Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
The Citadel at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday – Jan. 19, 2019

TEAM
- The Chattanooga Mocs scored a 73-71 win over The Citadel in McKenzie Arena tonight … UTC evens its record at 10-10 and improves to 5-2 in SoCon action … The Citadel drops to 9-9 and 1-6 in league action.

- Chattanooga equals its win total from all of last season (10-23). 

- The Citadel came into the game leading the nation in scoring at 93.4 ppg … 71 points is their second-fewest this season … 23.4 points below their average. 

- Mocs are 9-1 when opponents score fewer than 73 points.

- 64-18 all-time against The Citadel … 34-6 in Chattanooga. 

- Mocs biggest lead was 13 (45-32) following a Jonathan Scott jumper in the paint with 19:26 left in the game … Citadel went on an 11-0 run and UTC did not score again until Donovan Toatley hit a jumper with 12:18 left in the game. 

- The Citadel led 62-58 with 6:49 left to play.

- The Mocs were just 3-6 from the FT line in the final minute of play. 

- The Citadel shot 26-69 (42.0%) from the field and 8-37 (21.6%) from three … most FGs and threes attempted by a UTC opponent this season.  The Bulldogs were just 5-12 from the FT line (41.7%). 

- Third game in a row UTC has won a game when allowing 70+ points … 0-8 this season prior to that. 

- Mocs improve to 3-4 in games decided by single digits … all three wins in the last three games.   

- UTC had 18 assists on 26 baskets today … third game in a row with 16+ assists.

- Mocs shot 26-54 (48.1%) from the field … 7-25 (28.0%) from three … 19-29 (65.1%) from inside the arc … only nine of those shots were in the paint, so UTC was hitting a lot of mid-range jumpers. 

- UTC outrebounded The Citadel 40-37, but the Bulldogs turned 12 offensive boards into a 12-4 advantage in second-chance points. 

INDIVIDUAL
Head Coach Lamont Paris
- 20-33 in his second season.
- 8-17 in SoCon play.
- 16-9 at home.
- 2-1 vs. The Citadel.
 
Kevin Easley – 33 – Fr.-F
- Second-straight double-double with 22 points and 12 boards.
- Team-high and tied for game-high in scoring.
- Game-high in rebounds.
- First 20 and 10 game of his career.
- Sixth 20-point game of the year.
- Season-high for rebounds.
- Shot 9-16 form the field, 2-4 from three and 2-4 from the FT line. 
- Added two assists and a steal. 
- 17th game in double-figures … seventh in a row.
- 16-28 (57.1%) from three last five games.

David Jean-Baptiste – 3 – So. – G
- Game-high five assists.
- Added six points, five boards and two steals.
- 13 assists in last three games.

Jerry Johnson, Jr. – 2 – Jr. – G
- Tied a season-high with seven rebounds.
- Added four assists and four points. 

Donovann Toatley – 5 – Fr.-G
- 15 points in 21 minutes off the bench.
- Shot 5-9 from the field, 2-4 from three and 3-5 from the FT line.
- 12th game in double-figures … seventh time in last eight games.
- Added three assists and two boards.

Ramon Vila – 15 – So.-F
- 17 points on 7-9 shooting, 3-4 from the FT line.
- Shooting 51-75 (68.0%) from the field on the season. 
- Added six boards.
- Drew five fouls for the second game in a row.