2021-22 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 19 – at UNC Greensboro
Jan. 20 – Greensboro Coliseum – Greensboro, N.C.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL
- The Chattanooga Mocs captured a 72-64 triumph at UNC Greensboro Thursday night…Mocs are now 15-4, 5-1 in the Southern Conference…the Spartans move to 10-8, 2-4 in the league.
- Chattanooga remains atop the SoCon by a half-game over Mercer at 4-1…Furman (4-2), VMI (4-3), Wofford (3-3) and ETSU (3-3) round out the top 5.
- 46.0 percent shooting (23-50) including 42.1 percent (8-19) from long range…season-best 90.0 percent (18-20) from the free throw line making 14 of 15 (93.3%) in the second half.
- Best FT shooting performance since 90.9 percent (20-22) in the comeback 83-80 win over Mercer last Jan. 13.
- +10 rebound margin (36-26)…12-7 advantage in second chance points off just eight offensive boards.
- 19 steals in the game on 28 total turnovers with 11 for UNCG (17 UTC TOs) and eight for the Mocs (11).
- Limited their hosts to 39.3 percent shooting in second half (11-28) and 4-12 from beyond the arc…both teams combined for just 21-56 from the field (37.5%) after intermission.
- 11-1 when scoring 75 or more points…4-3 when scoring less.
- 7-3 on the road this season (2-1 SoCon)…23-15 over last three campaigns (11-9 SoCon).
- No. 47 in the latest NCAA NET Rankings…Spartans were No. 178 at tipoff.
- No. 50 on ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI)…UNCG is No. 170.
- No. 84 on KenPom with UNCG coming in at 174.
- No. 13 in the collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll.
- 1,374-1,111 in season No. 103…45th campaign as a DI program with an 828-542 ledger.
- 446-273 in 45th SoCon campaign…243-80 in the Roundhouse in league play…176-184 on the road.
- 50-27 all-time on Game 19 of the campaign…last year's game 19 was slightly memorable with A.J. Caldwell's buzzer-beating dagger at ETSU (67-65).
- 15-16 all-time on Jan. 20…7-7 in SoCon action…4-14 on the road…1-1 against UNCG with the lone other meeting coming in 2001, an 84-83 road loss.

SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 51 | Record: 27-24 | Home: 15-8 | Away: 11-13 | Neutral: 1-3

• 22-21 in regular season SoCon play…9-13 on the road.
• 51 meetings makes this the second shortest series among Southern Conference opponents behind Wofford's 47.
• 9-11 in last 20 meetings.
• First win in Greensboro in almost six years to the day: Jan. 21, 2016 (73-60).

 
COACH
Lamont Paris (College of Wooster '96)
Record: 75-68

• Home: 43-22 | Away: 28-40 | Neutral: 4-6
• SoCon Regular Season: 34-42 | Home: 20-18 | Road: 14-24
• vs. UNCG: 4-6 | Home: 2-2 | Away: 1-4 | Neutral: 1-0

 
INDIVIDUAL
- 22 points and three steals for Malachi Smith…11 straight road games with 20+ dating back to the road finale at Mercer (22) last season…averaging 23.8 points per game on the road this campaign.
- Smith's 13th 20pt effort of the season…fifth in a row and eight of last nine…13 are most since 13 by Z. Mason in 2013-14…DI era record is 22 for a season by Gerald Wilkins in 1984-85…averaging 25.0 points per game over the last 13 with 11 contests scoring 20 or more during the stretch.
- Smith is up to 828 points in 43 games donning a Chattanooga uniform (19.3 ppg)…his fourth point tonight was 1,000th counting 190 as a freshman at Wright State.
- Double-double for Silvio De Sousa with 15 points and 11 rebounds…third double-double in last five games and fifth of the season...13th double-figure scoring night and sixth with double-digit boards as a Moc.
- 16 points and five assists for David Jean-Baptiste..80th career double-figure scoring game…DJB has 1,528 career points which 120 points shy of fourth all-time – David Bryan (1966-69) with 1,648.
- 11 points for A.J. Caldwell…3-4 shooting all from 3pt range and 2-2 at the FT line…added six rebounds and two assists.