MOCS MEN'S BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK
Game No. 24 | Chattanooga at Furman | Timmons Arena | Feb. 5, 2015
FOR STARTERS
- Chattanooga is now 16-8, 9-2 in the Southern Conference…Furman moves to 7-15, 4-7 in league play.
- The Mocs are now 4-1 on the road in the conference…the Paladins record is 3-2 at home.
- UTC has won seven of the last eight, 10 of 12 and 13 of its past 15 contests…alone in second-place in the league, one game behind Wofford (10-1).
THE SERIES
- Chattanooga is 52-25 against the Paladins…18-18 on the road in the series….1-1 in overtime…last time the two teams played an extra period was Furman's 88-75 home win January 28, 1991.
- The Mocs hold a 46-22 advantage in regular season SoCon matchups.
- The win extends UTC's series win streak to five in a row.
MISCELLANEOUS
- There were 12 ties and 11 lead changes in the game.
- Justin Tuoyo scored 20 points which gives the Mocs five different 20-point scorers this season…13 total 20-point or better efforts thus far…Casey Jones (6), Ronrico White (2), Eric Robertson (2) and Greg Pryor (2) have the others.
- 15/8 assist-to-turnover ratio…eight turnovers ties season low (Georgia/Northern Ky./Mercer).
- +5 turnover margin forcing 13 Furman miscues…20-10 advantage in points off turnovers.
PLAYER NOTES
Ronrico White, Sr.-G
- 14 points, four assists and two steals.
- Scored the 1,000th-point of his career on a 3pt from the right corner with 3:07 to play…20th Mocs of DI era (1977-78) to top the milestone…one point (1,004) behind Ashley Champion (1,005/2003-04) for 19th-place on the DI era scoring list.
- 4 assists with just one turnover…14th game with a 3.0 or better assist-to-turnover ratio.
Justin Tuoyo, So.-F
- Career-high 20 points….scored 18 of his 20 after halftime.
- 7-10 FG, 6-6 FT…seven FG's ties season high (at The Citadel).
- 2 blocks…22nd multi-block game this year.
Casey Jones, Jr.-F
- 14 points…18th double figure scoring game of 2014-15, 41st of his career.
- Nine rebounds shared game-high honors…ninth time he's led the team on the boards.
- 20.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game over last three.
Eric Robertson. Jr.-G
- Came off the bench to score 11…9th double digit night of the season, 16th career.
- 3-7 from 3pt range…9th time this year with three or more in a game, 15th career…entered game leading league in 3pt percentage.
