2022-23 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 20 – Furman
January 18 – McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes
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GENERAL
- Chattanooga dropped its second-straight game and fell to 11-9 overall and 3-4 in SoCon play after the 77-69 defeat to Furman… the Paladins improve to 14-6 overall and 5-2 inside league action… the loss snaps a three-game UTC win streak over Furman.
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- All-time record 1,397-1,124… 851-555 in Division I era (since 1977-78)… 461-281 in SoCon games all-time… 474-141 all-time inside McKenzie Arena.
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- The Paladins held the lead for the majority of the game… 24:19 opposed to UTC's 9:50 total… seven ties and six lead changes.
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- Chattanooga suffered a 21-9 disadvantage in points off turnovers during the defeat… 15-9 disadvantage in total turnovers… the -12 point differential in the points off turnovers category is the most this season (11, vs. Belmont).
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- UTC shot just 27.6% (8-of-29) from three… moves to 0-3 this season when shooting south of 30.0% from three… the 27 combined made threes over the last three games is the fewest in a three-game stretch since the first three games of the season (26).
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- Chattanooga was outscored 36-26 in the paint… Furman 58.1% (18-of-31) on two-point FG attempts in the win… UTC was an even 56.0% (14-of-25) from inside the arc.
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- The Mocs failed to capitalize at the free-throw line and shot 68.0% (17-of-25)… UTC is now an even 5-5 in game shooting south of 75.0%.
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SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 95
th Meeting | Record: 57-38 | Home: 31-12 | Away: 19-25 | Neutral: 7-1
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COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 1
st Season
Record: 11-9 (UTC) | 84-148 (8
th)
- Home: 59-48 | Away: 21-90 | Neutral: 5-10
- vs. Furman: 3-12 | Home: 2-6 | Away: 0-6 | Neutral: 1-0
INDIVIDUAL
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Jake Stephens led the team with 19 points and eight boards… added two assists and three blocked shots... attempted just two three-pointers... fewest attempted since one at MTSU on December 15.
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Jamal Johnson entered double figures for the 12
th-straight game… finished with 10 points and five rebounds… connected on two of eight three-point attempts.
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Brody Robinson provided the offensive spark and knocked down back-to-back triples in the second half to give UTC a brief lead… finished with nine points and two rebounds… drew three foul calls on defense.
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