The Chattanooga Mocs and Western Carolina Catamounts meet Wednesday in college basketball action at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center. The Chattanooga Mocs look to build on their four-game winning streak. The Western Carolina Catamounts need a win after losing five of their last six games.
The Chattanooga Mocs are averaging 78.3 points on 48.5 percent shooting and allowing 62.7 points on 41.2 percent shooting. Malachi Smith is averaging 20.8 points and 6.1 rebounds, while David Jean-Baptiste is averaging 14.6 points and 2.5 assists. Silvio De Sousa is the third double-digit scorer and Darius Banks is grabbing 4.8 rebounds. The Chattanooga Mocs are shooting 37 percent from beyond the arc and 72.5 percent from the free throw line. The Chattanooga Mocs are allowing 30 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 33.8 rebounds per game.
The Western Carolina Catamounts are averaging 76.3 points on 41.1 percent shooting and allowing 79.4 points on 45.1 percent shooting. Nicholas Robinson is averaging 15.3 points and 2.6 assists, while Travion McCray is averaging 11.3 points and 5.3 rebounds. Vonterius Woolbright is the third double-digit scorer and Marcus Banks is dishing 0.7 assists. The Western Carolina Catamounts are shooting 34 percent from beyond the arc and 67.6 percent from the free throw line. The Western Carolina Catamounts are allowing 34.8 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 37.5 rebounds per game.
The Mocs are 36-15 ATS in their last 51 road games and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall. The Catamounts are 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 home games. The over is 8-1 in Mocs last 9 overall. The over is 5-1 in Catamounts last 6 overall. The road team is 9-2 ATS in the last 11 meetings.
The Chattanooga Mocs are starting to heat up and are looking more and more like the team to beat in the Southern Conference. Chattanooga has also been a road covering machine the last few years. The Western Carolina Catamounts don’t have the offensive horses to hang in this game, and their defense has given up 85 or more points in each of their last five games. I have no choice but to lay the chalk with the Mocs.