2021-22 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 28 – UNC Greensboro
Feb. 17 – McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL
- The Chattanooga Mocs furious comeback fell short in a 73-70 loss to UNC Greensboro Thursday night in the Roundhouse…Mocs are now 22-5, 12-3 in the Southern Conference…the Spartans move to 16-11, 8-7 in the league.
- Chattanooga's lead is now two in the SoCon race…12-3 compared to 10-5 for Furman…magic number to clinch at least a share of a record-tying 12th SoCon regular season title is one (either a UTC win or Furman loss).
- Trailed 67-56 with 3:15 to play…went on 14-3 run to tie the game at 70-all at the 32-second mark on a David Jean-Baptiste triple from the top of the key…the Spartans called two timeouts to adjust to the Mocs defense before Kobe Langley hit a three under pressure from Grant Ledford…the Mocs inbounds play after a timeout was a hook-and-ladder, but Darius Banks pitch to a streaking Jean-Baptiste was tipped by Langley and time expired.
- 28th game all-time on Feb. 17 with a 18-10 record…last was the epic 89-81 overtime win last season against Western Carolina coming back from 12 down and 3:23 to play against Western Carolina.
- Spartans shot 70 percent (21-30) INSIDE the 3pt arc…was just five of 18 for the game from three when Langley made the final attempt…ended at 31.6 percent (6-19)…overall 55.1 percent (27-49) field goal effort is best by an opponent in the Roundhouse since Western Carolina hit 33 of 58 (56.9%) on Jan. 31, 2019, a 105-96 loss for the Mocs.
- +7 (8-15) in turnover margin…+14 (23-9) in points off turnovers…nine of the 23 came in the final 3:15, both 3pt.
- -13 on the glass (20-33)…worst since -14 (26-40) last season in Chattanooga against UNCG (1/23/21)…20 rebounds are the fewest by the Mocs since 17 in the Feb. 10, 2018 home loss to Mercer.
- 11-2 in the Roundhouse this season (6-1 SoCon)…snaps a streak of nine straight home conference wins…30-9 over the last three seasons at home.
- 52nd all-time meeting, 44th regular season in conference play…more on the series below.
- 14-1 when scoring 75 or more points…8-5 when scoring less…18-1 when opponents score less than 70.
- No. 50 in the latest NCAA NET Rankings…Spartans were No. 158 at tipoff.
- No. 52 on ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI)…UNCG was No. 178.
- No. 62 on KenPom with UNCG coming in at 172.
- 1,381-1,113 in season No. 103…45th campaign as a DI program with an 835-544 ledger.
- 453-275 in 45th SoCon campaign…246-81 in the Roundhouse in league play…180-185 on the road.
- 29-15 all-time in Game 28…last 28th matchup was a 91-68 win at The Citadel on Feb. 19, 2020.

SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 52 | Record: 27-25 | Home: 15-9 | Away: 11-13 | Neutral: 1-3

• 22-22 in regular season SoCon play…13-9 in the Roundhouse.
• 52 all-time meetings makes this the second shortest series among Southern Conference opponents behind Wofford's 48.
• 9-11 in last 20 meetings.
• 7-4 all-time vs. the Spartans when the final score is within three points.

 
COACH
Lamont Paris (College of Wooster '96)
Record: 82-70

• Home: 46-22 | Away: 32-42 | Neutral: 4-6
• SoCon Regular Season: 41-44 | Home: 23-18 | Road: 18-26
• vs. UNCG: 4-7 | Home: 2-2 | Away: 1-5 | Neutral: 1-0

 
INDIVIDUAL
- 24 points for David Jean-Baptiste…8-15 shooting, 4-7 from three and 4-5 at the free throw line…fifth game this season with 24 or more points…21st time making multiple treys in 26 appearances…nine points in the comeback effort over the final 3:15.
- DJB's seventh point pushed him into fourth-place on the Mocs all-time scoring list…passed David Bryan '69 who tallied 1,648 points in his career…DJB now has 1,666.
- 278 career 3pt made for DJB building on his school record…22 shy of becoming 8th SoCon student-athlete with 300 made in a career.
- 16 points for Malachi Smith shooting 6-113 from the field, 1-2 from three & 3-3 at the free throw line…added three steals…10 games with three or more steals this season with two coming in the matchups with UNCG.
- Darius Banks added 11 points, four rebounds (team high), three assists and two steals…14.0 ppg over last four games…four steals shy of 200 including 148 in three seasons at James Madison.