.TV L, 67-81 last win for Wofford came on Feb. 5 at VMI… Wofford Sat. 7 Georgia State ESPN+ L, 61-73 is averaging 72.5 points per game and is shooting 45.8 Mon. 16 at UNCW FloHoops W, 72-63 percent from the floor… The Terriers are shooting 34.5 Fri. 20 * Furman ESPN3 L, 62-64 Sun. 22 Florida Atlantic ESPN+ L, 50-65 percent from the three-point line and are averaging TV INFORMATION Sat. 28 Milligan ESPN3 W, 104-52 9.5 made three-pointers per game…. Nathan Hoover leads the team in minutes played (33.7 per game) and Television: ESPN+ scoring (15.5 ppg)… Hover has started all 30 games Talent: Frank Malloy (play-by-play) JANUARY Tim Scarborough (analyst) Wed. 1 * at UNCG ESPN+ L, 63-72 Wofford has played this season… Storm Murphy follows Sat. 4 * Chattanooga ESPN+ L, 61-70 with 12.1 points per game. … Wofford has four players Sat. 11 * at Western Carolina ESPN+ L, 71-79 with 40 or more made three-pointers, led by Hoover Wed. 15 * VMI ESPN+ W, 73-62 with 75… Opponents are averaging 68.5 points per RADIO INFORMATION Sat. 18 * at Samford ESPN3 W, 90-75 game… Teams are shooting 44.0 percent from the floor Radio: 100.9 The Creek and Sportsmic Wed. 22 * Western Carolina ESPN+ W, 85-79 against the Terriers and are making 7.7 three-pointers Play-by-Play: Rick Cameron Sat. 25 * at VMI ESPN3 W, 69-66 per game… Wofford is led by first year head coach Jay Wed. 29 * at ETSU ESPN+ W, 71-55 McAuley. FEBRUARY SERIES HISTORY STATISTICAL COMPARISON Sat. 1 * The Citadel ESPN3 W, 76-71 The Bears and Bulldogs meet for the 51st time in MERCER WOFFORD Wed. 5 * at Furman ESPN+ L, 57-79 program history on Saturday. Mercer trails 28-22 in the Scoring Average 72.6 72.5 Sat. 8 * ETSU ESPN+ L, 60-73 all-time series. The Bears won the previous matchup, Opp. Scoring Average 71.0 68.5 Wed. 12 * at Wofford ESPN+ W, 70-68 70-68, at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. Sat. 15 * UNCG ESPN3 L, 55-67 Scoring Margin +1.6 +4.0 Wed. 19 * Samford ESPN+ W, 106-66 FG Percentage .452 .458 UP NEXT 3FG Percentage .356 .345 Sat. 22 * at Chattanooga ESPN3 W, 85-80 The Bears head to the 2020 SoCon Men’s Basketball Wed. 26 * at The Citadel ESPN3 W, 73-57 FT Percentage .726 .717 presented by General Shale. The single elimination tour- Sat. 29 * Wofford ESPN+ 4:30 pm. Rebounding Average 36.8 31.1 nament will be held at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Assists Per Game 14.5 13.5 Asheville, N.C. MARCH Steals Per Game 6.6 5.8 Turnovers Per Game 14.6 12.0 6-9 & SoCon Tournament ESPN+ TBA Schedule is subject to change MERCER PROBABLE STARTING FIVE All times Eastern Home games in bold $ Boca Raton Beach Classic * Southern Conference game ROBERTSON GARY DIMITRIJEVIC STAIR BENDER MEDIA RELATIONS 1 Fr. | G 3 R-So. | G 5 Sr. | G 22 R-Sr. | G 25 R-Jr. | F Travis Rae MIN 21.0 MIN 32.4 MIN 34.3 MIN 34.6 MIN 19.2 Assistant Director for Media Relations PPG 6.4 PPG 11.6 PPG 17.1 PPG 14.9 PPG 7.1 e: [email protected] FG% 40.5% FG% 45.5% FG% 42.7% FG% 47.8% FG% 48.2% o: 478-301-5219 3FG% 39.0% 3FG% 38.7% 3FG% 37.0% 3FG% 35.0% 3FG% 0% c: 478-973-4355 AST 1.8 AST 2.1 AST 3.7 REB 9.2 REB 5.3 2019-20 MERCER MEN’S BASKETBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown / Previous School 1 Kamar Robertson G Fr. 6-2 160 Alpharetta, Ga. / Cambridge HS 2 Neftali Alvarez* G So. 6-2 165 Cantano, P.R. / Fairfield 3 Jeff Gary G R-So. 6-4 180 Austin, Texas / UNCW 4 Diego Rivera G Fr. 6-2 180 Miami, Fla. / Miami Christian