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Mercades Young

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Mercades Young
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Position:
    G/F
  • Year:
    Fr
  • High School:
    Moreno Valley Vista Del Lago
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    11.2
  • fg %
    37.4
  • 3pt %
    25.2
  • ft %
    56.3
  • reb/g
    2.8
  • a/g
    1.6
Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 25 7
Games started 23 7
Minutes 539 128
Minutes per game 21.6 18.3
FG 107-286 37-89
FG Pct 37.4 41.6
3PT 30-119 8-37
3PT Pct 25.2 21.6
FT 36-64 6-13
FT Pct 56.3 46.2
Off rebounds 21 7
Def rebounds 48 15
Total rebounds 69 22
Rebounds per game 2.8 3.1
Personal fouls 45 15
Disqualifications 1 -
Assists 41 15
Turnovers 69 20
Assist to turnover ratio 0.6 0.8
Steals 26 11
Blocks 5 2
Points 280 88
Points per game 11.2 12.6
Points per 40 min 20.8 27.5
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 1 at San Bernardino W, 57-44
Feb 4 MiraCosta L, 76-73
Feb 8 Grossmont L, 76-60
Feb 10 at Mt. San Jacinto L, 112-47
Feb 15 at Palomar L, 96-27
Feb 17 San Bernardino W, 60-53
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 4 at Mt. San Antonio L, 86-28 1 28 4-13 30.8 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 10
Nov 5 vs. Canyons L, 84-63 1 27 2-10 20.0 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 5
Nov 10 at Pasadena City L, 108-41 1 33 1-10 10.0 0-4 0.0 3-6 50.0 5
Nov 11 vs. Imperial Valley W, 54-36 1 20 3-10 30.0 1-6 16.7 1-2 50.0 8
Nov 12 vs. West LA L, 65-51 1 33 3-11 27.3 0-4 0.0 3-4 75.0 9
Nov 18 at LA Southwest L, 56-42 1 37 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 3
Nov 19 vs. MiraCosta W, 72-64 1 1 3-10 30.0 2-8 25.0 0-0 - 8
Nov 20 vs. LA Harbor W, 2-0 - 1 0-4 0.0 0-3 0.0 4-7 57.1 4
Dec 1 at Cuesta L, 66-58 - 1 5-13 38.5 2-5 40.0 2-2 100.0 14
Dec 2 vs. Hartnell L, 71-59 1 1 9-16 56.3 3-6 50.0 1-6 16.7 22
Dec 15 Oxnard L, 66-59 1 26 4-11 36.4 2-8 25.0 2-2 100.0 12
Dec 16 vs. Victor Valley L, 67-53 1 35 1-9 11.1 0-2 0.0 2-4 50.0 4
Dec 30 El Camino L, 67-37 1 31 3-11 27.3 2-6 33.3 1-2 50.0 9
Jan 4 Southwestern L, 73-43 1 36 4-16 25.0 1-5 20.0 2-6 33.3 11
Jan 6 at San Diego L, 76-47 1 28 4-11 36.4 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 11
Jan 11 Imperial Valley W, 70-27 1 36 11-17 64.7 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 26
Jan 13 at San Diego Mesa L, 46-43 1 1 7-13 53.8 1-5 20.0 4-5 80.0 19
Jan 18 at MiraCosta L, 82-45 1 1 3-12 25.0 0-3 0.0 2-5 40.0 8
Jan 25 Mt. San Jacinto L, 118-54 1 28 3-12 25.0 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 7
Jan 27 Palomar L, 94-45 1 26 3-10 30.0 2-7 28.6 1-2 50.0 9
Feb 1 at San Bernardino W, 57-44 1 1 8-22 36.4 0-8 0.0 0-1 0.0 16
Feb 4 MiraCosta L, 76-73 1 34 12-15 80.0 2-3 66.7 2-4 50.0 28
Feb 8 Grossmont L, 76-60 1 36 5-11 45.5 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 12
Feb 10 at Mt. San Jacinto L, 112-47 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 at Palomar L, 96-27 1 1 2-8 25.0 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 6
Feb 17 San Bernardino W, 60-53 1 37 6-10 60.0 1-5 20.0 1-1 100.0 14
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 4 at Mt. San Antonio L, 86-28 1 28 3 2 5 0 7 1 0
Nov 5 vs. Canyons L, 84-63 1 27 0 4 4 2 4 0 0
Nov 10 at Pasadena City L, 108-41 1 33 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Nov 11 vs. Imperial Valley W, 54-36 1 20 0 3 3 1 1 2 0
Nov 12 vs. West LA L, 65-51 1 33 0 6 6 3 3 2 0
Nov 18 at LA Southwest L, 56-42 1 37 2 0 2 3 1 0 0
Nov 19 vs. MiraCosta W, 72-64 1 1 0 2 2 1 3 1 0
Nov 20 vs. LA Harbor W, 2-0 - 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 0
