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CHATTANOOGA---Joshua Phillips scored a career-high 14 points in his Chattanooga Mocs debut aiding a 95-60 win over Tennessee Wesleyan. He was one of six in double digits.
 
David Jean-Baptiste led all scorers with 18 points to go with seven rebounds and six assists. James Lewis, Jr., added 13 points and eight rebounds, while Nat Dixon and Duane Moss each scored 11. Makale Foreman tallied 10. Johnson Decembre paced the Bulldogs with 14.
 
Antoine Williams' layup made it a three-point game, 20-17, with 9:43 to go in the first half. The Mocs surged from there out-scoring their guests 23-4 the rest of the first half.
 
Back-to-back three-pointers by Jean-Baptiste and Dixon got the run started. Two Jean-Baptiste free throws got the margin into double digits before Dixon's triple at 6:34 marked 11 unanswered as the Mocs held the Bulldogs without a point for more than four-and-a-half minutes.
 
Williams ended the drought with two free throws at the five-minute mark. Chattanooga kept the pressure on from both the charity stripe and around the basket. Joshua Phillips put an exclamation point on the half with a slam with nine seconds left until the break on a nice feed from Jean-Baptiste.
 
"We had a hard time getting ourselves going early on," coach Lamont Paris said. "I don't know what that was attributed to, but I felt the second half we came out with that first group more of the way we want to play. I feel like we were representing ourselves as how we want to be as a team."
 
It was all Mocs from there. The lead topped 30 for good on a Dixon triple at 13:03. Forty was exceeded five minutes later on Lewis, Jr.'s three-point play at 8:29, 85-44. The largest margin was 45 reached four times. The latest was on a Jean-Baptiste tally with 4:08 to play.
 
Jean-Baptiste was forward-thinking after the contest.
 
"It starts with practice tomorrow," noting the next step in the season. "The mindset is to get back in game speed. We're going to make mistakes, but we'll fight through it and keep playing hard."
 
UTC had a season-high 23 assists along with a +19 margin on the boards. Defensively, it held Tennessee Wesleyan to 33.3 percent shooting (21-63), 15.0 percent (3-15) from 3pt range.
 
3 NOTES TO KNOW
View complete notes package from tonight at the notes link above. Three to know…

• Joshua Phillips checked in at the 14:20 mark of the first half. His addition to the roster came in time for tonight's contest. He played DE (2016) and OLB (2017) the last two years for the football squad transferring from Middle Tennessee where he played three men's basketball campaigns (2014-16).
• First career start for Duane Moss. Opened in place of an injured Makinde London (upper body injury). Moss had season highs of 11 points, six rebounds and two assists.
• David Jean-Baptiste's 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists were all season bests as well.

 
QUOTABLE
Access thoughts on tonight's game at the quotes link above.
 
"The size difference was enormous. We got the ball to him and he could just turn around and score over guys. That probably won't be as realistic in a lot of the other games from a personnel standpoint. It was good for him to get in there and get his feet wet and just to be back on the court again." – Paris on the presence of new Moc Joshua Phillips.
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Check out the full box score at the link above. Here are three notable numbers.

• 11 three-pointers tonight. Fourth straight game with 10 more 3pt made. Mocs shot 46.9 percent (45-96) beyond the arc in the four-game homestand.
• Second time this season with five or more with double-digit points. First was at Wyoming.
• Season-best 87.5 percent shooting at the free throw line making 14 of 16 attempts.

 
HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS
UTC Santa at Northgate Mall – Santa "Reps the C" with your Chattanooga Mocs at Northgate Mall on Tuesday, Nov. 28, from 6-8 p.m., just outside of Sears inside the mall. Join Scrappy and get your picture with Santa wearing a blue and gold suit. (Standard rates apply)
 
COMING UP
The Mocs get back to road life this Tuesday at Akron. Tipoff is at 7 p.m., on ESPN3. The squad returns to Chattanooga next Saturday, Dec. 2, hosting a doubleheader vs. UT Martin. The ladies tipoff at 2 p.m., with the men meeting at 5 p.m.
 
For the complete schedule, go here on GoMocs.com.
 
TICKETS ON SALE
Tickets are on sale – single-game and mini-plans – at all the usual places. To buy tickets, you can:
 

• Visit the Gate 1 Ticket Office at McKenzie Arena during business hours (closed Thursday & Friday opening at 5 p.m., Saturday)
• Call the McKenzie Arena Ticket Office at (423) 266-MOCS (6627) during business hours (closed Thursday & Friday opening at 5 p.m., Saturday).
• Go online via GoMocs.com: Single-Game | Mini-Plan
• Group tickets are available by calling (423) 425-5470 or emailing Barry Kamen or Allison Callari.

 
Take advantage of Black Friday deals ALL WEEKEND LONG! (Available only at GoMocs.com from Friday at 8 a.m., through Monday at 5 p.m.)
 

1. $2 lower bowl ticket for Saturday, November 25, vs. Tennessee Wesleyan
2. $20 December Pack (lower bowl tickets for just $20 for all four games below)
   - Men's basketball vs. Charlotte 12/10 (DH-1 p.m.)
   - Women's basketball vs. Virginia Tech 12/10 (DH-3:30 p.m.)
   - Men's basketball vs. Georgia State 12/23
   - Women's basketball vs. Hampton 12/28

 
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