2022-23 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 1 – College of Charleston
November 7 – TD Arena – Charleston, S.C.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL
- Chattanooga falls to 0-1 on the season… Charleston opens the season 1-0.
- Chattanooga falls in its season opener for the first time since November 5, 2019… 79-68 loss at EKU… that team would go on to win the next three games… finished the season 20-13.
- 2,501at all-time game…1,385-1,116 in season No. 104…46th campaign as a DI program with an 839-547 ledger.
- The team allowed 42 first half points to Charleston on Monday… most points allowed in the opening half since February 7, 2021 against Western Carolina (44).
- Chattanooga committed 21 turnovers in Monday's loss… 21 turnovers marks the most since turning it over 22 times at UNCG on February 9, 2019.
- Chattanooga was out-scored by a 27-6 margin in points off the bench… Randy Brady led the reserves with four.
- Chattanooga played 10 guys during the contest with the starters all playing 25+ minutes each… eight of the 10 players made their UTC debuts… three of which made their NCAA DI debuts.
- Charleston held the lead for 30:42… Chattanooga was in front for just 5:46 (all early)… the Cougars biggest lead was 14 (1^st 1:20).
 
SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 33 | Record: 22-11 | Home: 8-6 | Away: 1-12 | Neutral: 3-2

• UTC was 7-17 against Charleston when the school was a member of the Southern Conference.
• Chattanooga has dropped its last seven on the road at Charleston… last win in the Holy City was in 2003… has now dropped five-straight.

 
COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 1^st Season
Record: 0-1 (UTC) | 73-140 (8^th)

• Home: 52-45 | Away: 16-85 | Neutral: 5-10
• vs. Charleston: 0-1 | Home: 0-0 | Away: 0-1 | Neutral: 0-0

 
INDIVIDUAL
- Jake Stephens finished with 20 points, 11 boards, three assists and two blocks… 11 points coming in the second half… went just 1-of-6 from deep.
- Jamal Johnson ended with 20 points on 8-of-19 shooting… struggled from deep after a 2-for-10 clip… 13 points came in the second half… went 5-of-13 from the floor in the half.
- Demetrius Davis shined in his NCAA DI debut with a final tally of 19 points and 12 rebounds… added two assists and a game-high three steals… scored 17 of the 19 points in the second half on 7-of-8 shooting including a perfect 3-of-3 count from deep.
- Dalvin White added nine points, four assists and a pair of steals as the Mocs floor general… shot 3-of-5 from the field including 3-of-4 from three.