Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
Western Carolina at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Thursday – Jan. 31, 2019
TEAM
- The Mocs dropped a 105-96 home SoCon game to Western Carolina tonight. The Mocs fall to 10-13 overall and 5-5 in league games. Western Carolina improved to 6-17, 3-7 in league action.
- UTC is 8-2 at home this season … 4-1 in SoCon games in McKenzie Arena.
- Mocs are 65-27 all-time against Western Carolina … lost three of last four … 38-5 at home … lost two in a row to the Catamounts in McKenzie Arena.  Â
- Mocs 96 points are a season-high … 105 by Western Carolina are the most allowed this year.Â
- 105 for the Catamounts is their season-high … Mocs' 96 ties for the third most allowed by WCU this season.Â
- Mocs were whistled for a season-high 26 fouls …
Jonathan Scott and
A.J. Caldwell both fouled out.Â
- WCU shot 33-58 (56.9%) from the field … 14-25 (56.0%) from three and 25-32 (78.1%) from the FT line.
- Catamounts' 14 threes are the most against UTC this season … 25 FTs tied for the most by a UTC opponent this season.
- UTC committed a season-low five turnovers.Â
- All five starters scored in double-figures for the Mocs, including
Kevin Easley (25), Donovan Toatley (19),
Jonathan Scott (14), Jerry Johnson (14),
Ramon Vila (12) … last time with five in double-figures was against Bryan on Dec. 21, 2018.  Â
- WCU had to players with 30 points … Onno Stenger scored 30, while Marcus Thomas led all scorers with 32 off the bench.Â
INDIVIDUAL
Kevin Easley – 34 – Fr.-F
- Team-high 25 points.Â
- Shot 10-20 from the floor, 2-7 from three and 3-5 from the FT line.
- Added five boards, two assists and two steals.
- Seventh game with 20+ points.
- 10
th time leading the team in scoring.
Jerry Johnson, Jr. – 2 – Jr.-G
- 14 points on 4-10 shooting, 2-4 from three and 4-5 from the FT line.
- Added five boards and three assists.
- Third-straight game in double-figures … four of last five.
- 11-20 from the field and 5-9 from three last two games.
Jonathan Scott – 1 - Jr. – G/F
- 14 points on 5-9 shooting, 4-7 from three.
- Sixth game in double-figures.
- Second game with 4+ threes.
- 12-20 from three last six games.Â
- Fouled out for the second time this season.
Donovan Toatley – 5 – Fr. – G
- Tied a season-high with 19 points for the fourth time … last was at ETSU (1/5).
- Shot 4-12 from the field, 0-5 from three and 11-12 from the FT line.
- Most FTs made and attempted this season.
- 12
th game in double-figures.Â
- Added three boards and three assists.
Ramon Vila – 15 – So. – F
- 12 points on 5-8 shooting.
- Had one rebound, three assists and a block.
- Eighth game in double-figures.
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