Basketball: Today in the SoCon (3-7-15)

Saturday, March 6, 2015 

Men's Basketball Games in the Southern Conference

The SoCon Men's Basketball Tournament tipped off Friday night in Asheville with two games. Play continues Saturday with the quarterfinal games. 

Friday's Results - 

Samford vs. UNCG -
UNCG's Diante Baldwin scored a career-high 19 points as the No. 8 seed Spartans held off ninth-seeded Samford, 81-76 in the first game of the Southern Conference tournament. The Spartans advance to face top-seeded Wofford in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

Furman vs. The Citadel -
The Paladin's Stephen Croone put up 27 points leading the #10-seed Furman to a 73-56 win over the #7-seed The Citadel at the Southern Conference tournament Friday night.  The Paladins now advance to play Chattanooga in a quarterfinal game Saturday.

Saturday's Quarterfinal games -All games on ESPN3  

12:00 noon
UNCG (11-21, 6-12 Southern) vs. Wofford (25-6, 16-2 Southern)

2:30 pm
ETSU (16-13, 8-10 Southern) vs. Western Carolina (14-16, 9-9 Southern)

6:00 pm
Furman (9-21, 5-13 Southern) vs. Chattanooga (22-9, 15-3 Southern)

8:30 pm
VMI (11-18, 7-11 Southern) vs. Mercer (17-14, 12-6 Southern)

Current SoCon Standings -

1.  Wofford 16-2
2.  Chattanooga  15-3
3.  Mercer  12-6
4.  Western Carolina 9-9
5.  ETSU  8-10
6  VMI  7-11
7.  (tie) The Citadel  6-12
7.  (tie) UNCG  6-12
7.  (tie) Samford  6-12
10. Furman  5-13


Conference RPI  (RealTimeRPI.com)
CAA - 19
Sun Belt - 20
OVC - 23
Southern - 24
Big South - 25
A-Sun - 30




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