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Game No. 31 | Chattanooga at UNCG | Greensboro Coliseum | Feb. 28, 2015
FOR STARTERS
- Chattanooga is 22-9, 15-3 in the Southern Conference…UNCG is 10-21, 6-12 in league play.
- The Mocs are 7-2 on the road in the SoCon…the Spartans are 3-6 in home conference games.
- UTC has won six in a row and 13 of 15, 16 of 19 and 19 of last 23…loss snaps two-game UNCG win streak.
HEAD COACH WILL WADE
- Will Wade is 40-24 in his second season in the Scenic City…4th Moc coach (Mack McCarthy 42, Ron Shumate 40, Jeff Lebo 40) to win 40 games in first two seasons of their tenure.
- Wade is 27-7 in SoCon contests…11-5 in league road games…27 conference wins is the most by a Mocs coach in their first two seasons on the bench.
- Wade is 3-1 against UNCG…1-1 in Greensboro.
THE SERIES
- Chattanooga is 21-16 against UNCG…9-8 on the road in the series.
- The Mocs hold a 17-13 advantage in regular season SoCon matchups.
- UTC snaps three-game losing skid in Greensboro…last won in the Greensboro Coliseum on January 8, 2011…first series sweep since 2011…won three of last four.
WINNING NOTES
- 22 wins is the 3rd-most in the regular season in school history…most since 23 in 1992-93.
- 22 wins overall is the most since 1996-97's NCAA Sweet 16 team won 24.
- 15 league wins is the most since 1993 (16-2)…4th time in school history we've won four or more.
STREAKING
- The Mocs have won six…second streak of five or more this season…winners in eight of the last nine.
- 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 year's squad won 10 straight.
- 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…this Mocs outfit has won 19 of its last 23 heading into SoCon Championship.
SOCON STANDINGS
- Chattanooga finishes in second-place at 15-3 in the league.
- Other league games today: Samford 80 at VMI 69, Western Carolina 67 at The Citadel 54, at Mercer 69 ETSU, Wofford 62 at Furman 60.
- SoCon Tourney Seeds: (1) Wofford, (2) CHATTANOOGA, (3) Mercer, (4) ETSU, (5) Western Carolina, (6) VMI, (7) The Citadel, (8) UNCG, (9) Samford and (10) Furman…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).
SCORING CHART
- Mocs are now 21-5 when scoring 60 or more points.
- 10th time Chattanooga has held opponent to 60 or fewer points limiting the Spartans to 58…10-0 in those games.
- UNCG led 27-25 at the half…5-6 when trailing at the half this season.
SHOT CHART
- UTC shot 37.0 percent (20-54) from the field, 33.3 percent (6-18) from 3pt range and 62.5 percent from the FT line…4-5 when shooting less than 40 percent from the floor.
- The Mocs limited UNCG to 36.8 percent (21-57) shooting including 33.3 percent (3-9) from beyond the arc…11-1 when keeping the opponent to below 40 percent.
- Spartans shot just 48.1 percent (13-27) from the charity stripe.
BLOCK PARTY
- 9 blocks today…23rd game with five or more…entered the contest No. 7 in the nation averaging 6.3 per game.
- Justin Tuoyo posted five blocks…28th multi-block game, fifth with five or more…102 total blocks is No. 2 all-time on the SoCon season blocks list…passed Omar Roland (101, Marshall)…four behind UNCG's Kyle Hines in first with 106.
- Held 9-8 advantage in blocks…16-6 when recording more blocked shots.
MISCELLANEOUS
- Allowed a mere nine 3pt attempts…second fewest attempts on the season for the Spartans...opponents are 18-67 over last four games from 3pt range (26.9%).
- +1 on the boards…16-2 this year when out-rebounding opponent…seven straight on the plus-side in rebounding…21st game with 10 or more (15) offensive rebounds.
- The Mocs came back from a 12-point deficit…UNCG led by 12, 41-29, with 15:13 to play…Chattanooga out-scored its hosts 19-5 over the next 6:44 to take the lead, 48-46, on two Casey Jones free throws with 8:29 to play.
PLAYER NOTES
Ronrico White, Sr-G
- Hit buzzer-beating three to get the win…1st buzzer-beater winner since Keegan Bell's against The Citadel at home on Jan. 14, 2010.
- 15 points…1,084 career points…now 14th on the DI era scoring list passing James Jones (1,081, 1978-81), Stephen McDowell (1,075, 2008-09) and Johnny Taylor (1,070, 1996-97).
- Averaging 16.5 points per game over last four.
- 20th time in double digits this year, 56th career.
Casey Jones, Jr.-F
- 12 points, nine rebounds and three blocks.
- 941 points and 491 rebounds in his career.
- 24th double-figure scoring night, 47th career.
Duke Ethridge, Jr.-F
- 10 points and eight rebounds in 18 minutes today.
- 4th double-digit game in points.
