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Postgame Notes - Tennessee Tech

11/30/2022 6:23:00 PM

2022-23 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 7 – Tennessee Tech
November 30 – Eblen Center – Cookeville, Tenn.
Postgame Notes

GENERAL
- Chattanooga improved to 4-3 following the 81-74 victory over Tennessee Tech… first road win of the 2022-23 season… first time north of .500 this season.

- All-time record 1,390-1,118… 844-549 in Division I era (since 1977-78).

- Chattanooga is 26-7 in its last 32 non-conference games.

- The Mocs shot a blistering 80.0% (12-of-15) from the floor in the second half… best half mark of the season… also shot 78.8% (7-of-9) from deep during the final half.

- Chattanooga held TTU to just 29 second-half points and outscored them by a 47-29 margin… third time this season scoring 47 points in the second half… season-best on the defensive side allowing 29 points.

- UTC suffered a -12 disadvantage in the turnover category (18-6)… biggest disadvantage since the same 18-6 margin back on January 25, 2020 at ETSU.

- Tennessee Tech closed the first half on a 12-2 run to take a 45-34 lead into the break… tied for the largest deficit at half for UTC this season (42-31 at Charleston)… TTU shot a blistering 77.8% (7-of-9) from deep and 55.2% (16-of-29) from the floor in the half.

- Chattanooga has surrendered a 42.9% (69-of-161) field-goal percentage to opponents in the first half this season… teams are shooting 38.6% (27-of-70) from deep in the opening 20.

- Chattanooga finished with just one offensive rebound in the win… lowest mark in a win in program history… lowest mark since zero back on January 27, 1996 in a 69-59 loss at Furman.

SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 63 | Record: 23-40 | Home: 15-12 | Away: 8-28 | Neutral: 0-0

COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 1^st Season
Record: 4-3 (UTC) | 77-142 (8^th)

Home: 55-46 | Away: 17-86 | Neutral: 5-10
vs. Tennessee Tech: 1-0 | Home: 0-0 | Away: 1-0 | Neutral: 0-0

INDIVIDUAL
- Jake Stephens finished with 27 points for the second-straight game… added 10 rebounds and six assists… first Moc to record consecutive 20-point, 10-rebound games since Z. Mason in 2014.

- Dalvin White finished with 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting… all five came from behind the arc… one shy of tying career record of six three-pointers made in a game… did it twice in 2021 at USC Upstate.

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