2023-24 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 13 – at Auburn
December 30 – Neville Arena – Auburn, Ala.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Attendance: 9,121
Game Duration: 1:51
Officials: Owen Shortt, Rob Rorke, Matt Jarman
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga finishes the non-conference slate at 8-5 after the 101-66 loss at Auburn… AU improves to 10-2 after the win… Tigers entered the game as the No. 26 team (most votes received) in both the AP Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Poll.
 
- The 101 points allowed is the most since surrendering 105 to Western Carolina on January 31, 2019… the 35-point defeat is the largest since a 31-point loss vs. Georgia on December 2, 2014.

- All-time record 1,413-1,137… 867-568 in Division I era (since 1977-78).
 
- 150^th all-time meeting against current SEC members… entered 26-123 (.174) before tonight's game… last win over an SEC program was an 82-69 win at Tennessee on 11/11/2016.
 
- The Mocs are now 38-14 in its last 52 non-conference games… 15-9 in non-conference road games over its last 24.
 
- UTC trailed 49-27 at halftime… third-straight halftime deficit… most first-half points allowed to a non-conference since allowing 52 at No. 3 Wisconsin on 11/16/2014.
 
- Auburn went wire-to-wire during the victory… first team to do so against UTC this season… the Mocs have led for just 1:56 of gametime over the last 125 minutes.
 
- The Mocs were outscored by a wide margin in points in the paint… 52-20... team was outrebounded 46-23... largest rebounding deficit since a -25 against UAB November 13, 2017.
 
- Chattanooga finished 11-of-33 (33.3%) from 3PT during the loss… 80^th-straight game a Dan Earl-led team has made five or more 3PT in a game… seventh-straight game with 10 or more triples.
 
- First-half shooting woes continued for Chattanooga… finished the opening 20 minutes shooting just 30.0% (9-of-30) from the floor… six of the nine FG's were threes… 27-of-95 (27.4%) from the field in the first half over the last three games.

SERIES NOTES
All-Time Meetings: Fifth Meeting | Record: 2-3 | Home: 2-0 | Away: 0-3 | Neutral: 0-0

- Auburn has now won 51-straight games at home against non-conference opponents… combined 36-2 home record since start of 2021-22 season.
 
COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 2^nd Season
Record: 26-22 (UTC) | 99-161 (9^th)
Home: 67-53 | Away: 24-97 | Neutral: 8-11
vs. Auburn: 0-1 | Home: 0-0 | Away: 0-1 | Neutral: 0-0 
 
INDIVIDUAL
- Honor Huff led all UTC scorers with 15 points on 4-of-8 shooting (all from 3PT)… added four assists… in three career games against Power 5 opponents, Huff is averaging 17.7 points per game and has combined to make 13 3PT FGs.
 
- Sam Alexis followed in the scoring category with 13 points… added six boards and three blocks… third-straight game with three or more blocks.