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CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs close the regular season this week with Southern Conference visits from first-place Wofford and fourth-place Furman. The positioning battle is coming down to the wire.
Two seed positions – No. 1 Wofford & No. 2 UNCG – are clinched for the Ingles SoCon Championship presented by General Shale March 8-11 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, N.C. ETSU (12-5) and Furman (11-5) can still finish either third or fourth. Chattanooga (7-9) has the inside track for fifth with both Samford (6-10) and Mercer (6-10) lurking in sixth. The top six in the final standings earn a bye in the tourney quarterfinals. A win clinches a top 6 berth for the Mocs and likely the fifth seed depending on the verdict of Furman at Samford.
The Terriers enter the contest as the 24th-ranked team in the nation according to the AP and tied for 25th in the coaches poll. It's the first visit by a ranked team since No. 15 Georgia Tech on Dec. 14, 2009.
The last time a ranked SoCon opponent came to the Roundhouse? No. 20 College of Charleston on Feb. 13, 1999, a 58-53 loss. The Mocs are 1-1 against ranked SoCon teams in McKenzie Arena defeating No. 15 ETSU 76-74 on Jan. 21, 1991. 3-41 all-time against ranked opponents, 1-31 in the regular season.
Jerry Johnson, Jr., led three Mocs in double figures in an
80-69 Loss at Wofford in January. Johnson's 19 helped the visitors to an eight-point advantage early in the second half. It was tied 53-all with 11 minutes to play when a 14-3 spurt put the Terriers ahead for good.
Game No. 30: No. 24 Wofford (24-4/16-0) at Chattanooga (12-17/7-9)
Site: Chattanooga, Tenn. | McKenzie Arena (10,995)
Time: 7 p.m.
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PROBABLE STARTERS
F – 1 –
Jonathan Scott: 5.9 ppg | 3.5 rpg
F – 34 –
Kevin Easley: 14.7 ppg | 6.5 rpg
C – 15 –
Ramon Vila: 10.2 ppg | 5.4 rpg
G – 3 –
David Jean-Baptiste: 9.3 ppg | 2.4 rpg
G – 2 –
Jerry Johnson, Jr.: 10.5 ppg | 3.4 rpg
SERIES VS. WOFFORD
Chattanooga leads 23-17 | SoCon Regular Season: 20-16 | Home: 13-5 | Away: 9-11 | Neutral: 1-1
Last 10 meetings:
| Date |
Site |
Result |
Score |
| 1/5/2015 |
H |
L |
64-68 |
| 2/12/2015 |
A |
W |
46-56 |
| 1/11/2016 |
A |
W |
77-68 |
| 2/4/2016 |
H |
W |
79-63 |
| 1/5/2017 |
H |
W |
77-66 |
| 2/11/2017 |
A |
W |
73-65 |
| 3/4/2017 |
N |
L |
67-79 |
| 1/20/2018 |
A |
L |
67-71 |
| 2/17/2018 |
H |
L |
64-74 |
| 1/26/2019 |
A |
L |
69-80 |
NOTABLE
- David Jean-Baptiste reached double figures in each of the last five games averaging 13.2 points per contest over that span. His shooting numbers: 49.0 percent overall (25-51) and 42.9 percent (12-28) from long range.
- Reserve forward Justin Brown sat out games 21-27 before getting back in action in both games of last weekend's road trip. Brown scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds in 27 minutes at The Citadel and Mercer.
- Ramon Vila is shooting 60.5 percent from the field. Last Moc to shoot 60+ percent making at least four FG per game? Justin Tuoyo, 64.5%, 2016-17. Before Tuoyo? Chris Mims' 64.8% in 1996-97.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Feb. 23 at Mercer, 4 p.m.
Feb. 28 vs. Wofford, 7 p.m.
March 2 vs. Furman, 2 p.m. (Senior Day)
SOCON WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Feb. 28 (Thursday)
Wofford at Chattanooga, 7 p.m.
UNCG at The Citadel, 11:30 a.m.
Mercer at VMI, 7 p.m.
Furman at Samford, 7:30 p.m.
March 2 (Saturday)
Furman at Chattanooga, 2 p.m.
The Citadel at VMI, 1 p.m.
Wofford at Samford, 2 p.m.
Western Carolina at ETSU, 4 p.m.
UNCG at Mercer, 4:30 p.m.
GOMOCS.COM IN A WORD FEATURE SERIES
David Jean-Baptiste –
Engaged
Thomas Smallwood –
Dad
Rod Johnson –
Mayor
Kevin Easley –
Goofy
Justin Brown –
Waffle
Jerry Johnson, Jr. –
Buckets
Jonathan Scott –
Energy
Keigan Kerby –
Hair
Duane Moss –
Dwight
Ramon Vila –
Everyman
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