MOCS MEN'S BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK
Game No. 30 | Chattanooga at VMI | Cameron Hall | Feb. 26, 2015
FOR STARTERS
- Chattanooga is now 21-9, 14-3 in the Southern Conference…VMI is 11-17, 7-10 in league play.
- The Mocs are 6-2 on the road in the SoCon…the Keydets are 3-5 at home.
- UTC has won five in a row and 12 of 14, 15 of 18 and 18 of last 22…loss snaps three-game VMI win streak.
HEAD COACH WILL WADE
- Will Wade is 39-24 in his second season in the Scenic City.
- Wade is 28-7 in SoCon contests.
- Wade is 10-5 in league road games.
STREAKING
- The Mocs have won five in a row for the second time this season.
- Third time in Wade's two seasons the squad has won five or more in a row...UTC had three five-game win streaks in the previous nine campaigns prior to Wade's arrival.
- Last time the school had two streaks of five or more wins in the same season was 1996-97…runs of 11 and seven straight wins after the turn of the year…that squad won 19 of its last 23 games en route to an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance.
20 WINS
- Last time the Mocs won 21 games was 2002-03 (21-9)...last time with 21 wins in the regular season: 1992-93...won 21 or more 16 times now.
- Last time Chattanooga won 14 conference games was 1993-94..7th time with 14 or more SoCon victories.
THE SERIES
- Chattanooga is 39-11 against VMI…15-7 on the road in the series.
- The Mocs hold a 34-9 advantage in regular season SoCon matchups.
- UTC has won five consecutive series meetings.
SOCON STANDINGS
- Chattanooga is 14-3 in the league…2nd-place a game behind Wofford.
- Other league games today: Wofford 76 at Mercer 72, at The Citadel 74 ETSU 73, at Furman 53 Western Carolina 49, at UNCG 81 Samford 67.
- Current top six: Wofford (15-2), CHATTANOOGA (14-3), Mercer (11-6), Western Carolina (8-9), ETSU (8-9) and VMI (7-10)…top six get first round byes in SoCon Championship (Asheville, N.C., March 6-9) with top two playing the winners of first round games (seeds 7-10).
BLOCK PARTY
- 7 blocks tonight…22nd game with five or more.
- Justin Tuoyo posted three blocks…27th multi-block game…97 total blocks.
- VMI actually out-blocked the Mocs 11-7…3-2 when having fewer blocks than the opponent.
SCORING CHART
- 86 points is most since scoring 86 in first meeting with VMI in Chattanooga.
- 82 points allowed is the highest since Georgia scored 86 in the Dec. 2 meeting in the Scenic City.
- 168 combined points are the most in a UTC game since 174 points were tallied in regulation in the Dec. 16 93-81 win over Northern Kentucky.
MISCELLANEOUS
- Limited VMI to six 3pt made tonight…was averaging 19.7 per game over three-game win streak…came into the game averaging a nation's-best 11.9 per game.
- Starting lineup (1-5): Greg Pryor, Ronrico White, Tre' McLean, Casey Jones and Justin Tuoyo…five-some is 5-1 this season…1st time together since Dec. 29, 2014 win over Lipscomb (78-60)…Mocs are +52 in games when this unit starts, a scoring margin of +8.7.
- +7 on the boards tonight (46-39)…15 came on the offensive end…20th game with 10 or more offensive rebounds.
- 4th overtime game of the season…3-1 when play an extra period or two, 4-2 under Wade…first double OT game since 87-85 loss at College of Charleston on December 3, 2011.
PLAYER NOTES
Eric Robertson, Jr.-G
- Team-high 19 points…6-12 FG, 2-5 3pt and 5-7 FT.
- 12th game with 10 or more this year, 19th career.
Casey Jones, Jr.-F
- 17 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks…7th double-double on the season, 10th career.
- 23rd double-figure scoring night, 46th career.
- 929 career points and 482 rebounds.
Ronrico White, Sr-G
- 15 points, six rebounds and six assists…1,069 career points…averaging 17.3 points per game over last three.
- 19th time in double digits this year, 55th career.
- Registered his sixth game this season with five or more assists…18th career.
Greg Pryor, So.-G
- 13 points and five assists.
- Averaging 13.3 points and 5.7 assists per contest over last three.
- 18th time with 10 or more points this year, 26th career.
- 4th game with five or more assists this season, eighth career.
