Chattanooga Mocs Basketball Postgame Notes
Chattanooga (15-15, 11-6 SoCon) at Samford (12-17, 4-13 SoCon)
Pete Hanna Center - Birmingham, Ala.
Saturday - Feb. 26, 2011
TEAM
- Chattanooga defeats Samford 77-72 in overtime...the Mocs grab their 18th Southern Conference Regular Season title, most in the league since UTC joined in 1977-78, by tying Western Carolina with a 12-6 record in league play...UTC finishes the regular season 16-15 overall...Mocs are 8-1 at home in SoCon action 4-5 on the road. Chattanooga is 8-2 against North Division opponents, 4-4 vs. the South.
- The SoCon Tournament seeds are complete. From the North: (1) Western Carolina, (2) Chattanooga, (3) App State, (4) Elon, (5) UNC Greensboro & (6) Samford. From the South: (1) College of Charleston, (2) Wofford, (3) Furman, (4) Davidson, (5) The Citadel & (6) Georgia Southern. As the No. 2 seed, the Mocs will face the winner of Furman/Samford on Saturday, March 5, at 7 p.m., in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Tournament at McKenzie Arena.
- This is the 81st meeting between the two schools with Chattanooga leading 47-34.
- Mocs take an 11-9 lead in the Southern Rail Rivalry Series, a competition between Chattanooga and Samford throughout the school year. Each men's and women's basketball head-to-head regular season contest is worth two points.
- Chattanooga is 641-390 (.621) since moving to Division I (1977-78), 169-233 (.419) on the road. UTC is 347-190 (.646) in SoCon contests, 136-133 (.504) away.
- Mocs are 2-0 in overtime this season.
- UTC killed Samford on the boards 42-28...the Mocs have won the battle of the boards in 19 of the last 25 games. That's after starting the season turning the trick just once in the first six.
- Samford shot 15-36 (41.7%) from 3-pt. range...it tied for the second-most threes the Mocs have allowed this season.
INDIVIDUAL
Junior Keegan Bell
- Career-high and game-high 25 points.
- Shot 8-18 from the field, 6-16 from 3-pt. range and 3-4 from the FT line.
- Career-highs for FG attempts and 3-pt. FG attempts.
- Tied a career-high eight field goals and six threes made.
- Tied for game-high with five assists.
- No turnovers in 44 minutes.
Head Coach John Shulman
- 121st win at UTC - 121-105 (.536) - 7th year.
- 66th SoCon regular season win at UTC - 66-59 (.527) - 7th year.
Junior Ricky Taylor
- 14 points on 5-10 shooting, 2-4 from 3-pt. range and 2-2 from the FT line.
- Added five rebounds.
