2024-25 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 3 – at Austin Peay – November 11, 2024
F&M Bank Arena – Clarksville, Tenn.
Postgame Notes & Quotes
 
GENERAL NOTES
Game Duration:
Attendance:
Officials: John Dillon, R.B. Clyburn, Chuck McCoy
 
TEAM NOTES
- Chattanooga falls to 0-3 for just the fifth time in its DI era (since 1977-78) after a tough 67-61 defeat at in-state foe Austin Peay on Monday night in Clarksville… Austin Peay improves to 3-0… Govs received two votes in the latest AP Top 25 Poll entering today.
 
- All-time program record 1,426-1,147… 878-577 in Division I era (since 1977-78).

- Only 0-3 starts in the Division I era came in 2011-12, 2008-09 (NCAA Tournament), 2005-06 and 1999-00.
 
- Chattanooga is the only team in the Southern Conference to begin the 2024-25 season with three-straight games (four with Morehead State next) against DI opponents.
 
- First time in Division I era (since 1977-78) beginning a season with three-straight true road games… last time it happened was 1969-70… same year the University of Chattanooga and Chattanooga City College merged to become… UTC.
 
- Streak of 5+ 3PT FGs extends to 71-straight games… began at 2022-23 season opener… every game under Dan Earl… second-longest active streak (Oral Roberts, 128)… T18th longest streak all-time in DI.
 
- Chattanooga struggled to find the bottom of the net, especially in the second half… team went 0-of-11 from deep over the final 20 minutes… finished the game shooting just 39.1% (25-of-64) in total from the floor… lowly 17.2% (5-of-29) from three.

- Austin Peay led the contest for a whopping 37:48... UTC just for 0:32 in the first half... the tightly-played contest saw the largest lead swell to just nine for the Govs, which came in the first half at the 9:54 mark... two lead changes and three ties.
 
PLAYER NOTES
- Graduate transfer guard Bash Wieland (Bellarmine) made his UTC debut after missing the first two games due to injury… seven points and two steals in the first half alone… finished with a team-high 19 points on 8-of-13 FG.
 
- Redshirt freshman forward Collin Mulholland made his collegiate debut after missing the first two games due to injury… knocked down a 3PT FG on his first shot attempt in the first half… finished with five points, six rebounds and five assists.

SERIES HISTORY

All-Time	Record	Pct.
Overall (19th)	10-9	.526
at Austin Peay	2-7	.222
at Chattanooga	7-2	.778
Neutral	1-0	1.000

 
COACHING RECORDS/NOTES

Dan Earl (PSU '97)	Record	Pct.
Overall (10th)	112-171	.387
at UTC (3rd)	39-32	.552
vs. Austin Peay	0-1	.000

 
POSTGAME QUOTES
Dan Earl, Head Coach
On Austin Peay's style and opening thoughts.
"They junk things up quite a bit. They are long, active and keep coming at you defensively. You try to thread the needle of running offense, or cutting hard, sharing the ball, but yet you have to be aggressive and can't be tentative. We kind of went east and west about our passes early on instead of being aggressive and going where you want to go. It just took us a little too long to figure that out. We really did get some wide open shots, we just didn't make them."
 
On moving forward and competition level.
"There isn't a panic button whatsoever. I really like this team, and we will continue to get better. We are thoroughly disappointed we're 0-3 at this point, but we will continue to learn how to play together, tougher and the right way. I was really proud of him tonight. You look in the huddle, Bash, as a fifth-year senior, had a look in his eye that showed he wanted to take this game over. Some of it is just competing, offensively and defensively. I thought Bash did great at that. Another one is Garrison Keeslar who takes the game on. Some of our younger guys who haven't played a ton of minutes, have a little look that might be unsure. More minutes is more experience. We have to grow up quickly and keep the confidence high."
 
On the tough night shooting.
"We have faith in our shooters. We have to have a variety of different guys make shots, that's obvious, but when Trey [Bonham] and Honor [Huff] don't shoot it well, it's tough to get everyone going. We have confidence in everyone, but especially those two guys. Making shots will help, but there's so many things to work on. Not rotating, going under screens on good shooters, there's a laundry list of things to get better at."
 
On the large free-throw attempt disadvantage tonight.
"That's something we have to get better at. They're super aggressive and had an advantage in that regard. We only got there nine times and that might be because we're too tentative. We weren't getting downhill, creating contact, shot faking, going through guys, and then we are fouling them way too much. You have to be strong and make them call fouls, but you can't commit silly fouls and we did that tonight. Austin Peay is a really good team. They played well and we have to learn and grow from this."
 
Bash Wieland, Gr.-G
On returning after missing the first two games.
"Just to get back out there, I'm thankful for that. It was fun to compete again, obviously I wish we would have won, but it felt good to be back out there for sure. My teammates put me in a lot of good places, Trey [Bonham] and Honor [Huff] are some of the two best guards I've ever played with. Not only how they can shoot, but how they look for people on cuts."
 
On getting back in rhythm.
"It took a little bit, but once I got out there and had some stuff happen, it was a little easier getting back to it. It felt like we were trailing from behind all game, which we pretty much were. The early pressure really got to us I think. It was a soft pressure that took a lot to break."
 
On the low shooting totals tonight.
"We're not going to shoot like this all the time. Probably won't even shoot like this the rest of the year. That's the frustrating part. If we hit more shots, it's right there for us. We just have to get ready, get confident and turn it towards Morehead on Thursday."