CHATTANOOGA (Dec. 2, 2023) --- The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team will look to rebound from Wednesday's defeat when it travels north for a Sunday afternoon non-conference showdown at Morehead State inside Johnson Arena in Morehead, Ky. Tip-off is slated for 4 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
 
Chattanooga (5-2) suffered its second loss of the season, and first on the road, on Wednesday afternoon at ASUN-member Lipscomb behind an 82-68 final tally. A cold-shooting start in the early going eventually created an insurmountable disadvantage, which ultimately led to the widest non-conference defeat for UTC since an 89-53 loss at Florida State on November 20, 2019.
 
Honor Huff posted his sixth-straight game with 16 or more points on Wednesday, finishing with a team-high 16 points with four made threes, three rebounds, three steals and two assists in the process. True freshman Sean Cusano registered his first career points at the collegiate level, finishing with 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting including a 2-of-3 mark from deep, adding in three rebounds and a block in 17 minutes of floor time.
 
Morehead State (5-3) enters the game Sunday winners of its last three and four of its last five after most recently earning a 61-50 road win at Austin Peay on Wednesday night. All three of the Eagles losses have come to Power 5 opponents including then No. 24/24 Alabama, then No. 2/3 Purdue and Penn State. MSU was the consensus preseason OVC favorite, collecting all but two first-place votes.
 
Full game preview including coverage links, notes, and more can be found below. The game is part of a women's/men's doubleheader as the Morehead State women's team hosts ETSU at 2 p.m. ET before the men's matchup. Start time is subject to change.

GAME DETAILS
Chattanooga (5-2) at Morehead State (5-3)
4 p.m. ET ∙ Allen Arena (Morehead, Ky. ∙ 6,500)
All-Time Series ∙ Morehead State leads 1-0 (last: MSU 88, UTC 75, 11/28/13 - Las Vegas, Nev.)
 
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GAME NOTES
Chattanooga ∙ Morehead State ∙ SoCon

MOCS START SLOW IN 82-68 LOSS AT LIPSCOMB
Chattanooga (5-2) missed on its first nine field-goal attempts and shot just 24.1% (7-of-29) from the floor in the opening half, finding itself behind 41-27 at the break before ultimately dropping the contest 82-68 at Lipscomb on Wednesday afternoon. The 14-point loss marked UTC's widest margin of defeat to a non-conference opponent since falling 89-53 (36) at Florida State on 11/20/2019.
 
CHATTANOOGA/MOREHEAD STATE HISTORY
Sunday's contest at Morehead State will mark just the second time the two programs have met in the all-time series history. The only previous meeting occurred as a neutral site contest on November 28, 2013. MSU claimed an 88-75 victory over UTC during Las Vegas Invitational action in Las Vegas, Nevada.
 
NEW FACE ADDING BENCH PRODUCTION
After making his collegiate debut with seven minutes of floor time in last Sunday's win over SEMO, true freshman forward Sean Cusano saw his first extended action on Wednesday at Lipscomb and posted 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting including a 2-of-3 mark from deep while adding three rebounds and a block in 17 minutes.
 
HIGH VOLUME, LOW PERCENTAGE
Chattanooga continues to let the three fly under head coach Dan Earl, leading the SoCon and ranking 9th in NCAA DI basketball with 30.3 three-point attempts per game, however, the percentage of makes are lacking. UTC currently sits seventh in the SoCon and 214th in NCAA DI with a 31.2% mark from 3PT.
 
BLOCK PARTY
The Mocs posted 7 blocked shots in Wednesday's loss at Lipscomb, which marked a season-high against a DI opponent (10 vs. Covenant, 11/6). It was the first time with 7 or more blocked shots on the road against a non-conference opponent since recording 8 at Middle Tennessee on 12/19/2014.

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