The Wofford Terriers and the Chattanooga Mocs meet in college basketball action from the McKenzie Arena on Wednesday night.
The Wofford Terriers will look to rebound from a 75-50 loss to Furman last time out. B.J. Mack leads the Terriers with 15.8 PPG and 5.6 RPG to lead the Terriers in scoring and rebounding while Max Klesmit has 14.8 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Wofford so far this season. Ryan Larson has 9.2 PPG with a team-high 4.1 APG to lead the Terriers in assists while Isaiah Bigelow has 6.2 RPG as well this season. As a team, Wofford is averaging 75.5 PPG on 47.7% shooting from the field, 36.6% from three and 74.8% from the foul line while allowing 66.1 PPG on 45.2% shooting from the field and 36.7% from three this season.
The Chattanooga Mocs will try to build on their three-game win streak after a 78-74 win over VMI last time out. Malachi Smith leads the Mocs in scoring and assists with 21.7 PPG and 3.2 APG while David Jean-Baptiste has 14.7 PPG and Silvio De Sousa has 12.4 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Chattanooga so far this season. As a team, Chattanooga is averaging 76.7 PPG on 47.5% shooting from the field, 36.3% from three and 75.1% from the foul line while allowing 64 PPG on 41.7% shooting from the field and 31.6% from three this season.
Wofford is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 road games while the over is 18-5 in their last 23 games against a team with a winning record. Chattanooga is 3-11 ATS in their last 14 home games against a team with a winning road record and 16-6 ATS in their last 22 Wednesday games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record.
I get the case to be made either way here, and the points with Wofford are tempting considering the Terriers have been a bettors’ dream in recent years. However, As each game goes by, it’s looking more and more like the Mocs are the team to beat in the SoCon this season. I just think that this is going to be a tight game throughout and one that Chattanooga eventually pulls away in from the foul line. Give me the Mocs laying the points here.