2023-24 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 19 – ETSU
January 21 – Freedom Hall – Johnson City, Tenn.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Attendance: 4,869
Game Duration: 2:02
Officials: Anthony Jordan, Wil Howard, Matt Jarman
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga improved to 12-7 overall and 4-2 inside SoCon play with an 81-74 win over ETSU inside Freedom Hall… ETSU falls to 9-10 overall and 1-5 in league play after the loss.

- All-time record 1,417-1,139… 871-570 in Division I era (since 1977-78)… 469-290 all-time in the SoCon.
 
- Chattanooga has now won four-straight games on the road at ETSU for the first time in program history… bested the previous streak of three-straight wins in Johnson City between 1985-87.
 
- UTC improved to 19-3 under current head coach Dan Earl when scoring 80 or more points… 6-2 this season.
 
- The Mocs controlled much of the game with a leading time totaling 33:57… ETSU led for just 2:40 with their last lead coming at 30-28 with 5:03 left in the first half… largest UTC lead was 12 (81-69, 2^nd 0:23).
 
- Chattanooga shot 52.5% (32-of-61) from the field during the win… knocked down 11 threes at a 42.3% (11-of-26) mark… finished the game scoring on nine of its final 10 possessions… ended averaging 1.286 points per possession.
 
- The Mocs bench out totaled the Bucs bench by a large 30-3 margin… the three bench points allowed were the least this season… the +27 margin is second best (55-8, +47, vs. VMI, 1/11/24).
 
- UTC assisted its 32-made field goals 14 times… committed just six turnovers… turnover total ties for the season best which has now been done three times… three of six SoCon games featured eight or less turnovers.
 
- Chattanooga went to the free-throw line just nine times during the win… season-low… lowest mark since?... four against ETSU on 1/21/23.
 
- Chattanooga held a 36-32 lead at halftime… team shot 48.3% (14-of-29) from the field… 50.0% (7-of-14) from deep… Mocs were outscored 12-0 in second-chance points in the first half… out-rebounded 23-14 over the first 20 minutes.

SERIES NOTES
All-Time: 99^th Meeting | Record: 53-46 | Home: 27-13 | Away: 19-25 | Neutral: 7-8

- Today's game marked the 65^th all-time meeting between the two programs in regular season Southern Conference play… UTC leads the regular season matchups 39-26.
 
COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 2^nd Season
Record: 30-24 (UTC) | 103-163 (9^th)
Home: 69-54 | Away: 26-98 | Neutral: 8-11
vs. ETSU: 3-14 | Home: 1-6 | Away: 2-7 | Neutral: 0-1 
 
INDIVIDUAL
- Jan Zidek led all UTC scorers with 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting… went 4-of-6 from deep… 1-of-1 from the line… 17 of the 21 points came in the first half… first 20-point output since 27 against Gardner-Webb (12/19/23)… now sits at 1,097 career points.
 
- Trey Bonham nearly missed his third-straight 20-point performance after finishing with 19 (7-of-13 FG, 3-of-5 3PT, 2-of-3 FT)… tied a season-high with five assists… committed zero turnovers.
 
- Honor Huff reached double figures after finishing with 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting… went 2-of-5 from deep… added three assists, three steals and did not commit a turnover.
 
- Sam Alexis was one rebound shy of notching his seventh double-double of the season… finished with 10 points (5-of-9 FG) and nine rebounds.