Chattanooga vs. ETSU
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Asheville, N.C.; U.S. Cellular Center
Postgame Notes
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga went down-to-the-wire in a 68-64 loss to ETSU in the quarterfinals of the Ingles Southern Conference Championship presented by General Shale Saturday afternoon…end season 12-20 overall, the Bucs improve to 24-8.
- 47-41 all-time against the Bucs…more on the series in "By the Numbers".
- 23-17 all-time in the SoCon Tourney quarterfinals…back-to-back years facing the Bucs in the round of eight losing 77-59 last March.
- 56-31 all-time in the SoCon Tourney overall…11 titles are the most in the league since the program joined in 1977-78 with Davidson's eight a distant second.
- There were seven lead changes and three ties tonight...all came in the first half.
- Tough night at the free throw for both teams combining to shoot 58.1 percent (18-31)…Chattanooga was 10-17 (58.8%), while ETSU was 8-14 (57.1%) including two lane violations by the Mocs on misses by Jeromy Rodriguez who then made the extra attempt.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
-4 – Rebound margin tonight…Bucs entered the contest leading the nation in rebounding margin at 11.1.
6 – SoCon Quarterfinals meetings with the Bucs…3-3 in this round.
10 – 3pt made tonight…16th game with 10 or treys…28-67 (41.8%) against ETSU this season.
16 – Times the Mocs and Bucs squared off in the SoCon Tournament.
17 – Turnover for Chattanooga…ETSU held a 13-5 advantage in points off turnovers.
88 – All-time meetings between the two schools…ties Furman for third-most frequent opponent after Samford (99) and Western Carolina (93).
 
STUDENT-ATHLETES
David Jean-Baptiste, So.-G
- 17 points on 6-10 shooting including 4-7 from 3-pt range.
- Finished season scoring in double figures in eight straight…averaged 13.3 ppg over the stretch making 50 percent (41-82) from the field and 44.2 percent (19-43) from long range.
- 18 contests in double figures this year, 26 in 64 career games.
- Scored 500th career point tonight…now stands at 508.
 
Ramon  Vila, So.-F
- 16 points and five rebounds…near-perfect from the field at 7-8.
- Finished season shooting 62.5 percent (95-152)…first Moc to shoot better than 60 percent from the field while making at least four FG per contest since Justin Tuoyo (64.5%) in 2016-17…Tuoyo's was the first since Chris Mims (64.8%) in 1996-97.
- 87.5 percent (7-8) performance tonight was his best of the season topping 80.0 percent (8-10) in the Jan. 12 win over Samford…was 16-25 (64.0%) in his three meetings with the Bucs averaging 12.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per contest.

Kevin Easley, Fr.-F
- Tied career high with 12 rebounds...11 came on the defensive glass, a season best...four games with double-digit rebounds, three on the defensige end alone.
- Finished with freshmen records for points (412), rebounds (193) and 3pt made (50).