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CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs are home for the week beginning with a Wednesday visit from Mercer. Both squads are looking to get their conference seasons on track after slow starts.

Chattanooga is coming home from a 92-87 loss at The Citadel. It's three league losses are by a combined 14 points after closing the nine-game win streak to start the season with three consecutive three-point wins. David Jean-Baptiste leads the way at 19.1 points per game. Malachi Smith posts 16.6 points and 10.2 rebounds per contest with Stefan Kenić (13.2) also contributing double digits.

The Bears built their 7-3 mark with strong offensive numbers registering 81.6 points per game. Five players average in double figures in Ross Cummings (16.6), Neftali Alvarez (13.0), Felipe Haase (12.5), Maciej Bender (12.1) and Leon Ayers (11.7). They were Georgia state champs with wins over Georgia Tech (83-73), Georgia State (86-69), Georgia Southern (77-75) and Kennesaw State (81-81). Georgia State was the only win of the four at home.
 
Watch on ESPN+ along with WFLI 97.7 FM/1070 AM in Chattanooga as well as the TuneIn app.
 
Game 14: Chattanooga (10-3/1-3) vs. Mercer (7-3/0-2)
Jan. 13 | 7 p.m. | McKenzie Arena (10,995)
 
MEDIA AVAILABILITY
TV: ESPN+. Chris Goforth (PxP) & Todd Agne (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.          
 
vs. MERCER
81st meeting | Record: 40-40 | Home: 22-13 | Away: 15-26 | Neutral: 3-1 | SoCon Regular Season: 6-6
Last Meeting: STORY | STATS | NOTES | QUOTES | PHOTOS
- 6-6 regular season record since the Bears entered the league in 2014-15.
- 3-3 at home and 3-3 on the road.
- 80 all-time meetings rank 6th all-time behind Samford (104), Western Carolina (95), ETSU (91), Furman (91) and The Citadel (86).
- 40 series wins are 9th behind The Citadel (67), Western Carolina (66), Samford (65), Furman (54), Tennessee Wesleyan (50), ETSU (47), VMI (46) and Appalachian State (45).
- 40 series losses rates tied for second behind ETSU (44) with Tennessee Tech.
- How old is the series? The first meeting was Feb. 12, 1921. The Mocs-Bears 1-1 record in SoCon Tournament play were in the 1922 and 1923 events. The two have not met in "modern times" in the league tourney.
 
COACHES
Chattanooga: Lamont Paris (Wooster '96) | UTC: 52-59 (4th season) | Career: Same | vs. Mercer: 2-4
Mercer: Greg Gary (Tulane '92) | Mercer: 24-18 (2nd) | Career: 40-62 (4th) | vs. UTC: 1-1
 
3 NOTES TO KNOW
- 700th Southern Conference regular season game for the Mocs with a 432-267 (.618) record all-time.
- Stefan Kenić is 17 points shy of 1,000 for his collegiate career. That includes 617 in 66 career contests at Cleveland State (Ohio) and 366 in his 40 outings at UTC.
- One of 22 teams in the nation with 10 or more wins (thru Jan. 10).
 
3 STATS TO KNOW
- David Jean-Baptiste's 166 3pt made ranks seventh all-time. Wes Moore '98 is sixth with 167, while Omar Wattad '12 (168) holds down the fifth spot…for now.
- Top three in points per shot attempts in SoCon only games: KC Hankton (1.70), Josh Ayeni (1.50) and Jamaal Walker (1.34).
- The Mocs lead the SoCon in defensive rebound percentage (78.1%). The school record of 76.4 percent was set last season. The fourth (72.9%) and sixth (72.5%) best were done in Lamont Paris' first two campaigns in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
 
NEXT 3 OPPONENTS
Jan. 16: Wofford, 2 p.m. | Current Record: 6-4/3-1 | Next Up: at Chattanooga (Jan. 16)
Jan. 20: at Samford, 8 p.m. | Current Record: 5-5/1-2 | Next Up: at ETSU (Jan. 13)
Jan. 23: UNC Greensboro, Noon | Current Record: 6-5/1-2 | Next Opp: at Western Carolina (Jan. 13)
 
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