2024-25 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 10 – Evansville – December 12, 2024
Ford Center – Evansville, Ind.
Postgame Notes & Quotes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Game Duration: 1:53
Attendance: 3,862
Officials: Kipp Kissinger, Marques Pettigrew, Brooks Wells
 
TEAM RECORDS
Chattanooga: 6-4 (Home: 4-1 ∙ Away: 2-3)
Evansville: 3-7 (Home: 3-3 ∙ Away: 0-4)
 
COACH RECORDS
UTC: Dan Earl ∙ UTC (3^rd): 45-33 ∙ Overall (10^th): 118-172 ∙ vs. UE: 1-1 
UE: David Ragland ∙ UE (3^rd): 25-52 ∙ Overall: Same ∙ vs. UTC 1-1
 
SERIES HISTORY (ALL-TIME)
Meetings: Second ∙ Record: 1-1 (.500)
at UTC: 0-1 ∙ at UE: 1-0 ∙ Neutral: 0-0
 
HISTORIC NOTES
All-Time Program Record: 1,431-1,148 (.554)
Division I Era (since 77-78): 885-579 (.604)
UTC All-Time vs. MVC: 13-17 (.433)
 
GAME/TEAM NOTES
∙ Chattanooga improved to 6-4 on the season after earning a 75-67 road win at Evansville… avenged last year's loss to the Aces inside McKenzie Arena.
 
∙ 30^th all-time meeting against the Missouri Valley Conference (current members)… UTC is now 13-17 (.433) against the current MVC… first game in the state of Indiana for UTC since November 13, 2011 (L, 53-78 at Indiana).
 
∙ UTC finished with its second-best FG% of the season after going an even 50.0% (29-58)… season best three-point effort with 12 makes at a 46.2% (12-26) mark.
 
∙ The Mocs earned a 31-29 edge on the glass… eight offensive rebounds… 30-26 advantage in paint points… 34-13 in points off the bench.
 
∙ One of the top FT shooting teams in the SoCon and DI basketball, UTC didn't attempt a FT until the near eight-minute mark of the second half… finished 5-of-6 (83.3%) down the stretch.
 
∙ Chattanooga led 41-29 at halftime… largest halftime lead of the season… shot 51.6% (16-31) in total and 52.9% (9-17) from three… held Aces to a 2-11 (18.2%) mark from deep in the half.
 
∙ Streak of 5+ 3PT FGs extends to 78-straight games… began at 2022-23 season opener… every game under Dan Earl… second-longest active streak in DI (Oral Roberts, 136)… 14th longest streak all-time in DI history.
 
PLAYER GAME/CAREER NOTES
Trey Bonham, G-Sr.
∙ Appeared in 115^th career game… 79^th career start… finished with game-high 22 points.
∙ Finished 8-of-12 FG, 4-of-6 3PT, 2-of-2 FT… added three boards and three assists.
 
Honor Huff, G-Jr.
∙ Hit 1,000 career points with his 12^th and final point of the night… finished with 12 on 4-11 FG, 4-9 3PT.
∙ 75^th career game… came off the bench tonight for first time during UTC tenure… team-high 35 minutes.
 
Frank Champion, F-Sr.
∙ Made first start in UTC uniform… just second appearance after returning from injury.
∙ Finished with 12 points… 6-of-10 FG… added three rebounds, an assist and a steal.
 
POSTGAME QUOTES
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Opening thoughts after the 75-67 win at Evansville.
"They are hard to come by [road wins]. Evansville, you know, like I said before the game, they probably want to have won a couple more games, but they are a good team and certainly playing on the road against a Missouri Valley team isn't easy. There were some late game things that we certainly have to clean up. My blood pressure was going through the roof on some defensive stuff. But on the whole, a lot of guys positively impacted the game, and we got some really good minutes from some guys."
 
On team's response after Evansville claimed brief second-half lead.
"Yeah, I thought we showed a lot of resiliency there. As you mentioned, we had a sizable lead or decent lead, and then, they took the lead in the second half. Sometimes we try to hit the home run rather than staying with a single, single, single. I thought we did a really good job, maybe the best of the season, in that regard."
 
On play of Frank Champion in second game.
"I still think he's got a chance of being even better, if you will. Now, he made some really nice drives and plays, but you can see he's still, which is absolutely to be expected, wants to be playing even better, more confident and just move better, He's still getting in shape, so it'll be a process, but I'm really proud of him because for the most part, he let the game come to him and he took advantage of some drives and moves when he could, he didn't try to force anything, and he was really effective."
 
Frank Champion, F-Sr.
On tonight's win.
"It's always tough on the road and it was one that we really needed, and I think it was big for us, you know, putting us in the right direction before we get ready to take these next steps towards conference play."
 
On skillset.
"I mean, today, I think I showed my inside presence. That's one of the things that I kind of cater to my game. I want to use my size and versatility, and once I start getting that feeling back too, getting that moving that I want, I think I can bring a push to the pace in transition. We have shooters around us, so being able to spread it is also big."