Chattanooga Basketball - Postgame Notes
Chattanooga at The Citadel
McAlister Fieldhouse - Charleston, S.C.
Feb. 6, 2010
Team
- The Mocs dropped a 68-60 decision at The Citadel tonight...UTC is now 13-12 on the year and 5-7 in the SoCon North Division...the Bulldogs move to 12-12, 6-6 in the South.
- Chattanooga holds a 52-16 advantage in the series...The Mocs are 24-9 in Charleston...It was the first Bulldogs win in the series since January 19, 2002 as UTC won the previous 11 meetings and 34 of the last 39.
- UTC is 623-369 as a DI program (33rd season)...The Mocs are 334-179 in SoCon games.
- The Mocs return home Wednesday for its first of two regular season meetings with Samford (7 p.m.).
- Chattanooga is 4-11 when trailing at the half...The Citadel led 28-25 at the break.
- The Mocs are 3-10 when scoring less than 70 points...Chattanooga is 10-3 when opponents score 70 or less.
- Chattanooga is 1-11 when trailing with five minutes to play.
- The Mocs are 8-2 when committing less than 15 turnovers turnovers...UTC had 14 turnovers tonight...The Mocs made 51 turnovers over the last four games (12.8/gm) while the season average entering tonight was 17.1.
- Chattanooga is 0-10 when shooting less than 30 percent from 3-pt range...UTC shot 22.9% from beyond the arc tonight.
- The Mocs are 1-7 when shooting under 40 percent from the field...The Mocs shot 35.6% (21-59).
- There were four ties and seven lead changes in the first half, zero in the second.
- Neither team shot particularly well from the free throw line as the Mocs made 50 percent (10-20) and the Bulldogs 69 percent (20-29)...The Citadel hit just 41.7 percent (5-12) in the first half, but missed just two in making 88.2 percent (15-17) after intermission.
- The Citadel (12) is the 10th team to make 10 or more threes against the Mocs in a game this season...the Mocs are 3-7 in those games.
- Chattanooga held a 48-38 advantage on the glass.
- The Mocs scored 16 second chance points tonight to four for the Bulldogs.
Individual
Junior Ridge McKeither
- Scored 13 points and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds...the 18 rebounds ties for third most in the DI era.
- Shot 5-10 FG, 1-2 3pt and 2-6 FT.
- Had 11 of his boards in the first half.
- Fourth double-figure rebound game and double-double.
Senior Ty Patterson
- 19 points on 7-17 shooting from field, 4-12 3pt.
- Also had six boards and two assists.
- 15 points came in the second half shooting 5-8 FG and 4-7 3pt.
Sophomore Chris Early
- 10 points and five rebounds off the bench in 19 minutes.
- Tied season high for points (UNCG - 1/11) and minutes (The Citadel - 1/14)
- Played significant minutes at the five.
