Western Carolina vs Chattanooga Prediction 2/19/25 College Basketball Picks

The Western Carolina Catamounts and the Chattanooga Mocs meet Wednesday in college basketball action from the McKenzie Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Western Carolina vs. Chattanooga prediction.

Western Carolina Recap

The Western Carolina Catamounts come into this game looking to add on to their 76-73 win over The Citadel last time out to improve to 8-17 on the year. After this game, Western Carolina will head on the road for a matchup with Samford.

Catamounts Win Back-To-Back Games

Bernard Pelote leads Western Carolina in scoring and rebounding with 14 PPG and 7.4 RPG while Cord Stansberry has 11.7 PPG and 3.8 RPG while Marcus Kell’s added 10.3 PPG with 5.1 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Western Carolina so far this season. Ice Emery has 9 PPG and Brandon Morgan’s added 6.1 PPG and dished out a team-high 2.4 APG to lead the Catamounts in assists so far this season. As a team, Western Carolina is averaging 69.2 PPG on 38.9% shooting from the field, 29.6% from three, and 75.6% from the foul line this season.

Why the Western Carolina Catamounts will win

• The road team has won each of the last three games between Western Carolina and Chattanooga.

Chattanooga Recap

The Chattanooga Mocs come into this game looking to build on their 78-71 win over East Tennessee State last time out to improve to 19-8 on the year. After this game, Chattanooga will welcome the Citadel to town.

Mocs Win 7th In A Row

Bash Wieland has 13.5 PPG with 4.2 RPG while Trey Bonham has 13.6 PPG with 4 RPG and 2.8 APG so far this season. Honor Huff has 13.7 PPG with 2.4 APG and Frank Champion’s posted 11.5 PPG with 4.7 RPG and 3.6 APG in 19 games played so far this season to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Chattanooga up to this point in the year. Sean Cusano also has 5.4 PPG with 4.4 RPG and Garrison Keeslar has 6.2 PPG with 4.1 RPG and a team-high 2.9 APG to lead the Mocs in assists up to this point in the year. As a team, Chattanooga is averaging 78.4 PPG on 47.9% shooting from the field, 35.3% from three, and 76.2% from the foul line this season.

Why the Chattanooga Mocs will win

• Chattanooga has won each of its last 11 Wednesday night games.
• Western Carolina has lost each of its last six road night games against the Southern Conference.

Total Points Facts

• Eight of Western Carolina’s last nine road night games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 151 or fewer points.
• Eight of Chattanooga’s last nine night games have produced a total of 151 or fewer points.

Western Carolina vs. Chattanooga Prediction

I’m leaning toward Western Carolina here. I think that Chattanooga is back to taking its throne at the top of the SoCon mountain. That being said, Western Carolina has been really feisty in a lot of their recent games, and I think that handing them a ton of points right now wouldn’t be a wise move. I think Chattanooga will win this game and probably win comfortably, but I think this is just a case of too many points. Give me Western Carolina and the points in this one.