Dec 1 at Cuesta L, 66-58 - 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Dec 2 vs. Hartnell L, 71-59 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
Dec 15 Oxnard L, 66-59 1 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dec 16 vs. Victor Valley L, 67-53 1 35 3 1 4 3 4 1 0
Dec 30 El Camino L, 67-37 1 31 0 0 0 1 4 2 0
Jan 4 Southwestern L, 73-43 1 36 0 5 5 3 4 2 1
Jan 6 at San Diego L, 76-47 1 28 1 3 4 2 3 2 0
Jan 11 Imperial Valley W, 70-27 1 36 1 0 1 5 5 1 0
Jan 13 at San Diego Mesa L, 46-43 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 18 at MiraCosta L, 82-45 1 1 1 4 5 2 4 4 0
Jan 25 Mt. San Jacinto L, 118-54 1 28 0 1 1 4 4 0 0
Jan 27 Palomar L, 94-45 1 26 0 1 1 3 4 1 1
Feb 1 at San Bernardino W, 57-44 1 1 2 4 6 1 1 3 0
Feb 4 MiraCosta L, 76-73 1 34 1 1 2 2 1 0 1
Feb 8 Grossmont L, 76-60 1 36 3 2 5 2 5 0 1
Feb 10 at Mt. San Jacinto L, 112-47 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 at Palomar L, 96-27 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 0
Feb 17 San Bernardino W, 60-53 1 37 2 4 6 3 1 3 0
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 4 at Mt. San Antonio L, 86-28 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 5 vs. Canyons L, 84-63 1 0 - 0.5
Nov 10 at Pasadena City L, 108-41 1 1 - -
Nov 11 vs. Imperial Valley W, 54-36 1 2 - 1.0
Nov 12 vs. West LA L, 65-51 1 0 - 1.0
Nov 18 at LA Southwest L, 56-42 1 0 - 3.0
Nov 19 vs. MiraCosta W, 72-64 1 5 1 0.3
Nov 20 vs. LA Harbor W, 2-0 - 0 - 0.0
Dec 1 at Cuesta L, 66-58 - 4 - -
Dec 2 vs. Hartnell L, 71-59 1 4 - 0.0
Dec 15 Oxnard L, 66-59 1 2 - -
Dec 16 vs. Victor Valley L, 67-53 1 4 - 0.8
Dec 30 El Camino L, 67-37 1 1 - 0.3
Jan 4 Southwestern L, 73-43 1 3 - 0.8
Jan 6 at San Diego L, 76-47 1 1 - 0.7
Jan 11 Imperial Valley W, 70-27 1 0 - 1.0
Jan 13 at San Diego Mesa L, 46-43 1 0 - -
Jan 18 at MiraCosta L, 82-45 1 3 - 0.5
Jan 25 Mt. San Jacinto L, 118-54 1 3 - 1.0
Jan 27 Palomar L, 94-45 1 1 - 0.8
Feb 1 at San Bernardino W, 57-44 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 4 MiraCosta L, 76-73 1 3 - 2.0
Feb 8 Grossmont L, 76-60 1 1 - 0.4
Feb 10 at Mt. San Jacinto L, 112-47 - - - -
Feb 15 at Palomar L, 96-27 1 3 - 0.0
Feb 17 San Bernardino W, 60-53 1 1 - 3.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2016-17 25 21.6 4.3-11.4 1.2-4.8 1.4-2.6 11.2
2017-18 23 23.9 4.1-13.0 2.2-7.5 1.9-2.7 12.3
Total 48 22.7 4.2-12.2 1.7-6.1 1.7-2.6 11.7
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2016-17 25 23 539 107-286 37.4 30-119 25.2 36-64 56.3 280
2017-18 23 17 550 94-298 31.5 50-173 28.9 44-63 69.8 282
Total 48 40 1089 201-584 34.4 80-292 27.4 80-127 63.0 562
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2016-17 25 539 21.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 25.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
2017-18 23 550 23.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 28.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 48 1089 22.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 27.4 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2016-17 25 0.8 1.9 2.8 1.6 2.8 1.0 0.2
2017-18 23 0.7 2.0 2.7 1.1 3.8 0.7 0.1
Total 48 0.8 2.0 2.8 1.4 3.3 0.9 0.2
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2016-17 25 23 21 48 69 41 69 26 5
2017-18 23 17 16 47 63 26 88 17 3
Total 48 40 37 95 132 67 157 43 8
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2016-17 25 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017-18 23 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 48 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 25 21.6 4.3-11.4 1.2-4.8 1.4-2.6 11.2
Conference 7 18.3 5.3-12.7 1.1-5.3 0.9-1.9 12.6
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 9 32.2 5.7-12.6 1.7-5.3 1.2-2.1 14.2
