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Booth and Samford host Western Carolina
By The Associated Press
Western Carolina Catamounts (5-8, 1-1 SoCon) at Samford Bulldogs (8-7, 1-1
SoCon)
Birmingham, Alabama; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -6.5; over/under is 153.5
BOTTOM LINE: Samford takes on Western Carolina after Jadin Booth scored 26
points in Samford's 89-82 loss to the UNC Greensboro Spartans.
The Bulldogs have gone 4-1 at home. Samford ranks eighth in the SoCon with 8.7
offensive rebounds per game led by Dylan Faulkner averaging 2.2.
The Catamounts are 1-1 in conference play. Western Carolina is 2-1 when it
turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 13.4 turnovers per
game.
Samford is shooting 43.1% from the field this season, 3.4 percentage points
lower than the 46.5% Western Carolina allows to opponents. Western Carolina
averages 7.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 fewer makes per game
than Samford allows.
The Bulldogs and Catamounts match up Wednesday for the first time in conference
play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Booth is scoring 19.2 points per game with 3.7 rebounds and 2.0
assists for the Bulldogs. Faulkner is averaging 16.4 points, 6.9 rebounds and
1.6 blocks over the last 10 games.
Adbulai Fanta Kabba is averaging 6.4 points and 7.3 rebounds for the
Catamounts. Marcus Kell is averaging 13.6 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bulldogs: 5-5, averaging 75.8 points, 34.5 rebounds, 14.6
assists, 4.6 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 43.3% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 73.0 points per game.
Catamounts: 4-6, averaging 79.2 points, 36.4 rebounds, 13.8 assists, 6.9 steals
and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.3% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 81.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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