2021-22 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 14 – ETSU
Dec. 30 – McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL
- The Chattanooga Mocs cruised to an 82-52 triumph opening Southern Conference play against ETSU Thursday night in the Roundhouse…Mocs are now 10-3, 1-0 in the league…the Bucs move to 8-6, 0-1 In the SoCon.
- 25-20 all-time in the SoCon opener…15-7 when opening at home.
- 5-0 opening league play with ETSU…3-0 at home…first time since Jan. 9, 1988 winning 88-63 in Johnson City.
- Entered the game ranked No. 15 in the collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll.
- Sixth time in the series the Mocs have won by 30 or more and the largest margin of victory since +34, 93-59, in the Roundhouse on Jan. 22, 2005…second largest margin of defeat by the Bucs this season behind the 94-62 loss to Tennessee...worst Bucs SoCon loss since 91-61 defeat at Furman on Feb. 9, 2019.
- Shutdown defensive performance limiting the Bucs to 36.0 percent for the game (18-50)…6th opponent held below 40 percent…fourth making less than 20 FG.
- Held ETSU to 65, 51, 63 and 52 points in the four matchups in the 2021 calendar year…average of 58.8 ppg.
- 82 points are the most by the Mocs against the Bucs since the 94-84 win on Jan. 16, 2016 in the Roundhouse…third most points allowed by ETSU behind 94 to Tennessee and 84 in its win over Georgia.
- Season-high 47 rebounds for the Mocs…+21 rebound margin (47-26) is third largest on the season…largest margin against a league opponent since +26 (55-29) against Samford on Jan. 24, 2018.
- +10 in second chance points scoring 18 off 18 offensive rebounds…eight points on six offensive boards for the Bucs.
- Snaps an 8th game streak with a 20pt scorer...Malachi Smith (6x), Silvio DeSousa (2x) & David Jean-Baptiste (1x)...last time with eight straight games of at least one 20pt scorer? Jan. 10-Feb. 16, 2004 (10 games): Ashley Champion (6x), Jason Rogan (5x), Chris Brown (1x) & Alphonso Pugh (1x)…Brown (31 vs Western Carolina, Jan. 24) and Ashley Champion (30 at Charleston, Jan. 19) had one 30-point night each.
- 1,370-1,110 in season No. 103…45th campaign as a DI program with an 824-541 ledger.
- 441-272 in 45th SoCon campaign…241-80 in the Roundhouse in league play.
- Three straight regular season wins against the Bucs…all in the 2021 calendar year.
- 55-35 all-time on Game 14 of the campaign…last year's game 14 was the thrilling comeback win over Mercer, 83-80 on Jan. 13, 2021.
- 21 all-time games played on this date (Dec. 30)…20-11 in those contests…last game on this date before tonight? Last year's 77-73 home loss to Furman…just second SoCon matchup all-time on this day.

SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 95 | Record: 50-45 | Home: 27-12 | Away: 16-25 | Neutral: 7-8

• Last seven regular season series have resulted in a home-and-home sweep for the opening game victor...Mocs in 2015, 2016 and 2021 seasons…Bucs in between.
• 95 meetings ranks third behind Samford (105) and Western Carolina (97).
• 50 wins in the series…6th opponent the Mocs have beaten 50 or more times.

 
COACH
Lamont Paris (College of Wooster '96)
Record: 71-67

• Home: 41-22 | Away: 26-39 | Neutral: 4-6
• vs. ETSU: 3-9 | Home: 2-3 | Away: 1-3 | Neutral: 0-3

INDIVIDUAL
- Third double-double for Silvio De Sousa with 13 points and a season-high 13 boards in 21:17…his six rebounds on the offensive glass matched ETSU's total.
- Malachi Smith led all scorers with 17 points…4/1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- Darius Banks got perilously to a triple-double…seven points, eight rebounds and six assists…tied season high for assists (6 vs Tennessee Tech).
- 11 points for A.J. Caldwell for the second straight game…3-5 from 3pt range…second-most threes made on the season…15th career double-digit game.
- 11 points for David Jean-Baptiste…4-4 inside the arc, 5-9 overall…fifth-place on the Mocs all-time scoring list passing the legendary trio of Gerald Wilkins (1983-85), Brandon Born (1991-95) and Walter "Moose" McGary (1972-74)…his 1,479 points are 169 shy of fourth-place David Bryan's (1966-69) 1,648.
- One 3pt made gives DJB 242 for his career…one shy of Stephen McDowell's (2008-09) school record…the South Carolina transfer hit 243 in his two years with the Mocs.