2021-22 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 17 – at Western Carolina
Jan. 12 – Ramsey Center – Cullowhee, N.C.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL
- The Chattanooga Mocs lost their first Southern Conference game of the season 70-59 at Western Carolina Wednesday night…Mocs are now 13-4, 3-1 in the Southern Conference…the Catamounts move to 8-9, 2-2 in the league.
- Tonight's result set up a battle for first place Saturday in the Roundhouse at 3 p.m.…Furman has the early lead at 4-1, a half-game clear of the Mocs in second at 3-1.
- Loss snapped 4-game win streak.
- 17-8 in last 25 road games…8-6 on the SoCon byways over that span.
- -5 in turnover margin with 14 to the Cats nine but led 11-10 in points off turnovers.
- Even on the boards with 40 apiece...Western had one more offensive rebound (12-13) but the Mocs held a 16-9 advantage in points off rebounds.
- Led for 25:53 of the contest and trailed for just 12:48...there was one tie and one lead change.
- Season-low shooting making 31.5 percent (17-54)...previous low was 40.4 percent at VCU (21-52)...came into the contest leading the SoCon at 48.5 percent for the year.
- Season lows for 3pt made (4) and percentage (16.0%).
- Season highs for free throws made (21) and attempted (29).
- 11-1 when scoring 75 or more points…2-3 when scoring less.
- 6-3 on the road this season (1-1 SoCon)…22-15 over last three campaigns (10-9 SoCon).
- No. 29 in the latest NCAA NET Rankings.
- No. 40 on ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI)…ranked No. 68 nationally in The Bilas Index on ESPN.com…No. 62 on KenPom.
- No. 11 in the collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll.
- No. 14 in the Field of 68 Mid-Major Top 25.
- 1,372-1,111 in season No. 103…45th campaign as a DI program with an 826-542 ledger.
- 444-273 in 45th SoCon campaign…242-80 in the Roundhouse in league play…175-184 on the road.
- 42-40 all-time on Game 17 of the campaign…last year's game 17 was the 74-66 home loss to UNC Greensboro.
- 17-15 all-time on Jan. 12…that includes 8-5 in SoCon action…5-10 on the road…1-1 against Western Carolina with the 85-55 win in 2008 coming in the Roundhouse.

SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 98 | Record: 68-30 | Home: 38-6 | Away: 23-22 | Neutral: 7-2

• 56-27 in regular season SoCon play…21-21 on the road.
• One of six programs beaten 50 or more times overall: The Citadel (69), Western Carolina (68), Samford (66), Furman (54), Tennessee Wesleyan (51) & ETSU (50).
• 11-9 in last 20 meetings.

 
COACH
Lamont Paris (College of Wooster '96)
Record: 73-68

• Home: 42-22 | Away: 27-40 | Neutral: 4-6
• SoCon Regular Season: 32-42 | Home: 19-18 | Road: 13-24
• vs. Western Carolina: 3-6 | Home: 1-3 | Away: 2-3 | Neutral: 0-0

 
INDIVIDUAL
- 33 points and 19 rebounds for Malachi Smith…second 30-point effort of the year…seventh game with 27 or more with six of those coming on the road.
- Smith has 216 points (24.0 ppg) in nine road games with 20+ each time…10 straight road games with 20+ dating back to the road finale at Mercer (22) last season.
- Smith is averaging 25.7 points per game over the last 11 with nine contests scoring 20 or more during the stretch.
- Silvio De Sousa had six points, 11 rebounds, three blocks and two steals in 21:49 of playing time tonight…team-high +7 scoring margin with him on the floor…fourth multi-block game in a row and ninth of the campaign...38 boards in last 66 minutes.
- Three straight double-digit rebound games for De Sousa...averaging 12.7 rpg in league play.
- Smith's 11th 20pt effort of the season are the most since 13 by Z. Mason in 2013-14…DI era record is 22 for a season by Gerald Wilkins in 1984-85.
- Smith drew 15 fouls shooting 16 of 21 at the free throw line…most FT made by a Moc since Jason Rogan's 16 in the Dec. 1, 2003 comeback win at Tennessee State...tied for fifth most all-time...21 attempts are the most since Derrick Kirce in the home win over Furman on Feb. 26, 1991...tied for second-highest total behind David Bryan's 25 at Tennessee Wesleyan on Feb. 13, 1969.
- David Jean-Baptiste and Jamaal Walker were unavailable for tonight's game… due to HIPAA regulations, we do not disclose student welfare.