School 5 Djordje Dimitrijevic G Sr. 6-2 180 Grdelica, Serbia / Western Nebraska 10 Daniel Love G So. 6-3 170 Orlando, Fla. / Dr. Phillips HS 12 Mitch Prendergast G R-So. 6-0 190 Dallas, Texas / Dallas Jesuit HS 13 Felipe Haase* F Jr. 6-9 250 Osorno, Chile / South Carolina 14 Victor Bafutto C R-So. 6-10 230 Brasilia, Brazil / Centro Educational Sigma 20 Ross Cummings G Sr. 6-3 180 Dickson, Tenn. / Creek Wood HS 22 Ethan Stair G R-Sr. 6-5 205 Hazel Green, Ala. / Hazel Green HS 23 James Glisson III F Fr. 6-6 210 Decatur, Ga. / Southwest DeKalb HS 25 Maciej Bender F Jr. 6-11 245 Warsaw, Poland / West Virginia 35 Patrick Urey F R-Fr. 6-6 210 Chattanooga, Tenn. / Baylor School * - Sitting out the 2019-20 season due to NCAA transfer rules BROADCAST ROSTER Kamar Robertson Neftali ALVAREZ Jeff GARY Diego RIVERA Djordje DIMITRIJEVIC Daniel LOVE Mitch PRENDERGAST Felipe HAASE G / 6-2 / 160 G / 6-2 / 165 G / 6-4 / 180 G / 6-2 / 180 G / 6-2 / 180 G / 6-3 / 170 G / 6-0 / 190 F / 6-9 / 253 1 Fr. 2 So. 3 R-So. 4 Fr. 5 Sr. 10 So. 12 R-So. 13 Jr. Alpharetta, Ga. Cantano, P.R. Austin, Texas Miami, Fla. Grdelica, Serbia Orlando, Fla. Dallas, Texas Osorno, Chile Victor BAFUTTO Ross CUMMINGS Ethan STAIR James GLISSON III Maciej BENDER Patrick UREY C / 6-10 / 230 G / 6-3 / 180 G / 6-4 / 205 F / 6-6 / 210 F / 6-11 / 255 F / 6-6 / 210 14 R-So. 20 Sr. 22 R-Sr. 23 Fr. 25 R-Jr. 35 R-Fr. Brasilia, Brazil Dickson, Tenn. Hazel Green, Ala. Decatur, Ga. Warsaw, Poland Chattanooga, Tenn. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE #2 – Neff-tal-ee Alvarez #5 – Georgie Duh-mee-tree-ee-vich #13 – Fa-leep-ay Haas-ay #14 – Victor Bah-FOO-toe #25 – Magic Bender Greg GARY Bobby KUMMER Kim LEWIS Juan CARDONA D.J. BYRD Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Basketball Operations First Season First Season First Season First Season First Season Tulane, 1992 Charlotte, 1996 Tulane, 1994 Middle Georgia, 1996 Purdue, 2013 2 • MERCER GAME NOTES 2019-20 MERCER MEN’S BASKETBALL LAST TIME OUT QUICK FACTS The Mercer men's basketball team won its sixteenth game of the season on Wednesday evening with a 73-57 vic- MERCER UNIVERSITY tory over The Citadel in McAlister Fieldhouse.Ethan Stair collected a career-high 23 rebounds in the game. He is the Location Macon, Ga. first Bear (16-14, 10-7 SoCon) to grab 20 or more rebounds in a game since Daniel Emerson pulled down 20 against Enrollment 8,667 Founded 1833 Campbell on Jan. 3, 2009. With the 23 rebounds, Stair increased his total to 277 this season, which is the eighth most Nickname Bears in a single season for the Bears. Djordje Dimitrijevic led the Bears with 15 points. He went 1-4 on three-pointers and Colors Orange and Black has now hit a three-pointer in 27 straight games, the longest streak in the Southern Conference. Besides rebound- Affilliation NCAA Division I ing, Stair added 14 points and Jeff Gary rounded out the double-figure scorers with 12 points. Conference Southern Arena (Capacity) Hawkins Arena (3,500) DIMITRIJEVIC THREE-POINT STREAK President Dr. William D. Underwood Athletics Director Jim Cole Athletics Phone (478) 301-4130 Djordje Dimitrijevic made a three-pointer against The Citadel and now has hit a three-pointer in 27 straight games. This is the longest streak in the SoCon. Matt Ryan of Chattanooga, who has made a three-pointer in 19 straight COACHING STAFF games, holds the second-longest streak in the SoCon for made three-pointers.