The Chattanooga Mocs (13-3), the Southern’s top shooting team, will be in action against the Wofford Terriers (6-9) at Benjamin Johnson Arena. Action begins at 6:00 pm ET on Monday, Jan. 11 and can be seen on ES3.
The Terriers enter this game hoping for similar success after topping Samford 69-64 on Saturday. Spencer Collins was the game’s leading scorer with 25 points on 7-for-11 shooting. The Mocs, meanwhile, are feeling some disappointment after their 70-55 loss against Furman on Saturday. Johnathan Burroughs-Cook led the team in scoring with 13 points.
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The Chattanooga Mocs have a defensive rating of 97.3 (ranked 88th), while the Wofford Terriers have an offensive rating of 102.8 (ranked 231st).
With 65.1 possessions and 1.028 points per possession, the Wofford Terriers perform worse on both metrics than the Chattanooga Mocs. Chattanooga averages 69.3 possessions and 1.102 points per possession.
Wofford has an average effective field goal percentage of 49.7%. Chattanooga is an exceptional 7-2 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.
The Wofford Terriers average 19.0 three point attempts per game and have a poor 3-5 record when attempting at least 20 in a game. The Chattanooga Mocs average 22.0 attempts and have a tremendous 9-2 record when attempting 20 or more.
Chattanooga, the 52nd-ranked team in blocked shots, registers an average of 5.0 per game. Wofford does worse, ranked 346th with 1.5.
On average, Wofford forces a turnover rate of 18.4%. When Chattanooga turns over the ball at a similar or higher rate, the team has a solid 7-3 record.
