Mercer 74, Western Carolina 78 - Box Score

NET #182

	H1	H2	T
Mercer	32	42	74
Western Carolina	33	45	78

Western Carolina

NET #228

	H1	H2	T
Mercer	32	42	74
Western Carolina	33	45	78

Wed, Feb 25, 2026Ramsey CenterFinal

CHD Scout Prediction

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Predicted

Actual

Mercer

Western Carolina

69%

31%

✗ MissedMargin: -5.8 predicted → +4 actual

Four Factors: Predicted vs Actual

53.2%→ 52.7

eFG%

50.0 ←50.6%

13.0%→ 15.6

TO Rate

13.4 ←13.5%

31.2%

ORB%

31.9%

38.5%→ 40.0

FT Rate

50.9 ←30.2%

Mercer

Predicted Actual

Western Carolina

Recap

Upset Alert: WCU Tops Mercer

Western Carolina pulls off the upset as the lower-ranked team, defying its 79-spot NET ranking gap to take down Mercer 78-74.

In a stunning turn of events, Western Carolina pulled off a significant upset at the Ramsey Center, defeating Mercer 78-74. The four-point margin of victory belies the significance of the outcome, as Western Carolina, ranked 252 in the NET rankings, took down Mercer, which sits at 173. The first hal...

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Top Performers

Mercer

Armani MightyMVP32.8

PTS16REB14AST1

5-10 FG, 6-10 FT

Zaire Williams23.5

PTS13REB5AST2STL3

5-8 FG, 0-1 3PT, 3-4 FT

Baraka Okojie18.7

PTS22REB1AST1

8-13 FG, 1-2 3PT, 5-6 FT

Western Carolina

Cord Stansberry32.0

PTS21REB5AST4STL1

7-11 FG, 1-3 3PT, 6-6 FT

Marcus Kell25.3

PTS18REB4AST0STL2

6-9 FG, 2-3 3PT, 4-4 FT

Tahlan Pettway23.4

PTS15REB2AST1STL3

4-10 FG, 1-5 3PT, 6-7 FT

Hot Players

Cord StansberryWestern Carolina+46%

PTS

14.6 avg

REB

4.0 avg

AST

2.0 avg

64% FG 7-11

Tahlan PettwayWestern Carolina+40%

PTS

8.8 avg

REB

2.1 avg

AST

2.0 avg

40% FG 4-10

Bendji PierreMercer+29%

PTS

2.5 avg

REB

0.5 avg

AST

0.1 avg

25% FG 1-4

Armani MightyMercer+24%

PTS

13.3 avg

REB

10.8 avg

AST

1.0 avg

50% FG 5-10

Abdulai Fanta KabbaWestern Carolina+21%

PTS

4.2 avg

REB

5.4 avg

AST

0.3 avg

75% FG 3-4

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Mercer74

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO
Baraka Okojie	36	22	8-13	1-2	5-6	1	1	0	0	4
Armani Mighty	34	16	5-10	0-0	6-10	14	1	0	0	1
Zaire Williams	34	13	5-8	0-1	3-4	5	2	3	0	3
Quinton Perkins II	31	13	5-11	1-5	2-2	1	0	2	0	2
Connor Serven	30	2	1-6	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	1	0
Bendji Pierre	16	2	1-4	0-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	0
Tristan Gross	11	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1
Kyle Cuffe Jr.	7	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Koch	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Petras Padegimas	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
NJ Nganga	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaydon Cole	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
TJ Grant	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Braeden Carlsen	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Brady Shoulders	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Pero Zubac	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	—	74	28-55	2-12	16-22	25	4	6	1	12

Western Carolina78

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO
Cord Stansberry	39	21	7-11	1-3	6-6	5	4	1	0	2
Tahlan Pettway	38	15	4-10	1-5	6-7	2	1	3	0	1
Marcus Kell	34	18	6-9	2-3	4-4	4	0	2	0	1
Tidjiane Dioumassi	29	15	4-13	1-5	6-6	1	0	0	0	2
Samuel Dada	25	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	6	0	0	2	0
Abdulai Fanta Kabba	15	6	3-4	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	0
Justin Johnson	15	1	0-5	0-2	1-2	3	1	0	0	3
Tayeshaun Smith	6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1
Vernon Collins	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Titian DeRosa	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Fischer Brown	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Williams	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
CJ Hyland	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Hollifield	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Chase McKey	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Julien Soumaoro	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	—	78	24-53	5-18	25-27	28	6	6	2	10