MOCS MEN'S BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK
Game No. 25 | Chattanooga at Western Carolina | Ramsey Center | Feb. 7, 2015
FOR STARTERS
- Chattanooga is now 16-9, 9-3 in the Southern Conference…Western Carolina improves to 12-14, 7-6 in league play.
- The Mocs are now 4-2 on the road in the conference…8-5 in SoCon road games in Will Wade era…the Catamounts are 5-2 at home in the league.
- UTC has won eight of the last 10, 11 of 14 and 14 of its past 18 contests.
THE SERIES
- Chattanooga is 61-23 against the Catamounts…20-19 on the road in the series.
- The Mocs hold a 50-20 advantage in regular season SoCon matchups.
- The loss ends UTC's series win streak at four.
SOCON STANDINGS
- Chattanooga is 9-3 in the league…tied for second with Mercer.
- Other league games today: Wofford 65, at VMI 62, UNCG 79, at The Citadel 63, Samford 71, at ETSU 68 and Mercer 74, at Furman 68.
- Current top six: Wofford (11-1), CHATTANOOGA (9-3), Mercer (9-3), Western Carolina (6-6), ETSU (6-7) and Samford (5-8)…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
- 25 first-half points, 45 after intermission.
- Shot 42.6 percent (23-54) from the field for the game…29.6 percent (8-27) in the first 20, 55.6 percent (15-27) in the second…Western made 47.3 percent (26-55) for the game.
- 30.4 percent (7-23) shooting for the contest…23.1 percent (3-13) in opening frame, 40.0 percent (4-10) to close.
MISCELLANEOUS
- The 14-point halftime deficit (39-25) is the second-largest of the season…were down 31 (52-21) at then-No. 3 Wisconsin in November.
- The Mocs never led, but there were three ties, all in the second half.
- Chattanooga had 14 turnovers…most since 15 at Samford on January 15.
- Western's largest lead was 14…led by seven, 70-63, with 3:21 left in the game…Mocs promptly scored seven in a row capped by Greg Pryor's three-point play with 1:53 to go…Pryor got a steal 16 seconds later, but his three for the lead at 1:08 was just off.
- The three losses in league play are by 10 combined points: Wofford (68-64), Mercer (75-72 OT) and today.
PLAYER NOTES
Justin Tuoyo, So.-F
- 17 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two blocks.
- 14 of his 17 points came in the second half…32 points in second half the last two games.
- 5-10 FG, 7-9 FT in the game…made 13 of his last 15 free tosses, 86.7 percent.
- 23rd multi-block game this year in 25 starts.
Duke Ethridge, Jr.-F
- 13 points off the bench…5-7 FG, 2-3 3pt and 1-4 FT.
- 3rd double digit scoring game of the season, 1st in SoCon play…last was 14 in December win over Montreat.
- Six rebounds, two blocks and two steals…blocks and steals are season highs.
Casey Jones, Jr.-F
- 10 points…19th double figure scoring game of 2014-15, 42nd of his career.
- Eight of 10 points came in second half.
Greg Pryor, So.-G
- 11 points, all in the second half.
- 15 double digits scoring games this season, 23 career…needs one more to double his total from 2013-14.
