#678 ASA PLAY ON 8* East Tennessee State -2 over Wofford, Saturday at 4:00 PM ET - This is a must win for ETSU who sits one spot below Wofford in 3rd place in the Southern Conference. The Bucs are coming off back to back losses as favorites of -5.5 and -7.5 so we expect them to play very well after losing 2 games they did not expect to. In their most recent game, a loss @ Citadel, the Bucs attempted 73 shots and held the Bulldogs to just 57 shot attempts yet still lost. ETSU’s defense, which ranks 4th in the SOCON in efficiency, played one of their worst games of the season allowing the Citadel to hit 49% of their shots on 1.13 PPP. Offensively ETSU, who ranks #1 in the conference averaging 1.12 PPP, put up only 1.00 PPP vs the Bulldogs who have one of the worst defensive teams in the nation (345th nationally in defensive efficiency). Just a terrible game all around for the Bucs. Wofford started the SOCON season red hot winning 6 of their first 7 games. However, they are just 3-3 over their last 6. These 2 met on February 1st @ Wofford and the home team won a tight game 67-62. ETSU won the rebounding battle and the turnover battle in that game, however Wofford hit 61% of their 2-point shots and 43% of their 3’s at home. It’s going to be much tougher for Wofford to pull that off on the road facing an angry defense that played poorly on Wednesday. The Bucs have won 26 of their last 29 home games and the last time this storied program lost 3 consecutive games was back in 2018. Take ETSU to get back on track at home on Saturday.