Basketball: Today in the SoCon (1-24-15)

Saturday, January 24, 2015 

Men's Basketball Games in the Southern Conference.

There is a full slate (5) of games today (four conference, one out of conference). 

-1:00 pm start time
The Citadel (8-11, 3-5 SoCon) at VMI (7-13, 3-6 SoCon) watch on SoCon Digital Network
Keydets by 10

Allen at Furman (5-13, 3-5 SoCon) watch on SoCon Digital Network
Paladins by 25

-6:00 pm start time
UNCG (6-14, 2-5) at Chattanooga (13-7, 6-1 SoCon) watch on ESPN3
Mocs by 17

-7:00 pm start time
Western Carolina (9-11, 4-4 SoCon) at Samford (8-14, 1-8 SoCon) watch on SoCon Digital Network
Cats by 5

ETSU (12-6, 6-3 SoCon ) at Wofford (15-5, 6-1 SoCon)  watch on SoCon Digital Network
Terriers by 7


Thursday's game results

-VMI at Chattanooga -
Chattanooga's Eric Robertson came off the bench and scored 17 points on 5-of-5 shooting from the field to lead the Mocs past VMI, 86-64.
Attendance: 3,190

-The Citadel at ETSU -
ETSU's Jalen Riley scored 18 points and added four assists to lead the Bucs to a 70-59 victory over The Citadel on Thursday night.
Attendance: 2,710

-Mercer at Western Carolina -
Western's James Sinclair scored 19 points to lead the Cats to a 60-52 comeback win over Mercer on Thursday night. Western trailed by eight points in the first half, but Sinclair scored seven of the Cats's 10 points to open the second half in a 10-4 run by Western. Mike Brown had 12 points and Rhett Harrelson added 11
Attendance: 1,839

-Furman at Wofford -
Wofford's Karl Cochran sank six 3-pointers and finished with 23 points to lead Wofford to a 74-49 win over Furman on Thursday night.
Attendance: 1,812

-UNCG at Samford -
Samford's Darius Jones-Gibson led the Bulldogs scoring with 20 points, while a total of five players scored in double figures to give Samford their first conference victory of the season, a 89-78 win over UNCG.
Attendance: 882


Current SoCon Standings -
1.  (tie)  Chattanooga 6-1
1.  (tie)  Wofford 6-1
3.  Mercer 6-2
4.  ETSU  6-3
5.  Western Carolina 3-4
6.  (tie)  Furman 3-5
6.  (tie)  The Citadel  3-5
8,  VMI  3-6
9.  UNCG  2-5
10. Samford  1-8

Conference RPI  (RealTimeRPI.com)
CAA - 19
Sun Belt - 20
OVC - 23
Southern - 25
Big South - 27
A-Sun - 30

SoCon vs. the Field
CAA........... 0-6
Sun Belt...... 2-1
OVC.............3-1
Big South....10-4
A-Sun...........1-8

SoCon out of conference record: 34 - 62


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