The No. 3 seed East Tennessee State Buccaneers (19-12, 12-6 SoCon) play the No. 9 seed Western Carolina Catamounts (8-21, 4-14 SoCon) in the SoCon tournament Saturday at Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville, starting at 6 p.m. ET. Both teams will try to take one step closer to securing an automatic place in the NCAA Tournament.

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East Tennessee State vs. Western Carolina Game Info & Tickets

• Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025
• Time: 6 p.m. ET
• How to watch on TV: ESPN+
• Location: Asheville, North Carolina
• Venue: Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville
• Live Stream: Watch this game on ESPN+
• Tickets: Get tickets for this game at StubHub

East Tennessee State vs. Western Carolina 2024-25 Stats

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East Tennessee State’s Top Players

• Quimari Peterson leads the Buccaneers in points and assists. He contributes 19.5 points per game while also adding 3.7 assists.
• Karon Boyd paces East Tennessee State with 7.3 rebounds per game.
• The Buccaneers are led by Peterson from long distance. He hits 2.7 shots from deep per game.
• East Tennessee State’s steals leader is Peterson, who collects 2.0 per game. Jaden Seymour leads the team averaging 1.1 blocks an outing.

Western Carolina’s Top Players

• Bernard Pelote leads the team in both scoring (14.3 points per game) and rebounding (7.4 rebounds per game).
• Brandon Morgan has the title of Western Carolina assist leader, dishing out 2.4 assists per game this season.
• Pelote makes more threes per game than any other member of the Catamounts, cashing in 2.1 treys per game.
• Nobody on Western Carolina grabs more steals than Chevalier Emery (0.9 per game) or blocks more shots than Marcus Kell (0.9 per game).

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