CHATTANOOGA --- The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team looks to up its four-game win streak and remain atop the Southern Conference standings when it travels to Charleston, S.C., to face league-foe The Citadel on Saturday afternoon inside McAlister Field House. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
 
Chattanooga (17-4, 7-1 SoCon) is coming off a regular season sweep of Wofford after defeating the Terriers 71-60 inside McKenzie Arena on Wednesday night. The Mocs currently sit in first place in the SoCon standings, just a half-game ahead of Furman (7-2). Following games through January 27, UTC is slotted at No. 43 in the NET Rankings and No. 7 in the Collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll.
 
The Citadel (9-10, 3-5 SoCon) has won its last two games after enduring a three-game skid with both wins coming by two points. The Bulldogs downed ETSU on the road last Saturday 75-73, before besting the Catamounts at home on Wednesday 68-66. UTC won the first matchup between the two teams 85-67 back on January 8.
 
The game at The Citadel will be available LIVE on ESPN+ and can be accessed through the Watch ESPN platform. Fans can also listen LIVE on WFLI 96.1 FM/100.3 FM/1070 AM in Chattanooga as well as the Varsity Network app.
 
RADIO NOTE: WFLI added 96.1 and 100.3 FM to their arsenal of stations. The previous agreement had the Mocs on 97.7 FM and 1070 AM which was a good base of operation. Starting this weekend, 96.1 takes the place of 97.7 while 100.3 is added. The change to 96.1 adds the audio reach by roughly 100,000 homes while 100.3 expands the overall coverage further north of the Tennessee River especially strengthening the signal in Hixson and Soddy-Daisy.
 
Mocs Sports Network is developed by Mocs Sports Properties, the Learfield-owned multimedia rights holder for Mocs athletics. MSN broadcasts every men's and women's basketball and football game as well as "Chat with the Mocs", a weekly coach's show covering all things Mocs.
 
Mocs Sports Network Stations: 96.1 FM, 100.3 FM & 1070 AM.

GAME BASICS
▪ Chattanooga (17-4, 7-1) at The Citadel (9-10, 3-5)
▪ 1:00 p.m. ET | McAlister Field House (6,000) | Charleston, S.C.
▪ WATCH (ESPN+) | LISTEN (WFLI 96.1FM/100.3FM/1070AM) | STATS

GAME NOTES
Chattanooga | The Citadel | SoCon (1/25)
 
SERIES HISTORY – 89^th Meeting
All-Time: 69-19 – Chattanooga
Last: 85-67, Chattanooga – Jan. 8, 2022 (McKenzie Arena)
Home: 38-6 – Chattanooga
Away: 30-13 – Chattanooga
Neutral: 1-0 – Chattanooga
 
TIP-OFF
- Chattanooga enters the game with a 17-4 record and a 7-1 mark in SoCon play... half game up in first the SoCon standings (Furman, 7-2)... coming off a 71-60 home victory over Wofford on Wednesday... completed the regular season sweep of the Terries... held Wofford to its lowest FG percentage of the season... never trailed following the 9:00 mark in the opening half.
 
- Chattanooga defeated The Citadel 85-67 in its first meeting of the season on January 8... the win marked the seventh win in the last nine tries under head coach Lamont Paris... Darius Banks took the defensive assignment on SoCon POTY candidate Hayden Brown and held Brown without a FG for the entirety of the contest and limited Brown to just four points (all FTs).
 
- The Citadel enters the matchup with a 9-10 overall record and a 3-5 record inside the league... the Bulldogs have won their last two games after enduring a three-game skid... both wins coming by two points... one at ETSU (1/22, 75-73) and at home against Western Carolina (1/26, 68-66).

BY THE NUMBERS 
- Chattanooga jumped up six spots to No. 7 in the latest Collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll... only SoCon team in top 25… Chattanooga moved up to No. 9 in the latest Field of 68 Mid-Major Top 25.
 
- 18 points for Malachi Smith in Wednesday's win over Wofford... snapped 20-point streak at six tying school's DI era record matching Derrick Kirce (1991) and Chad Copeland (1994)… Smith leads the Southern Conference and ranks 7th in NCAA DI with 21.5 points per game average... 2nd in NCAA DI in total points with 452… has posted 12 straight road games with 20+ dating back to last season... averaging 25.6 ppg on the road this campaign.
 
- In an offense that looks to the 3PT line for a boost, Chattanooga is a perfect 10-0 this season when shooting 40.0% or better from beyond the arc... 28-12 record when shooting 40.0%+ in HC Lamont Paris' tenure (2017-18)... shot 40.0% (8-of-20) in win at VMI... 44.0% (11-of-25) in Wed. win over Wofford.
 
- David Jean-Baptiste arrived on campus at UTC ahead of the 2016-17 season and redshirted that season for then head coach Matt McCall... Jean-Baptiste has been a member of the Southern Conference longer than 8 of the current 10 head coaches (UTC, WOF, UNCG, ETSU, WCU, SAM, FUR, MER).

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