2022-23 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 27 – Mercer
February 11 – McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Quotes

GENERAL
- Chattanooga improves to 14-13 overall and 6-8 in SoCon play after the 73-56 win over Mercer… Mercer moves to 12-15 overall and 5-9 in league action… UTC completes the season sweep over the Bears with a combined margin of victory of +46.
 
- All-time record 1,399-1,129… 854-559 in Division I era (since 1977-78)… 464-285 in SoCon games all-time.
 
- 476-143 all-time inside McKenzie Arena… 251-85 in SoCon games inside McKenzie Arena.
 
- The Mocs erased a 10-point deficit during the win… second time this season erasing 10+ deficit (at TN Tech)… second time in last three seasons against Mercer… last was January 13, 2021.
 
- Chattanooga outscored Mercer 32-14 in points in the paint… the +18 difference is the most against an opponent this season… UTC shot 54.5% (18-of-33) from inside the arc during the victory.
 
- UTC used 40 points off the bench in the win… most against a DI opponent this season… all but one reserve who saw action scored.
 
- Chattanooga outrebounded Mercer by a 40-28 count… +12 margin is the most since +16 at MTSU on December 15… 40 total rebounds tie for the most against a SoCon opponent this season (at Samford).
 
- Chattanooga held Mercer scoreless for the final 7:54… 13-straight defensive stops… held the Bears to a 1-of-11 finish from the floor… 7-of-26 (26.9%) mark over the final 20 minutes.
 
- The Mocs improved to 10-0 this season when shooting 40.0% or better from three…6-0 in SoCon games… finished the game 9-of-22 (40.9%) from deep… 5-of-10 (50.0%) in the second half.
 
- Sam Alexis (26) and Brody Robinson (10) combined for nearly half of the team's 73 points… both true freshmen… finished a combined +26 in the +/- category… combined 14-of-19 (73.7%) from the floor… combined 6-of-9 (66.7%) from three.
 
- Chattanooga shot an even 50.0% from the field (12-of-24) in the first half after opening the game 0-of-5… went 4-of-12 from deep in the first 20 minutes.
 
SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 87^th Meeting | Record: 46-41 | Home: 26-13 | Away: 17-27 | Neutral: 3-1
 
COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 1^st Season
Record: 14-13 (UTC) | 87-152 (8^th)

• Home: 61-50 | Away: 22-92 | Neutral: 5-10
• vs. Mercer: 6-10 | Home: 4-3 | Away: 2-6 | Neutral: 0-1

INDIVIDUAL
- True freshman Sam Alexis busted out for 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting… 4-of-6 from behind the arc… six rebounds… 26 points are the most for Alexis against a DI opponent… career-high 27 against Covenant on November 19.
 
- True freshman Brody Robinson registered his first double-digit scoring effort against a DI opponent… finished with 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting… 2-of-3 from three… added team-high five assists… finished +15 in the +/- category.
 
- Jamal Johnson continued his scoring ways with 17 points on 4-of-7 shooting… 2-of-5 from three… 7-of-10 from the FT line… set a career-high with 11 rebounds… has now set career-highs in points (24), rebounds (11) and steals (4) within the last two games.