The VMI Keydets (10-12, 4-5 SoCon) are traveling to face the Western Carolina Catamounts (6-14, 2-7 SoCon) for a contest between SoCon rivals 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

• This season, the Keydets have a 43.6% shooting percentage from the field, which is 0.1% lower than the 43.7% of shots the Catamounts’ opponents have made.
• VMI is 9-3 when it shoots better than 43.7% from the field.
• The Catamounts are the 69th-ranked rebounding team in the country, while the Keydets sit at 179th.
• The 76 points per game the Keydets average are the same as the Catamounts give up.
• When VMI puts up more than 78.6 points, it is 6-0.

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Western Carolina Stats Insights

• The Catamounts have shot at a 38.6% clip from the field this season, 5.1 percentage points below the 43.7% shooting opponents of the Keydets have averaged.
• Western Carolina is 4-1 when it shoots higher than 43.7% from the field.
• The Catamounts are the 69th-ranked rebounding team in the nation, the Keydets sit at 152nd.
• The Catamounts put up an average of 67.9 points per game, only four fewer points than the 71.9 the Keydets give up.
• When Western Carolina gives up fewer than 76 points, it is 4-3.

VMI Home & Away Comparison

• At home, VMI is posting 18.7 more points per game (86.3) than it is in away games (67.6).
• Defensively the Keydets have played better at home this year, ceding 62.8 points per game, compared to 79.5 on the road.
• VMI is draining 12 three-pointers per game with a 36.7% shooting percentage from three-point land at home, which is 4.1 more threes and 3.1% points better than it is averaging in away games (7.9 threes per game, 33.6% three-point percentage).

Western Carolina Home & Away Comparison

• In 2024-25 Western Carolina is averaging 16.5 more points per game at home (76.1) than away (59.6).
• At home the Catamounts are conceding 76.9 points per game, 3.3 fewer points than they are on the road (80.2).
• At home, Western Carolina drains 9.8 trifectas per game, 2.3 more than it averages away (7.5). Its 3-point shooting percentage is also higher at home (32.6%) than on the road (24.9%).

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