2022-23 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 30 – Samford
February 22 – McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL
- Chattanooga fell to 15-15 overall and 7-10 inside league play after the 75-70 loss to Samford… Samford improved to 21-9 and 15-2 in conference action… the Mocs enter a three-way tie with Wofford and ETSU for fifth place with one game remaining.
 
- All-time record 1,401-1,131… 855-561 in Division I era (since 1977-78)… 465-287 in SoCon games all-time.
 
- 476-145 all-time inside McKenzie Arena… 251-87 in SoCon games inside McKenzie Arena.
 
- Chattanooga and Samford exchanged leads 20 times while seeing seven ties in the back-and-forth affair… UTC led for 17:46… Samford for 18:34… both team's largest lead was six… both team's largest scoring run was 7-0.
 
- The Mocs attempted 41 threes for the second time in the last three games… finished just 10-of-41 (24.4%) from deep… lowest 3PT% since 23.7% (9-of-38) against ETSU on January 21…first loss this season when attempting 40 or more… 3-1.
 
- Samford earned the edge on the boards by a 42-34 count including a 35-25 edge on the defensive glass… marks the fifth time in the last seven games losing the battle on the boards… Mocs are a combined -41 over the seven game stretch.
 
- Chattanooga and Samford combined to attempt 42 three-pointers in just the first half… UTC went 8-of-25 (32.0%)… Samford finished 8-of-17 (47.1%).
 
- Chattanooga honored seven seniors during the regular season home finale… A.J. Caldwell, KC Hankton, Ashton Smith, Grant Ledford, Jake Stephens, Dalvin White and Jamal Johnson all played their McKenzie Arena finale.
 
SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 109^th Meeting | Record: 67-42 | Home: 42-13 | Away: 23-29 | Neutral: 2-0
 
COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 1^st Season
Record: 15-15 (UTC) | 88-154 (8^th)

• Home: 61-52 | Away: 22-92 | Neutral: 5-10
• vs. Samford: 4-15 | Home: 3-5 | Away: 0-8 | Neutral: 1-2

 
INDIVIDUAL
-  Jamal Johnson posted his third 20-plus scoring effort in the last five games after finishing with 21 points… went 6-of-15 from the field… 3-of-11 from 3PT… 6-of-7 from the line… added five boards.
 
- Dalvin White posted 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting… first double-digit effort since February 4 at Western Carolina… added a game-high three steals… ties season-high which was set at Ole Miss on November 15… finished a team-best +2 in 28 minutes of action.
 
- Jake Stephens was one of the seven seniors recognized… became just the second player in Division I basketball over the last 30-plus years to record 1,800 points, 800 rebounds, 300 assists and 200 blocks in a career… still missing time due to injury.
 
- A.J. Caldwell rounded out his lengthy and memorable career in the Roundhouse with nine points… added a team-high five assists… ties season-high.