Chattanooga Basketball - Postgame Notes
Chattanooga at Western Carolina
Ramsey Center - Cullowhee, N.C.
Feb. 27, 2010
Team
- Chattanooga lost 78-70 at Western Carolina Saturday afternoon in the Ramsey Center...UTC is now 14-17 on the year and 6-12 in the SoCon North Division...the Catamounts are 21-10, 11-7 in the North.
- The Mocs ended the regular season today...UTC ended with a four-games-in-eight-days stretch in which it went 1-3.
- The Mocs seeding for the SoCon Tournament is still up in the air awaiting the end of Davidson at Elon which tips off at 7 p.m. Saturday evening...A Davidson win gives the Mocs the three seed...An Elon win and UNC Greensboro loss on Monday against Georgia Southern places the Mocs fourth out of the North...A UNCG win on Monday along with an Elon win tonight and the Mocs are the fifth seed.
- UTC is 624-373 as a DI program (33rd season)...The Mocs are 335-183 in SoCon games.
- Chattanooga leads the all-time series 48-17...UTC is 15-14 in Cullowhee.
- The Mocs have started 12 different players at least once this season...There have been 12 different lineups as well...Tonight's lineup is 6-5 (Keegan Bell, Ricky Taylor, Ty Patterson, Sam Watson and Jeremy Saffore).
- The Mocs are 11-5 when scoring 70 or more points...UTC is 6-13 when opponent scores 70 or more.
- Chattanooga is 5-15 when trailing at the half...Western led 35-26 at intermission...The last time the Mocs came back from a halftime deficit was last Monday against Davidson (35-32).
- The Mocs are 0-15 when trailing with five minutes to play in the game.
- Western Carolina won the battle of the boards 38-29...Chattanooga allowed the Catamounts 14 offensive rebounds which gave WCU a 17-6 advantage in second chance points.
- The Mocs never led nor were tied in the game after 0-0.
- The two teams combined for 44 turnovers and 45 fouls.
Individual
Junior Ricky Taylor
- 13 points led the Mocs...11th time he has led the team in scoring this season,
- Six rebounds also led the team...fourth time leading the team in rebounding..
Junior Ridge McKeither
- 11 points on 3-4 FG, 5-6 FT.
- All 11 points came in the second half...The last two games he has zero points in the first half and 23 in the second.
Junior Troy Cage
- Continues to work his way back from having surgery to insert a rod in his leg in Dec.
- Career high with 8 points hitting 4-5 from the field.
- Also notched a new career high with two assists and tied his high for blocks with one.
- Season high 14 minutes.
Sophomore Keegan Bell
- 12 points, 10 coming in second half.
- Shot 4-6 FG, 2-4 3pt and 2-3 FT.
