SoCon Basketball for Saturday, January 14, 2023

Saturday, January 14, 2023

Another full slate of SoCon games is on the schedule for this Saturday.  The “Ingles SoCon Game of the Week”  is Mercer at  ETSU.

1:00 PM - Watch on ESPN+
Western Carolina (10-8, 3-2 SoCon) at The Citadel (6-11, 1-4 SoCon )
McAlister Field House - Charleston, SC


4:00 PM - Watch on ESPN+
Mercer (7-11, 0-5 SoCon) at ETSU (7-11, 3-2 SoCon)
Freedom Hall Civic Center - Johnson City, TN


4:00 PM - Watch on ESPN+
UNCG (10-8, 3-4 SoCon) at Furman (13-5, 4-1 SoCon)
Timmons Arena - Greenville, SC


6:00 PM - Watch on ESPNU
Chattanooga (11-7, 3-2 SoCon) at Samford (11-7, 5-0 SoCon)
Pete Hanna Center - Homewood, AL


7:00 PM - Watch on ESPN+
VMI (5-12, 5-13 SoCon) at Wofford (10-8, 2-3 SoCon)
Richardson Indoor Stadium - Spartanburg, SC


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A recap of Wednesday's games:

UNCG 72  -   VMI  57
The UNCG men's basketball team picked up its seventh win in the last 10 games behind a 72-57 victory over Virginia Military Institute (VMI) on Wednesday night at Cameron Hall. Three Spartans scored double figures, including Keyshaun Langley who recorded a career-best 25 points. Bas Leyte was second on the team with 14 points, while Keondre Kennedy tallied 12. The 4-1 start is the best start in the Conference for the Spartans since the 2018-19 season.

Furman 84 -   Mercer  66
Marcus Foster netted a career-high 25 points and Furman shot 71% in the first half en route to an 84-66 victory over the Mercer Bears on Wednesday night at Hawkins Arena in Macon, Ga. The victory marked Furman's third straight win overall, 16th consecutive versus the Bears, and seventh straight versus Mercer in Macon. Furman improved to 13-5 overall and 4-1 in the Southern Conference, while Mercer dipped to 7-11 overall and 0-5 in league play.

Western Carolina  76 -  Chattanooga 95
The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team used another strong performance from big man Jake Stephens to help notch a key 95-76 Southern Conference victory over a streaking Western Carolina team on Wednesday night inside McKenzie Arena. Following the win, Chattanooga has won back-to-back games for the first time since December 10-15 to improve to 11-7 overall and 3-2 in SoCon play. WCU sees its three-game win streak snapped as they drop to 10-8 overall and 3-2 inside the league. Stephens finished the game with 35 points, 10 rebounds and five assists to pick up his 11th double-double of the season. It marked his second-straight 30-plus points, 10-plus rebounds performance and fourth of the year.

ETSU 96  -  The Citadel  74
Jordan King scored 42 points, becoming the sixth Buccaneer all-time to net at least 40, as ETSU men’s basketball cruised to a 96-74 victory over The Citadel on Wednesday night inside McAlister Field House. King, who scored the Bucs’ first 11 points to start the second half, was 14-of-19 from the field and 8-of-12 from beyond the arc. The 42 points are tied for the third-most in ETSU single-game history while marking the 10th time a Buccaneer has scored at least 40 in a game. This season, the 42 points are tied for the sixth-most by a Division I player. It’s also the most points by a SoCon player against a Division I opponent since Wofford’s Fletcher Magee scored 45 against Chattanooga in February 2018.

Wofford 83 -  Samford  54
The Samford Men's Basketball Team (11-7, 5-0) improved on its best start in Southern Conference play in program history with an 83-58 routing of the Wofford Terriers (10-8, 2-3) on Wednesday night from the Pete Hanna Center. The Bulldogs shot 53 percent (32-60) from the floor and dished out 18 assists on just nine turnovers. Samford set a season-high in threes for the third-straight game, converting 16 of 39 attempts (41%) from downtown. Logan Dye led the Bulldogs with 19 points scored on an 8-11 shooting night. The senior forward also shot 75 percent (3-4) from three.