@MercerMBB #RoarTogether #RestoreTheRoar MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES MERCER BEARS THE CITADEL BULLDOGS 11-11 5-4 6-14 0-9 OVERALL SOCON OVERALL SOCON VS. Greg Gary 11-11 Duggar Baucom 51-96 HEAD COACH RECORD AT MERCER HEAD COACH RECORD AT THE CITADEL (FIRST SEASON) (FIFTH SEASON) OVERALL 11-11 SoCon 5-4 GAME INFORMATION SCHEDULE H 6-4 | A 5-5 | N 0-2 OPENING TIPOFF Mercer Men's Basketball returns to Hawkins Arena on Date/Time: Saturday, Feb. 1 • 4:30 p.m. ET NOVEMBER Saturday, Feb. 1 when they host The Citadel in Southern Location: Macon, Ga. • Hawkins Arena (3,500) Wed. 6 at St. John’s FS1 L, 79-109 Conference action. The matchup between the Bears and Live Stats: MercerBears.com/LiveStats Fri. 8 Columbia International ESPN3 W, 84-76 Bulldogs is the Ingles SoCon Game of the Week. Tipoff is Twitter Updates: @MercerMBB Mon. 11 Kennesaw State ESPN+ W, 74-62 set for 4:30 p.m. ET and will be aired on ESPN3, Nexstar, 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 BULLDOGS • Overall: Mercer leads 16-7 in the series The Citadel enters the contest with Mercer with a record • Current Streak: L2 DECEMBER of 6-14 on the season and is 0-9 in Southern Conference • Last Meeting: L, 67-61 (Feb. 9, 2019) Sun. 1 $ vs. Canisius CUSA.TV L, 66-76 action…. The Bulldogs are currently on a nine-game Mon. 2 $ vs. Holy Cross CUSA.TV L, 67-81 Sat. 7 Georgia State ESPN+ L, 61-73 losing streak, and their last win came on Dec. 19, 2019, Mon. 16 at UNCW FloHoops W, 72-63 when they defeated Longwood 102-99 in triple-over- Fri. 20 * Furman ESPN3 L, 62-64 time… They are scoring 78.4 points per game, the sec- Sun. 22 Florida Atlantic ESPN+ L, 50-65 ond-most in the SoCon… The Citadel is shooting 43.5 TV INFORMATION percent from the floor and 32.9 percent on three-point- Sat. 28 Milligan ESPN3 W, 104-52 Television: ESPN3/Nexstar ers… The Bulldogs have shot 590 three-pointers on the Talent: Pete Yanity (play-by-play) season, the fourth-most in the Southern Conference… JANUARY Dean Keener (analyst) Wed. 1 * at UNCG ESPN+ L, 63-72 Junior Kaiden Rice leads a trio of scorers averaging Sat. 4 * Chattanooga ESPN+ L, 61-70 just over 13 points per game… Rice leads the team Sat. 11 * at Western Carolina ESPN+ L, 71-79 averaging 13.7 points, while Kaelon Harris (13.6 ppg), Wed. 15 * VMI ESPN+ W, 73-62 and Hayden Brown (13.3 ppg) follow… Harris leads the RADIO INFORMATION Sat. 18 * at Samford ESPN3 W, 90-75 team in rebounding as he is collecting 7.8 rebounds per Radio: 100.9 The Creek and Sportsmic Wed. 22 * Western Carolina ESPN+ W, 85-79 game… Opponents are scoring 79.7 points per game Play-by-Play: Rick Cameron Sat. 25 * at VMI ESPN3 W, 69-66 and are shooting 44.1 percent from the floor against the Wed. 29 * at ETSU ESPN+ W, 71-55 Bulldogs… The Citadel is led by Duggar Baucom, who is in his fifth season at the helm. FEBRUARY STATISTICAL COMPARISON Sat. 1 * The Citadel ESPN3 4:30 p.m. SERIES HISTORY MERCER CIT Wed. 5 * at Furman ESPN+ 7 p.m. The Bears lead the all-time series with the Bulldogs, 16- Sat. 8 * ETSU ESPN+ 4:30 p.m. Scoring Average 72.6 78.5 7. Mercer has dropped the last two matchups against Wed. 12 * at Wofford ESPN+ 7 p.m. Opp. Scoring Average 71.3 79.7 The Citadel. The last time these two teams squared off Sat. 15 * UNCG ESPN3 4:30 p.m. Scoring Margin +1.3 -1.2 was Feb. 9, 2019, at Hawkins Arena. The Citadel came Wed. 19 * Samford ESPN+ 7 p.m. FG Percentage .456 .435 away with a 67-61 victory over Mercer. Sat. 22 * at Chattanooga ESPN3 4:30 p.m 3FG Percentage .369 .329 Wed. 26 * at The Citadel ESPN3 7 p.m. FT Percentage .729 .702 Sat. 29 * Wofford ESPN+ 4:30 pm. UP NEXT Rebounding Average 36.1 37.1 The Bears return to action on Wednesday, Feb. 5, when Assists Per Game 13.9 15.6 MARCH they travel to Greenville, S.C. to face Furman. Tipoff from Steals Per Game 6.8 7.3 Turnovers Per Game 15.1 15.8 6-9 & SoCon Tournament ESPN+ TBA Timmons Arena is set for 7 p.m. 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 18.8 MIN 33.3 MIN 33.9 MIN 34.6 MIN 18.7 Assistant Director for Media Relations PPG 5.6 PPG 10.1 PPG 18.0 PPG 15.9 PPG 6.5 e: [email protected] FG% 44.6% FG% 42.1% FG% 45.4% FG% 48.3% FG% 47.1% o: 478-301-5219 3FG% 48.1% 3FG% 29.3% 3FG% 41.0% 3FG% 36.8% 3FG% 0% c: 478-973-4355 AST 1.8 AST 2.1 AST 3.1 REB 9.1 REB 5.0 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. 6-4 205 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 Mercer extended its winning streak to five wins on Wednesday night following a 71-55 win at ETSU. The victory for MERCER UNIVERSITY the Bears was their first win over ETSU since Feb. 28, 2015, and snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Bucs. Mercer Location Macon, Ga. shot 64.3 percent in the game and were led by Djordje Dimitrijevic, who scored 18 points. Maciej Bender scored 14 Enrollment 8,667 Founded 1833 points on 6-of-9 shooting. Ethan Stair and victor Bafutto rounded out the double figure scorers with 11 points and Nickname Bears 10 points, respectively. The Bears were the first team this season to win at Freedom Hall Civic Center. Colors Orange and Black Affilliation NCAA Division I SOCON GAME OF THE WEEK Conference Southern Arena (Capacity) Hawkins Arena (3,500) Saturday’s matchup between Mercer and The Citadel will be the Ingles SoCon Game of the Week. This will be the President Dr. William D. Underwood Athletics Director Jim Cole second time this season the Bears will be featured as the Ingles SoCon Game of the Week. Athletics Phone (478) 301-4130 DIMITRIJEVIC THREE-POINT STREAK COACHING STAFF Head Coach Greg Gary Three SoCon student-athletes have streaks of at least 19 games with a made three-pointer.