2011-12 Chattanooga Basketball
Post-Game Notes
December 1, 2011 - at Georgia Southern - Hanner Fieldhouse
TEAM
- Chattanooga falls 84-76 at Georgia Southern...UTC is now 2-5 overall, 0-1 in the Southern Conference North Division...The Eagles are 2-4, 1-0 in the SoCon South.
- 45th meeting with GSU with the Mocs holding a 31-14 advantage.
- Head Coach John Shulman is 123-111 in his 8th season at Chattanooga...he is 7-5 against the Eagles, 2-3 in Statesboro.
- Plenty of Chattanooga-Georgia Southern ties tonight...GSU Head Coach Charlton Young was associate head coach on John Shulman's staff during the 2004-05 SoCon Championship season...freshman forward Lance Stokes' dad Fred is a football alum playing for the Eagles before a stellar NFL career including a Super Bowl championship with the 1991 Washington Redskins.
- The Mocs allowed Georgia Southern 19 second chance points on the night off 13 offensive rebounds...GSU won the battle of the boards 35-30...UTC is 1-4 when out-rebounded.
- Eagles shot 51.7 percent from the field which is the best by an opponent this season topping Indiana's 50 percent (25-50)...UTC shot a season-best 50 percent (29-58) including a 18 of 29 performance in the second half (62.1%).
- GSU's 84 points is a season high for a Mocs opponent topping Indiana's 78.
- The Chattanooga bench out-scored its counterparts 31-15 led by Stokes' season-high eight points.
INDIVIDUAL
Senior Ricky Taylor
- Had 16 points for the second straight game shooting 5-10 FG, 2-5 3pt and 4-4 FT.
- Now 21st all-time in scoring with 917 career points...passed Keith Parker (1978-80) who tallied 906.
- 5th double digit scoring game of season, 50th career.
Senior Omar Wattad
- 11 points and five rebounds...shot 4-13 FG and 3-9 3pt.
- 5th double digit scoring night of season, 26th career.
Junior Drazen Zlovaric
- 11 points and one rebound...5-9 FG, 1-2 FT.
- 4th double digit scoring night in his first season with the Mocs.
