SoCon Basketball - Friday, Jan. 4, 2019

Thursday's Games:

Chattanooga  -  73
Western Carolina  -  62
CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Chattanooga's Kevin Easley scored 21 points making all five of his 3-point shot attempts and David Jean-Baptiste added 13 to lead Chattanooga past Western Carolina 73-62 Thursday night.


Samford  -  72
ETSU  -  81
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- East Tennessee State's Tray Boyd III scored seven of his 22 points in overtime and East Tennessee State ended the game on an 11-0 run to hold off Samford 81-72 on Thursday night.


The Citadel  -   81
Wofford  -  112
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Wofford's Fletcher Magee scored 24 points, Nathan Hoover added 22 points and Wofford routed The Citadel 112-81 on Thursday night.


Mercer  -  58
Furman  -  71
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Furman's Matt Rafferty had his seventh double-double of the season and Furman never trailed in its 71-58 win over Mercer on Thursday night.




Conference RPI  - RealTime RPI   (as of Jan. 4, 2019)
#14 Southern Conference
#16 Sun Belt

#18 CAA
#19 Atlantic Sun
#21 OVC
#27 Big South


NCAA NET Rankings     (Jan. 2, 2019)
  50 - UNCG
  53 - Wofford
  76 - ETSU

  85 - Furman

  96 - Samford
157 - Citadel
185 - Mercer
279- Chattanooga
305 - Western Carolina

332 - VMI

This season's SoCon out-of-conference record:  (as of 12-24-18)

American Athletic .............................................. 1-1
Atlantic Coast .................................................... 0-7
Atlantic Sun ....................................................... 6-1
Big 12 ................................................................ 0-3
Big East ............................................................. 1-1
Big South ..........................................................12-4
Big Ten .............................................................. 0-4
Colonial ............................................................. 7-1
Conference USA ............................................... 2-3
Horizon .............................................................. 1-1
Independent ...................................................... 0-0
Ivy ...................................................................... 0-1
Mid-American .................................................... 0-1
Mid-Eastern Athletic .......................................... 6-0
Missouri Valley .................................................. 1-0
Mountain West .................................................. 1-0
Non-Division I ...................................................23-0
Ohio Valley ........................................................ 6-5
Pac-12 ............................................................... 0-0
Patriot ................................................................ 0-1
Southeastern .................................................... 1-8
Southland .......................................................... 2-0
Southwestern Athletic ....................................... 2-0
Summit .............................................................. 2-0
Sun Belt ............................................................. 2-5
Western Athletic ................................................ 1-0



Conference Standings

Basketball (M)	Conference	Overall
Wofford	3 - 0	11 - 4
UNCG	2 - 0	13 - 2
Furman	2 - 1	13 - 2
ETSU	2 - 1	12 - 4
Chattanooga	2 - 1	7 - 9
The Citadel	1 - 1	9 - 4
Samford	1 - 2	11 - 5
VMI	0 - 2	6 - 8
Mercer	0 - 2	5 - 9
Western Carolina	0 - 3	3 - 13

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