2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster
Ringer, Desmond
Jersey Number 0
Desmond Ringer
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 255
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Letters:
- 1
- Hometown:
- McDonough, Ga.
- Prev School:
- South Carolina
- High School:
- Eagle's Landing HS
Bio
2017-18 (Senior)
- Started and played in all 34 games for Mercer
- Named to the 2018 National Association of Basketball (NABC) Give Back Team
- Named to the 2018 COSIDA Academic All-District 4 Team
- Tallied a total 867 minutes of play, averaging 25.5 minutes per game
- Led the team in field goal percentage (59.3%)
- Third on the squad in free throws made, shooting 81.7% from the charity stripe
- Ranked 11th in the SoCon in total rebounds (189) and 7th in the league in offensive rebounds (2.1 per game)
- Scored a career-high 22 points at Furman (1/6/18)
- Started in 32 games with 31 starts for the Bears
- Tallied a total of 785 minutes on the court, averaging 24.5 minutes per game
- Averaged 7.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game
- Led the team with a 57.5 percentage from the field
- Second on the squad in total rebounds, accumulating 187 throughout the season
- Led the team in rebounds in a game on 10 different occasions
- Started and played in 23 games in his first season on the court with the Bears, averaging 25.0 minutes per game
- Averaged 7.8 points and 4.6 rebounds per game
- Posted a field goal percentage of .612
- Recorded four games of double digit points
- Made his Mercer debut against Allen (11/13) in the season opener, recording seven points, five rebounds and three blocks
- Grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds at Davidson (11/23)
- Scored 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting at Ohio State (12/22)
- Went 10-for-11 from the field en route to scoring a season-high 21 points in a win over Wofford (1/16).
2014-15
- Redshirted due to transfer rules and did not appear in any games.
- Appeared in 28 games, averaging 10.4 minutes, 2.1 points and 2.0 rebounds per game
- Scored nine and grabbed seven board at Texas A&M (Jan. 29)
- Booked seven points and four boards at Florida (Jan. 8).
- Helped lead Eagle's Landing to first-ever state championship in 2013, scoring 17 points and collecting 14 rebounds in the title game
- Named to the Georgia Sportswriters Honorable Mention Team
- A three-star prospect by both ESPN.com and Rivals.com
- Ranked as the No. 7 player in the state of Georgia by ESPN.com.
- Son of Boris and Nattlie Ringer
- Has one brother, Stefan
- Plays the drums, and his best advice to young people is to "keep working hard in whatever it is that you want to do"
- Wears No. 32 because his father also wore that number
- Major is undecided.
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