@MercerMBB #RoarTogether #RestoreTheRoar MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES MERCER BEARS FURMAN PALADINS 12-11 6-4 18-5 8-2 OVERALL SOCON OVERALL SOCON VS. Greg Gary 12-11 Bob Richey 89-35 HEAD COACH RECORD AT MERCER HEAD COACH RECORD AT FURMAN (FIRST SEASON) (FOURTH SEASON) OVERALL 12-11 SoCon 6-4 GAME INFORMATION SCHEDULE H 7-4 | A 5-5 | N 0-2 OPENING TIPOFF Mercer men's basketball hits the road for a midweek con- Date/Time: Wednesday, Feb. 5 • 7 p.m. ET test on Wednesday when they travel to Greenville, S.C. to NOVEMBER Location: Greenville, S.C. • Timmons Arena (3,000) Wed. 6 at St. John’s FS1 L, 79-109 face Furman in Southern Conference action. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET and will be aired on ESPN+, 100.9 The Creek Live Stats: MercerBears.com/LiveStats Fri. 8 Columbia International ESPN3 W, 84-76 Twitter Updates: @MercerMBB Mon. 11 Kennesaw State ESPN+ W, 74-62 FM and Sportsmic Radio with Rick Cameron on the call. Fri. 15 FGCU ESPN3 W, 84-68 ABOUT THE PALADINS Tues. 19 at Georgia Southern ESPN+ L, 88-98 Furman enters the contest with the Bears with a record SERIES INFORMATION Sat. 23 $ at UIC ESPN+ W, 72-68 of 18-5 and 8-2 in the Southern Conference… The Tues 26 $ at St. Bonaventure ESPN+ L, 51-56 Paladins are tied for first place in the Southern Confer- • Overall: Mercer trails in the all-time series, 18-10 ence… Furman is currently on a three-game winning • Current Streak: L9 DECEMBER streak with its last win coming on Jan. 29 against VMI… • Last Meeting: L, 64-62 (Dec. 20, 2019) Sun. 1 $ vs. Canisius CUSA.TV L, 66-76 Furman is averaging 77.7 points per game, while only Mon. 2 $ vs. Holy Cross CUSA.TV L, 67-81 allowing 66.3 points to its opponents… Furman is Sat. 7 Georgia State ESPN+ L, 61-73 shooting 47.7 percent from the floor and 35.2 percent Mon. 16 at UNCW FloHoops W, 72-63 from behind the arc… The Paladins are making 9.7 Fri. 20 * Furman ESPN3 L, 62-64 three-pointers per game… Furman is being out-re- Sun. 22 Florida Atlantic ESPN+ L, 50-65 bounded on the season… Jordan Lyons leads the team TV INFORMATION Sat. 28 Milligan ESPN3 W, 104-52 in scoring as he is averaging 17.0 points per game… Lyons has made a team-high 60 three-pointers this sea- Television: ESPN+ JANUARY son… Lyon scored 40 points earlier this season at VMI, which is the most points scored this season by a SoCon Wed. 1 * at UNCG ESPN+ L, 63-72 player… Noah Gurley follows for the Paladins averaging Sat. 4 * Chattanooga ESPN+ L, 61-70 14.1 points per game…. Clay Mounce is third on the Sat. 11 * at Western Carolina ESPN+ L, 71-79 team averaging 13.7 points per game and a team-high Wed. 15 * VMI ESPN+ W, 73-62 6.3 rebounds per game… They are holding opponents RADIO INFORMATION Sat. 18 * at Samford ESPN3 W, 90-75 to 44.2 percent shooting from the floor on the season… Radio: 100.9 The Creek and Sportsmic Wed. 22 * Western Carolina ESPN+ W, 85-79 Opponents are shooting 29.9 percent on three-pointers, Play-by-Play: Rick Cameron Sat. 25 * at VMI ESPN3 W, 69-66 the 41st best mark in the nation… Furman is led by Bob Wed. 29 * at ETSU ESPN+ W, 71-55 Richey, who is in his fourth season at the helm. FEBRUARY SERIES HISTORY STATISTICAL COMPARISON Sat. 1 * The Citadel ESPN3 W, 76-71 The Bears and Paladins meet for the 19th time in Wed. 5 * at Furman ESPN+ 7 p.m. program history Wednesday night in Greenville, S.C. MERCER FURMAN Sat. 8 * ETSU ESPN+ 4:30 p.m. The Paladins lead the all-time series, 18-10. Furman Scoring Average 72.7 77.7 Wed. 12 * at Wofford ESPN+ 7 p.m. came away with a 64-62 victory in the last game against Opp. Scoring Average 71.3 66.3 Sat. 15 * UNCG ESPN3 4:30 p.m. Mercer which opened up Southern Conference action Scoring Margin +1.4 +11.4 for both teams on Dec. 20, 2019. Wed. 19 * Samford ESPN+ 7 p.m. FG Percentage .458 .477 Sat. 22 * at Chattanooga ESPN3 4:30 p.m 3FG Percentage .371 .352 UP NEXT FT Percentage .734 .697 Wed. 26 * at The Citadel ESPN3 7 p.m. The Bears return to action to on Saturday when they Sat. 29 * Wofford ESPN+ 4:30 pm. Rebounding Average 35.9 32.4 host ETSU at Hawkins Arena. Saturday Boy Scout Day at Assists Per Game 13.9 15.3 the Hawk. Tipoff is set for 4:30 p.m. MARCH Steals Per Game 6.9 8.1 Turnovers Per Game 15.1 11.8 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 19.2 MIN 33.4 MIN 33.9 MIN 34.7 MIN 18.3 Assistant Director for Media Relations PPG 5.9 PPG 10.2 PPG 18.0 PPG 15.6 PPG 6.3 e: [email protected] FG% 42.4% FG% 42.4% FG% 45.4% FG% 48.9% FG% 46.8% o: 478-301-5219 3FG% 45.5% 3FG% 30.2% 3FG% 41.0% 3FG% 37.3% 3FG% 0% c: 478-973-4355 AST 2.0 AST 1.6 AST 3.1 REB 8.9 REB 4.9 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 Mercer men's basketball team increased their winning streak to six games on Saturday with a 76-71 victory over MERCER UNIVERSITY The Citadel in the Ingles SoCon Game of the Week. Daniel Love led the Bears with 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting. Ka- Location Macon, Ga. mar Robertson and Diego Rivera followed with 13 points apiece. Rivera's 13 points set a career-high. Jeff Gary added Enrollment 8,667 Founded 1833 12 points, and Ethan Stair rounded out the double-figure scorers with 10 points. Mercer shot over 50 percent for the Nickname Bears second straight game and eighth time this season. The Bears had five players score in double figures on the night. Colors Orange and Black Affilliation NCAA Division I DIMITRIJEVIC THREE-POINT STREAK Conference Southern Arena (Capacity) Hawkins Arena (3,500) Three SoCon student-athletes have streaks of at least 20 games with a made three-pointer. The Bears Djordje Dimi- President Dr. William D. Underwood Athletics Director Jim Cole trijevic has made a three-pointer in 20 straight games.