Catamounts vs Bears

Gameday · WED JAN 6

Western CarolinaVSMercer

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Tip6:00 PM ET

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Hawkins Arena · Macon, GA

Win probability

1912 blend

36% WCUMER 64%

Adj. efficiency29%

71%

SRS27%

73%

Elo51%

49%

MER +4.6

Proj. margin

161.5

Proj. total

71.9

Proj. pace

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

Projected starters

PPG

• 0J.PruntyG · 2.7 APG15.7
• 22M.BrownG · 2.3 APG9.7
• 2J.RobertsG · 1.3 APG17.0
• 7I.ManningF · 4.3 RPG9.3
• 12S.DadaF · 7.0 RPG6.3

• 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

-5.6Adj. net rating-1.2

228thAdj. net rank180th

109.4Adj. offense111.6

115.0Adj. defense112.8

72.8Pace71.1

-1.7SRS2.0

1807Elo1801

2–1Record2–3

Season per game

2026-27 · 3 games / 2026-27 · 5 games

97.0Points78.2

74.3Opp points80.6

59.1%eFG%48.2%

12.0%TO%19.0%

31.6%OREB%36.9%

.38FT rate.33

52%3PA rate44%

62%Assisted FG%41%

Last five games

Western Carolina

W136-68vs Virginia-Lynchburg

W83-75@ UNCA

L72-80@ UNC

L67-69@ ETSU

W77-73@ MER

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

25-26WCU 77 · MER 73Sat, 3/7

25-26MER 74 · WCU 78Wed, 2/25

25-26WCU 76 · MER 88Wed, 1/21

24-25WCU 66 · MER 67Fri, 3/7

24-25WCU 69 · MER 81Sat, 3/1

24-25MER 82 · WCU 85Sun, 1/12

23-24MER 46 · WCU 79Sat, 2/10

23-24WCU 64 · MER 52Sat, 1/13

22-23WCU 71 · MER 68Sat, 2/18

22-23MER 45 · WCU 73Sat, 1/7

Game information

TipWednesday, Jan 6 · 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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