2025-26 Merrimack College Men's Basketball Roster

3 Ernest Shelton

  • Class Junior
  • Position Guard
  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 180
  • Hometown Philadelphia, Pa.
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) Father Judge High School

Biography

2025-26:
  • Tied the Merrimack single-game record with 9 three-pointers (9-of-12) on his way to 33 points in a win at Boston University
  • Had the rare feat of two four-point plays in back-to-back games, with two at Tarleton State and two at BU
  • Scored 23 points, making 5 3-pointers at No. 20 Auburn
  • Had 20 points at Tarleton State
  • Led the Warriors with 16 points in the win at Princeton
  • Made 5 3-pointers on his way to 17 points in the win over La Salle at the Palestra
2024-25 (Sophomore / Gannon University): 
  • Averaged 17.4 points per game, making 150 three-pointers (37.0 percent)
  • 7 20-point games and 1 30-point game
  • Started and played in all 34 games, averaging 27.8 minutes per game
  • Shot 85.5 percent from the free throw line
  • Had a season-high 32 points vs Virginia State (3/16/25)
  • Made a season-high 7 three-pointers vs Davis & Elkins (11/13/24)
2023-24 (Freshman / Gannon University): 
  • Played in all 34 games as a reserve, averaging just under 13 minutes per game, but saw more extended action as season progressed 
  • Averaged 7.9 ppg. and 1.6 rpg., adding 13 assists and 14 steals
  • 3rd on the team with 13 blocked shots
  • 88-of-201 (43.8 pct.) from the floor and was 34-of- (82.9 pct.) from the line
  • Made 58-142 three-pointers and was 5th in the PSAC in 3-point percentage at 40.8 pct
  • Scored in double figures in ten games
  • In a 15 game stretch in February and March averaged 10.8 ppg., scoring in double figures in ten of those contests
  • Opened his career with a bang, coming off the bench to score a team-high 24 points (8-of-12 from 3) in just 19 minutes in season-opening win over Glenville State (11/10/23)
High School: 
  • Played his last two seasons for head coach Chris Roantree at Father Judge High School in Philadelphia after beginning his high school career at Bishop McDevitt High School
  • Averaged 11.3 ppg. and 3.4 rpg. as a senior while shooting 39 percent on 3-pointers
  • Averaged 11 ppg as a junior in his first season with the Crusaders
  • Chosen to compete in the Philadelphia Building & Construction Trades Council's 36th annual All Star Labor Classic

Statistics

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