Merle Darling

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Merle Darling
34 Merle Darling
  • Height:
    5'10
  • Hometown:
    Plainfield, VT
  • Position:
    Guard
  • Year:
    2018
  • High School:
    Twinfield
  • gp
    23
  • pts/g
    2.3
  • fg %
    29.7
  • 3pt %
    26.7
  • ft %
    72.7
  • reb/g
    1.3
  • a/g
    0.4
Bio

As a Sophomore- Darling notched a season best 13 points in a win over Vermont Tech. Darling shot a solid 37.9% from three-point range last year for the Trailblazers. Darling appeared in 15 games. 

As a Freshman- Appeared in five games off the bench during his rookie season

Named to the Dean's List and was a member of the MASCAC All Academic Team

High School- Was named to the All League team as a junior and senior at Twinfield High School in Vermont.  Participated in the North/South Senior All star game

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 23 11
Games started 2 1
Minutes 258 121
Minutes per game 11.2 11.0
FG 19-64 5-20
FG Pct 29.7 25.0
3PT 8-30 2-10
3PT Pct 26.7 20.0
FT 8-11 1-3
FT Pct 72.7 33.3
Off rebounds 5 1
Def rebounds 24 12
Total rebounds 29 13
Rebounds per game 1.3 1.2
Personal fouls 29 10
Disqualifications 1 0
Assists 9 6
Turnovers 11 3
Assist to turnover ratio 0.8 2.0
Steals 3 1
Blocks 1 0
Points 54 13
Points per game 2.3 1.2
Points per 40 min 8.4 4.3
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 1 at Westfield St. L, 85-65
Feb 4 Salem St. L, 81-62
Feb 8 at Framingham St. L, 70-60
Feb 11 Fitchburg St. L, 90-65
Feb 15 at Pine Manor L, 104-89
Feb 18 at Bridgewater St. L, 88-54
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 15 at Lyndon St. L, 92-60 - 7 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 3
Nov 19 vs. Connecticut Col. L, 95-55 - 23 1-5 20.0 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 3
Nov 20 vs. Coast Guard L, 85-64 - 15 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Nov 22 at Williams L, 91-61 - 11 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Nov 29 at Sage L, 130-98 - 8 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 2-3 66.7 7
Dec 1 Wesleyan (Conn.) L, 94-60 - 11 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 6 at WPI L, 105-68 - 6 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 9 Rensselaer W, 71-67 - 1 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 10 Fisher W, 82-79 - 5 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 13 at Norwich L, 88-61 - 12 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 4 Worcester St. L, 73-48 1 14 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0
Jan 7 Westfield St. L, 84-63 - 16 2-6 33.3 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 11 at Salem St. L, 99-64 - 15 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 14 Framingham St. L, 64-59 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 at Fitchburg St. L, 101-66 - 5 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 1
Jan 21 Dean College L, 87-69 1 28 2-10 20.0 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 7
Jan 25 Bridgewater St. L, 81-62 - 14 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 28 at Worcester St. L, 80-54 - 10 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 1 at Westfield St. L, 85-65 - 17 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 4 Salem St. L, 81-62 - 10 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 8 at Framingham St. L, 70-60 - 3 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 11 Fitchburg St. L, 90-65 - 9 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 15 at Pine Manor L, 104-89 - 10 3-4 75.0 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 8
Feb 18 at Bridgewater St. L, 88-54 - 8 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 15 at Lyndon St. L, 92-60 - 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 19 vs. Connecticut Col. L, 95-55 - 23 1 2 3 0 2 0 0
Nov 20 vs. Coast Guard L, 85-64 - 15 0 2 2 1 1 0 0
Nov 22 at Williams L, 91-61 - 11 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Nov 29 at Sage L, 130-98 - 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Dec 1 Wesleyan (Conn.) L, 94-60 - 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dec 6 at WPI L, 105-68 - 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dec 9 Rensselaer W, 71-67 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 10 Fisher W, 82-79 - 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 13 at Norwich L, 88-61 - 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jan 4 Worcester St. L, 73-48 1 14 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Jan 7 Westfield St. L, 84-63 - 16 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
Jan 11 at Salem St. L, 99-64 - 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 14 Framingham St. L, 64-59 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 at Fitchburg St. L, 101-66 - 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Jan 21 Dean College L, 87-69 1 28 3 4 7 1 1 1 1
Jan 25 Bridgewater St. L, 81-62 - 14 0 3 3 2 0 0 0
Jan 28 at Worcester St. L, 80-54 - 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Feb 1 at Westfield St. L, 85-65 - 17 0 3 3 1 1 0 0
Feb 4 Salem St. L, 81-62 - 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Feb 8 at Framingham St. L, 70-60 - 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Feb 11 Fitchburg St. L, 90-65 - 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 15 at Pine Manor L, 104-89 - 10 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Feb 18 at Bridgewater St. L, 88-54 - 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 15 at Lyndon St. L, 92-60 - 3 - -
Nov 19 vs. Connecticut Col. L, 95-55 - 2 0 0.0
Nov 20 vs. Coast Guard L, 85-64 - 5 1 1.0
Nov 22 at Williams L, 91-61 - 2 - -
Nov 29 at Sage L, 130-98 - 1 - 1.0
Dec 1 Wesleyan (Conn.) L, 94-60 - 2 - -
Dec 6 at WPI L, 105-68 - 1 - 0.0
Dec 9 Rensselaer W, 71-67 - 1 - -
Dec 10 Fisher W, 82-79 - 0 - -
Dec 13 at Norwich L, 88-61 - 0 - 0.0
Jan 4 Worcester St. L, 73-48 1 2 - -
Jan 7 Westfield St. L, 84-63 - 1 - 2.0
Jan 11 at Salem St. L, 99-64 - 0 0 -
Jan 14 Framingham St. L, 64-59 - - - -
Jan 18 at Fitchburg St. L, 101-66 - 0 0 -
Jan 21 Dean College L, 87-69 1 1 0 1.0
