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SoCon MBB (2-14-24) Feb 12, 2024 21:00:14 GMT -5

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

All ten SoCon teams are in action on Wednesday night. The big game of the night has to be the Catamounts traveling to Homewood to face the Bulldogs of Samford. Western dropped the first meeting in Cullowhee earlier this year on national TV by 4 points, 71-75. The Bulldogs are on a 14 game home win streak this season in the Hanna Center, and have only one conference loss this season at the hands of Furman. In other games, VMI faces off with the Paladins in Travelers Rest, Wofford travels to Georgia to face the Bears in Macon, UNCG makes it a beach trip as they travel to Charleston to meet the Bulldogs and two Tennessee foe face off in the Roundhouse in Chattanooga . All games will be carried by ESPN+, while the WCU/Samford game is being shown nationally on ESPNU. All games start at 7 pm, except the WCU game which starts at 9 pm ET on the "Road to Asheville"

-7:00 PM - On ESPN+
VMI (4-21, 1-11 SoCon) at Furman (13-12, 7-5 SoCon)
Timmons Arena - Greenview, SC

-7:00 PM - On ESPN+
Wofford (14-11, 7-5 SoCon) at Mercer (11-14, 4-8 SoCon)
Hawkins Arena - Macon, GA

-7:00 PM - On ESPN+
UNCG (17-8, 8-4 SoCon) at The Citadel (9-16, 1-11 SoCon)
McAlister Field House - Charleston, SC

-7:00 PM - On ESPN+
ETSU (13-12, 5-7 SoCon) at Chattanooga (17-8, 9-3 SoCon)
McKenzie Arena - Chattanooga, TN

-9:00 PM - On ESPNU/ESPN+
Western Carolina (18-7, 7-5 SoCon) at Samford (22-3, 11-1 SoCon)
Pete Hanna Center - Homewood, AL

Last Edit: Feb 13, 2024 16:22:07 GMT -5 by The Cats

"Go Cats"
- in honor of Catamount man / Pickens

“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson

The Cats Legacy Posts: 24,834	SoCon MBB (2-14-24) Feb 14, 2024 18:15:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Cats on Feb 14, 2024 18:15:43 GMT -5
	"Go Cats" - in honor of Catamount man / Pickens “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson

The Cats Legacy Posts: 24,834	SoCon MBB (2-14-24) Feb 14, 2024 18:22:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Cats on Feb 14, 2024 18:22:20 GMT -5 The Lines... VMI at Furman Line: FUR -23.5 Wofford at Mercer Line: MER -2.5 UNCG at The Citadel Line: UNCG -6.5 ETSU at Chattanooga Line: UTC -7.5 Western Carolina at Samford Line: SAM -7.5
	"Go Cats" - in honor of Catamount man / Pickens “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson

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SoCon MBB (2-14-24) Feb 15, 2024 21:05:28 GMT -5

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No surprises in Wednesday night's SoCon games. All the teams that were picked to win, won, so the standings pretty much remain the same, except that WCU fell to sixth place and now Furman and Wofford remain tied for fourth place. The Bulldogs strengthen their strangle hold on 1st place, with Chattanooga solidly in second, UNCG in third. The bottom four teams remain the same with ETSU holding down 7th, Mercer 8th, The Citadel in 9th and VMI in 10th.

VMI 62 - Mercer 75
Furman's Ben Vanderwal scored 15 points to led Furman to a 75-62 win over VMI on Wednesday night. Vanderwal also pulled down 13 rebounds as JP Pegues scored 14 points and added eight assists. Taeshaud Jackson led the Keydets in scoring with 14 points, 12 rebounds and two steals. Maurice Wright Jr. added 13 points and Stephen Olowoniyi added nine points. The loss was the Keydets' seventh straight.

Wofford 73 - Mercer 60
Wofford's Dillon Bailey's scored 17 points to led Wofford over Mercer 73-60. Jackson Sivills scored 16 points, hitting 6 for 7, including 2 for 3 from beyond the arc. Anthony Arrington, Jr. had 11 points and shot 4 for 8, including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc. Jake Davis finished with 15 points for the Bears and Alex Holt and David Thomas each recorded 12 points.

UNCG 76 - The Citadel 60
Keyshaun Langley led the Spartans over The Citadel 76-61 with 21 points on Wednesday night. Donovan Atwell add 17 points. Joryam Saizonou finished 5 of 6 from the field to finish with 12 points. The Bulldogs were led by AJ Smith, with 20 points, 11 rebounds. Quentin Millora-Brown added 14 points, 11 rebounds, two steals and two blocks for Citadel.

ETSU 71 - Chattanooga 84
Chattanooga tightened their hold on the second place in the conference standings with an 84-71 win over rival ETSU in Chattanooga. Honor Huff led the Mocs with 31 points (9 for 16 from 3-point range) and Trey Bonham added 14 points and eight assists. The Bucs were led in by Quimari Peterson who finished with 22 points and three steals. Jaden Seymour added 19 points, six rebounds and two steals for East Tennessee State.

WCU 88 - Samford 52
Samford extended it's lead in the Southern Conference standings with their win over the Catamounts. Achor Achor had 18 points and five rebounds for the Bulldogs. Jaden Campbell and Jermaine Marshall added 16 points apiece. Vonterius Woolbright led the way for the Catamounts his twenty-second double-double, with 21 points, 13 rebounds and two steals. DJ Campbell added 13 points for the Cats. Tre Jackson also had 10 points and four assists.

If it ended today.....

First round // Friday, March 8 // Harrah's Cherokee Center - Asheville // Asheville, N.C.

Game	Matchup	Time	Stats // Box score // Quotes // Photos	Video
Game 1	#8 Mercer vs. #9 The Citadel	5 p.m.	Live stats // Box score // Quotes // Photos	ESPN+
Game 2	#7 ETSU vs. #10 VMI	7:30 p.m.	Live stats // Box score // Quotes // Photos	ESPN+

Quarterfinals // Saturday, March 9 // Harrah's Cherokee Center - Asheville // Asheville, N.C.

Game	Matchup	Time	Stats // Box Score // Quotes // Photos	TV // Video
Game 3	#1 Samford vs. Game 1 winner	12 p.m.	Live stats // Box score // Quotes // Photos	Nexstar // ESPN+
Game 4	#2 UTC vs. Game 2 winner	2:30 p.m.	Live stats // Box score // Quotes // Photos	Nexstar // ESPN+
Game 5	#3 UNCG vs. #6 WCU	6 p.m.	Live stats // Box score // Quotes // Photos	Nexstar // ESPN+
Game 6	#4 Wofford vs. #5 Furman	8:30 p.m.	Live stats // Box score // Quotes // Photos	Nexstar // ESPN+

"Go Cats"
- in honor of Catamount man / Pickens

“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson

catamountalum04 Senior 2021 Fall SoCon Pick'em Champion Posts: 3,738	SoCon MBB (2-14-24) Feb 17, 2024 16:28:55 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by catamountalum04 on Feb 17, 2024 16:28:55 GMT -5 Tough draw for the Cats

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Post by The Cats on Feb 15, 2024 21:05:28 GMT -5

First round // Friday, March 8 // Harrah's Cherokee Center - Asheville // Asheville, N.C.

Quarterfinals // Saturday, March 9 // Harrah's Cherokee Center - Asheville // Asheville, N.C.

Post by catamountalum04 on Feb 17, 2024 16:28:55 GMT -5