Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
Wofford at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday – Feb. 17, 2018
TEAM
- The Mocs dropped a 74-64 decision to Wofford on Senior Day in McKenzie Arena. UTC falls to 9-20 overall and 3-13 in SoCon play. Wofford improved to 19-9 and 10-5 in league action.
- Wofford's Fletcher Magee set a McKenzie Arena record with 11 threes tonight … tied for second-most in SoCon history … tied with Georgia Southern's Elton Nesbitt (vs. Chattanooga - 1/17/05) for most ever in a SoCon game … Magee finished with a career-high 45 points on 17-26 shooting, 11-19 from behind the arc.
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th meeting in the series … Mocs lead 23-16 … 13-5 in McKenzie Arena … Wofford has won three in a row in the series. Â
- The Mocs honored its lone senior Josh Phillips, prior to the game … Phillips came to UTC as a football player from MTSU in 2016 … the played three seasons of basketball at MTSU and two years of football at UTC … he is averaging 9.3 ppg and 5.9 rebounds per game for UTC. Â
- UTC was 19-47 from the field today (40.4%) … 47 attempts is second-lowest for the Mocs this season (40 vs. Alabama State on 11/20).Â
- UTC's seven assists tied for second-fewest this season.
- Mocs won the battle on the boards 32-29 … fifth time in last seven games UTC controlled the glass … Mocs are 8-6 when out-rebounding its opponent. Â
- Mocs are 4-11 in games decided by 10 points or less.Â
- UTC was without starting point guard
Rodney Chatman who suffered a lower-leg injury in the previous game at Furman.
INDIVIDUAL
Nat Dixon – Jr.-G
- 16 points on 6-12 shooting, 2-4 from the FT line and 2-3 from the FT line.
- Added five boards and two assists in 39 minutes.
Makale Foreman – So.-G
- Team-high 18 points on 5-11 shooting, 4-8 from 3-pt. range and 4-6 from the FT line.
- Team-high three assists.
- Four threes tied a career-high.
James Lewis – Fr.-F
- Tied for game-high with seven boards.
- Added eight points on 1-3 shooting, 6-7 from the FT line.
- Tied a season-high with two assists.
Makinde London – Jr.-F
- 12 points in 30 minutes off the bench.
- Tied for game-high with seven boards.
- Shot 4-15 from the field, 0-5 from three and 4-5 from the FT line.
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