Chattanooga at ETSU
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Johnson City, Tenn.; Freedom Hall
Postgame Notes
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga got on track too late in a 75-64 loss at ETSU…13-8, 4-4 in the Southern Conference…Bucs improve to 18-3, 7-1.
- 89th meeting between the two schools with a 47-42 mark the Mocs way…third-longest running series in school history behind Samford (100) and Western Carolina (94) and just ahead of Furman (88).
- Tied season low of five 3pt made missing the fist seven…closed the game 5-8 (62.5%)…15 attempts is the fewest this year.
- Limited the Bucs offensive rebounds to five which ties for the worst output of the campaign…averaged grabbing nearly 35 percent of their misses leading the SoCon but held to 16.2 percent this afternoon.
- -12 turnover margin (18-6) aiding the Bucs to a 20-9 advantage on points off turnovers…third time this season the opposition scored 20 or more off turnovers behind 23 at Florida State and 21 at Eastern Kentucky.
- 51.1 percent shooting making 25 of a season-low 45 shots…fewest FG attempts since 40 in the Nov. 20, 2017 home win over Alabama State…60 percent (18-30) inside the 3pt arc…4-2 when shooting better than 50 percent, 9-2 when turning in a better shooting effort than the opponent…ETSU was 48.3 percent.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
2 – positive rebound margin (30-28) against the league's best rebounding team (5.4 entering the day).
5 – Ramon Vila was a +5 during his 27:16 of court time today…best on the team and tied for third-best on either squad.
19 – Scoring margin over the first 6:13 of the second half for the Bucs (22-3)…Mocs were +16 the remainder of the game.
49 – Points off the bench combined with 24 for the good guys and 25 for the Bucs.
72.7 – A.J. Caldwell has made 8 of his last 11 3pt shots dating back to the second half of the Samford win.
82.1 – defensive rebound percentage over last nine games (257/313).
 
STUDENT-ATHLETES
A.J. Caldwell, So.-G/F
- Career-high 17 points…perfect 6-6 from the field including 3-3 from 3pt range…2-3 on free throws.
- Tied for the scoring lead while pacing the squad in rebounding (7) and assists (4).
- Career-best 32 minutes played.
 
Ramon Vila, Jr.-F
- 17 points, six rebounds and three assists.
- 7-10 from the field (70%)…5th straight game with six or FG made shooting 36 of 58 over that stretch (62.1%).
- 13.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per contest shooting 65.7 percent (23-35) in four career matchups with ETSU.