Chattanooga Basketball
Postgame Notes
Chattanooga 66, Samford 56
Hanna Center ? Birmingham, Ala.
Feb. 9, 2009
Team
- Chattanooga is now 12-13 on the season and 8-6 in the SoCon with a 66-56 win in the Hanna Center today... Samford moves to 11-13 overall, 6-9 in league play.
- Chattanooga is now 43-32 against Samford, 13-21 in Birmingham... The Mocs are 6-0 against the Bulldogs since the move to DI in 1977-78.
- Chattanooga is alone in first place in the North Division with Western Carolina a half-game back at 7-6.
- UTC is now 325-168 in Southern Conference regular-season games.
- The Mocs finished 2-1 on the three-games-in-five-day road swing with an 84-77 win at Wofford last Thursday and 72-70 loss at Furman on Saturday.
- The Mocs first lead came at 3:04 in the second half.
- Chattanooga has won three of its last four and eight of its last 11.
- The Mocs are now 2-11 when trailing with five minutes to play.
- Chattanooga is now 4-4 on the road in SoCon play.
- UTC returns to Chattanooga for a four-game homestand starting Thursday night with Elon at 7 p.m..
Individual
Senior Stephen McDowell
- 2nd leading scorer in the conference at 19.4 ppg entering tonight's game... scored 13 points on 4-12 shooting from the field, 3-10 from 3-pt range and 2-2 on FTs.
- 46 career double-figure scoring games.
- 19 games with three or more three-pointers made, nine with five or more.
- 208 career 3-pt. FGs, ranking second in school history...Keddric Mays (2006-07) has the record with 209.
- 100 three-pointers made this season is third all-time for a season at UTC... Mays holds the season record with 118 in 2007 and is also in fourth place with 91 in 2006. McDowell's junior season is second with 108.
- 918 career points leaves him 82 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.
- Including his South Carolina career stats, McDowell scored his 1,000th collegiate point on a what else, a three-pointer, at 15:26 in the first half.
Senior Nicchaeus Doaks
- Scored 23 points on 8-14 FG, 0-2 3-pt, 7-9 FT.
- Now has 1,273 points in his career, 52 behind Lance Fulse (1985-88) in fourth place on the UTC scoring charts.
- Entered game as SoCon's second-leading rebounder at 9.2 rpg...grabbed 12 tonight.
- Ranks No. 2 in rebounds all-time at UTC with 744...career leader is Fulse with 747.
- 9 double-doubles in 2008-09.
- 228 rebounds are a new season best topping 219 in 2007-08.
- 12 or more boards in six games.
- Scored 20 or more three times this season.
- Has led the team in scoring 4 times.
- Team rebounding leader in 13 games.
Senior Kevin Goffney
- 10 rebounds tonight.
- 5 games with 10 or more rebounds.
Senior Khalil Hartwell
- 16 points on 7-8 FG, 3-4 FT with four rebounds.
- 33 points in last two games shooting 86.7% from the floor (13-15)
- 10 double figure scoring games.
Senior Keyron Sheard
- 3 steals tonight... 19 steals in last six games including five at Elon tying his career high.
