CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. ?  In its final tune-up before the regular season begins the Chattanooga men's basketball team beat King College 99-75 Thursday night in McKenzie Arena in exhibition play.

The Tornado proved to be an extremely tough opponent for the Mocs as the team shot 44% (30-69) from the field and 13-36 (36%) from three.

The Mocs would led at the break, 47-38 and saw that cut into quick as King would pull within three, 57-54 only a few minutes into the second half.

A 10-2 Mocs' run would put an end to the Tornado's surge however, as Chattanooga would outscore King 52-37 in the final half.

Stephen McDowell led the all scorers with 30 points in the contest as the senior shot 10-20 (50%) from the field and 6-12 (50%) behind the arc. The All-Southern Conference player also had five rebounds, four assists, and one steal in the win.

Kevin Goffney added 18 points on 8-9 shooting and Nicchaeus Doaks recorded a double-double as the senior had 15 points and 13 rebounds.

“Tonight was probably your typical exhibition game,” Head Coach John Shulman said. “We made a lot of mistakes tonight, but we played a pretty good basketball team. All of those mistakes are fixable though, we will fix them, and then we will be ready to play Tennessee next week.

The Mocs will now turn its eyes to in-state rival Tennessee for its 2008-09 regular season opener on Saturday Nov, 15. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. from Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville. The game will be televised by SportSouth.