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01/13 13:23 CST East Tennessee State plays Western Carolina after Barkley's
24-point performance
East Tennessee State plays Western Carolina after Barkley's 24-point performance
By The Associated Press
East Tennessee State Buccaneers (12-5, 4-0 SoCon) at Western Carolina
Catamounts (5-10, 1-3 SoCon)
Cullowhee, North Carolina; Wednesday, 6 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: East Tennessee State takes on Western Carolina after Blake Barkley
scored 24 points in East Tennessee State's 86-60 victory against the UNC
Greensboro Spartans.
The Catamounts are 4-1 in home games. Western Carolina is the SoCon leader with
11.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Samuel Dada averaging 2.9.
The Buccaneers are 4-0 in conference play. East Tennessee State has a 0-1
record in one-possession games.
Western Carolina scores 77.2 points, 11.0 more per game than the 66.2 East
Tennessee State allows. East Tennessee State averages 7.7 made 3-pointers per
game this season, 2.0 fewer made shots on average than the 9.7 per game Western
Carolina gives up.
The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams
in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Marcus Kell is scoring 13.7 points per game with 4.3 rebounds
and 0.7 assists for the Catamounts. Cord Stansberry is averaging 11.5 points
over the last 10 games.
Cam Morris III is averaging 14 points for the Buccaneers. Maki Johnson is
averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Catamounts: 2-8, averaging 79.0 points, 34.8 rebounds, 13.5
assists, 7.0 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 44.6% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 84.1 points per game.
Buccaneers: 6-4, averaging 76.6 points, 30.1 rebounds, 14.0 assists, 8.7 steals
and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 48.9% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 69.6 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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