Basketball: Today in the SoCon (2-11-15)

Wednesday, February 11, 2015 

Men's Basketball Games in the Southern Conference.

There's a full slate of conference games scheduled for Thursday night, highlighted by Chattanooga at Wofford and Western Carolina at Mercer.  

Today's games - 7 pm start time
Chattanooga (16-9, 9-3 SoCon) at Wofford (20-5, 11-1 SoCon) watch on the SoCon Digital Network
Terriers by 10 points

Western Carolina (12-13, 7-6 SoCon) at Mercer(14-11, 9-3 SoCon) watch on ESPN3
Cats by 2 points

ETSU (13-10, 6-7 SoCon) at UNCG (8-17, 4-8 SoCon) watch on the SoCon Digital Network
Spartans by 3 points

Furman (7-16, 4-8 SoCon) at VMI (8-16, 4-9 SoCon) watch on the SoCon Digital Network
Keydets by 5 points

Today's games - 8 pm start time
The Citadel (8-15, 3-9 SoCon) at Samford (12-14, 5-8 SoCon) watch on the SoCon Digital Network
Samford by 10 points

Saturday's game results -
Chattanooga at Western Carolina
Western's James Sinclair made the jumper with 35 seconds left that put the Cats ahead and Kenneth Hall added a late free throw to help the Catamounts beat Chattanooga 73-70. Sinclair finished with 21 points and nine rebounds. Mike Brown added 16 points and nine rebounds, and Torrion Brummitt had 14 points.
Attendance: 3,063 


UNCG at The Citadel
UNCG's Diante Baldwin led four Spartans in double figures with 17 points and added eight assists as UNCG defeated The Citadel 79-63 on Saturday.
Attendance: 1,311

Wofford at VMI
Wofford's Karl Cochran scored 18 points to help the Terriers to a 65-62 victory over VMI on Saturday, extending its season-long winning streak to seven games.
Attendance: 2,067

Samford at ETSU
Samford's Marcus Johnson hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds left to give the Bulldogs a 71-68 victory over ETSU on Saturday.
Attendance: 2,715

Mercer at Furman
Mercer's Darious Moten and Ike Nwamu scored 19 points apiece as the Bears pulled away in the closing minutes to defeat Furman 74-68 on Saturday.
Attendance: 1,877


Current SoCon Standings -

1.  Wofford 11-1
2.  (tie) Chattanooga  9-3
3.  (tie) Mercer  9-3
4.  Western Carolina 7-6
5.  ETSU  6-7
6.  Samford  5-8
7.  (tie) Furman  4-8
7.  (tie) UNCG  4-8
9.  VMI  4-9
10. The Citadel  3-9

Conference RPI  (RealTimeRPI.com)
CAA - 19
Sun Belt - 20
OVC - 23
Southern - 25
Big South - 26
A-Sun - 30




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