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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Game #20 - Wofford

The Catamounts travel to Spartanburg, SC on Monday, January 20th to meet the Wofford Terriers in the Benjamin Johnson Arena (3500).  The game is the "SoCon Game of the Week" and will be televised on both CSS and ESPN3.

The Cats are 25-18 all time against the Wofford Terriers, and again this year, like last season, the Terriers and Cats only play one game in the regular season, saving Wofford's head coach from having to travel to the one place he'd rather "go to hell than go to (expletive) Cullowhee".

In preseason voting, Wofford was picked sixth by the coaches, and fifth by the media. while Terrier guard Karl Cochran was selected to the preseason all-conference team. Wofford is a young, but experienced team, as they return 9 players that accounted for 90% of their scoring last season. Forward Aerris Smith is the only senior on a Terrier roster that includes four juniors, five sophomores and four freshman.

Wofford head coach Mike Young is in his 12th season at Wofford and this year he is 2-3 in SoCon games and 7-10 overall. The Terriers are 4-4 in home games, having lost at home to Chattanooga on Saturday
night.

The Terriers currently have three players scoring in double figures, sophomore guard Spence Collins (6-4, 195 lbs) is the leading scorer with 13.4 points per game, followed by junior guard Karl Cochran (6-1, 175) with 12.7 ppg and then junior forward Lee Skinner (6-6, 220) with 11.5 ppg.  Wofford is averaging 65.8 points per game (last in the SoCon), but is first in scoring defense at 65.9 points per game allowed. The Terriers average 12.8 turnovers per game and 6.4 steals.

Projected Wofford Starters
Guard - Eric Garcia, 5-11 freshman - 6.9 ppg
Guard - Karl Cochran, 6-1 junior - 12.7 ppg
Guard - Spencer Collins, 6-4 soph - 13.4 ppg
Forward - Lee Skinner, 6-6 junior - 11.5 ppg
Forward - Justin Gordon, 6-6 soph - 5.6 ppg


Chart Courtesy Daily Catamount

Realtime RPI projects the Cats to lose to Wofford in Spartanburg by three points, 75-78.

Rankings
Chart Courtesy Daily Catamount

RPI - 
WCU - 186
WC  -  237

Sagarin
WCU - 200
WC  - 258

Pomeroy
WCU - 213
WC - 264

Massey
WCU  - 192
WC - 267


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