Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
Western Carolina at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday – Feb. 8, 2020
TEAM
- The Mocs dropped a 61-53 Southern Conference game to Western Carolina in McKenzie Arena today. UTC falls to 6-17 overall and 5-4 in SoCon play … WCU improves to 5-19 and 2-7 in league action.
- 78-12 all-time against WCU … 36-6 at home.Â
- WCU outscored the Mocs 17-7 in the second quarter to take control of the game … WCU led by as many as 18 (38-20 – 6:08) in the third quarter … Mocs cut the lead to 2 (55-53 – 2:06) in the fourth quarter.
- Mocs had six blocks in the game … second-most this season (7 at ETSU).
- UTC allowed WCU to shoot 51.1% (24-47) from the field … second-highest FG% allowed this season (52.7% vs. Purdue).Â
- Mocs were whistled for just nine fouls in the game … second-fewest this season (7 vs. Purdue).Â
- Mocs were even on the bards (31-31) for the first time this season.
- UTC is 0-16 when trailing going into the fourth quarter … 1-16 when trailing at the half.Â
INDIVIDUAL
Bria Dial – Jr.-G
- Game-high 20 points.
- Shot 5-14 from the field, 4-10 from three, 6-8 from the FT line.
- Tied a career mark for FTs made.Â
- Most 3s taken in a game.
- One off a career-high with six boards.Â
- 4
th career game with 20+ points … all this season.
Eboni Williams – So.-F
- 12 points on 5-13 shooting, 1-3 from three and 1-1 from the FT line.
- Tied for team-high with seven boards.
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