Mercer Women's Basketball 2019 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Mercer Bears

Southern (25-7, 14-0)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/8 Charlotte (57-40), 2/2 at Furman (75-60), 2/23 at Chattanooga (62-56)
Bad Losses: 11/23 vs Memphis (53-59), 1/2 at Jacksonville (66-71), 1/6 Columbia (68-72)
Coach: Susie Gardner
 
Probable Starters:
KeKe Calloway, Senior, Guard, 17.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.7 apg
Linnea Rosendal, Senior, Guard, 9.0 ppg
Shannon Titus, Sophomore, Guard/Forward, 12.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.4 bpg
Amanda Thompson, Senior, Forward, 13.1 ppg, 10.7 rpg, 2.2 spg
Rachel Selph, Senior, Center, 8.7 ppg, 5.1 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Jaron Dougherty, Freshman, Forward, 2.1 ppg
Amoria Neal-Tysor, Freshman, Guard, 2.0 ppg
Ally Welch, Senior, Forward, 1.7 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 67.7 (122nd in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 61.4 (107, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.5 (48, 1)  
Field-Goal Defense: 38.7 (114, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.7 (280, 6)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.3 (85, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 69.8 (165, 6)
Rebound Margin: -0.6 (208, 3)
Assists Per Game: 15.2 (77, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.6 (7, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2018NCAARound of 64 loss to Georgia
2016NITFirst Round loss to Georgia Tech
2015WBIFirst Round win over Troy
2015WBIQuarterfinal win over Marshall
2015WBISemifinal loss to Siena
2013WBIFirst round loss to McNeese State
 
*all team stats through 3/7