Game #22 - Appalachian State
Location: Holmes Center, Boone, NC
Date: Saturday, February 2, 2013
Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
Series: ASU leads the all time series, 111-66
Radio: Catamount Sports Network
TV: SoCon Sports Network/ESPN3
Live Video: Go ASU TV (fee)
The Catamounts travel to Boone, NC on Saturday for this year's return meeting with the Mountaineers. The Cats won the first meeting of the season, back on December 8th by a final score of 70-64 in Cullowhee.
The Cats have not played since last Saturday's loss against Georgia Southern in the Ramsey Center, but the Mountaineers played at Charleston this past Wednesday night, losing to the Cougars 59-72.
ASU is currently 8-12 overall, and 4-5 in the Southern conference, with four losses out of their last five games, losing to Chattanooga, Samford, Davidson, & Charleston, coming after a five game winning streak. It was the Davidson Wildcats that broke their 5 game home winning streak.
The Mountaineers are currently in third place in the conference in scoring offense, putting up 71.9 points, but are 11th in scoring defense, giving up 72.8 points per game. The Mountaineers have four players averaging double figures this season, led by senior forward Nathan Healy (6-7 / 210) at 14.6 point per game, followed closely by redshirt sophomore forward Jay Canty (6-6 / 200) with 14.5 points, sophomore guard Tab Hamilton (6-3 / 180) at 10.7 points, and junior forward Tevin Baskin (6-6 / 210) with 10.2 points. Healy also leads the team in rebounding with 7.4 per game.
If the Cats are going to turn this season around, and end up with a winning record - at 9-13 they must win the games they should win. This is one of those games. Given the past experience in the Holmes, this one is probably a toss up at this point, and for the Cats to win, they must find some consistency in shooting and scoring, control their turnovers, and take advantage of the opportunities at the free throw line.
If the Cats perform a repeat of the GSU game, it will be a long bus ride home to Cullowhee.
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