2022-23 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 28 – VMI
February 15 – Cameron Hall – Lexington, Va.
Postgame Quotes
 
GENERAL
- Chattanooga improved to 15-13 on the season and 7-8 inside SoCon play following the 78-58 win over VMI… VMI falls to 6-22 and 1-14 in league action.
 
- All-time record 1,401-1,129… 855-559 in Division I era (since 1977-78)… 465-285 in SoCon games all-time.
 
- Chattanooga went wire-to-wire for the first time since an 82-73 win at MTSU on December 15… led for 38:59… biggest lead was 36 at the 1:51 mark in the first half… largest lead against a DI opponent this season.
 
- The Mocs dished out a season-high 24 assists on its 29 made FGs…. nine of the 12 guys who played recorded at least one assist… the 24 assists were the most against a DI opponent since 26 against Samford on January 29, 2020.
 
- UTC earned the edge in every special stat… outscored VMI 13-3 in points off turnovers… 26-16 in points in the paint… 10-7 in second chance points… 9-2 in fast break… 41-22 in points off the bench.
 
- Chattanooga saw 10 different guys record at least one 3PT made… ties own NCAA Division I record that was set earlier this season against Covenant… finished the game 16-of-41 (39.0%) from deep… 18^th game this season with 10 or more threes.
 
- Chattanooga held a 47-14 lead at halftime… forced VMI to shoot just 15.6% (5-of-32) in the half… forced six turnovers… Mocs shot 18-of-32 (56.3%) from the floor… 10-of-18 (55.6%) from deep… assisted 16 times on the 18 makes… all 10 players scored.
 
- The 14 points allowed were the fewest against a DI opponent since allowing 14 to Alabama State in 2017… the +33 margin at the break was the largest since +38 (50-12) at Furman on January 9, 1997.
 
- Chattanooga used a 25-3 run over eight-plus minutes in the first half to build a 44-11 lead with under five minutes to play in the half… UTC forced four turnovers during the stretch… eight different players scored during the spurt.
 
SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 65^th Meeting | Record: 49-16 | Home: 24-5 | Away: 21-9 | Neutral: 4-2
 
COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 1^st Season
Record: 15-13 (UTC) | 88-152 (8^th)

• Home: 61-50 | Away: 23-92 | Neutral: 5-10
• vs. VMI: 2-0 | Home: 1-0 | Away: 1-0 | Neutral: 0-0

INDIVIDUAL
-  KC Hankton scored a team-high 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting… 3-of-5 from behind the arc… second double-digit effort in the last four games… team-best +29 in 21 minutes of action… added eight rebounds.
 
- Brody Robinson finished in double figures for the second-straight game with 10… went 4-of-6 from the field and 2-of-4 from deep.
 
- Jamal Johnson dished out a team-high six assists… scored seven points… hauled in five rebounds… finished +25 in the +/- category.