CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- Ricky Taylor's (Brownsville, Tenn.) 21 points paced the Chattanooga Mocs (4-8) to a 95-41 victory over visiting Hiwassee (4-11) in McKenzie Arena. Taylor's 21 puts him 10 points shy of 1,000 for his career.

He got help from junior Dontay Hampton (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Jared Bryant (Cincinnati, Ohio) who each scored 14 points. Hampton's came mostly from three-point range hitting four-for-five beyond the arc. Bryant, making his first collegiate start, grabbed a game-high seven rebounds.

The Tigers were led by Brandon Carpenter and Ty Johnson with seven points apiece. Johnson added five rebounds and five steals.

Chattanooga took control of the game after Cody Carson's jumper got the Tigers within seven of the Mocs, 16-9, at 13:42. UTC held Hiwassee without a basket for the next 11:31.

Taylor keyed a 27-0 Mocs run with 16 points over that time span. At one point, he scored 13 straight during the run. The run led UTC to a 45-15 lead at the break.

The closest Hiwassee came was 24 points, 50-26, on a Carpenter layup at 15:56. Nearly three minutes later, with the score 58-29, Chattanooga pulled away via a 16-1 run capped by a Lance Stokes (Orlando, Fla.) layup and free throw at 7:28, to make it 74-30.

UTC scored the final seven points of the contest to end up with the 54-point margin of victory. Martynas Bareika (Kedainiai, Lithuania) scored five of the last seven.

Chattanooga shot a scintillating 55.4 percent (31-56) from the field including a 10-for-18 performance (55.6%) from three-point range. That offensive performance did not limit the defense as UTC held the Tigers to 26.3 percent (15-57) from the floor and 17.1 percent (6-35) from three-point land.

Stokes also made his first career start and did not disappoint. He had nine points, six rebounds, two assists and three steals in his 20 minutes. Ronrico White (Knoxville, Tenn.) came off the bench to add nine points, four rebounds and four steals.

Bob Cousy Award Candidate Keegan Bell (Huntsville, Ala.) had eight assists and zero turnovers in flawlessly running the offense. Hampton added four assists as UTC accumulated 20 on the afternoon.

The Mocs return to McKenzie Arena on December 29th for the 22nd Dr Pepper Classic. UTC opens the holiday tradition with Longwood at 7 p.m., following Hampton and Utah Valley at 4:30 p.m.

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