Chattanooga Basketball
Postgame Notes
FIU 80, Chattanooga 59
U.S. Century Bank Arena - Miami, Fla.
Nov. 27, 2010

Team
- Chattanooga is 2-5 on the season following an 80-59 loss at FIU...The Golden Panthers are 4-1.

- Tonight was the first meeting between the two schools.

- UTC is now 627-379 as a DI program (34th season)...165-226 on the road...2-3 on the road in 2010-11.

- The Mocs are 37-38 all-time against the Sun Belt Conference, 9-10 since the move to DI in 1977-78...UTC is 0-7 on the road in those games...Tonight is the lone scheduled meeting with a Sun Belt opponent this season.

- Head Coach John Shulman is 107-95 in his seventh year, 27-54 on the road...He is 1-4 against Sun Belt schools.

- Tonight marks the end of a busy seven-game-in-17-day stretch to open the season...By the time the Mocs get home tomorrow, they will have traversed approximately 2,900 miles...That's an average of 181.25 miles per day and amounts to one game every 55 hours.

- The two teams combined for 34 turnovers in the game, 25 in the 1st half...UTC had 19 TO's (15 at half).

- Chattanooga shot 33.3 percent (18-54) from the field for the game, 30.8% (8-26) from 3-pt range and 57.7% (15-26) from free throw line.

- 8 three-pointers made marks 32nd straight game with five or more treys, 4th longest such streak in country.

- Mocs won the battle on the glass 39-34.

- FIU shot 59.1 percent (13-22) in the second half...49% for the game.

- 1st wire-to-wire loss for Mocs this season.

Individual
Junior Forward Omar Wattad
- Recorded 12 points extending a double-digit points streak to four games.
- 3-8 3pt, 4 straight games making 2 or more from long distance.

Junior Guard Keegan Bell
- 6 assists tonight...4th game six or more this season.
- 3 steals is a new season high.

Sophomore Guard Josh Odem
- 13 points and 3 steals led the teams...Also made three treys in seven attempts.
- 3 steals is a season high.

Senior Troy Cage
- 10 points tonight is a new career high.