2023-24 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 5 – Evansville
November 24 – McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
2023 Coke Zero Sugar Classic
Attendance: 3,148
Game Duration: 2:03
Officials: JP Primm, Connor Penn, Kevin Raher
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga suffered its first defeat of the season with an 85-77 overtime loss to Evansville in the first game of the Coke Zero Sugar Classic… UTC moves to 4-1… UE remains perfect at 5-0… season-high 3,148 on hand inside McKenzie Arena.
 
- Chattanooga entered the contest receiving two (2) votes in the latest AP Top 25… first votes since 2015-16… UTC (56) and Evansville (2) were both among teams receiving votes in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25.

- All-time record 1,409-1,133… 863-563 in Division I era (since 1977-78)… 479-146 all-time record in McKenzie Arena.
 
- The Mocs are now 34-10 in its last 44 non-conference games… 22-4 in last 26 non-conference games at home.
 
- The Mocs led the contest for 27:36 while Evansville paced for just 9:25… UTC held a second-half lead as large as 20 (62-42) with 11:40 left in the contest… scored just eight points in the final 11:40 of regulation.
 
- Chattanooga finished with a 40.6% (28-of-69) mark from the field… UE shot 42.6% (29-of-68)… UTC went just 2-of-10 (20.0%) from the field and 1-of-7 (14.3%) from three in the second half and OT periods… finished the last 15-plus minutes 3-of-18 (16.7%) from deep.
 
- First time this season on the disadvantage in the rebounding category… UE earned a 41-39 edge on the glass… UTC won the second-chance points category 14-11… earned the edge in second-chance points in all five games this season.
 
- Chattanooga's bench was outscored 32-19 during the loss… the UTC reserves have been outscored 43-19 over the last two games… outscored 66-35 against the four DI opponents this year.
 
- UTC committed 18 fouls while drawing just 11… second-most fouls committed (19, at Louisville, 11/10) this season… 11 fouls drawn is seven fewer than any other game this season (18, Bellarmine, 11/14).
 
- Chattanooga led 40-36 at halftime… seven ties and five lead changes in the first half… all four media timeouts commenced with the two teams tied on the scoreboard… UTC shot an even 50.0% (16-of-32) from the floor.

SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 1^st Meeting | Record: 0-1 | Home: 0-1 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0
 
COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 2^nd Season
Record: 22-18 (UTC) | 95-157 (9^th)
Home: 64-53 | Away: 23-93 | Neutral: 8-11
vs. Evansville: 0-1 | Home: 0-1 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0 

INDIVIDUAL
- Sam Alexis finished with his second-straight double-double after notching 10 points on 5-of-10 shooting while grabbing 15 boards… back-to-back 15-rebound efforts… first Moc with back-to-back 15+ rebounds since Nicchaeus Doaks on November 20 and 21, 2008 (vs. Memphis & vs. USC in San Juan)… first to do it in consecutive home games since Chris Morgan in 1985… tied a career-high in assists with four… career-high 38 minutes.

- Honor Huff scored a team-high 17 points after going 5-of-16 from the field and 4-of-12 from deep… tied career-high with six rebounds and three steals… added three assists… surpassed 400 career points (entered with 385)… fourth-straight game with 16 or more… also tied career mark with 38 minutes.

- Demetrius Davis added a season-high 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting including a pair of threes… added two assists and two turnovers.