Chattanooga Basketball - Postgame Notes
Davidson at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena - Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb. 22, 2010
Team
- Chattanooga captured a 78-73 win against Davidson on Senior Night Monday evening in the McKenzie Arena...UTC is now 14-15 on the year and 6-10 in the SoCon North Division...the Wildcats are now 14-14, 9-7 in the South.
- Tonight was the second in a four-games-in-eight-days stretch to close the regular season for Chattanooga...The Mocs head to Appalachian State (2/25) and Western Carolina (2/27) this week...The Western Carolina game will be on SportSouth at 3 p.m., as part of SoCon Saturday.
- Chattanooga holds a 32-20 series lead against Davidson...The last UTC win in the series was at home on January 23, 2006, 65-59...The win snaps an eight-game losing skid in the series for the Mocs.
- UTC is 624-371 as a DI program (33rd season)...The Mocs are 335-181 in SoCon games.
- The Mocs have started 12 different players at least once this season...There have been 12 different lineups as well...Tonight's lineup is 6-3 (Keegan Bell, Ricky Taylor, Ty Patterson, Sam Watson and Jeremy Saffore).
- The Mocs are 11-3 when scoring 70 or more points...UTC is now 6-11 when its opponent scores 70 or more.
- Chattanooga is 5-13 when trailing at the half...Last time the Mocs came back from a halftime deficit was at home Jan. 28 against Western Carolina (36-29).
- The Mocs are 13-0 when leading with five minutes to play in the game.
- Chattanooga opponents have hit 10 or more three-pointers 12 times (4-8)...Davidson made 14 on the night in 36 attempts (38.9%) from beyond the arc, 13-29 (44.8%) inside it.
- In the last eight games, Chattanooga has committed 96 turnovers, 12.0 per game...UTC was averaging 17.8 turnovers per contest with a -2.4 turnover margin and had an assist: turnover ratio of 0.83 entering that span.
- The Mocs hit 8-21 from three-point range, a respectable 38.1 percent...Inside the arc, UTC was 18-35 (51.4%)...UTC is 14-4 when making 30 percent or better of its three-point attempts.
- There were 11 lead changes and four ties tonight.
- Chattanooga has nine wins this season when trailing or tied in the second half.
Individual
Junior Ricky Taylor
- Led the Mocs with 22 points which tied his career high...Made 7-12 FG, 2-6 3pt and 6-6 FT.
- Fifth 20-point game, second time with 22 (Mississippi Valley State - 12/12/10)
- It is his 19th game scoring in double digits, ninth time leading the team in scoring.
Senior Ty Patterson
- 20 points on 6-12 FG, 4-7 3pt and 4-6 FT.
- Also grabbed eight boards, made three assists (zero turnovers) and two steals.
- Fifth 20-point game this season ties Ricky Taylor for team high...Sixth 20-point game of his career.
Sophomore Keegan Bell
- 16 points, five rebounds and six assists against two turnovers.
- 15th game with 5 or more assists.
- Made 6-9 from the field, 2-3 from beyond the arc.
- Over last six games, has 30 assists (5.0) per game and nine turnovers for a ratio of 3.33...Ratio through first 22 games was 1.42.
Junior Jeremy Saffore
- New career high with three blocks.
