Chattanooga vs. UNC Greensboro
Saturday, March 7, 2020
Asheville, N.C.; Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville
Postgame Notes
 
TEAM
- The Chattanooga Mocs move on to the Southern Conference semifinals with a 78-68 win over UNC Greensboro Saturday night…UTC is 20-12, while UNCG drops to 23-9.
- The Mocs are getting hot at the right time…winners of three in a row, four of five and six of the last eight.
- 26-22 against UNCG…3-3 in the SoCon Tournament…2-1 in 2020.
- Back-to-back meetings with the Spartans closing out the regular season with a 74-72 win on Senior Day in the Roundhouse…third time facing finale opponent in first tournament game winning 57-65 at Elon in 2008 before a 60-57 loss in the quarterfinals in North Charleston, S.C….flipped that in 1986 losing in home finale to The Citadel, 82-57, before turning the tables with a 69-66 triumph in Asheville.
- 20th 20-win season, first since school-record 29 wins in 2016...clinched the 56th winning record all-time on Feb. 19 at The Citadel (91-68)…32nd of the DI era (43 campaigns).
- -6 turnover margin against the nation's leader in the stat…UNCG came into the game +6.4 for the season…despite the gap with 16 turnovers to the Spartans 10, there was a mere 3-point deficit in points off turnovers (17-20).
- Shot 53.7 percent (29-54) including 4-10 (40%) from 3pt range…fewest threes made in a game this season…fewest in a win since an 83-73 home win over The Citadel on Jan. 11, 2017 (4-18), a span of 111 games.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
3 – 10 points for Jonathan Scott tonight is his 3rd double-digit game of the season.
18.7 – scoring average for David Jean-Baptiste in his opening game in his three SoCon Tournaments.
24 – trips to the SoCon semis…18-5 in previous 23.
57 – tourney wins ranks second all-time to Davidson's 67…Chattanooga (57-31) has just 88 games played compared to 111 for Davidson (64-47).
400 – David Jean-Baptiste's 21 points put him over the 400 mark for the season (414)…that gives the Mocs three with 400 or more (Matt Ryan 491 & Ramon Vila 422) for the fifth time in school history and first since 1991-92 (LeVert Threats 472, Keith Nelson 467 & Tim Brooks 427)…highest-scoring threesome tallied 1,730 points during the 1977 NCAA DII National Championship run: William Gordon 700, Wayne Golden 657 & Gary Stitch 373.
 
STUDENT-ATHLETES
Ramon Vila, Jr.-F
- 22 points and 12 rebounds for first career 20&10 night…1st by a Moc in a SoCon Tourney game since Makinde London's 25-point, 15-rebound performance in the 2018 first round win over Samford.
- 1st double-double this season, third career.
- 42 points and 18 boards in the back-to-back games vs. UNCG.
 
David Jean-Baptiste, Jr.-G
- 21 points, six rebounds and two assists.
- 8-10 FG, 1-1 3pt & 4-4 FT…75 percent (21-28) from the field and 3pt range (9-12) in his first SoCon Tourney game in each of his three seasons…1st 20pt effort in the tournament best 18 against Samford in 2018…3rd in double figures.
 
Jonathan Scott, Sr.-G/F
- 10 points…3rd double-digit game of the season and ninth career.
- 1st time in double figures since 11 in the overtime win over Troy in December in the Roundhouse.