2023-24 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 11 – Gardner-Webb
December 19 – McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Attendance: 3,026
Game Duration: 1:57
Officials: Wil Howard, Bill Humes, Eric Lowe
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga improved to 8-3 following the 69-66 buzzer-beating win over Gardner-Webb… first home buzzer-beating victory shot since Keegan Bell in 2010 (The Citadel)… GWU drops to 5-8 after the loss.

- All-time record 1,413-1,135… 867-566 in Division I era (since 1977-78)… 482-146 all-time record in McKenzie Arena.
 
- The Mocs are now 38-12 in its last 50 non-conference games… 25-4 in last 29 non-conference games at home.
 
- Chattanooga erased a 17-point deficit… 14-point deficit in the second-half… led for just 53 seconds opposed to GWU's 38:08 mark… largest comeback win at home since eliminating a 19-point first-half deficit against Mercer on January 13, 2021 (W, 83-80).
 
- The Mocs tied a season-best in the turnover category after committing just nine turnovers… forced GWU into 11… UTC earned a 20-12 advantage in points off turnovers… three-straight games with 20 or more points off turnovers.
 
- Chattanooga outscored Gardner-Webb 43-32 in the second half… fifth-straight game for the Mocs with 40 or more in the final 20 minutes… first time its been done for the program since a six-game stretch from December 30, 2013 to January 16, 2014.
 
- UTC finished the game 11-of-29 (37.9%) from three… went 9-of-15 (60.0%) in the second half… fifth-straight game with 10 or more threes.
 
- Chattanooga suffered from an eight-point halftime disadvantage 34-26 despite holding GWU scoreless for the final 4:20 of the half… UTC shot just 2-of-14 (14.3%) from three in the first 20 minutes… trailed 15-6 in fastbreak points.

SERIES NOTES
All-Time Meetings: Third Meeting | Record: 2-1 | Home: 1-1 | Away: 1-0 | Neutral: 0-0
 
- Each team entered Tuesday's game with a win on each other's home court… GWU won at the Roundhouse in 2011… UTC earned a win in Boiling Springs last season.

COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 2^nd Season
Record: 16-20 (UTC) | 99-159 (9^th)
Home: 67-53 | Away: 24-95 | Neutral: 8-11
vs. Gardner-Webb: 4-2 | Home: 3-1 | Away: 1-1 | Neutral: 0-0 
 
INDIVIDUAL
- Jan Zidek paced the individual efforts with a game-high 27 points (one shy of career-high) on 8-of-11 shooting… went 4-of-5 from deep… 7-of-8 from the line… all accumulated in just shy of 25 minutes of floor time.
 
- Trey Bonham finished with 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting in his UTC home debut… went 4-of-6 from deep including the buzzer-beating half-court shot… grabbed seven rebounds… set a career-high with four steals.
 
- Tyler Millin reached double figures for fourth-straight game with 10 points… connected on go-ahead three (66-64) with 10 seconds left.
 
- Sam Alexis recorded his third-straight 10+ rebound game… finished with 10… seventh 10+ rebound effort this season… recorded four blocks in the win.