Buccaneers vs Bears

Gameday · WED DEC 30

East Tennessee StateVSMercer

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Tip6:00 PM ET

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LineNot posted

Hawkins Arena · Macon, GA

Win probability

1912 blend

48% ETSUMER 52%

Adj. efficiency47%

53%

SRS49%

51%

Elo48%

52%

MER +2.0

Proj. margin

146.0

Proj. total

65.9

Proj. pace

Home court counts 3 points. Blend of Adj. efficiency, SRS and Elo.

Projected starters

PPG

• 0B.WardG · 4.0 APG16.7
• 11M.MarionF · 6.0 RPG7.3
• 1J.CooperG · 1.3 APG7.7
• 7T.MasonG · 1.7 APG13.7
• 8K.CampbellF · 3.0 RPG1.3

• 11B.ShouldersG · 1.0 APG5.8
• 3Q.Perkins IIG · 3.5 APG16.3
• 35M.MakoiF · 6.5 RPG8.8
• 23D.Goodman2.8 RPG12.5
• 1K.LamonteATH · 2.0 RPG11.0

Ratings

CBBD · 2025-26

+2.0Adj. net rating-1.2

145thAdj. net rank180th

110.2Adj. offense111.6

108.3Adj. defense112.8

60.8Pace71.1

4.6SRS2.0

1787Elo1801

1–2Record2–3

Season per game

2026-27 · 3 games / 2026-27 · 5 games

65.3Points78.2

68.3Opp points80.6

54.1%eFG%48.2%

22.0%TO%19.0%

34.0%OREB%36.9%

.23FT rate.33

45%3PA rate44%

49%Assisted FG%41%

Last five games

East Tennessee State

W68-53vs CAM

L63-77@ NCSU

L65-75@ ASU

L61-76vs FUR

W69-67vs WCU

Mercer

W97-91@ GASO

L76-88@ DAV

L67-96@ VT

W90-53vs Reinhardt

L73-77vs WCU

Head to head

Last 10 · 2017-18–2026-27

25-26ETSU 76 · MER 82Sat, 2/28

25-26MER 71 · ETSU 77Sat, 1/3

24-25MER 58 · ETSU 59Wed, 2/26

24-25ETSU 70 · MER 68Wed, 1/8

23-24ETSU 54 · MER 49Wed, 1/31

23-24MER 69 · ETSU 80Wed, 1/3

22-23ETSU 67 · MER 71Wed, 1/25

22-23MER 68 · ETSU 55Sat, 1/14

21-22ETSU 56 · MER 65Wed, 2/16

21-22MER 64 · ETSU 72Wed, 1/19

Game information

TipWednesday, Dec 30 · 6:00 PM ET

VenueHawkins Arena · Macon, GA

Abbreviations

Adj.Adjusted — points scored or allowed per 100 possessions, corrected for the strength of the opponents faced. Net is offense minus defense

SRSSimple Rating System — average scoring margin, adjusted for strength of schedule

EloA rating that moves after every result, by more when the opponent was strong

PacePossessions per 40 minutes

PPGPoints per game

eFG%Effective field goal percentage — made threes count one and a half field goals

TO%Turnovers per 100 possessions

OREB%The share of a team's own missed shots it rebounds

FT rateFree throws attempted per field goal attempted

3PA rateThe share of field goal attempts taken from three

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