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Mercer Bears
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FINAL Neutral Conference SoCon
Western Carolina Catamounts
Southern Conference · Harrah's Cherokee Center (Neutral) · March 7, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MER -5.5 Away covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money MER -250 / WCU +210
Model Predictions
Spread Total MER win
Actual MER +1 133 Won
Massey MER -8.0 (-7.0)
Massey Totals 152.7 (-19.7)
Bradley-Terry 78%
Weighted B-T 78%
Efficiency Plus ML MER -6.2 (-5.2) 150.0 (-17.0) 78%
Baseline Tuned ML MER -8.4 (-7.4) 145.2 (-12.2) 80%
Baseline ML MER -8.7 (-7.7) 144.9 (-11.9) 80%
Baseline Plus ML MER -8.7 (-7.7) 147.0 (-14.0) 81%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 8, 2026 WCU 7773 MER
Feb 26, 2026 WCU 7874 MER
Jan 22, 2026 MER 8876 WCU
Mar 1, 2025 MER 8169 WCU
Jan 12, 2025 WCU 8582 MER

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MER WCU
Overall 14-19 8-22
Conference 6-12 4-14
Home 7-6 7-7
Away 5-11 1-14
Neutral 2-2 0-1
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L5
Avg Pts For 73.7 67.1
Avg Pts Against 77.0 80.6
Massey -5.7 (#259) -13.7 (#349)
Bradley-Terry -1.02 (#263) -2.31 (#343)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.51 (#281) -2.78 (#340)
RPI 0.451 (#282) 0.414 (#329)
Shooting & Four Factors MER WCU
FG% 42.8% 38.2%
3PT% 32.4% 29.7%
REB / G 38.2 37.2
OREB / G 11.4 10.2
AST / TO 1.05 0.81
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.3% 45.4%
TOV% 16.7% 19.3%
ORB% 29.0% 26.1%
FT Rate 19.1% 20.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.8% 51.5%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 13.8%
DRB% 70.8% 70.3%
Opp FT Rate 23.7% 24.9%

Game Analysis

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