The Chattanooga Mocs and the VCU Rams meet in college basketball action from the Stuart Siegel Center on Saturday.
The Chattanooga Mocs will be out to add to their 69-62 loss at the hands of Tennessee Tech last time out. David Jean-Baptiste has a team-high 17.3 PPG while Malachi Smith has 14.7 PPG with a team-high 5.7 RPG and 5.3 APG. Darius Banks has 12.3 PPG with 5.3 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Chattanooga up to this point in the season while KC Hankton has 8 PPG and 5.7 RPG of his own. As a team, Chattanooga is averaging 73 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field, 34.4% from thre and 75% from the foul line while allowing 57 PPG on 36.6% shooting from the field and 25.8% from three this season.
The VCU Rams come into this one looking to build on a 48-37 win over Vanderbilt in their last game. Vince Williams Jr. and KeShawn Curry each have a team-high 9.3 PPG with Hason Ward adding 6.7 PPG with a team-high 7.7 RPG to lead the Rams on the glass and Marcus Tsohonis leads VCU in the assist department with 3 APG this season. As a team, VCU is averaging 49.7PPG on 38% shooting from the field, 25% from three point range and 63% from the charity stripe while allowing 49.7 PPG on 30.4% shooting from the field and 19% from three this season.
Chattanooga is 23-11-1 ATS in their last 35 games overall and 21-6 ATS in their last 27 road games while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games following an ATS loss. VCU is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a win and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games following an ATS win while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall.
It’s not going to be pretty, but I think this is going to be a game that you need to watch if defensive showcases are your jam. This just feels like a first to 60 or maybe 65 kind of game, so I’ll take the under in this one.