Chattanooga Basketball
Postgame Notes
Chattanooga 72, UNCG 54
Fleming Gym ? Greensboro, N.C.
Jan. 22, 2009
Team
- Chattanooga is now 9-10 on the season and 5-3 in the SoCon with a 72-54 at UNC Greensboro tonight...UNCG moves to 3-13 overall, 2-5 in league play.
- Chattanooga is now 14-9 against UNCG, 7-4 in Greensboro... 18-point win is largest for UTC in series.
- The 18-point margin of victory is the largest winning margin on the road for the Mocs since winning by 24, 88-64, at Wofford on Jan. 15, 2005.
-The Mocs have won five straight for the first time this season... The last five-game winning streak was John Shulman's first season (1/3/05-1/15/05)... The last time the Mocs won five straight regular season SoCon games was from 2/23/02-1/13/03.
- UTC is now 322-165 in Southern Conference games.
- Mocs win tonight despite shooting just 2-19 from three-point range, a dismal 10.5%.
- Season high 13 steals tonight tops 12 against Tennessee Temple on Nov. 29... The Mocs had 12 steals at the half.
- The Mocs are 7-2 when out-rebounding an opponent... UTC won the battle on the boards 44-33.
- Chattanooga is now 6-3 when leading at the half.
- The Mocs are 9-1 when leading with five minutes to play.
- The Mocs travel east for a Saturday night matchup at Elon... Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Individual
Senior Stephen McDowell
- Second leading scorer in the conference at 20.1 ppg entering tonight's game... scored eight points on 1-9 FG, 0-7 3-pt and 6-6 FT.
- Streak of 39 straight games making a three-pointer snapped...it was the fourth longest streak in the nation.
- Scored first basket at 12:21 of the second half.
- 40 career double-figure scoring games.
- 10 games scoring 20-plus points this season, 16 in his UTC career.
- 14 games with three or more three-pointers made.
- 189 career 3-pt. FGs, ranking second in school history...Keddric Mays (2006-07) has the record with 209.
- 81 three-pointers made this season is sixth all-time for a season at UTC...one below Toot Young's 82 in 2001-02 and five short of LaVert Threats' 1991-92 total of 86...Mays holds the season record with 118 in 2007.
- 811 career points leaves him 189 points shy of joining teammate Nicchaeus Doaks in the 1,000 point club. He would become the 17th member since Chattanooga's move to DI in 1977-78.
Senior Nicchaeus Doaks
- 9 points on 4-6 shooting and 1-3 from the FT line...also grabbed a game-high 13 boards
- 41 career games leading the Mocs in rebounding.
- 5 games with 12 or more boards.
- 4 steals a new career high topping three against East Tennessee State Dec. 17, 2008.
- 81 career blocks is the active leader in the SoCon... he did not record a block tonight.
- Fifth-place on the UTC scoring list with 1,186 points...needs 140 more to pass Lance Fulse (1985-88) for fourth place at Chattanooga with 1,325.
- Ranks No. 2 in rebounds all-time at UTC with 698...career leader is Fulse with 747.
Senior Kevin Goffney
- 21 points on 10-20 shooting and 1-1 from the FT line... also grabbed eight rebounds.
- Mocs are 7-3 when he starts... That record includes his lone minute at Tennessee.
- Seventh game this season scoring in double figures... 14th of his two-year career.
Senior Khalil Hartwell
- Scored 12 points on 4-4 FG and 4-7 FT... added six rebounds.
- Sixth game with double digit scoring this season... 18th of his career.
Junior Ty Patterson
- Career-high 5 assists against zero turnovers tonight.
- Added six rebounds.
