2023-24 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 14 – at Samford
January 3 – Pete Hanna Center – Birmingham, Ala.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Attendance: 1,083
Game Duration: 2:10
Officials: Chuck Jones, Billy Dunlap, Glenn Tuitt
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga dropped its third-straight game following an 89-74 defeat at Samford in the Southern Conference opener… falls to 8-6 overall and 0-1 in the league… Samford has now won 12-straight and improves to 12-2 overall and 1-0 in the SoCon.

- All-time record 1,413-1,138… 867-569 in Division I era (since 1977-78).
 
- 25-22 all-time in Southern Conference openers… 10-15 when opening on the road… second all-time opener against Samford… both on road… last was December 30, 2017 (@SAM 73, UTC 56).
 
- Samford led for 23:01 opposed to UTC leading for 13:57… most time led for the Mocs since Alabama A&M on December 16… Bulldogs largest lead was 17… fourth-straight game trailing by at least 16.
 
- Chattanooga finished the game shooting 25-of-56 (44.6%) from the floor… 11-of-31 (35.5%) from three… eighth-straight game with 10 or more triples… 81^st-straight game a Dan Earl team has made five or more threes.
 
- Samford connected on 50.0% of its threes… 17-of-34… marked the most threes allowed by UTC to a SoCon opponent since Davidson connected on 17 on February 4, 2012.
 
- Chattanooga erased its recent first-half struggles with 43 points on 17-of-31 (54.8%) shooting… went 6-of-16 (37.5%) from deep in the half… seven different scorers in the first 20 minutes.
 
- UTC committed a season-high 21 turnovers which led to a 24-14 disadvantage in points off turnovers… 14 came in the second half… 21 turnovers is the most against a SoCon opponent since 22 against UNCG on February 2, 2019.
 
- Chattanooga earned the rebounding advantage by a large 39-26 (+13) margin… largest rebounding advantage in a loss since +16 in an 83-79 OT loss to Belmont on December 18, 2022.

SERIES NOTES
All-Time Meetings: 111^th Meeting | Record: 68-43 | Home: 42-13 | Away: 23-30 | Neutral: 3-0

- 30^th regular season Southern Conference meeting against Samford… now 20-10 all-time in regular season matchups.
 
COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 2^nd Season
Record: 26-23 (UTC) | 99-162 (9^th)
Home: 67-53 | Away: 24-98 | Neutral: 8-11
vs. Samford: 5-16 | Home: 3-5 | Away: 0-9 | Neutral: 2-2 
 
INDIVIDUAL
- Trey Bonham led all UTC scorers with 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting… 4-of-5 from three… added six rebounds and three assists… fifth career game against Samford… has scored 14 or more in all five.
 
- Honor Huff scored 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting… 4-of-10 from three… third-straight game with four or more threes… all but three games this season with three or more.
 
- Noah Melson registered his first career start at the collegiate level… the true freshman finished with three points and a board… third-straight game with a three.