SoCon rivals meet when the VMI Keydets (10-12, 4-5 SoCon) travel to face the Western Carolina Catamounts (6-14, 2-7 SoCon) at Ramsey Regional Activity Center, tipping off at 3:30 PM ET on Saturday, February 1, 2025.

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VMI vs. Western Carolina Game Info

• When: Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM ET
• Where: Ramsey Regional Activity Center in Cullowhee, North Carolina
• TV: ESPN+
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VMI Stats Insights

• The Keydets make 43.6% of their shots from the field this season, which is 0.1 percentage points lower than the Catamounts have allowed to their opponents (43.7%).
• VMI is 9-3 when it shoots higher than 43.7% from the field.
• The Keydets are the 179th ranked rebounding team in the nation, the Catamounts rank 69th.
• The Keydets record only 2.6 fewer points per game (76.0) than the Catamounts give up (78.6).
• VMI has a 6-0 record when scoring more than 78.6 points.

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Western Carolina Stats Insights

• The Catamounts are shooting 38.6% from the field, 5.1% lower than the 43.7% the Keydets’ opponents have shot this season.
• Western Carolina has compiled a 4-1 straight-up record in games it shoots better than 43.7% from the field.
• The Catamounts are the 69th-ranked rebounding team in the country, the Keydets sit at 152nd.
• The Catamounts average only 4.0 fewer points per game (67.9) than the Keydets allow (71.9).
• Western Carolina is 4-3 when giving up fewer than 76.0 points.

VMI Home & Away Comparison

• VMI is averaging 86.3 points per game in home games. When playing on the road, it is averaging 67.6 points per contest.
• The Keydets are ceding 62.8 points per game this year in home games, which is 16.7 fewer points than they’re allowing in road games (79.5).
• VMI is making 12.0 treys per game with a 36.7% shooting percentage from beyond the arc in home games, which is 4.1 more threes and 3.1% points better than it is averaging on the road (7.9 threes per game, 33.6% three-point percentage).

Western Carolina Home & Away Comparison

• At home, Western Carolina scores 76.1 points per game. Away, it averages 59.6.
• At home, the Catamounts concede 76.9 points per game. Away, they allow 80.2.
• Beyond the arc, Western Carolina sinks fewer 3-pointers away (7.5 per game) than at home (9.8), and makes a lower percentage away (24.9%) than at home (32.6%) too.

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