Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
Samford at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday – Jan. 21, 2017
TEAM
- The Chattanooga Mocs pulled out an 82-78 win over Samford … UTC improved to 15-4 overall and 6-1 in SoCon play … Samford dropped to 13-7 and 4-3 in SoCon action.

- 5-game winning streak for the Mocs … 5-1 on Saturdays this season.

- 408-224 in 40th year of SoCon regular season play … 17-3 in last 20 SoCon regular season games.

- Won 19 of the last 20 SoCon home games…95.0% winning percentage.

- No. 7 in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll…released each Monday evening…ETSU (12) and UNCG (23) also ranked.

- Mocs ran out to an 18-point lead (29-11 at 9:23) in the early part of the game … made five of first six threes in the opening 10 minutes of play.

- Mocs held a 36-33 advantage on the offensive glass … UTC is 31-2 when outrebounding an opponent the last two seasons … 10-2 in 2016.

- UTC had a season-high 16 offensive boards … led to an 18-14 advantage in second-chance points.

- Samford shot 27-54 (50.0%) from the field … second best FG% against UTC this season (Arkansas State – 24-44 (54.5%) on 11/20/16).

- 47.1% (8-17) from 3-pt. range is the Mocs best in SoCon play this season.

By the Numbers
+3 – Rebound margin…5th straight game with a positive margin.
76 – NCAA RPI entering today's game.

Head Coach Matt McCall
- 44-10 in two seasons…21-4 (.840) in regular season conference matchups.
- 4-0 vs. Samford…2-0 in McKenzie Arena.
- 22-1 at home…12-1 in conference play.

Series Notes
- 93rd meeting…longest running series in school history…just 19th matchup since Samford joined the SoCon in 2008.
- 57-36 series lead…39-12 in Chattanooga.
- 13-4 in regular season SoCon meetings…8-1 in the Roundhouse.
- Sixth consecutive win in the series…10 of the last 11.Mocs

INDIVIDUAL
Johnathan Burroughs-Cook – Sr.-G
- Tied a career-high with five boards.
- Added five points and a steal.

Makale Foreman – Fr.-G
- Nine points in 15 minutes off the bench.
- Shot 3-5 form 3-pt. range.
- Last three games … 19 points on 5-13 from behind the arc … 15.7 minutes per game.

Casey Jones – Sr.-G/F
- 12 points, four boards and two assists.
- Shot 4-11 from the field and 4-4 from the FT line.
- Third-straight game in double-figures … ninth this season … 64^th career.
- Topped 600 career boards in the game (601)
- Only player in school history with 1,200 points, 600 rebounds and 100 steals.  

Tre' McLean – Sr.-G
- Game-high 23 points.
- Shot 6-13 form the field, 3-4 from 3-pt. range and 8-11 from the FT line.
- Team-high nine boards.
- Third time leading the team in rebounding this season … 20^th of his career.  
- 6-12 (50%) from 3-pt. range last two games.
- Fifth 20-point game of the season … eighth of his career.
- Led the team in scoring for the seventh time this season … 17^th career.

Greg Pryor – Sr.-G
- Scored eight points in 25 minutes.
- 1,082 career points passes Stephen McDowell for 17^th all-time at UTC.

Justin Tuoyo – Sr.-F
- 13 points and five boards.
- Shot 4-5 from the field and 5-6 from the FT line.
- Came into the game leading the SoCon and No. 11 in the nation with a 62.8 FG%.