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1996-97 Mercer Bears Men's Roster and Stats

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Record: 3-23 (1-15, 6th in TAAC MBB West)

Coach: Bill Hodges

PS/G: 64.3 (262nd of 306)

PA/G: 80.8 (294th of 306)

SRS: -27.86 (305th of 305)

SOS: -10.61 (297th of 305)

ORtg: 90.1 (281st of 306)

DRtg: 113.0 (295th of 306)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Nov 23, Mercer (0-1) Loss vs. Brewton-Parker, 60-76

2. Dec 2, Mercer (1-1) Win vs. North Georgia, 93-90
3. Dec 6 (Neutral), Mercer (1-2) Loss vs. Long Beach State, 45-76
4. Dec 7 (Neutral), Mercer (1-3) Loss vs. Cornell, 39-67
5. Dec 14 @ Georgia Southern, Mercer (1-4) Loss vs. Georgia Southern, 58-73
6. Dec 17, Mercer (1-5) Loss vs. Western Carolina, 84-93
7. Dec 19 @ Missouri, Mercer (1-6) Loss vs. Missouri, 63-90
8. Dec 31 @ Minnesota, Mercer (1-7) Loss vs. Minnesota, 53-94

9. Jan 2, Mercer (1-8) Loss vs. College of Charleston, 64-88
10. Jan 4, Mercer (1-9) Loss vs. Campbell, 56-68
11. Jan 9 @ Florida Atlantic, Mercer (1-10) Loss vs. Florida Atlantic, 64-81
12. Jan 11 @ Florida International, Mercer (1-11) Loss vs. Florida International, 69-78
13. Jan 16, Mercer (1-12) Loss vs. UCF, 60-77
14. Jan 18 @ Stetson, Mercer (1-13) Loss vs. Stetson, 67-75
15. Jan 23, Mercer (1-14) Loss vs. Jacksonville State, 61-69
16. Jan 25, Mercer (1-15) Loss vs. Samford, 72-75
17. Jan 30 @ Centenary (LA), Mercer (1-16) Loss vs. Centenary (LA), 61-95

18. Feb 1 @ Southeastern Louisiana, Mercer (1-17) Loss vs. Southeastern Louisiana, 58-74
19. Feb 3, Mercer (1-18) Loss vs. Georgia State, 72-80
20. Feb 6, Mercer (2-18) Win vs. Centenary (LA), 77-69
21. Feb 8, Mercer (2-19) Loss vs. Southeastern Louisiana, 71-84
22. Feb 10, Mercer (3-19) Win vs. Wofford, 77-75
23. Feb 15 @ Wofford, Mercer (3-20) Loss vs. Wofford, 72-97
24. Feb 18 @ Georgia State, Mercer (3-21) Loss vs. Georgia State, 57-82
25. Feb 20 @ Samford, Mercer (3-22) Loss vs. Samford, 76-96
26. Feb 22 @ Jacksonville State, Mercer (3-23) Loss vs. Jacksonville State, 44-78

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Bruce Simms	JR	G	5-10	15.2 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 3.1 Ast
Ryan Robinson	SR	F	6-8	11.1 Pts, 7.1 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Shane Franks	SO	G	5-11	10.8 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Mark Johnson	JR	G	6-5	7.3 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Thurlester Robinson	JR	F	6-7	7.3 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Mark Adamson	FR	F	6-6	5.9 Pts, 6.2 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Steve Davis	SO	G	6-0	2.9 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Leroy Brown	JR	F	6-5	5.1 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Kevin Skurka	SO	C	6-9	6.8 Pts, 5.6 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Lance Carter	SR	C	6-8	1.3 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Jesse McMillan	FR	C	6-9	1.1 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Jason Ealing	FR	G	6-2	0.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.5 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		22.6	58.0	.390	16.4	37.8	.434	6.2	20.2	.308	12.9	19.7	.654	11.0	21.9	32.9	12.0	6.4	1.8	14.8	17.7	64.3
Rank			257th	119th	291st	268th	219th	283rd	102nd	53rd	261st	250th	242nd	218th	266th	238th	271st	260th	236th	278th	199th	243rd	262nd
Opponent	26		30.2	60.8	.496	22.7	42.4	.535	7.5	18.4	.405	13.0	19.5	.668	12.4	27.8	40.2	17.3	7.8	3.0	14.0	17.2	80.8
Rank			299th	265th	304th	291st	233rd	298th	294th	230th	303rd	68th	76th	126th	126th	292nd	275th	47th	193rd	154th	57th	27th	294th

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16																						64.3
Rank																							12th
Opponent	16																						79.3
Rank																							12th

Total Team and Opponent Stats

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		588	1508	.390	426	982	.434	162	526	.308	335	512	.654	285	570	855	311	167	47	386	460	1673
Rank			284th	237th	291st	282nd	275th	283rd	166th	107th	261st	272nd	275th	218th	281st	274th	292nd	285th	263rd	286th	34th	15th	281st
Opponent	26		784	1582	.496	590	1103	.535	194	479	.405	338	506	.668	322	722	1044	450	202	79	363	446	2100
Rank			257th	118th	304th	233rd	108th	298th	254th	145th	303rd	30th	28th	126th	66th	234th	166th	254th	113th	98th	28th	11th	213th

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16																						1029
Rank																							12th
Opponent	16																						1269
Rank																							12th

