Thursday, November 25, 2021

SoCon Basketball Thursday (11-25-21)

SoCon Basketball for Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021



A recap of Wednesday's games:

-Middle Tennessee 82 - Mercer 58
The Bears lose the Mayan Division Cancun Challenge Championship Game against MTSU, in a 58-82 defeat. Mercer (2-4) had three players score in double figures. Mercer was led by Jalen Johnson's 20 points. Felipe Haase had 10 points on 3-of-8 shooting while James Glisson III also added 10 points to round out the majority of the scoring for the Bears.

-VMI 54 - Presbyterian 59
For the second time in 12 days, the Keydets fell to Presbyterian College on the basketball court. This time falling 59-54 in the first game of the UNO Classic in New Orleans.  

-NC Wesleyan 61 - UNCG 89
J.C. Tharrington and Bas Leyte had career-high scoring efforts to lead the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team to an 80-61 victory over North Carolina Wesleyan at the Greensboro Coliseum Wednesday night.

-ETSU 57 - Kent State 51
The ETSU men’s basketball team captured the inaugural Naples Invitational Championship as the Buccaneers defeated Kent State 57-51 in Wednesday’s title game from the Moe Kent Family Fieldhouse. The Bucs saw a 19-point second-half lead cut to two in the final minute, but Jordan King stepped up with a clutch jumper with 45 seconds remaining and Charlie Weber sealed it with a pair of free throws to give the Blue and Gold the tournament hardware,


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There is only one game on the schedule for Thursday, as VMI continues to play in the New Orleans Shootout. 

Thursday's game:

4:00 PM ET  - Watch Live - New Orleans Shootout
Central Arkansas (1-4) vs VMI (2-3)
Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA





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