CHATTANOOGA --- The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team looks to rebound from Wednesday's setback as it faces another tall task with a Saturday night matchup on the road at Murray State inside CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. ET.
Chattanooga (9-2) saw its 11-game non-conference road winning streak snapped with a 76-68 loss to mid-major power Belmont on Wednesday night. The Mocs, who sit at No. 8 in the latest Collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll, will wrap up a five out of six game road stretch this Saturday at MSU.
The Racers are currently ranked No. 10 in the same Collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll and are winners of their last six, which includes a 74-72 road victory last Friday at Memphis. The squad is a perfect 5-0 at home this season with a most recent 118-48 victory over common opponent Tennessee Wesleyan on Wednesday.
The upcoming game at Murray State can be streamed on ESPN+ through the Watch ESPN platform or fans can listen on WFLI 97.7 FM/1070 AM in Chattanooga as well as on GoMocs.com and the Varsity Network app.
GAME BASICS
▪ Chattanooga (9-2, 0-0) at Murray State (9-1, 0-0)
▪ 8:00 p.m. ET | CFSB Center (8,600) | Murray, Ky.
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STATS
GAME NOTES
Chattanooga |
Murray State |
SoCon
SERIES HISTORY – 9th Meeting
All-Time: 2-6 – Murray State
Last: 73-65, Murray State – Dec. 11, 2010 (McKenzie Arena)
Home: 2-1 – Chattanooga
Away: 4-0 – Murray State
Neutral: 1-0 – Murray State
TIP-OFF
- Chattanooga enters the game with an 9-2 record for the second-straight season... coming off a 76-68 loss on Wednesday at Belmont... second-straight game of top 10 Collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 teams... UTC sits at No. 8 while Murray State claims the No. 10 slot.
- The matchup marks the first meeting between the two teams since 2010... Murray State secured a 73-65 victory over Chattanooga inside the Roundhouse on December 11, 2010... MSU leads the all-time series 6-2.
- Murray State enters the game winners of its last six after notching a 118-48 win over common opponent Tennessee Wesleyan on Wednesday... defeated Memphis on the road last Friday (74-72)... 5-0 at home this season... ranked No. 10 in the Collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll.
BY THE NUMBERS
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Silvio De Sousa has scored in double digits in each of the last eight games... averaging 16.3ppg over that span... shooting 59.7% (52-for-87) from the floor over those seven games... posted 15p and 9r at Belmont Wednesday... career-high of 21 points against College of Charleston (11/27).
- After scoring 27 on Wednesday,
Malachi Smith clinched the 6th straight game for the Mocs with a 20pt scorer... Smith (4x) &
Silvio De Sousa (2x)... last time with six straight games of at least one 20pt scorer? Jan. 10-24, 2009: Stephen McDowell (3x) and Kevin Goffney (3x)… Smith also has posted 27+ points in last four games against NCAA DI competition (all on the road).
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David Jean-Baptiste ranks 8th all-time in program history in scoring (1,432 points)... 17 points shy of tying the trio of Gerald Wilkins (83-85), Brandon Born (91-95) and Walter McGary (72-74) for 5th (1,449)... averaging 11.1ppg (130gms) for his career.
- Chattanooga sits at No. 39 in the latest NET Rankings (12/16)... highest team in the SoCon… Murray State comes in at No. 50 in the latest NET Rankings (12/16)… second in the OVC.
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