Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
The Citadel at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday – Jan. 31, 2015
TEAM
- Chattanooga improved to 15-8 overall and 8-2 in SoCon play with a 78-73 win over The Citadel … Bulldogs drop to 8-13 overall and 3-7 in league play.
- The Mocs are 12-2 at home this season … 24-4 in McKenzie Arena in two seasons under head coach Will Wade.
- Chattanooga is alone in second place in the SoCon race … one game behind Wofford (18-5, 9-1 SoCon) and one game ahead of Mercer (12-11, 7-3 SoCon).
- Neither team missed much in the first half … UTC shot 19-27 (70.4%) from the field while The Citadel was 12-20 (60.0%) … consequently, The Citadel only had six rebounds as a team at the break, compared to 12 for the Mocs.
- The Citadel kept the hot hand in the second half, shooting 57.7% (15-26) in the final 20 minutes.
- The Bulldogs shot 58.7% (27-46) from the field for the game … best shooting % by the Bulldogs against a DI team this season … best FG% allowed by UTC in SoCon play this season … UTC was just 2-3 when allowing an opponent to shoot over 50% this season … 2-12 under Will Wade.
- UTC forced nine turnovers in the first half, scoring 18 points on those miscues.
- The Mocs shot 56.3% (27-48) from the field … second-best % this season (62.8% (27-43) vs. Northern Kentucky 12/16) … fifth time over 50% this season … first since the Northern Kentucky game.
- The Mocs led by as many as 21 (53-32 – 18:24) in the second half.
- Tonight's attendance of 4,307 was a season-high … UTC is leading the SoCon in average attendance (2,996) … Mocs are averaging 3,344 fans in six home SoCon games.
- Fourth wire-to-wire win this season … first in league play.
INDIVIDUAL
Casey Jones – Jr.-F
- Game-high 23 points on 10-16 shooting, 3-3 from the FT line.
- Second-straight game with 20+ points … sixth this season … 11th in his career.
- Had 19 in the first half.
- Topped 800 points in his career (821).
- 10 FGs is a career-high.
- 10th time this season leading the team in scoring.
- Tied a career-high with three blocks.
Greg Pryor – So.-G
- 14 points on 4-8 shooting, 2-5 from 3-pt. range and 4-4 from the FT line.
- 10-18 (55.6%) from 3-point range last three games.
- Added three steals.
Ronrico White – Sr.-G
- 14 points on 2-6 shooting, 1-2 from 3-pt. range and 9-10 from the FT line.
- Lead the team with five boards … first time in his career he posted a team-high in boards.
- 10 points shy of 1,000 in his career.
- 305 FTs made in his career is No. 6 in the DI era at UTC.
- Nine FTs tonight is a season high.