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bruce Simms	26		31.1	5.0	11.8	.422	3.8	8.0	.476	1.2	3.8	.306	4.1	5.3	.775			2.6	3.1	1.9	0.1			15.2
2	Ryan Robinson	25			4.1	9.5	.430	3.3	7.8	.428	0.8	1.7	.442	2.2	3.4	.643			7.1	1.2	0.5	0.2			11.1
3	Shane Franks	22			3.6	9.8	.366	1.5	4.0	.386	2.0	5.8	.352	1.6	2.1	.745			1.8	1.4	0.6	0.0			10.8
4	Mark Johnson	26			2.7	8.9	.303	1.5	3.8	.388	1.2	5.1	.241	0.7	1.0	.731			2.4	1.3	0.7	0.0			7.3
5	Thurlester Robinson	26			2.3	6.3	.372	1.6	4.3	.375	0.7	2.0	.365	1.9	2.8	.662			3.8	0.9	0.6	0.0			7.3
6	Kevin Skurka	5			2.8	6.6	.424	2.8	6.6	.424	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.2	.545			5.6	0.2	0.2	0.8			6.8
7	Mark Adamson	25		30.4	2.2	4.5	.491	2.1	4.0	.525	0.1	0.4	.182	1.4	2.6	.545			6.2	1.7	0.4	0.8			5.9
8	Leroy Brown	14			1.9	4.8	.388	1.7	3.6	.480	0.1	1.2	.118	1.3	2.5	.514			2.2	0.4	0.6	0.1			5.1
9	Steve Davis	26			1.1	3.2	.337	0.6	1.7	.364	0.5	1.5	.308	0.3	0.7	.471			1.7	2.0	1.2	0.0			2.9
10	Lance Carter	22			0.6	1.5	.406	0.5	1.4	.387	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.0	0.1	.500			1.8	0.3	0.2	0.1			1.3
11	Jesse McMillan	22			0.5	1.1	.458	0.5	1.0	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.5	.167			0.7	0.1	0.1	0.4			1.1
12	Jason Ealing	2			0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.0				0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0			0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bruce Simms	26		809	129	306	.422	99	208	.476	30	98	.306	107	138	.775			67	80	49	3			395
2	Ryan Robinson	25			102	237	.430	83	194	.428	19	43	.442	54	84	.643			178	30	13	4			277
3	Shane Franks	22			79	216	.366	34	88	.386	45	128	.352	35	47	.745			39	31	14	1			238
4	Mark Johnson	26			70	231	.303	38	98	.388	32	133	.241	19	26	.731			63	35	19	1			191
5	Thurlester Robinson	26			61	164	.372	42	112	.375	19	52	.365	49	74	.662			98	24	15	0			190
6	Mark Adamson	25		760	55	112	.491	53	101	.525	2	11	.182	36	66	.545			156	43	11	19			148
7	Steve Davis	26			28	83	.337	16	44	.364	12	39	.308	8	17	.471			45	52	30	1			76
8	Leroy Brown	14			26	67	.388	24	50	.480	2	17	.118	18	35	.514			31	6	9	2			72
9	Kevin Skurka	5			14	33	.424	14	33	.424	0	0		6	11	.545			28	1	1	4			34
10	Lance Carter	22			13	32	.406	12	31	.387	1	1	1.000	1	2	.500			39	6	4	3			28
11	Jesse McMillan	22			11	24	.458	11	23	.478	0	1	.000	2	12	.167			16	2	2	9			24
12	Jason Ealing	2			0	3	.000	0	0		0	3	.000	0	0				1	1	0	0			0
	School Totals	26			588	1508	.390	426	982	.434	162	526	.308	335	512	.654	285	570	855	311	167	47	386	460	1673

Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bruce Simms	26		809	6.4	15.1	.422	4.9	10.3	.476	1.5	4.8	.306	5.3	6.8	.775	3.3	4.0	2.4	0.1			19.5
2	Mark Adamson	25		760	2.9	5.9	.491	2.8	5.3	.525	0.1	0.6	.182	1.9	3.5	.545	8.2	2.3	0.6	1.0			7.8
3	Leroy Brown	14					.388			.480			.118			.514
4	Lance Carter	22					.406			.387			1.000			.500
5	Steve Davis	26					.337			.364			.308			.471
6	Jason Ealing	2					.000						.000
7	Shane Franks	22					.366			.386			.352			.745
8	Mark Johnson	26					.303			.388			.241			.731
9	Jesse McMillan	22					.458			.478			.000			.167
10	Ryan Robinson	25					.430			.428			.442			.643
11	Thurlester Robinson	26					.372			.375			.365			.662
12	Kevin Skurka	5					.424			.424						.545

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Bruce Simms	26		809	.532	.471	.320	.451											1.6	-0.2	1.4	.068
2	Shane Franks	22			.499	.470	.593	.218											0.6	-0.1	0.5
3	Ryan Robinson	25			.500	.470	.181	.354											0.6	-0.2	0.5
4	Mark Adamson	25		760	.516	.500	.098	.589											0.5	-0.3	0.2	.012
5	Thurlester Robinson	26			.477	.430	.317	.451											0.2	-0.1	0.1
6	Lance Carter	22			.425	.422	.031	.063											-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
7	Jason Ealing	2			.000	.000	1.000	.000											-0.1	0.0	-0.1
8	Kevin Skurka	5			.445	.424	.000	.333											0.0	0.0	-0.1
9	Leroy Brown	14			.430	.403	.254	.522											-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
10	Jesse McMillan	22			.404	.458	.042	.500											-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
11	Steve Davis	26			.417	.410	.470	.205											-0.2	-0.1	-0.3
12	Mark Johnson	26			.392	.372	.576	.113											-0.9	-0.1	-1.0

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