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GREENSBORO---The Chattanooga Mocs took a 72-52 Southern Conference loss at UNC Greensboro Saturday night. It's a tough pill to swallow after the Mocs came back from an 11-point deficit to take a brief second half advantage.
 
David Jean-Baptiste capped a 15-3 run turning a 42-31 score into 46-45 with 11:56 to play. It was an impressive stretch after the hole dug with the early turnover bug.
 
"We overcame that," Coach Lamon Paris said. "It did kill us at the end of the day, but it's a cumulative score. If you could throw out scores in the first half or second half, you would. We overcame that, took the lead, and then more of the same happened. That's what was frustrating.
 
"You figure out how to stop it and then you allow it to happen again. "
 
The Spartans jumped back in front led by Isaiah Miller. He scored 18 of his game-high 26 in the second half. He pushed the lead back to nine, 58-49, with a three at 6:31. Ramon Vila, who paced the Mocs with 15, answered with his sixth basket in the low block. It was a manageable seven-point margin, 58-51, with just over six minutes to go.
 
That's the last field goal Chattanooga scored with just an Ashton Smith free throw in the final minute adding to the tally. UNCG out-scored their guests 14-1 the rest of the way. In the final 12 possessions, the Mocs went 0-7 from the field, 1-7 from the line and had three turnovers.
 
"It showed that we can play with the best teams in the conference," Junior guard David Jean-Baptiste shared. "It shows we can play right there with them. It's just when adversity hits, you have to stay the course. Once they got the lead back, we took some questionable shots, had some good looks that didn't fall, and they made some good plays."
 
It's right back home for the Mocs hosting The Citadel Wednesday night in the Roundhouse. Game time is at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the link above or consider the new "All You Can Eat" option. The squad heads back out for the next two at ETSU (Jan. 25) and Samford (Jan. 29).
 
RECORDS
Chattanooga 12-7/3-3 | UNCG 15-5/5-2
 
QUOTABLE
"We have to get back to our stuff, get back to how we play, and regroup. I don't want to overreact, but we were playing and competing at a certain level and tonight, I didn't feel like we did that. That's what is frustrating most. I felt like we were less aggressive, in some instances, because of who we were playing. And that shouldn't happen." – Paris on upcoming matchup vs. The Citadel
 
"They had 12 offensive rebounds and we had 10, so I don't think that's a big deal even though we could have boxed out a little more. I think the main problem is that you cannot win the game with a ratio of six assists and 19 turnovers. It's probably one of our worst games this season there. We lost so many balls when they had a big run. We were up one and then we ended up down 20 because of that. We'll just work in practice and try to fix it." – Junior forward Ramon Vila
 
Check out all we heard at the link above.
 
3 NOTES TO KNOW

• 46th series meeting is the second-fewest among current SoCon members ahead of the 43rd completed earlier this week against Wofford. Quite a shift from last Saturday which was the longest-tenured opponent Samford at 100. 24-22 against the Spartans, 10-12 at Greensboro. 20-19 in regular season league battles.
• Fourth game in a row that reserve guard/forward A.J. Caldwell had five or more rebounds grabbing a career-high seven in 25 minutes off the bench. Averaging 5.8 per game over that span.
• Came into the contest leading the SoCon with a 1.7 A/TO ratio in league games only. That number was 0.3 (6/19) tonight, a season low.

Check out all the notables at the link above.
 
3 STATS TO KNOW

• 12 offensive rebounds allowed to the Spartans led to 18 points. That ties Virginia Tech for the season best total by an opponent. The season average was just 8.5 per game entering the contest.
• UNCG came into tonight fifth in the nation averaging 10.2 steals per game. Only seven of the Mocs 19 turnovers came on steals.
• 38.5 percent shooting (20-52) for Chattanooga was the lowest since 33.9 percent at Tennessee in November. The squad came into tonight on a heater shooting 53.4 percent during the 3-game homestand.

Take a deeper dive into the numbers at the link above.
 
SOCON SCOREBOARD
At Wofford 66, Furman 52 (Friday)
at VMI 88, The Citadel 79
Mercer 90, at Samford 75
ETSU 85, at Western Carolina 66
 
MBB UPCOMING GAMES
Jan. 22: The Citadel | Current Rec.: 6-11/0-6 | Next Opp: at Chattanooga (Jan. 22)
Jan. 25: at ETSU | Current Rec.: 17-3/6-1 | Next Opp: Chattanooga (Jan. 25)
Jan. 29: at Samford | Current Rec.: 8-12/2-4 | Next Opp: at Furman (Jan. 22)
 
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