Saturday, January 27
Greenville, S.C.
2 PM
Mercer University
at
Furman
Mercer Continues Road Trip At Furman Saturday
1/26/2024 10:51:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Tip off is scheduled for 2 p.m.
MACON, Ga. -Â The Mercer women's basketball team continues it's road trip as they take on Furman in Greenville, South Carolina, Saturday. Tip off is scheduled for 2Â p.m.
GAME INFO
Mercer (8-13, 2-3 SoCon) at Furman (11-9, 1-3 SoCon)
Saturday, Jan. 27, 2023 | 2 p.m. ET
Greenville, S.C. | Timmons Arena
TV:Â ESPN+
SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's game between Mercer and Furman will be the 31st all-time meeting between the two programs. Mercer has won the majority of games as the Bears own a 24-6 edge, head-to-head against the Paladins. Mercer won both regular season games last season.
SCOUTING FURMAN
Furman is coming off an 11-19 season last year. The Paladins went 3-11 in conference play. Furman was picked to finish fifth in the conference in the Preseason Coaches Poll.
The Paladins are 1-3 in conference play so far, with their lone win coming against Western Carolina. Furman is coming off a 66-60 defeat to Samford on Thursday.
Furman is led by first-year head coach Pierre Curtis. Curtis was with the program for 10 seasons as an assistant coach, prior to being named head coach last summer.
Furman currently owns the number one scoring offense in the SoCon at 70.7 points per game. Their 6.6 made threes per game is second most in the conference, behind Wofford.
Like Mercer, the Paladins have a balanced attack offensively, which features five players averaging double figures in scoring, led by junior forwards Jada Session (12.6 ppg) and Kate Johnson (11.8 ppg), and sophomore wing Sydney Ryan (11.5 ppg). In addition, the Paladins boast redshirt sophomore guard Niveya Henley (11.1 ppg) and redshirt junior Tate Walters (10.0 ppg) — both of whom have returned to the floor this year after missing the 2022-23 campaign due to injuries.
In addition to its offensive balance, Furman has proven to be the SoCon's top rebounding team so far this year with an +11.2 margin. The Paladins are the only SoCon team averaging more offensive rebounds per game than Mercer as they average 15.8 offensive rebounds per game.
LAST TIME OUT
Deja Williams scored a season high 24 points, but Mercer was edged on the road at Wofford, 65-64 Thursday night from Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium.
Each team had similar shooting numbers on the night as Mercer shot 36.8 percent from the floor and Wofford, 34.1 percent. The Bears owned the rebounding edge 52-36 and had twice as many offensive ebounds as Wofford, 22-11.
Williams and Wofford's Rachael Rose each led their teams respectively as Williams scored her season high 24 points on 9-for-20 (45.0%) shooting to go with six assists and four rebounds.
NEED TO KNOW
Mercer followed up its season high 53 rebound performance against Western Carolina with 52 rebounds against the Terriers. The Bears will need more of that on Saturday against statistically the best rebounding team in the SoCon in Furman.
GAME INFO
Mercer (8-13, 2-3 SoCon) at Furman (11-9, 1-3 SoCon)
Saturday, Jan. 27, 2023 | 2 p.m. ET
Greenville, S.C. | Timmons Arena
TV:Â ESPN+
SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's game between Mercer and Furman will be the 31st all-time meeting between the two programs. Mercer has won the majority of games as the Bears own a 24-6 edge, head-to-head against the Paladins. Mercer won both regular season games last season.
SCOUTING FURMAN
Furman is coming off an 11-19 season last year. The Paladins went 3-11 in conference play. Furman was picked to finish fifth in the conference in the Preseason Coaches Poll.
The Paladins are 1-3 in conference play so far, with their lone win coming against Western Carolina. Furman is coming off a 66-60 defeat to Samford on Thursday.
Furman is led by first-year head coach Pierre Curtis. Curtis was with the program for 10 seasons as an assistant coach, prior to being named head coach last summer.
Furman currently owns the number one scoring offense in the SoCon at 70.7 points per game. Their 6.6 made threes per game is second most in the conference, behind Wofford.
Like Mercer, the Paladins have a balanced attack offensively, which features five players averaging double figures in scoring, led by junior forwards Jada Session (12.6 ppg) and Kate Johnson (11.8 ppg), and sophomore wing Sydney Ryan (11.5 ppg). In addition, the Paladins boast redshirt sophomore guard Niveya Henley (11.1 ppg) and redshirt junior Tate Walters (10.0 ppg) — both of whom have returned to the floor this year after missing the 2022-23 campaign due to injuries.
In addition to its offensive balance, Furman has proven to be the SoCon's top rebounding team so far this year with an +11.2 margin. The Paladins are the only SoCon team averaging more offensive rebounds per game than Mercer as they average 15.8 offensive rebounds per game.
LAST TIME OUT
Deja Williams scored a season high 24 points, but Mercer was edged on the road at Wofford, 65-64 Thursday night from Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium.
Each team had similar shooting numbers on the night as Mercer shot 36.8 percent from the floor and Wofford, 34.1 percent. The Bears owned the rebounding edge 52-36 and had twice as many offensive ebounds as Wofford, 22-11.
Williams and Wofford's Rachael Rose each led their teams respectively as Williams scored her season high 24 points on 9-for-20 (45.0%) shooting to go with six assists and four rebounds.
NEED TO KNOW
Mercer followed up its season high 53 rebound performance against Western Carolina with 52 rebounds against the Terriers. The Bears will need more of that on Saturday against statistically the best rebounding team in the SoCon in Furman.
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