Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Wofford
Wofford (17-12, 13-4 SoCon) at Chattanooga (15-15, 11-6 SoCon)
McKenzie Arena - Chattanooga, Tenn.
Wednesday - February 23, 2011
TEAM
- The Mocs dropped a 97-58 game at home to Wofford...UTC falls to 15-15 overall and 11-6 in SoCon play...Wofford improves to 17-12 and 13-4 in the league.
- Tonight is the first home loss for the Mocs in SoCon action...UTC is 8-1 in McKenzie Arena in league play this season.
- Chattanooga is 7-2 against North Division opponents, 4-4 vs. the South.
- At 11-6 in the SoCon, the Mocs are one game behind Western Carolina (11-5) in the loss column with one game left to play on Saturday at Samford...WCU travels to The Citadel on Thursday and the College of Charleston on Saturday.
- Four seniors - Jeff Smith, Jeremy Saffore, Troy Cage and DeAntre Jefferson - played their final home game during the regular season tonight.
- This is the 26th meeting between the two schools with Chattanooga leading 15-11...UTC has lost four of the last five to Wofford, including two straight at home...Chattanooga has lost by a combined 71 points to the Terriers this season, including an 88-56 loss in Spartanburg on Jan. 20.
- Junior Keegan Bell hit the first two 3-pt. FG attempts for Chattanooga to open the game...the Mocs went 0-18 from behind the arc the rest of the half...they finished 8-32 (25.0%).
- Wofford shot 35-60 (58.3%) from the field...it is the highest FG% by a UTC opponent this season.
INDIVIDUAL
Junior Keegan Bell
- 10 points, all in the first half.
- 4-13 shooting, 2-11 from 3-pt. range.
- Made his first two 3-pt. FGs.
- Added four rebounds.
Junior Chris Early
- Team-high 13 points on 5-10 shooting, 3-7 from 3-pt. range.
- Four rebounds.
- 15th time in double figures...third in last four games.
Sophomore Dontay Hampton
- Career-high 12 points...averaging 3.1 ppg this season.
- Shot 4-7 from the field, 2-4 from 3-pt. range and 2-2 from the FT line.
- Second game in double figures this season.
