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The No. 1 seed Furman Paladins (24-7, 15-3 SoCon) are favored by 10.5 points in their SoCon Tournament matchup against the No. 8 seed Mercer Bears (14-18, 6-12 SoCon) on Saturday at Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville, beginning at 12:00 PM on ESPN+. The winner will move one step closer to earning an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament bracket.
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How do I watch Paladins vs. Bears?
- Game Day: Saturday, March 4, 2023
- Game Time: 12:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN+
- Location: Asheville, North Carolina
- Arena: Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville
Betting Lines for Paladins vs. Bears
| Favorite | Spread | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Furman | -10.5 | 141 |
Furman Betting Stats & Information
- Furman has been the moneyline favorite 25 times this season. They’ve gone 20-5 in those games.
- When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -569 or shorter, the Paladins have a 10-3 record (winning 76.9% of their games).
- The Paladins have gone 16-12-0 ATS this season.
- The Bears are a perfect 1-0 against the spread when an underdog by 10.5 points or more this season.
- Furman’s average total in outings this season has been 153.3, 12.3 points higher than the total in this particular game.
Mercer Betting Stats & Info
- This season, Mercer has been the underdog 15 times and won two of those games.
- The Bears are 1-1 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +418 or more on the moneyline.
- So far this year, the Bears have put together a 14-17-0 record against the spread.
- When they have played as at least 10.5-point underdogs this year, the Bears are 1-0 against the spread.
- The average over/under in Mercer’s games this year is 5.1 fewer points than the point total of 141 for this outing.
Furman vs. Mercer Season Stat Comparison
| Furman Rank | Furman AVG | Mercer AVG | Mercer Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 82.2 | Points Scored | 69.1 | 251st |
| 211th | 71.1 | Points Allowed | 66.8 | 84th |
| 102nd | 33.1 | Rebounds | 31.6 | 185th |
| 146th | 8.9 | Off. Rebounds | 9.1 | 122nd |
| 14th | 9.7 | 3pt Made | 6 | 317th |
| 5th | 17.7 | Assists | 13 | 179th |
| 95th | 11.1 | Turnovers | 10.9 | 75th |
This Matchup’s Impact Players
Furman Paladins Leaders
- Mike Bothwell leads the Paladins in scoring, tallying 17.9 points per game to go with 3.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists.
- Jalen Slawson leads Furman in rebounding, averaging 7.3 per game, while JP Pegues leads the team in assists, distributing an average of four in each contest.
- Pegues makes more threes per game than any other member of the Paladins, knocking down shots from beyond the arc at a clip of 1.9 per contest.
Mercer Bears Leaders
- The Bears’ leader in scoring and rebounding is Jalyn McCreary with 15.1 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.
- Luis Hurtado’s assist statline leads Mercer; he racks up 3.4 assists per game.
- Kamar Robertson is the top scorer from deep for the Bears, hitting 1.5 threes per game.
