Men's Basketball Continues to Shine Among NCAA Stat Leaders

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer men’s basketball team continued to well-represented in the second NCAA Division I statistical report released Monday, December 5.

The Bears’ team is currently 25^th in field goal percentage defense at 37.0 percent (with opponents hitting just 162 of 438 attempts). Mercer is also 50^th in defending the three-point shot, with foes hitting just 28.4 percent (48-169) from beyond the arc against the MU team. The Bears lead the Atlantic Sun Conference in both categories, as well

Mercer is 35^th as a team in free throw percentage at 74.3 percent (110-148), which also tops the A-Sun. MU ranks 54^th in rebound margin, grabbing an average of 6.0 caroms per game.

Mercer’s team is also tops in the A-Sun in scoring defense (63.1 p.p.g.) and blocked shots (4.6 b.p.g.).

Individually, redshirt sophomore Jakob Gollon is one reason for the Bears’ high free throw rating as a team. Gollon – the A-Sun individual leader in free throw percentage - stands at No. 14 in the nation, connecting on 93.1 percent (27-29) from the charity stripe.

Senior Justin Cecil is 39^th in the nation for three-point field goal percentage at 45.5 percent. He also tops the A-Sun in treys made per game at 2.5.

Sophomore Daniel Coursey is 56^th in the nation in blocked shots at 2.1 per game, which is atop the A-Sun, as well. Coursey leads the A-Sun in field goal percentage (67.5 percent/27-40), but barely missed the needed number of attempts necessary to qualify for the national stats.