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CHATTANOOGA--- The Chattanooga Mocs hit the road for a tough test at Middle Tennessee. The Mocs are 3-0 coming off a 79-72 triumph over two-time defending Horizon League champs Northern Kentucky. The Blue Raiders drubbed Murray State 78-61 Thursday in their home opener.
 
It's the second of four games in a very busy Saturday-to-Saturday stretch for the Scenic City squad. The trip to Murfreesboro comes just before a farther trip north to Bellarmine (Wednesday) before hosting North Georgia next Saturday.
 
The Mocs have won pretty, ugly and gritty in the first three contests. Gritty was the most recent entry with a little pretty thrown in shooting 58.1 percent after intermission. Gritty will come in handy Monday night in Murfreesboro. Middle Tennessee allowed 60, 57 and 61 points in its first three this season.
 
This is the 66th meeting between the two schools. That's the 9th-longest series in school history and second longest (68-Tennessee Wesleyan) with no conference alliance at any point.
 
Game 4: Chattanooga (3-0) at Middle Tennessee (1-2)
Dec. 7 | Murfreesboro | Murphy Center (10,000)
 
MEDIA AVAILABILITY
TV: CUSA TV. Chip Walters (PxP) & Kyle Turnham (Analysis)
 
RADIO: WFLI 97.7 FM/1070 AM. Jim Reynolds is in his 41st year as the "Voice of the Mocs". The audio broadcast is also available on the TuneIn app.          
 
SERIES INFO
Record: 33-32 | 66th meeting | Home: 22-9 | Away: 9-23 | Neutral: 2-0
 
COACHES
Chattanooga: Lamont Paris (Wooster '96) | UTC: 45-56 (4th season) | Career: Same | vs. MT: 0-0
Middle Tenn.: Nick McDevitt (UNC Asheville '01) | MT: 20-46 (3rd) | Career: 118-112 (8th) | vs. UTC: 0-0
 
3 NOTES TO KNOW
- 1st time 3-0 since 2015-16 season when opened 3-0 beating Georgia, Hiwassee & Illinois. That team went on to win a school-record 29 games. 14 Mocs teams have opened 3-0, seven moved forward 4-0. Last 4-0 start? 1987-88 (5-0). The only one of the DI era. The seven 4-0 or better starts: 8-0: 1973-74 | 7-0: 1972-73, 1974-75 | 5-0; 1929, 1930, 1987-88 | 4-0: 1975-76.
- +8.00 turnover margin leads the Southern Conference: +6 vs. Lander (11/17), +10 at Tennessee Tech (10/20) & +8 vs. Northern Kentucky (13/21). +16 in points off turnovers in Saturday's win over NKU (29-13), +46 (75/29) for the season averaging 25.0 per game to 9.7 for opponents.
- Last two wins powered by strong second half runs. The Mocs closed out Tennessee Tech (14-0, 4:47) and pulled away from Northern Kentucky (13-0, 3:26) thanks to extended spurts. The TTU run was fueled by nine straight defensive stops, while the NKU blitz came on six consecutive scoring possessions along with eight straight stops.
 
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