Chattanooga vs. ETSU
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Asheville, N.C.; Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville
Postgame Notes
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga dropped a 63-53 decision to ETSU in the Ingles Southern Conference Championships presented by General Shale Brick quarterfinals…UTC drops to 18-8 with ETSU improving to 13-11.
- The Mocs played without first team All-SoCon performer Malachi Smith and starting forward Darius Banks due to COVID-related issues.
- 33rd time in the last 51 seasons (since 1970) with 18 or more wins…18 or more victories in six of last eight years.
- 53 points are the fewest by the Mocs in a SoCon Tourney games since a 63-52 loss in the 2011 quarterfinals to Furman.
- 53 points ties a season low with the 53-51 home win over ETSU…Chattanooga finishes the season 2-1 vs. the Bucs after sweeping the regular season meetings.
- 32.1 percent (18-56) shooting for the Mocs is the lowest effort since 30.8 percent at Tennessee Tech in a Nov. 30 win…3-3 when held to less that 40 percent from the field in 2020-21.
- Led for 15:54 today…trailed the Bucs for a meager 34 seconds in the regular season.
 
SERIES NOTES
- 94th meeting
- 49-45 all-time in the series.
- 8-9 in the SoCon Tournament…most frequent SoCon Tournament opponent.
- 3-4 in SoCon Quarterfinal round…third time in four years meeting in the quarterfinals with an 0-3 mark.
- 4-4 in Asheville.
 
STUDENT-ATHLETES
- 16 points for Jamaal Walker was one shy of his season-high 17 at The Citadel…first time leading the team in scoring…4th double-figure scoring game of the season…6-12 from the field, 2-4 from three and 2-4 at the FT line…new season bests for FGM and FGA.
- Stefan Kenic had his 13th double-figure day with 11 points…consecutive FT streak snapped at 18 straight in the first half.
- A.J. Caldwell had a team-high eight rebounds…8th time in his career leading the team on the glass…13th game with five or more this season playing on the wing.
- David Jean-Baptiste ends the season with 1,279 points, 263 assists, 113 steals and 198 3pt made for his career…ranks 13th in scoring, third in 3pt made, 15th in assists and 12th in steals thus far in his Chattanooga journey.
- Grant Ledford saw his first action of the season after being sidelined with a preseason lower body ailment…played 14+ minutes registering three points, one rebound and a steal.