Jan 25 Bridgewater St. L, 81-62 - 0 - -
Jan 28 at Worcester St. L, 80-54 - 0 0 -
Feb 1 at Westfield St. L, 85-65 - 1 0 1.0
Feb 4 Salem St. L, 81-62 - 2 - -
Feb 8 at Framingham St. L, 70-60 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 11 Fitchburg St. L, 90-65 - 2 - -
Feb 15 at Pine Manor L, 104-89 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 18 at Bridgewater St. L, 88-54 - 1 0 -
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2014-15 5 2.4 0.2-1.0 0.0-0.6 0.0-0.0 0.4
2015-16 15 5.7 0.9-2.5 0.7-1.9 0.3-0.4 2.8
2016-17 23 11.2 0.8-2.8 0.3-1.3 0.3-0.5 2.3
Total 43 8.3 0.8-2.5 0.4-1.4 0.3-0.4 2.3
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2014-15 5 - 12 1-5 20.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 2
2015-16 15 - 86 13-38 34.2 11-29 37.9 5-6 83.3 42
2016-17 23 2 258 19-64 29.7 8-30 26.7 8-11 72.7 54
Total 43 2 356 33-107 30.8 19-62 30.6 13-17 76.5 98
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2014-15 5 12 2.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
2015-16 15 86 5.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 37.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
2016-17 23 258 11.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 26.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 43 356 8.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 30.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2014-15 5 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0
2015-16 15 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1
2016-17 23 0.2 1.0 1.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.0
Total 43 0.2 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2014-15 5 - 1 1 2 0 1 1 0
2015-16 15 - 1 8 9 2 6 3 2
2016-17 23 2 5 24 29 9 11 3 1
Total 43 2 7 33 40 11 18 7 3
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2014-15 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2015-16 15 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016-17 23 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 43 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 23 11.2 0.8-2.8 0.3-1.3 0.3-0.5 2.3
Conference 11 11.0 0.5-1.8 0.2-0.9 0.1-0.3 1.2
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 9 12.0 0.7-3.1 0.3-1.4 0.2-0.3 1.9
Away 12 9.3 0.8-2.2 0.2-0.9 0.5-0.7 2.4
Neutral 2 19.0 1.5-5.0 1.0-3.0 0.0-0.0 4.0
Result
Wins 2 3.0 0.0-2.0 0.0-1.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 21 12.0 0.9-2.9 0.4-1.3 0.4-0.5 2.6
Month
November 5 12.8 1.4-3.6 0.6-2.0 1.0-1.2 4.4
December 5 7.0 0.4-2.4 0.0-0.8 0.0-0.0 0.8
January 7 14.6 0.7-3.7 0.4-1.9 0.4-0.7 2.3
February 6 9.5 0.8-1.3 0.3-0.5 0.0-0.0 2.0
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 23 2 258 19-64 29.7 8-30 26.7 8-11 72.7 54
Conference 11 1 121 5-20 25.0 2-10 20.0 1-3 33.3 13
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 9 2 108 6-28 21.4 3-13 23.1 2-3 66.7 17
Away 12 - 112 10-26 38.5 3-11 27.3 6-8 75.0 29
Neutral 2 - 38 3-10 30.0 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 8
Result
Wins 2 - 6 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Losses 21 2 252 19-60 31.7 8-28 28.6 8-11 72.7 54
Month
November 5 - 64 7-18 38.9 3-10 30.0 5-6 83.3 22
December 5 - 35 2-12 16.7 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 4
January 7 2 102 5-26 19.2 3-13 23.1 3-5 60.0 16
February 6 - 57 5-8 62.5 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 12
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 23 258 11.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 26.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 11 121 11.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 20.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 9 108 12.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 23.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 12 112 9.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 27.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 38 19.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 33.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 2 6 3.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 21 252 12.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 28.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 5 64 12.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 30.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 5 35 7.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 7 102 14.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 23.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 6 57 9.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 66.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 23 0.2 1.0 1.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.0
Conference 11 0.1 1.1 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 0.3 1.1 1.4 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.1
Away 12 0.1 0.8 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 0.5 2.0 2.5 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 21 0.2 1.1 1.4 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.0
Month
November 5 0.2 1.4 1.6 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0
December 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0
January 7 0.6 1.6 2.1 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.1
February 6 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 23 2 5 24 29 9 11 3 1
Conference 11 1 1 12 13 6 3 1 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 2 3 10 13 6 2 3 1
Away 12 - 1 10 11 2 6 0 0
Neutral 2 - 1 4 5 1 3 0 0
Result
Wins 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 21 2 5 24 29 9 11 3 1
Month
November 5 - 1 7 8 2 4 0 0
December 5 - 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
January 7 2 4 11 15 6 2 2 1
February 6 - 0 6 6 1 3 0 0
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 23 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 11 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 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 21 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 5 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 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0