Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
ETSU at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday – Feb. 21, 2015
TEAM
- The Mocs scored a 67-59 win over ETSU to sweep the season series tonight … the win gives UTC a 20-9 overall record, 13-3 in SoCon action … The Bucs drop to 16-11 overall and 8-8 in league games … Wofford (23-6, 14-2 SoCon) remains a game ahead of UTC with their 78-52 win over The Citadel tonight.
- UTC has won 12 of the last 14, 15 of 18 and 18 of its past 22 contests.
- The Mocs are 15-2 at home this season … 27-4 in McKenzie Arena in two seasons under head coach Will Wade … best home record in first two seasons for a head coach at UTC … Mack McCarthy went 27-6 in 1985 and 1986 … UTC is 16-2 at home in SoCon games in two years under Wade.
- UTC has its first 20-win season since going 20-11 in 2005 … it is the first time UTC has reached 20 wins in the regular season since getting 20 in the 1993-94 campaign … Chattanooga went 23-7 overall after logging three wins in the SoCon Tournament.
- Chattanooga trailed by as many as 10 in the early part of the game … got down 15-5 after a pair of Jalen Riley FTs at the 14:07 mark.
- The Mocs trailed by eight at the break 30-22 … UTC is just 3-6 when trailing at the half this season.
- Tonight's attendance of 5,137 is a season-high and the most to see any SoCon game this season … it is the second-highest attendance at home in the Will Wade era of Chattanooga Basketball … the Mocs will likely lead the SoCon in attendance for the second straight season after averaging 3,233 fans in 2014-15.
- Bucs shot just 25.8 percent (8-31) in the second half…they made 5-7 in the final 2:21, 3-24 (12.5%) in the first 17:39 of the second half.
- Chattanooga held ETSU to a season-low 30% (18-60) from the field today.
- The Mocs were 26-35 (74.3%) from the FT line … 26 FTs is second-most for UTC this season.
- Chattanooga blocked 10 shots in the game … tied for second-most this season … third time with 10+ … second time in last three games.
- After opening the first 20 minutes going 7-24 (29.2%) from the field and 1-8 (12.5%) from three-point range, the Mocs shot 10-19 (52.6%) and 6-12 (50%) from behind the arc in the second half.
- The Mocs have at least one win over every team in the SoCon this season.
INDIVIDUAL
Casey Jones – Jr.-F
- 17 points on 6-11 shooting, 5-7 from the FT line.
- Added seven boards, two assists and two blocks.
- Topped 900 points for his career (912).
Greg Pryor – So.-G
- 11 points on 1-5 shooting, 1-4 from 3-pt. range and 8-10 from the FT line.
- Game-high five assists.
- Has exactly 500 points in his career.
- Added three boards and a steal.
Justin Tuoyo – So.-F
- Set UTC's single-season blocks record with seven tonight … 94 overall.
- Two more blocks than Z. Mason had last season.
- Game-high 12 boards.
- Added eight points in 38 minutes off the bench.
Ronrico White – Sr.-G
- 20 points on 4-8 shooting, 4-7 from behind the arc and 8-9 from the FT line.
- Four threes ties a season-high.
- Passes current assistant coach Casey Long (2004-07) and Keith Nelson (1991-92) for 17th place on UTC's all-time scoring list with 1,054 points.
- Tied Isaac Conner (1995-99) with 149 career threes.
