MORAGA, Calif. (November 6, 2024) --- The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team wraps up its two-game California trip to begin the season with a Thursday night matchup at perennial power Saint Mary's (CA) on Thursday night inside the University Credit Union Arena in Moraga, California. Tip-off is set for 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Chattanooga (0-1) is coming off a tough 77-51 defeat to USC during Monday's opening night of college basketball around the country. The Mocs were led by junior guard
Honor Huff who finished with a game-high 17 points, on the help of five threes, while surpassing 900 career points in the process.
Game details and notes are available below. Fans can find all links for Monday's game, and every game this season, at the men's basketball Media Center located
HERE at GoMocs.com.
GAME DETAILS
Date: November 7, 2024 //
Time: 10:00 p.m. ET // University Credit Union Arena (Moraga, Calif.)
TV: ESPN+ //
Radio: WFLI 96.1 FM/100.3 FM/1070 AM
Game Notes: Chattanooga ·
Saint Mary's
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SERIES DETAILS
All-Time: First-ever meeting between the two programs.
Last: First-ever meeting; UTC is 2-3 all-time against WCC teams; last: W, 75-64 – at Loyola Marymount – 11/9/21
GAME NOTES
SEASON OPENER AT USC
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Chattanooga opened its season with a tough 77-51 defeat at Southern California on Monday after running into a cold shooting night. Down a few key players,
UTC struggled to find its rhythm and finished the contest shooting just 27.8% (15-54) from the floor and 17.6% (6-34) from deep, both the lowest totals in the
Dan Earl era. In addition, the total FG% was the 9th lowest on record in
UTC program history.
MILESTONE SURPASSED
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Honor Huff surpassed 900 career points at the NCAA Division I level after posting a game-high 17 points (5-of-15 FG, 5-of-13 3PT) on Monday night at USC. The game marked
Huff's 16
th contest at UTC with four or made 3PT FGs and brings his Mocs 3PT total to 114 over 34 games.
STREAK EXTENDED
- Despite finishing with a low 17.8% (6-of-34) 3PT total on Monday at USC,
Chattanooga extended its streak of five or more made 3PT FGs to 69-straight games. The 69-game total is the second longest active streak (Oral Roberts, 129) in NCAA Division I basketball and 22
nd longest in DI history.
BONHAM BACK, NAMED PRESEASON POTY
- Senior guard
Trey Bonham returns for his second season at
UTC (and final collegiate season) after very briefly entering his name in the ever-popular transfer portal this past offseason.
Bonham was tabbed the SoCon Preseason Player of the Year ahead of the upcoming season after averaging 16.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game last year while shooting a team-best 48.4% from the floor and 41.3% from deep.
HONOR BEING HONORED
- Chattanooga's junior guard
Honor Huff was one of the country's top three-point shooters a year ago after finishing the season with 109 made 3PT FG's, the seventh-best total in the country for the 2023-24 season and the third-most in
UTC single-season history.
Huff earned SoCon Preseason All-Conference Team honors and will anchor with
Bonham as one of the best mid-major backcourt duos in the country.
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