@MercerMBB #RoarTogether #RestoreTheRoar MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES MERCER BEARS CHATTANOOGA MOCS 6-9 0-2 9-5 0-1 OVERALL SOCON OVERALL SOCON VS. Greg Gary 6-9 Lamont Paris 31-48 HEAD COACH RECORD AT MERCER HEAD COACH RECORD AT UTC (FIRST SEASON) (3RD SEASON) OVERALL 6-9 SoCon 0-2 GAME INFORMATION SCHEDULE H 4-3 | A 2-4 | N 0-2 OPENING TIPOFF Mercer Men's Basketball returns to Southern Conference Date/Time: Saturday, Jan. 4 • 4:30 p.m. ET NOVEMBER action on Saturday, Jan. 4 when they host Chattanooga. Location: Macon, Ga. • Hawkins Arena (3,500) Wed. 6 at St. John’s FS1 L, 79-109 Tipoff is set for 4:30 p.m. and will be aired on ESPN3 and Live Stats: MercerBears.com/LiveStats Fri. 8 Columbia International ESPN3 W, 84-76 100.9 The Creek FM and Sportsmic Radio with Rick Cam- Twitter Updates: @MercerMBB Mon. 11 Kennesaw State ESPN+ W, 74-62 eron on the call. Tickets: Tickets.Mercer.edu Fri. 15 FGCU ESPN3 W, 84-68 Tues. 19 at Georgia Southern ESPN+ L, 88-98 ABOUT THE MOCS SERIES INFORMATION Sat. 23 $ at UIC ESPN+ W, 72-68 Chattanooga enters the contest against the Bears with Tues 26 $ at St. Bonaventure ESPN+ L, 51-56 a 9-5 overall record and a mark of 0-1 in the SoCon… • Overall: Mercer trails 39-40 in the series The Mocs are coming off a 72-42 win over Cumberland • Current Streak: W1 DECEMBER (Tenn.) on Dec. 29th… Chattanooga has won three • Last Meeting: W, 74-69 (Feb. 23, 2019) Sun. 1 $ vs. Canisius CUSA.TV L, 66-76 straight contents, which includes wins over Troy and Mon. 2 $ vs. Holy Cross CUSA.TV L, 67-81 Sat. 7 Georgia State ESPN+ L, 61-73 UNC Asheville… Chattanooga is averaging 70.4 points Mon. 16 at UNCW FloHoops W, 72-63 per game and is shooting 43.3 percent from the floor…. Fri. 20 * Furman ESPN3 L, 62-64 Opponents are scoring 66.1 points per game and Sun. 22 Florida Atlantic ESPN+ L, 50-65 shooting 43.6 percent against the Mocs... Matt Ryan TV INFORMATION leads the Mocs in scoring as he is averaging 14.3 points Sat. 28 Milligan ESPN3 W, 104-52 Television: ESPN+ per game. He is shooting 32.7 percent on three-pointers Talent: Frank Malloy (play-by-play) this season… Chattanooga is making 8.4 three-point- JANUARY Tim Scarborough (analyst) Wed. 1 * at UNCG ESPN+ L, 63-72 ers per game… Ryan leads the team with 35 made Sat. 4 * Chattanooga ESPN+ 4:30 p.m. three-pointers on the season… David Jean-Baptiste is Sat. 11 * at Western Carolina ESPN+ 7 p.m. second on the team in scoring averaging 13.0 points Wed. 15 * VMI ESPN+ 7 p.m. per game... The Mocs are outrebounding its opponents RADIO INFORMATION Sat. 18 * at Samford ESPN3 3 p.m. on the season by 1.3 rebounds per game… Chattanoo- Radio: 100.9 The Creek and Sportsmic Wed. 22 * Western Carolina ESPN+ 7 p.m. ga is forcing opponents into 14.0 turnovers per game… Play-by-Play: Rick Cameron Sat. 25 * at VMI ESPN3 1 p.m. The Mocs are led by Lamont Paris, who is in his third Wed. 29 * at ETSU ESPN+ 7 p.m. year at the helm. FEBRUARY SERIES HISTORY STATISTICAL COMPARISON Sat. 1 * The Citadel ESPN3 4:30 p.m. The Bears and Mocs meet for the 80th time on Saturday. MERCER UTC Wed. 5 * at Furman ESPN+ 7 p.m. Chattanooga holds a slight edge, 40-39, over Mercer. Sat. 8 * ETSU ESPN+ 4:30 p.m. Scoring Average 71.8 70.4 The Bears won its last match on Feb. 23, 2019, 74-69 Wed. 12 * at Wofford ESPN+ 7 p.m. Opp. Scoring Average 72.2 66.1 over Chattanooga. Sat. 15 * UNCG ESPN3 4:30 p.m. Scoring Margin -0.4 +4.2 Wed. 19 * Samford ESPN+ 7 p.m. FG Percentage .440 .433 UP NEXT Sat. 22 * at Chattanooga ESPN3 4:30 p.m 3FG Percentage .370 .344 The Bears return to action on Saturday, Jan. 11 when Wed. 26 * at The Citadel ESPN3 7 p.m. FT Percentage .699 .677 Sat. 29 * Wofford ESPN+ 4:30 pm. they travel to Cullowhee, N.C. to face Western Carolina. Rebounding Average 36.6 35.9 Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. Assists Per Game 14.5 14.1 MARCH Steals Per Game 7.5 5.0 Turnovers Per Game 15.5 12.5 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 GARY DIMITRIJEVIC LOVE STAIR BENDER MEDIA RELATIONS 3 R-So. | G 5 Sr. | G 10 So. | G 22 R-Sr. | G 25 R-Jr. | F Travis Rae MIN 32.6 MIN 33.1 MIN 19.1 MIN 36.2 MIN 16.5 Assistant Director for Media Relations PPG 10.2 PPG 14.6 PPG 5.3 PPG 17.6 PPG 6.2 e: [email protected] FG% 48.8% FG% 40.2% FG% 39.7% FG% 47.2% FG% 44.6% o: 478-301-5219 3FG% 32.0% 3FG% 35.3% 3FG% 38.5% 3FG% 39.6% 3FG% 0% c: 478-973-4355 AST 1.6 AST 3.6 AST 2.1 REB 9.4 REB 4.7 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 The last time the Bears took to the court was Wednesday, Jan. 1 at UNCG. Against the seventh-ranked team in the MERCER UNIVERSITY Location Macon, Ga. College Insider MidMajor Top 25, the Bears found themselves down by 18 points, 43-25, at halftime. However, a Enrollment 8,667 strong second half, Mercer mounted a comeback and trimmed the Spartans lead down to three, on multiple times, Founded 1833 but could not complete the comeback and were defeated 72-63. The Bears shot 53.2 percent from the floor, the sec- Nickname Bears ond-highest percentage of the season. Ethan Stair led the Bears with 18 points and Djordje Dimititrijevic followed Colors Orange and Black with 17 points. Mercer outrebounded the Spartans 35-31 in the contest. Mercer was six-of-ten on three-pointers. Affilliation NCAA Division I Conference Southern Arena (Capacity) Hawkins Arena (3,500) STAIR EARNS HOOPSHD.COM HONORS President Dr. William D. Underwood Athletics Director Jim Cole The end of the calendar year means that is time to recognize the best players in college basketball. Jon Teitel of Athletics Phone (478) 301-4130 HoopsHD received all the numbers and announced his five best players from the Southern Conference. Ethan Stair was named one of the best five players in the Southern Conference. Over the Bears 14 games in 2019, Stair averaged COACHING STAFF Head Coach Greg Gary 17.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.