2026–27 season
Mercer
Bears · SoCon
- Record
- 2–2
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- +0.3
- No. 162 in Division I
- Head coach
- Ryan Ridder
- Since 2024–25
- Home
- Macon, GA
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
No stat reaches the top or bottom 15% of the field — a balanced profile.
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Mercer beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
1
Record
1–1
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 201414Round of 32Beat 3 Duke. Lost to 11 Tennessee 83–63. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Quinton Perkins II
- 16.3 ppg
- Tallest
- Makoi Mabor Makoi
- 6′11″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Brady Shoulders
- 3 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11Brady ShouldersGuard · Eddyville, KY | 6′6″ | 210 | 3 | 4 | 31.0 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 33.3 | 57.1 | 10.4 |
| 3Quinton Perkins IIGuard · Dallas, TX | 6′2″ | 185 | 2 | 4 | 29.3 | 16.3 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 26.4 |
| 35Makoi Mabor MakoiForward · Rumbek, South Sudan | 6′11″ | 245 | 1 | 4 | 28.0 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 14.6 |
| 18Karon BoydForward · Concord, NC | 6′6″ | 223 | 1 | 4 | 26.3 | 11.5 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 40.0 | 71.4 | 16.6 |
| 23Derek Goodman · Delaware, OH | 6′4″ | 190 | 1 | 4 | 25.5 | 12.5 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 25.9 | 55.6 | 22.4 |
| 1KJ LamonteAthlete · Davenport, IA | 6′3″ | 175 | 1 | 4 | 22.8 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 27.6 |
| 2Shane Cherry · Knoxville, TN | 5′11″ | 165 | 1 | 4 | 19.0 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 20.0 | 77.8 | 31.9 |
| 25Keelan SteeleForward · Alton, ON | 6′10″ | 230 | 1 | 3 | 9.0 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 16.2 |
| 0Dawson Barr · Orlando, FL | 6′4″ | 190 | 1 | 2 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 20.3 |
| 12Petras PadegimasForward · Kaunas, Lithuania | 6′8″ | 230 | 3 | 4 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 |
| 10Manos KoveosGuard · Rhodes, Greece | 5′10″ | 160 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.8 |
| 16Harrison Lyttle · Sydney, NSW | 5′10″ | 165 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.4 |
| 9Dimitrije KovacevicForward · Doboj, Bosnia & Herzegovina | 6′8″ | 215 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5Ryder Cate · Richmond, IL | 6′5″ | 190 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30Josh Jackson · Warner Robins, GA | 6′0″ | 160 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22Sawyer Mayhugh · Weston, MO | 6′9″ | 225 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
1–2
ATS as favorite
0–0
ATS as underdog
1–2
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–1
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
3–0
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsREIReinhardt | W90–53 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5 | @VIRVirginia Tech11 | L67–96 | +20.5 | 154.25 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 7 | @DAVDavidson | L76–88 | +11.5 | 148.5 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 10 | @GA Georgia Southern | W97–91OT | +1.25 | 164.75 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 12 | @WESWest Virginia11 | Scheduled | +26.5 | 150.5 | — | — |
| Nov 18 | @PREPresbyterian | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 21 | vsCHACharleston Southern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 24 | @FAUFlorida Atlantic | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 29 | vsgeorgia-southern-east-georgia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | @georgia-state | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | vsWOFWofford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 8 | @ARIArizona State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 15 | @NEWNew Mexico8 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 19 | @CHAChattanooga | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | @TENTennessee Tech | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 30 | vsETSUEast Tennessee State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 6 | vsW CWestern Carolina | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | @WOFWofford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | vsSAMSamford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @FURFurman13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 18 | @W CWestern Carolina | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 20 | vsVMIVMI | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsUNCUNC Greensboro | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27 | @ETSUEast Tennessee State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsTHEThe Citadel | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsFURFurman13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 11 | @VMIVMI | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @UNCUNC Greensboro | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 18 | vsTENTennessee Tech | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | vsCHAChattanooga | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | @SAMSamford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @THEThe Citadel | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |