2021-22 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 21 – Wofford
Jan. 26 – McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL
- The Chattanooga Mocs rolled to a 71-60 win against visiting Wofford Tuesday evening…Mocs are now 17-4, 7-1 in the Southern Conference…the Terriers move to 12-9, 4-5 in the league.
- Zero ties and just one lead change all night…0-0 for 36 seconds and then Wofford led for 9:03 before a Malachi Smith 3pt put the Mocs up by two never looking back over the final 30:21.
- Chattanooga remains atop the SoCon standings at 7-1…Furman is right on our heels at 7-2…Mercer (5-3) is in third with UNCG (4-4) in fourth with the likes of Wofford, VMI & ETSU a half-game back tied for fifth at 4-5.
- Won five of last seven meetings with three of the five coming on the road…12-8 in last 20…more on the series below.
- 7-1 in the SoCon…10th time winning seven of first eight league games (1982-83, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 2007-08, 2010-11, 2014-15, 2015-16)…best start all-time was 10-0 in 1981-82 finishing the year at 15-1 which was matched the next season as well….1984-85 and 1996-97 teams opened 9-0 and 2013-14 at 8-0 are the only other squads to be undefeated through eight league games.
- Held Wofford to a season-low 33.9 percent shooting (20-59)…also limited the Terriers to 26.5 percent (9-34) from long range.
- 16 assists on 26 made shots for the Mocs…just nine turnovers.
- Gave up 12 offensive rebounds to Wofford but just 11 second chance points were converted.
- 4-game win streak…shooting 47.7 percent (102-214) over that span, 41.4 percent from three (36-87).
- Largest lead of 16 came on an A.J. Caldwell triple just inside a minute to go…Terriers scored final five points for the 11-point final margin…10 of the 17 wins have been by double digits.
- 12-1 when scoring 75 or more points…5-3 when scoring less…14-1 when opponents score less than 70.
- 9-1 in the Roundhouse this season (4-0 SoCon)…seven straight home conference wins…28-8 over the last three seasons at home.
- No. 47 in the latest NCAA NET Rankings…Terriers were No. 103 at tipoff.
- No. 50 on ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI)…Wofford was No. 100.
- No. 73 on KenPom with Wofford coming in at 112.
- No. 7 in the collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll.
- 1,376-1,111 in season No. 103…45th campaign as a DI program with an 830-542 ledger.
- 448-273 in 45th SoCon campaign…244-80 in the Roundhouse in league play…177-184 on the road.
- 40-32 all-time in Game 21…last year's 21st matchup was a 70-66 victory at home over The Citadel on Feb. 13.
- 15-6 all-time on Jan. 26…7-5 in SoCon action…9-1 at home…1-1 against Wofford with the 2019 loss (80-69) being the last game on this date in program history.

SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 48 | Record: 28-20 | Home: 15-7 | Away: 12-11 | Neutral: 1-2

• 25-18 in regular season SoCon play…14-7 in Chattanooga.
• 48 all-time meetings ranks as the shortest series among current SoCon members…UNCG is next at 51.
• Sweep season regular season series for the second time in the last three seasons and fifth time in last nine.

 
COACH
Lamont Paris (College of Wooster '96)
Record: 77-68

• Home: 44-22 | Away: 29-40 | Neutral: 4-6
• SoCon Regular Season: 36-42 | Home: 21-18 | Road: 15-24
• vs. Wofford: 5-6 | Home: 2-3 | Away: 3-2 | Neutral: 0-1

 
INDIVIDUAL
- Malachi Smith had 18 points on 5-10 from field, 3-5 from three and 5-5 at the free throw line…snaps 20-point streak at six tying school's DI era record matching Derrick Kirce (1991) and Chad Copeland (1994).
- Smith's four career games against the Terriers: 15 (2021 home), 21 (2021 away), 24 (2022 away) & 18 (tonight)…averaging 19.5 points per game in those meetings.
- Smith is up to 871 points in 45 games donning a Chattanooga uniform (19.4 ppg).
- Smith's now made three or more threes in seven games this season…making 43.4 percent for the year.
- David Jean-Baptiste scored 13 today…1,556 career points which is 92 points shy of fourth all-time – David Bryan (1966-69) with 1,648.
- Jean-Baptiste's 41st career game with three or more 3pt made…257 for his career building on his school record…82nd contest in double figures.
- 12 points for Darius Banks…10 came in the first half spurring the squad into the lead that was never surrendered…5-8 overall and 2-4 from three.
- Good all-around game for A.J. Caldwell…eight points, six rebounds and five assists (0 TOs) in 31:36 off the bench…team-high +14 scoring margin for his time on the court.