Mercer vs East Tennessee State Final

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Mercer

9-7

SoCon

71 - 77

Final

East Tennessee State

12-5

SoCon

Saturday, January 03, 2026

09:00 PM EST

Freedom Hall (TN)

Pre-Game Analysis Game Recap

Box Score

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Mercer	35	36	71
East Tennessee State	32	45	77

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Game Analysis

Mercer

Points

East Tennessee State

43.0%

Mercer

Field Goal %

42.0%

East Tennessee State

Mercer

Total Rebounds

East Tennessee State

Mercer

Assists

East Tennessee State

32.0%

Mercer

Three Point %

32.0%

East Tennessee State

71.0%

Mercer

Free Throw %

85.0%

East Tennessee State

Mercer

Turnovers

East Tennessee State

Statistic	MER	ETSU
SCORING
Total Points	71	77
FIELD GOALS
Field Goals Made-Attempted	25-58	24-57
Field Goal Percentage	43.0%	42.0%
Two Point FG Made-Attempted	16-30	18-38
Two Point FG Percentage	53.3%	47.4%
Three Point FG Made-Attempted	9-28	6-19
Three Point FG Percentage	32.0%	32.0%
Effective Field Goal Percentage	50.9%	47.4%
True Shooting Percentage	54.2%	55.9%
FREE THROWS
Free Throws Made-Attempted	12-17	23-27
Free Throw Percentage	71.0%	85.0%
Free Throw Rate	29.3%	47.4%
REBOUNDING
Total Rebounds	31	40
Offensive Rebounds	11	16
Defensive Rebounds	20	24
Offensive Rebound Percentage	35.5%	40.0%
BALL HANDLING & ASSISTS
Assists	11	8
Turnovers	13	12
Turnover Ratio	19.1%	17.6%
DEFENSE
Steals	5	8
Blocks	3	5
FOULS
Total Fouls	20	20
Technical Fouls	0	0
Flagrant Fouls	0	0
ADVANCED ANALYTICS
Possessions	68	68
Points Per Possession	1.04	1.13
Team Rating	104.4	113.2
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Fast Break Points	16	7
Points Off Turnovers	16	22
Points in Paint	26	30
GAME FLOW
Largest Lead	6	12

Player Statistics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Baraka Okojie #6 • Guard	35	15	2	4	2	0	5-15	5-9	0-6	5-6	5	1	0	2	33.3	55.6	0.0	83.3	33.3	42.5	0.8	40.0	0.0	33.0	82.6	114.2	-31.6	6.1
Brady Shoulders #11 • Guard	34	21	8	1	1	0	7-11	3-5	4-6	3-4	0	5	1	7	63.6	60.0	66.7	75.0	81.8	82.3	-	36.4	12.5	19.1	175.1	107.4	+67.7	18.2
Zaire Williams #1 • Guard	33	13	1	0	1	0	5-11	2-3	3-8	0-0	1	4	0	1	45.5	66.7	37.5	0.0	59.1	59.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.5	114.7	119.4	-4.7	6.0
Armani Mighty #26 • Center	31	4	9	0	0	1	1-5	1-5	0-0	2-5	1	3	4	5	20.0	20.0	0.0	40.0	20.0	27.8	0.0	100.0	44.4	13.5	73.1	113.4	-40.3	2.5
Connor Serven #2 • Forward	28	8	4	2	1	0	3-8	3-6	0-2	2-2	2	2	1	3	37.5	50.0	0.0	100.0	37.5	45.0	1.0	25.0	25.0	19.8	92.2	113.5	-21.3	4.8
Quinton Perkins II #3 • Guard	28	8	3	4	0	0	3-5	1-1	2-4	0-0	2	3	2	1	60.0	100.0	50.0	0.0	80.0	80.0	2.0	0.0	66.7	12.7	133.6	123.0	+10.6	7.0
Tristan Gross #10 • Guard	8	0	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	2	2	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	19.1	13.1	121.2	-108.1	-2.1
Bendji Pierre #8 • Forward	3	2	1	0	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	50.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	2.0

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Brian Taylor II #11 • Guard	39	21	8	2	0	1	5-12	4-7	1-5	10-12	3	5	2	6	41.7	57.1	20.0	83.3	45.8	60.8	0.7	100.0	25.0	25.7	125.8	108.2	+17.6	14.1
Blake Barkley #13 • Forward	35	19	4	1	0	0	7-12	5-9	2-3	3-3	3	3	2	2	58.3	55.6	66.7	100.0	66.7	71.3	0.3	25.0	50.0	23.1	130.6	114.7	+15.9	11.9
Cam Morris III #15 • Forward	32	12	6	1	2	3	5-14	5-12	0-2	2-3	0	3	3	3	35.7	41.7	0.0	66.7	35.7	39.2	-	21.4	50.0	23.7	110.2	99.3	+10.9	10.4
Jordan McCullum #35 • Forward	19	5	3	0	0	1	2-7	2-4	0-3	1-1	1	1	2	1	28.6	50.0	0.0	100.0	28.6	33.6	0.0	14.3	66.7	22.0	82.5	112.2	-29.7	1.9
Allen Strothers #5 • Guard	19	1	3	2	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-2	2	2	1	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	-	56.8	1.0	-	33.3	7.5	-	98.1	-	2.5
Maki Johnson #2 • Guard	28	6	5	1	2	0	2-4	0-1	2-3	0-0	1	1	1	4	50.0	0.0	66.7	0.0	75.0	75.0	1.0	0.0	20.0	8.8	139.9	101.0	+38.9	7.2
Jaylen Smith #4 • Guard	21	13	3	1	2	0	3-8	2-5	1-3	6-6	1	3	0	3	37.5	40.0	33.3	100.0	43.8	61.1	1.0	75.0	0.0	27.4	139.4	97.4	+42.0	10.0
Gabe Sisk #21 • Guard	7	0	2	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	0.0	-	50.0	-	-	-	-	-0.8

Column Legend

MIN: Minutes Played

PTS: Points

REB: Total Rebounds

AST: Assists

STL: Steals

BLK: Blocks

FG: Field Goals Made-Attempted

2PT: Two-Point Field Goals

3PT: Three-Point Field Goals

FT: Free Throws Made-Attempted

TO: Turnovers

PF: Personal Fouls

OREB: Offensive Rebounds

DREB: Defensive Rebounds

FG%: Field Goal Percentage

2PT%: Two-Point Percentage

3PT%: Three-Point Percentage

FT%: Free Throw Percentage

eFG%: Effective Field Goal %

TS%: True Shooting Percentage

A/TO: Assist-to-Turnover Ratio

FTR: Free Throw Rate

OREB%: Offensive Rebound Rate

USG%: Usage Rate

ORTG: Offensive Rating

DRTG: Defensive Rating

NET: Net Rating (ORTG - DRTG)

GmSc: Game Score