Away 9 14.6 3.9-11.4 0.9-4.2 1.6-2.4 10.2
Neutral 7 16.9 3.0-10.0 1.0-4.7 1.6-3.3 8.6
Result
Wins 6 16.0 5.2-12.2 1.3-6.0 1.0-1.8 12.7
Losses 19 23.3 4.0-11.2 1.2-4.4 1.6-2.8 10.7
Month
November 8 22.5 2.1-8.6 0.8-4.1 1.5-2.5 6.5
December 5 18.8 4.4-12.0 1.8-5.4 1.6-3.2 12.2
January 7 22.3 5.0-13.0 1.4-5.1 1.6-2.9 13.0
February 5 21.8 6.6-13.2 1.0-4.6 1.0-1.6 15.2
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 25 23 539 107-286 37.4 30-119 25.2 36-64 56.3 280
Conference 7 7 128 37-89 41.6 8-37 21.6 6-13 46.2 88
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 9 9 290 51-113 45.1 15-48 31.3 11-19 57.9 128
Away 9 8 131 35-103 34.0 8-38 21.1 14-22 63.6 92
Neutral 7 6 118 21-70 30.0 7-33 21.2 11-23 47.8 60
Result
Wins 6 5 96 31-73 42.5 8-36 22.2 6-11 54.5 76
Losses 19 18 443 76-213 35.7 22-83 26.5 30-53 56.6 204
Month
November 8 7 180 17-69 24.6 6-33 18.2 12-20 60.0 52
December 5 4 94 22-60 36.7 9-27 33.3 8-16 50.0 61
January 7 7 156 35-91 38.5 10-36 27.8 11-20 55.0 91
February 5 5 109 33-66 50.0 5-23 21.7 5-8 62.5 76
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 25 539 21.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 25.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 7 128 18.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 21.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 9 290 32.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 31.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 9 131 14.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 21.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 7 118 16.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 21.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 6 96 16.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 22.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 19 443 23.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 26.5 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 8 180 22.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 18.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 5 94 18.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 33.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 7 156 22.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 27.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 5 109 21.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 21.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 25 0.8 1.9 2.8 1.6 2.8 1.0 0.2
Conference 7 1.0 2.1 3.1 2.1 2.9 1.6 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 0.9 1.6 2.4 2.6 3.1 1.0 0.4
Away 9 1.1 1.7 2.8 0.9 2.3 1.1 0.1
Neutral 7 0.4 2.7 3.1 1.4 2.9 1.0 0.0
Result
Wins 6 0.8 2.3 3.2 1.8 2.5 1.7 0.0
Losses 19 0.8 1.8 2.6 1.6 2.8 0.8 0.3
Month
November 8 0.6 2.4 3.0 1.3 2.9 0.8 0.0
December 5 0.8 0.8 1.6 0.8 1.8 0.8 0.2
January 7 0.4 2.0 2.4 2.7 3.4 1.4 0.3
February 5 1.8 2.2 4.0 1.6 2.6 1.2 0.4
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 25 23 21 48 69 41 69 26 5
Conference 7 7 7 15 22 15 20 11 2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 9 8 14 22 23 28 9 4
Away 9 8 10 15 25 8 21 10 1
Neutral 7 6 3 19 22 10 20 7 0
Result
Wins 6 5 5 14 19 11 15 10 0
Losses 19 18 16 34 50 30 54 16 5
Month
November 8 7 5 19 24 10 23 6 0
December 5 4 4 4 8 4 9 4 1
January 7 7 3 14 17 19 24 10 2
February 5 5 9 11 20 8 13 6 2
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 25 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 19 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
News mentions
COD Women’s Basketball has 3 named All-Conference
  • Article
  • March 02, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball has 3 named All-Conference

