The SoCon had a good day in out-of-conference play on Saturday, winning 4 of the 5 scheduled games. On Sunday, two games are scheduled, Furman at UNCA and SC State at Samford.
Saturday's games -
The Citadel 84 - South Florida 81
TAMPA, Fla. -- Lew Stallworth tossed in 25 points and sophomore reserve Kaiden Rice scored 22 as The Citadel rallied to post an 87-81 victory over South Florida on Saturday. The Bulldogs trailed 38-35 at halftime and were down 79-75 with 2:39 remaining after LaQuincy Rideau scored six straight points for the Bulls (4-2). But Stallworth took over from there. The senior guard had a 3-point play and a layup to put The Citadel up 80-79 with 1:28 left. USF retook the lead on two free throws by David Collins, but Connor Kern scored on a layup to put the Bulldogs up by a point. Kern had a steal that led to two Stallworth free throws with 17 seconds remaining. Collins twice missed from long range in the final 7 seconds.
Jacksonville 65 - Western Carolina 77
CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Kameron Gibson scored 19 points with a trio of 3-pointers to lead five players into double-figure scoring and Western Carolina defeated Jacksonville 77-65 on Saturday. Matt Halvorsen and Carlos Dotson scored 13 each, Marcus Thomas 11 and Onno Steger 10 for Western Carolina, which ended a two-game slide.
North Dakota State 61 - ETSU 79
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- Isaiah Tisdale scored 18 points, Jeromy Rodriguez added 14 with eight rebounds and four assists and ETSU beat North Dakota State 79-61 on Saturday. Mladen Armus scored nine points and grabbed 13 rebounds with four assists, Tray Boyd III added 13 points and D'Andre Bernard scored 10 off the bench for the Buccaneers (5-2), who shot 59 percent to 40 percent for the Bison.
LA Tech 73 - UNCG 80
NEWARK, Del. -- Francis Alonso and Isaiah Miller each scored 16 points each and UNC Greensboro held off Louisiana Tech in the closing minutes for an 80-73 victory on Saturday night at the Delaware Invitational. After Louisiana Tech cut the gap to five points with 11 seconds left, UNCG's Kyrin Galloway blocked a drive by Derric Jean and Miller hit two free throws to ice it.
Mercer 74 - NC State 78
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Torin Dorn scored 19 points, Eric Lockett made two key free throws in the final seconds and North Carolina State held on to beat Mercer 78-74 on Saturday night. C.J. Bryce added 17 points and Markell Johnson had 16 to help the Wolfpack (6-0). They shot 45 percent, led by 15 with 7 1/2 minutes to play and withstood Mercer's late rally to begin a season with six straight wins for the first time since 2014-15.
Sunday's Games -
Furman (6-0) at UNCA (1-4) at 4 pm ESPN+
SC State (1-5) at Samford (6-1) at 7:30 pm ESPN+
This season's out-of-conference record:
American Athletic ................................................1-1
Atlantic Coast ..................................................... 0-4
Atlantic Sun ........................................................ 4-1
Big 12 ..................................................................0-2
Big East ...............................................................1-1
Big South ............................................................ 4-0
Big Ten .................................................................0-1
Colonial ............................................................... 2-2
Conference USA ................................................. 2-2
Horizon ............................................................... 1-1
Independent ........................................................ 0-0
Ivy ....................................................................... 0-0
Mid-American ...................................................... 0-0
Mid-Eastern Athletic ............................................ 3-0
Missouri Valley .................................................... 1-0
Mountain West .................................................... 0-0
Non-Division I .....................................................16-0
Ohio Valley .......................................................... 2-3
Pac-12 ................................................................. 0-0
Patriot .................................................................. 0-0
Southeastern ....................................................... 0-2
Southland ............................................................ 1-0
Southwestern Athletic ......................................... 1-0
Summit ................................................................ 2-0
Sun Belt ............................................................... 0-3
Western Athletic .................................................. 1-0
Conference RPI - RealTime RPI (11-25-18)
#8 Southern Conference
#11 CAA
#15 Sun Belt
#18 Atlantic Sun
#21 OVC
#26 Big South
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