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Sunday, January 6, 2019

SoCon Basketball - Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019



All 10 SoCon teams were in conference action on Saturday.




Saturday's Games:

UNCG - 71
VMI - 68
LEXINGTON, Va. -- UNCG's Francis Alonso made a 3-pointer with 51 seconds left to break a tie and UNC Greensboro remained undefeated in Southern Conference play, defeating VMI 71-68 on Saturday.


Samford - 69
Western Carolina - 76
CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Western's Onno Steger scored a career-high 23 points as the Cats picked up their first conference win, beating Samford 76-69 on Saturday. Steger was 9 of 14 from the field including five from distance for the Catamounts (4-13, 1/3 Southern Conference). Kameron Gibson added 20 points and five assists, Carlos Dotson had 13 points and 13 rebounds and Matt Halvorsen had 10 points.



Chattanooga - 70
ETSU  - 96
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- ETSU's Tray Boyd III came off the bench to hit four 3-pointers and score 19 points as the Bucs shot 61 percent from the floor and cruised to a 96-70 victory over Chattanooga on Saturday in Johnson City.



The Citadel - 85
Furman  - 101
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Furman's Matt Rafferty scored a career-high 28 points as the Paladins rolled past The Citadel 101-85 on Saturday, handing the Bulldogs their third straight loss.


Mercer 
Wofford 
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Wofford's Fletcher Magee passed Stephen Curry for the SoCon record of career 3-pointers with a key jumper late in the game, helping Wofford beat Mercer 78-74 on Saturday night. Magee had three crucial 3-pointers in the final six minutes. His record-breaker (415) was the last, making it 76-72 with 38 seconds to go.




Conference RPI  - RealTime RPI   (as of Jan. 5, 2019)
#14 Southern Conference
#15 Sun Belt
#18 CAA
#20 Atlantic Sun
#21 OVC
#27 Big South


NCAA NET Rankings     (Jan. 3, 2019)
   40 - Wofford
   51 - UNCG
   66 - ETSU
   75 - Furman
104 - Samford
165 - Citadel
192 - Mercer
265- Chattanooga
321 - 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)ConferenceOverall
Wofford4 - 012 - 4
UNCG3 - 014 - 2
Furman3 - 114 - 2
ETSU3 - 113 - 4
Chattanooga2 - 27 - 10
The Citadel1 - 29 - 5
Samford1 - 311 - 6
Western Carolina1 - 34 - 13
VMI0 - 36 - 9
Mercer0 - 35 - 10



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