2024-25 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 4 – Morehead State – November 14, 2024
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes & Quotes
 
GENERAL NOTES
Game Duration: 1:54
Attendance: 2,867
Officials: Arthur Vaulk, Anthony Eades, Landen Cammack
 
TEAM NOTES
- Chattanooga picked up its first win of the 2024-25 campaign with a 76-62 victory over Morehead State on Thursday night in front of 2,867 fans inside the Roundhouse… Morehead State drops to 1-3 after the loss… Dan Earl earned win No. 40 at UTC (40-32).
 
- Mocs first-ever win over the Eagles in three total tries… MSU's first-ever visit to the famed McKenzie Arena.
 
- The Mocs have now won five-straight home openers… 3-0 under Dan Earl….37-7 all-time in McKenzie Arena home openers… 42-7 in home openers during the Division I era (since 1977-78).
 
- Chattanooga is the only team in the Southern Conference to begin the 2024-25 season with four-straight games (five with SEMO next) against DI opponents.
 
- Streak of 5+ 3PT FGs extends to 72-straight games… began at 2022-23 season opener… every game under Dan Earl… second-longest active streak (Oral Roberts, 129)… 18th longest streak all-time in DI.
 
- Game was tied 37-37 at the break… UTC posted a 39-25 second-half advantage… 25 second-half points allowed is the lowest since 25 against Wofford in last year's SoCon Quarterfinals (3/9/24)… last time with 24 or less against a DI opponent?... 18 against Mercer on February 11, 2023.
 
- UTC led the contest for 25:43 while trailing for just 9:04… largest lead swelled to 17 late in the second half… after MSU scored the first point on a free throw of the second half, UTC went on a 14-0 scoring run for five-plus minutes to build a 51-38 lead.
 
- The Mocs shot 43.5% (27-62) from the floor… shot 27.3% (9-33) from deep… nine 3PTM is highest of the season… held MSU to a 30.4% (7-23) mark from the field in the second half… Eagles closed the final 20 minutes 1-of-8 from deep.
 
- All-time program record 1,427-1,147… 879-577 in Division I era (since 1977-78).
 
PLAYER NOTES
- Bash Wieland scored a career-high 26 points on 9-14 FG (3-6 3PT, 5-6 FT)… three 3PTM is also a career-high… 18 points came in the second half… added five rebounds and a career best three steals.
 
- Honor Huff followed Wieland in scoring with 13 points on 4-12 FG (2-10 3PT, 3-3 FT)… career-high eight assists while turning it over just twice… added a steal to hit 80 for his career.

SERIES HISTORY

All-Time	Record	Pct.
Overall (3rd)	1-2	.333
at Chattanooga	1-0	1.000
at Morehead State	0-1	.000
Neutral	0-1	.000

 
COACHING RECORDS/NOTES

Dan Earl (PSU '97)	Record	Pct.
Overall (10th)	113-171	.391
at UTC (3rd)	40-32	.555
vs. Morehead State	1-1	.500

 
POSTGAME QUOTES
Dan Earl, Head Coach
On tonight's win over Morehead State.
"Obviously a tale of two halves to some degree. I didn't say a whole lot of strategic things at halftime, but kind of got on the guys a bit. Super proud of their response in the second half and obviously you can see that we're a work in progress. We have to realize that we're young and just starting to get minutes, so there might be some nerves there, but at the end of the day we have to play much harder. It's been challenging with all of our injuries now, but I assure you we'll play harder than we did in that first half and we'll continue to get better. Again, was proud of their response and we'll continue to improve and win some basketball games. Also Bash (Wieland) had an outstanding night so super proud of him as well."
 
On being able to bounce back from the 0-3 start.
"It's nice to get a win, certainly, and I think it's nice for everybody. The players, the coaches, it's nice for our fans to see us get a win. But again, we're still a work in progress. We played two really good opponents out west, I thought we had growth from game one to game two, that is USC to Saint Mary's. We did not play well on the road at Austin Peay, but we fought. You can see that we've not shot the ball well and we have to get a little better at shot selection as well. If we're not shooting it well we have to be able to make some different things happen. I thought Bash did a great job at getting some twos around the basket. We don't want to fall in love with the three. But to answer your question again, it's nice to get on the winning track and I think it'll help everybody. We just need time to get better. Bash has only been in like four practices, Collin Mulholland maybe three and a half practices, Frank's (Champion) still working his way back, we had some other guys injured, but I don't want to use excuses. We will play much harder than that first half, and we will continue to grow and get better. Proud of the guys."
 
On Bash Wieland's leadership.
"Bash has a million great qualities, one of which is he's never afraid to speak his mind. He's really not afraid to speak. We've had some donor functions and some things where it's really cool, he'll go up to people and introduce himself. He's just a wonderful young man that's willing to speak his mind on the court. That will add a ton of value to this team. In fact, I got on him tonight for allowing that in the first half and how we were playing. Again, I thought a great response from him and I'm looking for even more leadership from him moving forward."
 
Bash Wieland, Gr.-G
On his excitement of finally being able to get on the court with this team.
"I've mostly just been focused on being thankful that I'm out there. I've had a lot of injuries in the past, and to get our first win is the most important thing. Mostly I'm just thankful that I'm able to contribute to a win. It's harder to lead when you're not playing. That's just the nature of how it is. To be able to be out there and be able to win as a team is just awesome."
 
On imparting his wisdom to the younger guys on the team.
"That is definitely some of it. I would say, just seeing those guys' potential… I mean Collin (Mulholland) is a redshirt freshman, so he hasn't really had a lot of game experience. What can I do to help him maybe put us in a better position to win? That's what I try to do, and I also enjoy that. I enjoy imparting wisdom to guys that maybe haven't had as much experience."