Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
Wofford at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Thursday – Jan. 5, 2017
TEAM
- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's basketball team scored a 77-66 win over Wofford tonight … The Mocs improved to 11-4 overall and 2-1 in SoCon action … The Terriers fall to 6-10 overall and 1-2 in league play. Â
- UTC leads the all-time series with Wofford 22-13 … 13-4 at home … fourth win in a row over Wofford … won six of last seven in the series. Â
- All 11 of Chattanooga's wins this season have been by double-digits.Â
- Wofford jumped out to a 22-11 lead but UTC closed the half on a 15-6 run to lead 36-27 at the break … Mocs are 33-2 when leading at the half under head coach
Matt McCall … 10-2 this season.
- Wofford was 10-19 (52.6%) from behind the arc … 10 threes are the most allowed by UTC this season … second-highest percentage allowed … Terriers came into the game leading the SoCon and No. 8 in the nation in 3-pt. FG% (41.2%). Â
- Mocs held Wofford's leading scorer Fletcher Magee (16.0 ppg) to just 10 points on 4-10 shooting, 2-6 form behind the arc.
- UTC barely won the battle on the board 31-30, but led 10-4 in second-chance points … Mocs are 27-2 when winning the battle on the boards under head coach
Matt McCall. Â
- UTC outscored Wofford 40-22 in the paint.Â
- Chattanooga forced Wofford into 14 turnovers … Mocs held a 21-0 advantage in point off turnovers.
- UTC committed a season-low nine turnovers.
- Chattanooga is 18-3 in last 21 homes games .
- Mocs are 80-35 (.713) over the last four seasons.
- Win No. 40 for head coach
Matt McCall (40-10) … fastest UTC head coach to 40 wins … 19-1 at home.
- UTC shot 28-56 (50.0%) from the field … sixth time this season 50% or better … Mocs came into the game leading the SoCon at 48.5%.Â
INDIVIDUAL
Casey Jones – Sr.-G/F
- Scored 14 points in 25 minutes off the bench. Â
- Shot 6-8 from the field, 1-2 from 3-pt. range and 1-3 from the FT line.
- Tied for game-high with six boards.
- Moved up two spots to No. 8 on UTC's career scoring list, passing Stanford Strickland (1981-84) and David Phillips (1997-00) with 1,166 career points.
Makinde London – So.-F
- 12 points on 5-10 shooting, 2-5 from 3-pt. range.
- Added five boards in 24 minutes.
- First start since at Coastal Carolina on Nov. 29.
Tre' McLean – Sr.-G/F
- Game-high 23 points
- Shot 6-10 from the field, 1-3 from behind the arc and 10-11 from the FT line.
- Tied a career-high with 10 FTs made.
- Added five boards, three assists and two steals.
Justin Tuoyo – Sr.-F
- 17 points on 8-14 shooting, 1-3 from behind the arc.
- Had seven of the Mocs first 11 points.
- Added five boards and two blocks.
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