2022-23 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 34 – vs. #6 Wofford (Semifinals)
March 5 – Harrah's Cherokee Center – Asheville, N.C.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL
- #7 Chattanooga advances to the Southern Conference Championship game for the second-straight year following a 74-62 victory over #6 Wofford… UTC improves to 18-16… Wofford now 17-16… 20^th all-time title game appearance for UTC… 12-7 all-time in title games.
 
- All-time record 1,404-1,132… 858-562 in Division I era (since 1977-78).
 
- All-time record in the Southern Conference Tournament… 63-33 overall… 3-2 all-time against Wofford… previous meeting resulted in 79-56 win last season in the semifinal round on March 6 before tonight.
 
- Chattanooga is now 20-6 all-time in the SoCon Tournament semifinals… 2-1 against Wofford in the semifinal round.
 
- Chattanooga finished the game shooting an even 50.0% (24-of-48) from the field… 9-of-26 (34.6%) from deep… UTC is now 7-0 this season when shooting 50.0% or better from the field.
 
- The Mocs held Wofford to a lowly 3-of-23 (13.0%) mark from three… second lowest 3PT FG% from an opponent this season (Mercer, 1-of-15, 0.67%).
 
- UTC opened the second half on a quick 11-0 run to build a 46-34 lead with 15:55 left in the game… followed yesterday's 11-0 run out of the halftime break against Samford.
 
- Chattanooga went on a 13-0 run over a span of four-plus minutes to build a 25-16 lead with under 8:30 in the first half… held Wofford to an 0-of-6 mark from the field during that span… total run capped out at 16-3 over 4:57.
 
- UTC went on a four-plus minute scoring drought in the final stages of the first half… allowed for a 9-0 Wofford run which allowed the Terriers to pull back ahead 34-33 (:38.3)… Dalvin White connected on a jumper with 0:15 left to give UTC a 35-34 halftime lead.
 
- Chattanooga led Wofford at the half for the first time this season (35-34)… trailed at halftime in the previous two meetings this season… 36-30 in the first on January 25… 41-40 in the regular season finale on February 25.
 
- UTC shot 48.1% (13-of-27) from the floor in the opening half… went 7-of-16 (43.8%) from deep… held Wofford to a 46.9% (15-of-32) mark from the floor… just 1-of-8 (12.5%) from three in the opening 20.
 
- Chattanooga allowed double-digit offensive rebounds in each of the two matchups in the regular season… 10 in the first on January 25… 15 during the second on February 25… 15 was the second most this season (21, at Furman).
 
SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 52^nd Meeting | Record: 30-22 | Home: 15-8 | Away: 12-12 | Neutral: 3-2
SoCon Tournament: 3-2
 
COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 1^st Season
Record: 18-16 (UTC) | 91-155 (8^th)

• Home: 61-52 | Away: 22-93 | Neutral: 8-10
• vs. Wofford: 3-16 | Home: 0-8 | Away: 2-6 | Neutral: 1-2
• SoCon Tournament: 1-2

 
INDIVIDUAL
- Jake Stephens scored a game-high 25 points on 7-of-12 shooting… 3-of-6 from 3PT… 8-of-11 from the line… added career-high four steals… surpassed 500 points this season to become the 26^th Moc in program history to score 500 or more… 13^th game this season with 20 or more.
 
- A.J. Caldwell finished with 10 points on 3-of-5 shooting… 2-of-4 from deep… three rebounds… clutch blocked shot late in the second half.
 
- Dalvin White added 13 points on 4-of-7 shooting… dished out a team-high three assists… no turnovers… sixth game this season with at least three assists and no turnovers.