Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
Mercer at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday – Feb. 25, 2017
TEAM
- Chattanooga dropped a 64-54 game to Mercer tonight … UTC falls to 19-10 overall and 10-7 in SoCon action. Mercer improved to 14-16 on the year and 8-9 overall.
- Mocs shot a season low 4-24 (16.7%) from 3-pt. range.Â
- Tonight's attendance was 5,632, the second-highest home total of the season. UTC averaged over 5,000 fans at home in February for the second year in a row. Mocs averaged 3,846 fans for the season, second-highest mark over the last nine years.Â
- UTC lost the ballet on the board 36-28 … UTC is 8-6 when being outrebounded.Â
- The score was tied 11 times in the game with nine lead changes … last tie was 45-45 at the 7:23 mark … season-high for ties in a game (8 at Kennesaw State and at ETSU).  Â
INDIVIDUAL
Casey Jones – Sr.-G
- 11 points on 4-7 shooting, 3-3 from the FT line.
- Added five boards.
Greg Pryor – Sr.-G
- 10 points on 4-11 shooting, 2-6 from 3-pt. range.
- Game-high six assists.
- 343 career assists passes Maurice Head (1984-87) for fifth all-time at UTC.
Justin Tuoyo – Sr.-F
- Team-highs with 14 points and six boards.
- Shot 6-11 from the field, 1-3 from 3-pt. range and 1-2 from the FT line.
- Added two steals.
- 1,078 career points passes Johnny Taylor (1996-97) and Stephen McDowell (2008-09) for 18
th on UTC's all-time scoring list.
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