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Saturday's men's basketball roundup
UTC - The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team concluded its successful regular season campaign with its 11th-straight victory after routing VMI, 91-70, in the Southern Conference finale on Saturday afternoon inside Cameron Hall in Lexington, Va.
VMI - The VMI basketball team put up a good fight but came up short as visiting SoCon regular season champion Chattanooga earned a 91-70 victory over the Keydets Saturday afternoon at Cameron Hall.
ETSU - It took about 10 minutes of game time for ETSU to find their groove on offense, but once they did, there was no catching them.
ETSU defeated The Citadel 81-66 on Saturday at McAlister Fieldhouse in Charleston to close the 2024-25 regular season. Quimari Peterson led the way with 25 points, and Maki Johnson led the bench with 14
CIT - The Citadel basketball team cut a double-digit halftime deficit to seven early in the second half but East Tennessee State University's shooting was too much to overcome as the Bulldogs fell 81-66 on Saturday afternoon.
FUR - Senior PJay Smith Jr. buried a three from the top of the key with 1.1 seconds remaining to lift Furman over Wofford, 78-75, in the regular season finale for both teams on Saturday afternoon at Richardson Indoor Stadium in Spartanburg, S.C.
WOF - The Wofford men's basketball team (16-15, 10-8) fell on a last-second three-pointer 78-75 to the Furman Paladins (23-8, 11-7) on Saturday afternoon at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium on senior day. The Terriers trailed by 19 points in the first half but used a strong second stanza to get back in the game.
UNCG - The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team, who received the No. 2 seed, is set to compete in the 2025 Southern Conference (SoCon) Tournament at Harrah's Cherokee Center. The Spartans will face the winner of the first-round contest between No. 7 VMI and No. 10 The Citadel.
SAM - The Samford men's basketball team traveled to face UNCG today in the final game of their regular season in the Southern Conference. With the winner of the game earning the number two seed in the conference tournament, the Bulldogs couldn't slow down the Spartan offense as they fell 108-100. Samford falls to 22-9 after the defeat and 12-6 in SoCon play while UNCG moves to 20-11.
Mercer 81, Western Carolina 69
MER - Ahmad Robinson scored 28 points to reach 1,000 points for his career and the Mercer men's basketball team defeated Western Carolina 81-69 on Senior Day Saturday evening from Hawkins Arena.
WCU -
Senior Bernard Pelote led three Catamounts in double figures with 17 points on Saturday afternoon, but Mercer outscored Western Carolina 9-to-3 run over the final three minutes to pull away for an 81-69 victory in the regular-season finale for both squads at the Hawkins Arena.