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Western Carolina Catamounts (21-9, 10-7 SoCon) at Chattanooga Mocs (20-10, 12-5 SoCon)
Chattanooga, Tennessee; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Chattanooga faces the Western Carolina Catamounts after Jan Zidek scored 24 points in Chattanooga’s 84-75 victory over the Mercer Bears.
The Mocs are 12-3 in home games. Chattanooga is 1-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Catamounts have gone 10-7 against SoCon opponents. Western Carolina is fourth in the SoCon scoring 76.7 points per game and is shooting 45.7%.
Chattanooga makes 47.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.3 percentage points higher than Western Carolina has allowed to its opponents (40.8%). Western Carolina has shot at a 45.7% rate from the field this season, 3.6 percentage points higher than the 42.1% shooting opponents of Chattanooga have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Honor Huff is scoring 17.7 points per game with 2.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists for the Mocs. Trey Bonham is averaging 13.1 points and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 45.7% over the past 10 games for Chattanooga.
Tre Jackson averages 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Catamounts, scoring 13.3 points while shooting 35.9% from beyond the arc. Vonterius Woolbright is averaging 21.5 points, 10.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists over the last 10 games for Western Carolina.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mocs: 7-3, averaging 79.0 points, 34.7 rebounds, 13.2 assists, 6.2 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 48.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.4 points per game.
Catamounts: 6-4, averaging 78.9 points, 37.1 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 5.1 steals and 2.7 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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