Chattanooga at The Citadel
Saturday, February 21, 2019
Charleston, S.C.; McAlister Field House
Postgame Notes
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TEAM
- Chattanooga captured a 68-65 win at The Citadel Thursday night…now 12-16 overall, 7-8 in the Southern Conference…the Bulldogs are 11-15, 3-12 in league play.
- 65 series wins over The Citadel ranks as second most of any opponent all-time…66 vs. Western Carolina is first with 60 against Samford ranking third.
- 12-5 when leading at the half…10-point advantage, 37-27, at intermission…5th consecutive contest leading after 20 minutes.
- Chattanooga shot 45.8 percent while limiting the Bulldogs to 34.4 percent.
- The Citadel was +10 at the free throw line making 15 compared to five for the visitors…it was 88.2 percent on its 17 attempts.
- Five blocks registered by the Mocs, the most since the Jan. 3 win at Western Carolina where there was also five…season high is six in the December home win over VMI.
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BY THE NUMBERS
1 – Chattanooga needs one more win to clinch a top 6 seed in the Ingles Southern Conference Championship presented by General Shale.
2 – 2nd SoCon regular season sweep this season (VMI).
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Ramon Vila converted both of his offensive rebounds into points tonight.
8 – Games decided by five points or less…5-3 in those contests.18/28
30 – 30 wins in Charleston…most road wins against any SoCon opponent: Western Carolina (22), Furman (18) & VMI (18).
64.2 – Percent inside the 3pt arc making 18 of 28.
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SERIES NOTES
- Meeting: 83rd.
- 65-18 vs. the Bulldogs all-time.
- 61-15 in regular season conference games.
- 30-11 on the road.
- Last 10: 8-2.
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STUDENT-ATHLETES
David Jean-Baptiste, So.-G
- Team-high 16 points…4th time leading the squad in scoring this year, 6th of his career.
- 4th straight game in double digits…averaging 12.8 ppg over that span.
- 14th double-figure scoring game in 2018-19, 22nd of his career.
- 60th career contest.
- 6-14 shooting including 3-8 from three and 1-2 at the FT line…7th game with three or treys made, 11 in his second year.
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Ramon Vila, So.-F
- Second career double-double…10 points and a career-high 12 rebounds.
- 13.5 points and 9.0 boards per game against The Citadel this season.
- 5-8 shooting…8th time making five or more shots in his 18 games.
- Two blocks…6th multi-block contest.
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Justin Brown, Fr.-C
- 10 points and five rebounds…1st appearance since Jan. 24 at Furman, a span of eight games.
- Shot 4-6 from the field…best performance against a DI opponent this year.
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Donovann Toatley, Fr.-G
- 15 points in 21 minutes before fouling out.
- 6-9 from the field…6th time making six or more shots.
- 3-4 from 3pt range…career-high for threes made.
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