Chattanooga Basketball
Postgame Notes
Chattanooga 77 - College of Charleston 86
McKenzie Arena ? Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb. 23, 2009
Team
- Chattanooga is now 15-14 on the season and 11-7 in the SoCon with a 77-86 loss to the College of Charleston in the McKenzie Arena tonight...College of Charleston moves to 21-7 overall, 13-5 in league play.
- Chattanooga shot 52% (26-50) from the field and 50% (10-20) from 3-pt. range, but was hampered by 18 turnovers in tonight's game...the Mocs were outscored 21-8 on second chance points tonight.
- The College of Charleston took a season-high 35 3-pt. FGs and made a season-high 15 from behind the arc.
- The College of Charleston grabbed 14 rebounds, outscoring the Mocs 20-7 on second chance points.
- Chattanooga is now 9-12 against the Cougars, 6-4 in the McKenzie Arena... Tonight was the lone meeting in the regular season for the two teams.
- Despite the loss, the Mocs still clich?d at least a tie for the SoCon North Division crown due to Western Carolina's 66-81 loss at Wofford. The Catamounts fell to 14-14 on the season and 9-9 in SoCon action.
- UTC is now 328-169 in Southern Conference regular-season games.
- Tonight is game two of a four-game in eight-day stretch for the Mocs...so far UTC is 1-1 in this run.
- Tonight was Senior Night as Nicchaeus Doaks, Zach Ferrell, Kevin Goffney, Khalil Hartwell, Stephen McDowell and Keyron Sheard played in their final regular season home game.
- Chattanooga is now 7-3 at home in SoCon play.
- Chattanooga travels to Boone, N.C. for a Thursday, Feb. 26, matchup with Appalachian State before the regular season finale at Western Carolina Saturday. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m.
Individual
Senior Stephen McDowell
- 2nd leading scorer in the conference at 19.0 ppg entering tonight's game... scored 15 3-7 shooting from 3-pt. range and 6-7 from the FT line.
- 50 career double-figure scoring games.
- 23 games with three or more three-pointers made, 10 with five or more.
- 224 career 3-pt. FGs, is first in school history.
- 116 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.
- 988 career points leaves him 12 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
- Scored 12 points on 5-10 shooting, 2-5 from the FT line
- Now has 1,342 points in his career, which ranks fourth all-time at UTC in the DI era... he is 107 points behind Gerald Wilkins (1983-85) and Brandon Born (1992-95) on the UTC scoring charts.
- Entered game as SoCon's top rebounder at 9.2 rpg...grabbed a game-high seven tonight.
- All-time leading rebounder at UTC in the DI era with 780.
- Team rebounding leader in 15 games.
Senior Kevin Goffney
- Scored a career-high 26 points on 9-14 shooting, 4-6 from 3-pt. range and 4-7 from the FT line
- 4 3-pt. FGs is a season-high
- 5 games with 20-plus points.
- 14 double figure scoring games.
- 5 double-doubles in 2008-09.
- Scoring leader in 5 games.
Senior Khalil Hartwell
- Scored 12 points on 5-10 shooting, 2-4 from the FT line...also grabbed six boards
- 12 double figure scoring games.
- 3rd in the UTC DI Era with 618 career rebounds.
Senior Keyron Sheard
- Game-high eight assists
- 9 games with 5 or more assists.
