2021-22 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 7 – at Tennessee Tech
Nov. 30 – Eblen Center – Cookeville, Tenn.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL
- The Chattanooga Mocs 82-65 triumph at Tennessee Tech on Tuesday night at the Hooper Eblin Center…Mocs are now 6-1, while the Eagles are 2-5.
- Trailed by as many as 13 (15-28, 8:32) in the first half...down 10, 29-39, with 1:40 left before halftime after Chattanooga native Jr. Clay's layup...out-scored their hosts 36-10 over the next 13:13 to flip it to a 16-point advantage, 65-49, on a thunderous Silvio DeSousa oop off David Jean-Baptiste's alley…topped TTU 53-26 over final 21:40.
- 1,365-1,108 in season No. 103…45th campaign as a DI program with an 819-539 ledger.
- 9 straight non-conference road wins...last road loss was Dec. 11, 2019 at Virginia Tech (58-63).
- 6-1 for the 9th time...1st was 1927 and most recent came opening the 2002-03 slate...7-0 four times including last year's school-record 9-0 blast off.
- 47-54 all-time on Game 7 of the campaign.
- 10-5 all-time on Nov. 30…4-3…last game on this date before tonight? 62-54 win at…Tennessee Tech.
- 3rd straight season scheduling a non-conference home-and-home series...third sweep in a row...won on the road and then at home against Troy in 2019-20....last year's was pared to just the road win at Bellarmine due to COVID restructuring of the ledger...go for a second sweep at UNC Asheville on Dec. 8.
- 60.6 percent shooting in the second half (20-33)...just 3-13 (23.1%)...hit 17-20 (85.0%) inside the arc.
- 26 points off 13 Tennessee Tech turnovers.
 
SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 62 | Record: 22-40 | Home: 15-12 | Away: 7-28

• 7th meeting in last eight seasons...Mocs have won five of the seven matchups including the last two on the road.

 
COACH
Lamont Paris (College of Wooster '96)
Record: 66-65

• Home: 38-22 | Away: 24-37 | Neutral: 4-6
• vs. TTU: 4-1 | Home: 2-0 | Away: 2-1

 
INDIVIDUAL
- Malachi Smith had 28 points on 11-14 shooting (9-9 2pt/2-5 3pt) and 4-4 at the free throw line...averaged 23.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 4.5 apg and 1.5 spg steals in the season series shooting 58.6 percent (17-29) from the field, 45.5 percent (5-11) from three and a perfect 7-7 FT vs the Golden Eagles in 2021-22...3rd 20-point effort of the season and one off career-best 29 at Tennessee State last December.
- 2nd double-double of the campaign for Silvio DeSousa…17 points and 11 rebounds…nine of the boards came on the defensive glass…second multi-block game in a row…has seven of the Mocs 15 blocks on the season…15-19 shooting from the field over the last two games (78.9%).
- Second 18-point night in a row for David Jean-Baptiste…tied for second-best total behind 26 at Loyola Marymount…averaging 18.7 ppg on the road this season…six assists with just one turnover.
- Jean-Baptiste is just 12 shy of 1,400 points…shot past Kevin Gray's (1973-76) 1,385 points into 10th-place all-time at Chattanooga…Ralph Simpson (1970-73) is next in ninth with 1,400 points…219 treys made is second all-time at Chattanooga behind Stephen McDowell's (2008-09) 243.