Chattanooga Mocs Basketball Postgame Notes
Chattanooga at Furman
Timmons Arena - Greenville, S.C.
Saturday - Jan. 22, 2011
TEAM
- Chattanooga falls to Furman 85-59...the Mocs drop to 11-10 overall and 7-2 in the SoCon...Furman moves to 14-5 overall and 6-2 in league play.
- Today was the 69th meeting between the two schools with UTC leading 46-23. Furman has won the last three and seven of the last 10.
- Chattanooga is 636-385 (.623) since moving to Division I in 1977-78, 168-229 (.423) on the road. In its 34th SoCon season, the Mocs are 342-186 (.648), 135-130 (.509) away from home.
- The Mocs shot a season-low 14% (3-22) from 3-pt. range.
- Chattanooga had made five or more three-pointers in 45 straight games but that streak was broken today. It was the third longest active streak in the nation.
- The Mocs are 10-0 when holding their opponents to less than 70 points...1-10 in other games.
- UTC outrebounded the Paladins 42-39...Chattanooga is 10-4 in games when it outrebounds its opponent.
- Mocs post players Jeremy Saffore and DeAntre Jefferson combined to shoot 8-11 (72.7%) from the field...rest of the team was 12-48 (25.0%).
INDIVIDUAL
Junior Keegan Bell - Cousy Award Candidate
- Game-high seven assists.
- Leads the SoCon with 6.2 apg.
Junior DeAntre Jefferson
- Scored 10 points on 4-5 shooting, 2-2 from the FT line.
- Tied for game-high with eight boards.
Senior Jeremy Saffore
- Team-high and season-high 11 points.
- 4-6 from the field and 3-5 from the FT line.
- First double-digit game of the year.
- Added seven rebounds