Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
Gardner-Webb at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena - Chattanooga, Tenn.
Sunday - Nov. 27, 2011
TEAM
- The Mocs dropped a 76-74 OT game to Gardner-Webb...UTC falls to 2-4 on the season while the Bulldogs improved to 3-5.
- All three teams in the Hoosier Classic hosted in Chattanooga went 1-1 on the weekend...points allowed broke the tie, giving UTC the trophy.
- Today's game featured 15 ties and 16 lead changes.
- Mocs trailed 54-43 with 13:20 left following a Jason Dawson 3-pointer...UTC went on a 14-0 run over the next six minutes to take a 57-54 lead...two Keegan Bell FTs capped that run...Bell had seven of the 14 points in the run.
- The Mocs were killed by 18 offensive rebounds given up to GWU...that turned into 17 second-chance points, including the game-winning put-back by Tahsan Newsome...Gardner-Webb had eight offensive boards in the last four minutes of regulation and overtime.
- UTC's bench was outscored 48-12.
- The last time Chattanooga lost an OT game was an 86-85 defeat at Elon on Jan. 24, 2009 (2OT).
- UTC is now 24-24 in OT games.
- Chattanooga missed its first eight shots from the field and did not score in the game until a Drazen Zlovaric layup at the 14:27 mark.
- Both teams combined to go 1-16 from the field in the first six minutes of the game.
- The Mocs only forced GWU into nine turnovers...that is the lowest total by a Chattanooga opponent this season.
INDIVIDUAL
Senior Keegan Bell - G
- Team-high 17 points on 6-16 shooting, 3-11 from 3-pt. range and 2-2 from the FT line.
- Game-high five assists.
- Has 380 career assists...needs seven more to pass Casey Long (2004-07) for third...needs 35 more to break the school record.
- Averaging 6.5 apg this season.
Senior Ricky Taylor - G
- Second career double-double with 16 points and a season-high 10 rebounds.
- Shot 4-8 from the field, 2-6 from 3-pt. range and 6-6 from the FT line.
- Passed the 900-point mark in his career (901).
Junior Drazen Zlovaric - F
- Season-high 14 points on 6-9 shooting, 2-3 from the FT line.
- Third game in double-figures this season.
