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Final · Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · Hope Coliseum, Morgantown, WV · attendance 8,680 · ESPN gamecast · Share this box score

West Virginia beat Mercer 75-61

By Hardwood Bricks staff · Thu, Nov 12, 2026

West Virginia beat Mercer 75-61 at Hope Coliseum.

Finley Bizjack led West Virginia with 15 points. Shane Cherry had 20 points for Mercer. Karon Boyd led all players with 8 rebounds for Mercer.

Mercer covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 7.2 points.

In the NBA, former West Virginia player Miles McBride had 19 points for the Knicks the night before; former West Virginia player Jevon Carter had 11 points for the Magic the night before.

Scoring · West Virginia: Finley Bizjack 15, Miles Sadler 12, Javan Buchanan 12, Brenen Lorient 8, Mouhamed Sylla 8, Seydou Traore 7, Joson Sanon 6, Amadou Seini 4, Martin Somerville 3. Mercer: Shane Cherry 20, Karon Boyd 10, Quinton Perkins II 9, Brady Shoulders 9, Derek Goodman 5, Sawyer Mayhugh 4, Makoi Mabor Makoi 2, Dawson Barr 2.

Capricorn Records, run by Macon native Phil Walden, made Macon a center of Southern rock in the late 1960s and 1970s, and the Allman Brothers Band's 'Big House' is now a museum.

What the model said

Projected that morning with only earlier games

MER 64, WVU 85model score

-21.2model spread (home)

149.4model total

7.2points off the final margin

UnderdogMER +24.53.3 Won Under 151.52.1 Won

OverUnderFavoriteUnderdogThe colored fill is the gap between the model and the market: a full chip means 6 points or more. The number on each chip is that gap.

Leans are against the DraftKings closing line ESPN carries. Season record on the ratings page.

Line and result

	Spread (home)	Total	ML home	ML away	Source
Open (first seen)	-25.0	149.0			our snapshots
Latest	-16.5	136.5	-55000.0	8743.0	our snapshots (8 books)
Close	-24.5	151.5	-8000	2200	DraftKings via ESPN

Margin +14 (home) ATS MER covered Total 136 → under

Travel and rest coming in

Team	Rest days	Miles in	Road streak	Time zone
MER	1	623	1	same
WVU	non-SoCon team, not tracked

Rest is full days off between games. Miles are an estimate from the travel model (see the travel page).

Team stats

Stat	MER	WVU
FG	22-61	23-58
FG%	36	40
3PT	6-28	7-27
3P%	21	26
FT	11-12	22-30
FT%	92	73
Rebounds	34	41
Offensive rebounds	14	16
Defensive rebounds	20	25
Assists	10	11
Steals	6	8
Blocks	1	3
Turnovers	14	11
Points off turnovers	16	10
Fast break points	4	2
Points in paint	26	32
Fouls	17	14
Largest lead	0	20
Possessions (est.)	66.7	67.2
Points per 100 possessions	91.5	111.5

Possessions = FGA − OREB + TO + 0.475 × FTA.

Mercer Bears

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Karon Boyd F	36	10	5-11	0-5	0-0	4	8	1	6	2	0	2
Derek Goodman G	30	5	2-11	1-6	0-0	2	4	1	4	2	0	0
Quinton Perkins II G	30	9	3-14	1-7	2-2	0	1	4	0	1	0	2
Brady Shoulders G	29	9	3-4	2-3	1-2	1	4	0	0	0	0	2
Makoi Mabor Makoi F	19	2	1-5	0-0	0-0	2	6	0	0	0	0	4
Sawyer Mayhugh	19	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	3	5	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Cherry	19	20	6-13	2-6	6-6	0	2	4	2	1	1	3
Ryder Cate	9	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Petras Padegimas	4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Keelan Steele	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Dawson Barr	2	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dimitrije Kovacevic	DNP
Josh Jackson	DNP
Harrison Lyttle	DNP
KJ Lamonte	DNP
Manos Koveos	DNP

West Virginia Mountaineers

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Finley Bizjack G	33	15	4-12	2-7	5-5	0	6	3	2	1	0	0
Miles Sadler G	28	12	4-11	1-5	3-4	0	0	6	3	0	0	3
Brenen Lorient F	27	8	3-6	0-2	2-2	0	2	0	1	3	1	0
Mouhamed Sylla C	19	8	3-4	0-0	2-3	1	5	0	0	0	1	1
Seydou Traore G	18	7	2-4	1-2	2-2	3	6	0	1	0	1	2
Martin Somerville	20	3	1-7	1-7	0-0	0	1	1	2	4	0	2
Joson Sanon	19	6	2-4	2-4	0-0	2	4	1	0	0	0	2
Javan Buchanan	17	12	2-7	0-0	8-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	1
Amadou Seini	16	4	2-3	0-0	0-4	3	4	0	0	0	0	3
Aliou Dioum	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jelani McKoy	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keonte Greybear	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Max Olejasz	DNP
MJ Feenane	DNP
Amir Jenkins	DNP