Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
Georgia Southern at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena - Chattanooga, Tenn.
Thursday - Feb. 3, 2011
TEAM
- The Mocs improve to 14-10 overall and have the best record in the Southern Conference at 10-2 with a 75-66 win over Georgia Southern...the Eagles drop to 4-20 and 0-11 in the SoCon.
- Chattanooga is 10-2 in SoCon play for the first time since the 1994-85 season...
UTC is 7-0 at home in SoCon action...3-2 on the road. Chattanooga is 7-0 against North Division opponents, 3-2 vs. the South.
- Not a whole lot of defense played in the first half as the Mocs shot 65.2% (15-23) from the floor while GSU was 63.6% (14-22)...UTC had 14 assists on its 15 baskets.
- The Mocs tied their second best 3-pt. FG% for a game, shooting 63.2% (12-19)...they equaled the same numbers they shot at Georgia Southern on Feb. 7, 2000.
- The Mocs had 21 assists on 26 baskets tonight...it is the second straight game and the sixth time this season UTC has had 20+ assists...Chattanooga is 5-1 when logging 20+ assists.
- Georgia Southern shot 54.9% (28-51) from the floor tonight...UTC is now 2-5 when allowing opponents to shot over 50.0% from the field.
- Chattanooga made 11-17 FTs while Georgia Southern was just 2-4...the Mocs were 5-5 from the line in the last two minutes of action.
- The Mocs nearly lost a double-digit second half lead for the third straight game...UTC led by 18 at 52-34 with 15:31 left in the game...the Eagles went on a 21-5 run to cut the lead to two 57-55 at the 10:19 mark...that was as close as they would get as Chattanooga held on for its third straight win.
- This is the 45th meeting between the two schools with UTC leading 30-15.
- Chattanooga is 639-385 (.624) since moving to Division I in 1977-78, 404-100 (.802) at home, 344-89 (.794) in McKenzie Arena. In its 34th SoCon season, the Mocs are 345-186 (.650), 210-56 (.789) at home, 183-47 (.796) in the Roundhouse.
- Chattanooga is 11-0 when holding opponents under 70 points, 3-10 otherwise.
- UTC is 11-0 when leading at the half.
INDIVIDUAL
Junior Keegan Bell
- Scored 12 points on 4-8 shooting, 2-5 from 3-pt. range and 2-2 from the FT line.
- Third-straight game in double-figures...10th overall.
- 12-24 (50.0%) from 3-pt. range last three games...33.1% for the year.
- Game-high nine assists...fourth straight game with 7+...leads the SoCon with 6.5 per game
- 31 assists and seven turnovers in 164 minutes last four games.
Junior Chris Early
- 13 points on 5-6 shooting, 1-1 from 3-pt. range and 2-3 from the FT line.
- Game-high six rebounds.
- Tied a career-high with four assists.
- Third straight game in double figures...12th overall.
- Averaging 15.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg last three games.
Head Coach John Shulman
- 119th win at UTC - 119-100 (.543) - 7th year.
- 64th SoCon regular season win at UTC - 64-54 (.542) - 7th year.
Junior Ricky Taylor
- Tied for team-high with 19 points on 5-7 shooting, 4-4 from 3-pt. range and 5-5 from the FT line.
- 10-16 (62.5%) from 3-pt. range last four games...33.7% for the season.
Junior Omar Wattad
- Tied for game-high with 19 points on 7-11 shooting, 5-7 from 3-pt. range.
- 9-16 (56.3%) from 3-pt. range last two games...broek out of a 1-15 slump in the previous three games...39.5% on the year.
