TEAM
- The Mocs improve to 13-10 overall and 9-2 in the SoCon with an 85-76 win over Elon...the Phoenix falls to 10-12 overall and 4-7 in the league...UTC is 6-0 at home in league play, 3-2 on the road...the Mocs are 9-2 in the league for the first time since 2007-08.  

- The Mocs are in first place in the SoCon North Division at 9-2 and tied for the best record in the league with Wofford...the rest of the North looks like this:  Western Carolina 5-5 (9-13), UNC Greensboro 4-6 (4-16), Elon 4-7 (10-12), Appalachian State 4-7 (8-13) and Samford 3-7 (11-11)... Chattanooga is 7-0 against North Division opponents, 2-2 vs. the South.

- Chattanooga had a season-high with 4,451 fans in attendance at the game. 

- The Mocs outrebounded the Phoenix 46-38...UTC leads the SoCon in rebound margin (+4.1), rebounding (40.0 rpg) and defensive rebounds pct (74.0%)...Mocs are 12-4 when outrebounding their opponent.   

- This is the 18th meeting between the two schools with UTC leading 10-8.

- Chattanooga is 638-385 (.624) since moving to Division I in 1977-78, 403-100 (.802) at home, 343-89 (.795) in McKenzie Arena. In its 34th SoCon season, the Mocs are 344-186 (.649), 209-56 (.789) at home, 182-47 (.796) in the Roundhouse.

- The Mocs are 10-1 in games where the score is within five points (leading or trailing) with five minutes left in the contest with wins over Kennesaw State (-1), Marshall (-2), Western Carolina (tied), at Elon (+3), at UNCG (+1), at The Citadel (+1), Samford (+3), College of Charleston (+2), UNCG (-3) and Elon (+2). The lone loss was at home to Austin Peay (-4). UTC is 10-0 when leading with five to play regardless of the score differential.

- UTC is 10-0 when leading at the half...the Mocs were up 40-25 at the break tonight.   

- Chattanooga is 3-10 when opponents score 70+ points, 10-0 when holding opponents under 70 points.

- Mocs are 5-0 when scoring 80+ points.

- Chattanooga tied a season-high with 23 assists on 29 FGs.

- The Mocs were whistled for a season-low eight fouls.

INDIVIDUAL
Junior Keegan Bell
- 15 points on 4-9 shooting from 3-pt. range, 3-4 from the FT line.
- Second-straight game in double-figures...ninth overall.
- 10-19 (52.6%) from 3-pt. range last two games...32.8% for the year.
- Added a team-high seven assists...third straight game with 7+...leads the SoCon with 6.3 per game.
- 22 assists and four turnovers in 125 minutes last three games.

Junior Jahmal Burroughs
- Tied for game-high with eight rebounds.
- Had seven in the first half, including five offensively. 
- Played just nine minutes off the bench.
- 5.4 rpg last five games...3.3 on the year. 

Junior Chris Early
- Career-high 21 points on 7-10 shooting, 2-3 from 3-pt. range and 5-8 from the FT line.
- First career 20-point outing.
- Career-high seven FGs.
- 11^th double-figure scoring game of the year.
- Added four boards and two assists.

Sophomore Dontay Hampton
- Four points on 2-3 shooting.
- Averaging 5.8 ppg last four games...2.8 on the year. 
- Added two assists and two steals in just 10 minutes.
- Played double-figure minutes in each of the last four games.

Head Coach John Shulman
- 118th win at UTC - 118-100 (.541) - 7th year.
- 63rd SoCon regular season win at UTC - 63-54 (.538) - 7th year.

Junior Ricky Taylor
- 15 points on 6-12 shooting, 1-3 from 3-pt. range and 2-3 from the FT line.
- Added seven boards and three assists.

Junior Omar Wattad
- 19 points on 6-14 shooting, 4-9 from 3-pt. range and 3-3 from the FT line.
- Tied a career-high with five assists.
- Added five boards.
- Scored double-figures for the first time in three games. 
- Broke out of a shooting slump...was 1-15 from 3-pt. range in his previous three games.