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CHATTANOOGA (Jan. 30, 2024) --- The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team will take its four-game Southern Conference winning streak back on the road for a tough test at Western Carolina on Wednesday night inside the Ramsey Center in Cullowhee, N.C. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Chattanooga (14-7, 6-2 SoCon) earned its fourth-straight win during Saturday's 90-62 rout over The Citadel and now sits in a tie for second place in the SoCon standings, one game behind league-leading Samford (7-1). UTC has averaged 81.0 points per game while shooting 54.1% (125-of-231) from the floor during its current four-game win streak.
After starting SoCon play 4-0, Western Carolina (16-5, 5-3 SoCon) suffered three-straight defeats to the league's top teams in Samford, Furman and UNCG before snapping the skid on Saturday with a 102-77 home win over VMI. The Catamounts are led by one of the top players in NCAA DI basketball this season in Vontarius Woolbright, who is averaging 21.5 points, 12.8 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game while recording the nation's most double-doubles (19) and triple-doubles (2).
Full game preview including coverage links, notes, and more can be found below.
GAME DETAILS
Chattanooga (14-7, 6-2 SoCon) at Western Carolina (16-5, 5-3 SoCon)
7:02 p.m. ET ∙ Ramsey Center (Cullowhee, N.C. ∙ 8,000)
102nd All-Time Meeting ∙ UTC leads 70-31 (last: @WCU 83, UTC 68 – 2/4/23)
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GAME NOTES
Chattanooga ∙ Western Carolina ∙ SoCon
MOCS EXTEND WINNING STREAK TO FOUR
- Chattanooga (14-7, 6-2 SoCon) earned its fourth-straight win following a dominating 90-62 victory over The Citadel in Southern Conference action on Saturday inside McKenzie Arena. The four-game winning streak matches the longest this season and ties
Dan Earl's longest SoCon winning streak (W4, VMI, 1/29-2/10/22). Another balanced effort saw four Mocs reach double figures & was led by
Honor Huff (19).
CHATTANOOGA/WESTERN CAROLINA HISTORY
- Chattanooga & Western Carolina will meet for the 102nd time in the all-time series and for the 87th time in regular season SoCon play. UTC currently leads the all-time series 70-31 while the two teams are even in games played in Cullowhee, 23-23. The Mocs have won four of the last six meetings but have dropped three of the last four in Cullowhee.
WINNING WITH DIFFERENCE
- Chattanooga is one of 19 NCAA DI teams this season that has featured eight or more different starting lineup combos. Of the eight different lineups, UTC has posted victories with seven of them which currently makes the squad one of just seven NCAA DI programs that have won with seven or more different starting lineups this year.
WINDOW WIPERS
- Chattanooga earned a massive +16 (39-23) rebounding margin in Saturday's win over The Citadel. It marked the second largest rebounding advantage of the season against a DI opponent and the largest against a SoCon opponent since a +26 (55-29) advantage over Samford on January 24, 2018.
MAGIC NUMBERS POINT TO WINNING TRENDS
- The Mocs improved to 16-0 under Earl when shooting 50.0% or better from the floor and 25-4 when registering a better FG% than its opponent after out-shooting The Citadel on Saturday, 60.3% (35-58) to 41.4% (24-58). UTC improved to 8-0 under Earl when scoring 90+ points and 20-3 when scoring 80+ after Saturday's 90-62 win.
SHOOTING EFFICIENCY, SCORING KEY TO SOCON SUCCESS
- Chattanooga currently leads the Southern Conference with a 50.2% FG% in its eight league games this season while also leading in scoring margin (+11.9) and ranking second in scoring offense (79.3) and scoring defense (67.4). During its current four-game winning streak, UTC has shot 54.1% (125-231) from the floor while averaging 81.0 points per game.
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