COD Women’s Basketball players, Lexie Jackson, Mercades Young and Jerica Perez were named All-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference.

  • March 02, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball concludes 2017 season with victory over the Wolverines, 60-53
  • Article
  • February 17, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball concludes 2017 season with victory over the Wolverines, 60-53

COD (5-21; 2-6) end their 2016-17 season on a high note as they took an early lead and had to hold on for dear life, eventually holding on to a hard fought win over the San Bernardino Valley Wolverines (1-23; 0-8), 60-53.

  • February 17, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball looks for positives in loss to Griffins, 76-60
  • Article
  • February 08, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball looks for positives in loss to Griffins, 76-60

COD (4-19) had four of their five starters scoring in the double digits as Lexie Jackson led the way for the Roadrunners with her 9th double-double of the season with 13 points and 16 boards, as Desert fell to the Grossmont Griffins (9-13), 76-60.

  • February 08, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball upset special falls short against Spartans, 76-73
  • Article
  • February 04, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball upset special falls short against Spartans, 76-73

COD (4-18; 1-4) had a dynamite first half, including a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Mercades Young to get the Roadrunners to within one, 41-40 at the break, but the Oceanside MiraCosta Spartans (9-13; 3-2) locked down in the second half and the home side lost a close game, 76-73.

  • February 04, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball fights hard against Comets, 94-45
  • Article
  • January 27, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball fights hard against Comets, 94-45

COD (3-17; 0-3) had a hard time figuring out the #4 team in the state as they fell to the San Marcos Palomar Comets (19-2; 3-0), 94-45.

  • January 27, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball looks ahead after loss to the Eagles, 118-54
  • Article
  • January 25, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball looks ahead after loss to the Eagles, 118-54

COD (3-16; 0-2) had their hands full from the opening tip-off and the #7 team in the state, the Mt. San Jacinto Eagles (20-3; 2-1) gave the home team fits all night, as the Roadrunners fell, 118-54.

  • January 25, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball slams the Arabs, 70-27
  • Article
  • January 11, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball slams the Arabs, 70-27

COD (3-13) imposed their will on the visiting Imperial Valley Arabs (0-13) and used their largest first quarter output of the season to put some distance between them and the visitors, cruising past the Arabs, 70-27.

  • January 11, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball falls to the Jaguars, 73-43
  • Article
  • January 04, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball falls to the Jaguars, 73-43

COD (2-12) moved into 2017 hosting their opponent from the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference-South Division, the Chula Vista Southwestern Jaguars (7-7), and falling to the visitors, 73-43.

  • January 04, 2017
COD Women’s Basketball falls to the Warriors, 67-37
  • Article
  • December 30, 2016
COD Women’s Basketball falls to the Warriors, 67-37

COD (2-11) put together a well-played first quarter, but the Torrance El Camino Warriors (6-5) went on a 13-0 run to start the second quarter, putting the game out of reach for the home side as the Roadrunners fell, 67-37.

  • December 30, 2016
COD Women’s Basketball fights hard in Winter Classic
  • Article
  • December 16, 2016
COD Women’s Basketball fights hard in Winter Classic

COD (2-10) hosted their annual Winter Classic Women's Basketball Tournament featuring the likes of LA Southwest, Mt. San Jacinto, Fullerton, LA Trade Tech, Victor Valley, Pasadena City and Oxnard.

  • December 16, 2016
COD Women’s Basketball looks ahead after falling at Cuesta Invite
  • Article
  • December 02, 2016
COD Women’s Basketball looks ahead after falling at Cuesta Invite

COD (2-8) made the five hour drive up to San Luis Obispo to participate in the Cuesta Phillips 66 Invitational where they opened up against the host Cuesta Cougars.

  • December 02, 2016
COD Women’s Basketball grabs first win of 2016 at PCC Tourney
  • Article
  • November 12, 2016
COD Women’s Basketball grabs first win of 2016 at PCC Tourney

COD (1-4) received their first win of the 2016 season, making their way to the Consolation Final of the PCC President's Roundball Classic in Pasadena.

  • November 12, 2016
COD Women’s Basketball looks for positives in Mt. SAC Tournament results
  • Article
  • November 05, 2016
COD Women’s Basketball looks for positives in Mt. SAC Tournament results

COD (0-2) ended up face-to-face with one of the best teams in the state and also the host of the tournament they were participating in as they fell to Mt. San Antonio and College of the Canyons in the Mt. SAC Tip-Off Classic.

  • November 05, 2016