Merrimack vs Sacred Heart Final

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Merrimack

10-8

FCS Independents

80 - 72

Final

Sacred Heart

5-13

FCS Independents

Monday, December 29, 2025

07:00 PM EST

William H. Pitt Center

Pre-Game Analysis Game Recap

Box Score

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Merrimack	38	42	80
Sacred Heart	32	40	72

Betting Lines

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Game Analysis

Merrimack

Points

Sacred Heart

48.0%

Merrimack

Field Goal %

44.0%

Sacred Heart

Merrimack

Total Rebounds

Sacred Heart

Merrimack

Assists

Sacred Heart

40.0%

Merrimack

Three Point %

40.0%

Sacred Heart

70.0%

Merrimack

Free Throw %

71.0%

Sacred Heart

Merrimack

Turnovers

Sacred Heart

Statistic	MRMK	SHU
SCORING
Total Points	80	72
FIELD GOALS
Field Goals Made-Attempted	26-54	25-57
Field Goal Percentage	48.0%	44.0%
Two Point FG Made-Attempted	14-24	15-32
Two Point FG Percentage	58.3%	46.9%
Three Point FG Made-Attempted	12-30	10-25
Three Point FG Percentage	40.0%	40.0%
Effective Field Goal Percentage	59.3%	52.6%
True Shooting Percentage	62.4%	55.8%
FREE THROWS
Free Throws Made-Attempted	16-23	12-17
Free Throw Percentage	70.0%	71.0%
Free Throw Rate	42.6%	29.8%
REBOUNDING
Total Rebounds	29	38
Offensive Rebounds	7	13
Defensive Rebounds	22	25
Offensive Rebound Percentage	24.1%	34.2%
BALL HANDLING & ASSISTS
Assists	19	22
Turnovers	9	13
Turnover Ratio	13.8%	20.0%
DEFENSE
Steals	12	3
Blocks	5	1
FOULS
Total Fouls	16	19
Technical Fouls	0	0
Flagrant Fouls	0	0
ADVANCED ANALYTICS
Possessions	65	65
Points Per Possession	1.23	1.11
Team Rating	123.1	110.8
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Fast Break Points	10	14
Points Off Turnovers	14	18
Points in Paint	28	28
GAME FLOW
Largest Lead	13	0

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
Tye Dorset #4 • Guard	40	16	1	3	1	0	5-11	2-3	3-8	3-5	1	3	0	1	45.5	66.7	37.5	60.0	59.1	60.6	3.0	45.5	0.0	19.4	120.1	122.0	-1.9	10.7
Ernest Shelton #3 • Guard	36	19	2	1	1	1	5-13	2-5	3-8	6-7	1	3	0	2	38.5	40.0	37.5	85.7	50.0	59.1	1.0	53.8	0.0	26.0	116.2	118.3	-2.1	12.3
Kevair Kennedy #5 • Guard	35	18	3	7	3	0	6-10	5-9	1-1	5-8	2	2	1	2	60.0	55.6	100.0	62.5	65.0	66.6	3.5	80.0	33.3	24.3	135.5	111.5	+24.0	18.6
Todd Brogna #20 • Forward	32	4	7	3	3	0	1-5	0-2	1-3	1-2	2	4	1	6	20.0	0.0	33.3	50.0	30.0	34.0	1.5	40.0	14.3	13.5	79.1	102.0	-22.9	4.5
Andrés Marrero #10 • Guard	26	14	2	3	3	0	5-10	1-1	4-9	0-0	0	0	0	2	50.0	100.0	44.4	0.0	70.0	70.0	-	0.0	0.0	21.0	143.6	106.4	+37.2	14.7
KC Ugwuakazi #23 • Forward	18	7	9	0	0	3	3-3	3-3	0-0	1-1	2	4	2	7	100.0	100.0	0.0	100.0	100.0	101.7	0.0	33.3	22.2	16.5	116.8	94.4	+22.4	8.1
Dylan Veillette Forward	9	2	1	0	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	50.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	-	0.0	100.0	12.2	116.4	122.1	-5.7	2.4
Jaylen Stinson #1 • Guard	4	0	0	2	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4

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
Dashon Gittens #5 • Guard	33	14	11	4	1	0	5-10	3-6	2-4	2-2	1	4	2	9	50.0	50.0	50.0	100.0	60.0	64.3	4.0	20.0	18.2	18.6	138.6	115.2	+23.4	14.3
Yann Farell #6 • Forward	32	17	6	0	0	0	6-11	3-6	3-5	2-4	2	3	2	4	54.5	50.0	60.0	50.0	68.2	66.6	0.0	36.4	33.3	23.8	110.1	124.6	-14.5	10.3
Nyle Ralph-Beyer #2 • Guard	32	19	5	4	1	0	6-12	2-4	4-8	3-3	2	0	2	3	50.0	50.0	50.0	100.0	66.7	71.3	2.0	25.0	40.0	24.7	135.6	121.8	+13.8	17.1
Mekhi Conner #3 • Guard	28	5	2	9	1	0	1-6	0-0	1-6	2-3	4	4	1	1	16.7	0.0	16.7	66.7	25.0	34.2	2.3	50.0	50.0	20.9	89.8	122.1	-32.3	3.5
Abdou Yadd #11 • Forward	20	6	3	1	0	0	2-5	2-5	0-0	2-4	0	4	2	1	40.0	40.0	0.0	50.0	40.0	44.4	-	80.0	66.7	17.4	114.7	126.4	-11.7	3.3
Jaden Slaughter #4 • Guard	22	4	1	1	0	0	2-5	2-5	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	40.0	40.0	0.0	0.0	40.0	40.0	0.5	0.0	100.0	16.4	69.1	129.4	-60.3	0.7
Taj Bryant #10 • Guard	21	5	8	2	0	0	2-6	2-4	0-2	1-1	1	3	1	7	33.3	50.0	0.0	100.0	33.3	38.8	2.0	16.7	12.5	18.3	94.0	117.4	-23.4	3.6
Fallou Gueye #13 • Guard	12	2	1	1	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	50.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	1.0	0.0	100.0	12.9	87.2	121.8	-34.6	1.7

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