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Mercer at Gardner-Webb

Women's · Sunday, November 22, 2026, 2:00 PM ET at Paul Porter Arena. Mercer our rank 299 · 3-1; Gardner-Webb our rank 331 · 1-1.

Who will win Mercer vs Gardner-Webb?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives Mercer a 51% chance to beat Gardner-Webb, with a projected score of Mercer 59, Gardner-Webb 59.

To winMercer 51%Gardner-Webb 49%
Projected score59–59Mercer, then Gardner-Webb
Margin0.2Mercer · no line posted
Total117.7no line posted
First half28–28Mercer ahead 49%
Mercer by 30by 20by 10Evenby 10by 20Gardner-Webb by 30Model: Mercer by 0.2Mercer by 30by 10by 10Gardner-Webb by 30Model: Mercer by 0.2

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 50–60% have been right 55.7% of the time in 7,540 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 9.5 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
Mercer
HoltmanG · 33 min11.25.40.910+ 57%
AnamekweG · 30 min11.25.62.110+ 57%
O'DellG · 32 min10.84.31.310+ 54%
LoftonG · 19 min6.92.51.15+ 65%
Gardner-Webb
TullG · 29 min9.73.31.610+ 46%
OfunniyinF · 25 min8.76.00.810+ 39%
ThompsonG · 21 min6.62.20.95+ 62%
HarrisG · 18 min5.82.00.95+ 54%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit her

Without Ada Anamekwe: Mercer 48%Gardner-Webb 52%

The white mark is the call with her: Mercer 51%.

PlayerPoints a game she addsMercer without herChangeProjected score
Mercer
Ada Anamekwe0.748%−359–59

Change is in Mercer's win chance, in points. Scores read Mercer, then Gardner-Webb. A player's value is what the team is better by with her than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Mercer 3-1WWLW

    1. Nov 11W 54-45vs Charleston So
    2. Nov 8L 51-77at Wake Forest
    3. Nov 5W 69-61vs GA Southern
    4. Nov 2W 69-41vs North Greenville
    Last 4
    3–1, scoring 60.8 and allowing 56.0

    Gardner-Webb 1-1WL

    1. Nov 11L 54-59vs UNC Greensboro
    2. Nov 5W 84-72at Catawba
    Last 2
    1–1, scoring 69.0 and allowing 65.5

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 363
    MercerGardner-Webb
    Points scored per 100 possessions77.3 338th79.2 321st
    Points allowed per 10094.3 177th100.9 311th
    Possessions a game72.1 164th70.7 307th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)44.4% 256th43.3% 301st
    Opponents' shooting46.2% 222nd46.5% 244th
    Turnovers, share of possessions28.8% 354th22.8% 120th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses34.0% 123rd30.9% 284th
    Free throws per shot0.27 7th0.19 310th

    The widest gap: Mercer's defense (177th) against Gardner-Webb's offense (321st), of 363 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Mercer 28, Gardner-Webb 28
    First-half margin
    Mercer by 0.1
    First-half points, both teams
    55.8
    Projected second half
    Mercer 31, Gardner-Webb 31
    Second-half points, both teams
    61.9
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Mercer, first halves so far
    Led 1 of 4 · 29.2 scored, 30.8 allowed
    Gardner-Webb, first halves so far
    Led 1 of 2 · 28.5 scored, 28.5 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 10,911 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 73.0% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.0 points on average. This season: 404 of 492 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Mercer

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Abigail HoltmanG3311.25.40.91.8
    10+ pts 57% · 6+ reb 44% · 2+ threes 49%
    Micah O'DellG3210.84.31.30.8
    10+ pts 54% · 4+ reb 57% · 1+ threes 51%
    Ada AnamekweG3011.25.62.10.1
    10+ pts 57% · 6+ reb 46% · 2+ ast 58%
    Avani TellaG234.12.71.10.6
    5+ pts 37% · 3+ reb 46% · 1+ threes 41%
    Jala WilsonF205.54.80.50.1
    5+ pts 52% · 5+ reb 50%
    Maliyah LoftonG196.92.51.10.9
    5+ pts 65% · 3+ reb 43% · 1+ threes 54%
    Kimora JenkinsG164.12.00.80.6
    5+ pts 37% · 2+ reb 54% · 1+ threes 42%
    JahNaesia SpiersG152.12.40.60.2
    5+ pts 16% · 3+ reb 41% · 1+ threes 15%

    Gardner-Webb

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Laila TullG299.73.31.61.2
    10+ pts 46% · 3+ reb 59% · 2+ ast 45%
    Makayla LegetteG285.02.93.30.7
    5+ pts 46% · 3+ reb 50% · 1+ threes 45%
    Amira OfunniyinF258.76.00.80.0
    10+ pts 39% · 6+ reb 53% · 2+ ast 18%
    Sara MenendezG244.23.10.71.1
    5+ pts 38% · 3+ reb 56% · 1+ threes 62%
    Kayla MartinG244.75.00.80.3
    5+ pts 43% · 5+ reb 53% · 1+ threes 23%
    Taryn ThompsonG216.62.20.91.1
    5+ pts 62% · 2+ reb 58% · 1+ threes 61%
    Shiriah HarrisG185.82.00.90.4
    5+ pts 54% · 2+ reb 53% · 1+ threes 34%
    Jordan BrooksG175.81.12.20.5
    5+ pts 54% · 2+ ast 62% · 1+ threes 40%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

    The game in numbers

    The matchup

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