Saturday, February 14, 2015

Basketball: Today in the SoCon (2-14-15)




Saturday, February 14, 2015 
Men's Basketball Games in the Southern Conference.

There's four conference games scheduled today,



4 pm start time
Furman (7-17, 4-9 SoCon) at ETSU (14-10, 7-7 SoCon) watch on ESPN3
Bucs by 10 points

UNCG (8-18, 4-9 SoCon) at Mercer (14-12, 9-4 SoCon) watch on ESPN3
Bears by 15 points

5 pm start time
Wofford (20-6, 11-2 SoCon) at Western Carolina (13-13, 8-6 SoCon) watch on SoCon Digital Network
Cats by 5 points

6 pm start time
Samford (12-15, 5-9 SoCon) at Chattanooga (17-9, 10-3 SoCon) watch on SoCon Digital Network
Mocs by 5 points


Thursday's game results -
Western Carolina at Mercer -
WCU's Mike Brown scored 14 points, including a perfect 4 of 4 from 3-point range, to help the Cats beat Mercer 58-54 on Thursday night. With a Catamount lead to 49-48 at the 3:55 mark, back-to-back three pointers by Brown and James Sinclair pushed the Cats lead back to a seven point lead.
Attendance: 3,501

Chattanooga at Wofford -
Chattanooga's Casey Jones scored 23 points as the Mocs knock off  Wofford, 56-46 in Spartanburg on Thursday night.
Attendance: 1,897

ETSU at UNCG -
ETSU's Jalen Riley knocked down a game-winning 3-pointer with 1:54 left as the
Bucs held off UNCG, 65-62 on Thursday night.
Attendance: 2,035

Furman at VMI -
VMI's Brian Brown scored 29 points as the Keydets hit 24 three-pointers in a 93-59 rout of Furman Thursday night.
Attendance: 1,078

The Citadel at Samford -
The Citadel's Jake Wright scored 20 points as the Bulldogs edged Samford, 66-65 in Birmingham to end the Samford's five game win streak.
Attendance: 786

Current SoCon Standings -
1.  Wofford 11-2
2.  Chattanooga  19-3
3.  Mercer  9-4
4.  Western Carolina 8-6
5.  ETSU  7-7
6.  (tie) Samford  5-9
6.  (tie) VMI  5-9
8.  (tie) The Citadel  4-9
8.  (tie) Furman  4-9
8.  (tie) UNCG  4-9


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




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