GAME NOTES | ABOUT CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL
 
CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs are in the home stretch of the Southern Conference and regular season schedule with a mere six games remaining. Fittingly, they'll start it with weekend in McKenzie Arena hosting The Citadel and Mercer.
 
Thursday is Academic Night. The athletics department honors its long and distinguished list of scholars at halftime and early in the second half with the Dayle May Award which goes to the senior male and female with the highest cumulative grade point average.
 
Chattanooga's student-athletes earned a 3.062 GPA as a group during Fall 2017. It was the eighth straight semester with a 3.0 or better across all sports and programs. Men's basketball had a program-record 2.83 GPA for the Fall Semester. Highlights: Dylan Brewster (4.0, Dean's List, A.D. Honor Roll), Justin Brown (Dean's List, A.D. Honor Roll), Nick DesMarais (Dean's List, A.D. Honor Roll), James Lewis, Jr. (Dean's List, A.D. Honor Roll) and David Jean-Baptiste (A.D. Honor Roll).
 
The Bulldogs enter the Scenic City winners of three of their last four. That includes a win in their last road game at Mercer less than two weeks ago. That was followed by a narrow 73-71 loss at home to ETSU before sweeping the weekend over Wofford (80-78) and Furman (100-92 OT). The Citadel is 6-2 in games that end regulation with a one-possession score.
 
Mercer lost four of the last six after an epic overtime matchup with the Mocs in mid-January in Macon. The Bears topped VMI and Wofford sandwiching losses at UNCG in OT and ETSU and at home against the Bulldogs and Furman. The last five were played without leading scorer Ria'n Holland.
 
THE MATCHUPS
Thursday – Feb. 8, 2018 – Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Citadel at Chattanooga, 7 p.m.
Media: ESPN3/Real 96.1 FM/GoMocs.com
 
Saturday – Feb. 10, 2018 – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mercer at Chattanooga, 5 p.m. (DH-Women vs. ETSU)
Media: ESPN3/Real 96.1 FM/GoMocs.com
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Citadel
Meeting: 81st
Overall: 62-18
SoCon Regular Season: 58-15
Last 10: 8-2
First Meeting: Jan. 13 in Charleston
 
Mercer
Meeting: 69th
Overall: 32-36
SoCon Regular Season: 4-3
Last 10: 4-6
First Meeting: Jan. 15 in Macon
 
PROBABLE STARTERS
G - 0-Makale Foreman, 6-1, 185, So., 9.2 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 37.2% 3pt
G - 1-Rodney Chatman, 6-1, 175, So., 12.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 4.6 apg
G - 3-David Jean-Baptiste, 6-1, 190, RFr., 6.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg
F - 5-Nat Dixon, 6-4, 180, Jr., 14.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 41.0% 3pt
C - 2-Joshua Phillips, 6-8, 245, Sr., 8.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 55.3% FG
 
3 NOTES TO KNOW (20-point version)

• With 26 on Saturday, Rodney Chatman marked the 18th 20-point effort by a Mocs this season. Twelve of the 18 came in SoCon play.
• Two 20-point scorers in four games this season including first meeting at The Citadel. Makale Foreman (30) and Nat Dixon (20) combined for roughly half of their squad's 101 points in the OT loss.
• Makinde London's seven leads the team. Last Moc to tally eight or more? Casey Jones '16 with eight in 2014-15. One of four Mocs to top 20 this season joined by Nat Dixon (6), Rodney Chatman (4) and Makale Foreman (1).

 
FOLLOW ALONG
The games are available online and on the radio. Here's the broadcast info with links available on the men's basketball schedule page:
 
Video Stream: Fans can watch the Mocs games on ESPN3/WatchESPN app. Chris Goforth (PxP) and Todd Agne (analysis) have the call for home games, while each SoCon institution provides their own crew on Mocs road games.
 
Radio: There are several ways to listen. "Voice of the Mocs" Jim Reynolds is over the airwaves on Real 96.1 FM in Chattanooga. Click the 96.1 FM link on the men's basketball schedule to listen online or use the iHeart (search Real 96.1 FM) and TuneIn (search Chattanooga Mocs) radio apps.
 
Live Stats: Access live stats on the men's basketball schedule page.
 
Social Media: Score updates and more on Twitter from @GoMocsMBB.
 
TICKETS ON SALE
Tickets for home games 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.
• Call the McKenzie Arena Ticket Office at (423) 266-MOCS (6627) during business hours.
• Go online via GoMocs.com: Single-Game | Mini-Plan
• Group tickets are available by calling (423) 425-5470.

 
Tickets for road games can also be accessed through the men's basketball schedule page or at the ticket office on site.
 
NEXT UP         
Next three games for the Mocs (all times Eastern):
Feb. 15 at Furman, 7 p.m. (ESPN3)
Feb. 17 vs. Wofford, 5 p.m. (DH-ESPN3)
Feb. 23 at UNCG, 7 p.m. (DH-ESPN3)
 
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