Western Carolina at Mercer odds, tips and betting trends

USA Today

27-02-2025

The Mercer Bears (12-18, 5-12 SoCon) will look to end a three-game home losing streak when they take on the Western Carolina Catamounts (8-20, 4-13 SoCon) on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Hawkins Arena. The game airs at 4:30 PM ET on ESPN+. Below, we dig into the Mercer vs. Western Carolina odds and lines for this game.
The Bears and the Catamounts square off with no line currently set for the game.
Mercer has gone 14-14-0 against the spread, while Western Carolina's ATS record this season is 10-15-0. A total of 12 out of the Bears' games this season have gone over the point total, and 17 of the Catamounts' games have gone over. Over the last 10 games, Mercer has a 3-7 record against the spread while going 2-8 overall. Western Carolina has gone 5-5 against the spread and 3-7 overall in its last 10 matches.
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Mercer vs. Western Carolina prediction
Mercer 79, Western Carolina 71
Against the spread
Mercer has put together a 14-14-0 record against the spread this season.
Western Carolina is 10-15-0 ATS this season.
The Bears score only 2.7 fewer points per game (76.7) than the Catamounts give up (79.4).
Mercer has a 6-2 record against the spread and a 7-3 record overall when scoring more than 79.4 points.
Western Carolina is 3-4 against the spread and 6-4 overall when giving up fewer than 76.7 points.
The Catamounts' 69.8 points per game are 6.0 fewer points than the 75.8 the Bears give up to opponents.
Western Carolina has put together a 5-2 ATS record and an 8-2 overall record in games it scores more than 75.8 points.
Mercer has an ATS record of 3-3 and a 7-2 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 69.8 points.
Players to watch
Mercer
Ahmad Robinson leads his team in both points (16.5) and assists (5.0) per contest, and also puts up 4.7 rebounds. At the other end, he delivers 1.9 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.
Tyler Johnson averages 16.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists per contest, shooting 45.0% from the field and 39.4% from downtown with 3.0 made 3-pointers per contest.
Alex Holt is tops on his team in rebounds per contest (6.8), and also posts 10.8 points and 1.2 assists. Defensively, he puts up 0.9 steals and 0.5 blocked shots.
Western Carolina
Bernard Pelote is averaging team highs in points (14.2 per game) and rebounds (7.5). And he is delivering 1.3 assists, making 42.9% of his shots from the field and 35.6% from beyond the arc, with 2.0 triples per game.
The Catamounts receive 11.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game from Marcus Kell.
Cord Stansberry gives the Catamounts 11.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. He also averages 0.9 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.