Chattanooga Basketball
Postgame Notes
Chattanooga 67 ? Samford 62
McKenzie Arena ? Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb. 21, 2009
Team
- With the win, Chattanooga is now 15-13 on the season and 11-6 in the SoCon...Samford moves to 13-14 overall, 8-10 in league play.
- Chattanooga is now 44-32 against the Bulldogs, 5-0 in the McKenzie Arena...The Mocs are 2-0 against Samford this season, 7-0 since the move to DI in 1977-78.
- With a win, Chattanooga clinches a first-round bye in the Southern Conference tournament... A Western Carolina loss clinches at Wofford on Monday clinches at least a first-place tie for the Mocs in the SoCon North Division.
- Chattanooga is alone in first place in the North Division...Western Carolina is 8-8, Samford now 8-10 and App State is 8-10.
- UTC is now 328-168 in Southern Conference regular-season games.
- The Mocs are beginning a four-game in eight-day stretch tonight.
- Trailing 37-29 at the half, the Mocs turned up the defense after the break...Samford did not hit a FG until the Andy King hit a 3-pointer at the 11:48 mark...UTC held the Bulldogs to 0-5 shooting and five turnovers in the first 8+ minutes of the second half.
- Tonight's game featured six ties and nine lead changes...The Mocs took the lead for good at the 3:31 mark on senior Stephen McDowell's fourth 3-pt. FG of the game.
- Chattanooga is now 7-2 at home in SoCon play.
- Chattanooga plays its home finale Monday against the College of Charleston at 7 p.m. It is senior night for six Mocs: Nicchaeus Doaks, Zach Ferrell, Kevin Goffney, Khalil Hartwell, Stephen McDowell and Keyron Sheard.
Individual
Senior Stephen McDowell
- 2nd leading scorer in the conference at 19.1 ppg entering tonight's game... scored 16 points on 5-14 shooting and 2-2 from the FT line...clinch the game with a pair of FTs with 2.1 seconds left.
- 49 career double-figure scoring games.
- 22 games with three or more three-pointers made, 10 with five or more.
- 221 career 3-pt. FGs, is first in school history.
- 113 three-pointers made this season is second all-time for a season at UTC... Keddric Mays (2006-07) holds the season record with 118 in 2007...McDowell's junior season is third with 108.
- 973 career points leaves him 27 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.
- Career-high four steals
Senior Nicchaeus Doaks
- Scored 20 points on 7-9 shooting 1-1 from behind the arc and 5-8 from the FT line...also grabbed eight rebounds...blocked the potential game-tying 3-pt. FG by Samford's Trey Montgomery.
- Now has 1,330 points in his career, passing Lance Fulse (1985-88) for fourth place on the UTC scoring charts...Gerald Wilkins (1983-85) and Brandon Born (1992-95) are tied for second all-time with 1,449 career points.
- Entered game as SoCon's top rebounder at 9.2 rpg...grabbed eight tonight.
- All-time leading rebounder at UTC in the DI era with 773.
- Scored 20 or more 5 times this season.
- Has led the team in scoring 6 times.
- Has 44 FT attempts in the last four games...31-44 (70.4%)...just three FT attempts in the previous two games
Senior Kevin Goffney
- Scored eight points on 4-12 shooting, 0-4 from 3-pt. range
- Despite struggling from the field, tied a career-high with five assists
- Also snagged three steals
Senior Khalil Hartwell
- Scored seven points on 3-5 shooting and 1-3 from the FT line
- Game-high 12 boards
- 7 double-digit rebounding games.
- 3rd in the UTC DI Era with 612 career rebounds...Lance Fulse (1985-88) is second with 747.
- 7-10 from the field in the last two games
Freshman Chris Early
- 2-2 in the first half to finish with four points off the bench...most points in the last five games
- Logged eight minutes...most in the last five games
