Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
ETSU at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Wednesday – Feb. 5, 2020
TEAM
- The Mocs dropped an 80-64 home game to ETSU tonight … UTC fell to 14-10 overall and 5-6 in SoCon action … ETSU improved to 20-4 overall and 9-2 in league play.Â
- 47-42 in the all-time series … 24-12 at home.
- UTC had a 35-29 lead at the break, but ETSU shot 20-31 (64.5%) from the field and 7-11 (63.6%) from three to outscore the Mocs 51-29 in the second half.
- UTC had eight turnovers in the first half, but only four in the second.
- Mocs were 4-6 from three in the first 20 minutes … 1-9 the rest of the way.
- UTC was 15-17 (88.2%) from the FT line … tied for second-best showing this season (TWU & at EKU).
- ETSU had 18 assists on 32 baskets … second most assists against UTC this season (20 at Florida State).
- Mocs were outscored 42-26 in the paint … fourth game in a row getting beat inside by +10.
- Lost the rebound battle for the second game in a row (31-28) … only the third time in the last 12 games losing the glass advantage.
INDIVIDUAL
David Jean-Baptiste – Jr.-G
- Team-high 16 points.
- Shot 6-9 from the field, 2-3 from three and 2-2 from the FT line.
- Was 5-23 (21.7%) from three previous four games.
Matt Ryan – Sr.-G/F
- 14 points on 5-11 shooting, 2-7 from three, 2-2 from the FT line.
- Added four boards and two assists.
- Scored his 900
th collegiate point (902 – 351 at UTC).
Ramon Vila – Jr.-F
- 14 points on 5-9 shooting, 4-4 from the FT line.
- Eighth-straight game in double-figures.
- Team-high eight boards.
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