2024-25 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 11 – Alabama A&M – December 15, 2024
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes & Quotes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Game Duration: 1:54
Attendance: 2,926
Officials: Ryan Christian, R.B. Clyburn, Kyle Bowen
 
TEAM RECORDS
Chattanooga: 7-4 (Home: 5-1 ∙ Away: 2-3)
Alabama A&M: 4-6 (Home: 4-3 ∙ Away: 0-3)
 
COACH RECORDS
UTC: Dan Earl ∙ UTC (3^rd): 46-33 ∙ Overall (10^th): 119-172 ∙ vs. AAMU: 2-0 
AAMU: Otis Hughley, Jr. ∙ AAMU (3^rd): 31-47 ∙ Overall: Same ∙ vs. UTC 0-2
 
SERIES HISTORY (ALL-TIME)
Meetings: Second ∙ Record: 2-0 (1.000)
at UTC: 1-0 ∙ at AAMU: 1-0 ∙ Neutral: 0-0
 
HISTORIC NOTES
All-Time Program Record: 1,432-1,148 (.554)
Division I Era (since 77-78): 886-579 (.605)
Record in UTC/McKenzie Arena: 490-150 (.766)
UTC All-Time vs. SWAC: 14-5 (.737)
 
GAME/TEAM NOTES
∙ Chattanooga improved to 7-4 on the season after the 85-63 win over Alabama A&M… Bulldogs drop to 4-6… 22-point victory is the largest MOV of the season.
 
∙ The win marked No. 490 inside UTC/McKenzie Arena since the start in 1982-83… 490-150 (.766) all-time in the Roundhouse.
 
∙ Chattanooga finished shooting a season-best 51.0% (25-49)… made a season high in 3PT (14) for second-straight game… went an efficient 21-24 (87.5%) from the FT line.
 
∙ UTC improved to 30-4 under head coach Dan Earl when scoring 80 or more points… 22-1 under Earl when shooting 50.0% or better.
 
∙ UTC led for 38:23 while AAMU never led… one tie early (3-3)… the Mocs longest scoring run (13-0) came over the game's final five minutes.
 
∙ The Mocs earned a 32-26 rebounding edge over the Bulldogs… nine different players recorded two or more rebounds… earned a 22-18 advantage in paint points.
 
∙ Chattanooga led 40-26 at halftime… largest halftime lead of the season (12 at Evansville last time out)… shot 46.2% (12-26) from the floor… 19 of the 26 FGA were from 3PT (7-19, 36.8%).
 
∙ Streak of 5+ 3PT FGs extends to 79-straight games… began at 2022-23 season opener… every game under Dan Earl… second-longest active streak in DI (Oral Roberts, 136)… now the 13th longest streak all-time in DI history.
 
PLAYER GAME/CAREER NOTES
Honor Huff, G-Jr.
∙ Finished with a season-high 24 points on 6-12 FG (6-11 3PT, 6-6 FT)… added four rebounds, two assists and two steals.
∙ Surpassed 700 point total while wearing a UTC uniform (now at 705).
∙ Team-best +33 in 33 minutes of floor time… two assists puts him at 199 for his career.
 
Trey Bonham, G-Sr.
∙ Finished with 21 points on 6-9 FG (3-6 3PT, 6-6 FT)… added four rebounds, four assists and three steals in 30 minutes.
∙ Back-to-back 20-point games after scoring 22 at Evansville Thursday night.
∙ Surpassed 500 points at UTC (now at 507)… sits at 1,275 for his collegiate career.
 
POSTGAME QUOTES
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Opening thoughts after the 85-63 win over Alabama A&M.
"I thought it was a good game overall, I'm proud of the games. I give Alabama A&M a ton of credit, we opened the game up a bit and then they kept fighting and made it pretty tense there in the second half. We had 18 assists last game, 19 this game, we are sharing the ball extremely well and I'm proud of the guys for that. We have to figure out how to get multiple stops in-a-row, we let them get loose a bit in the second half. We have to clean that up, but overall, I'm proud of the guys."
 
On coming together over the last week-plus.
"We've had some the most unselfish and spirited competitive practices, but unselfishly we're sharing the ball very well. I think I stopped them a couple times in the last couple days about sharing the ball maybe too much. I'm trying to explain it and not get in their head about it, but I'd rather be overly unselfish rather than be selfish. But we do need to clean that up and I don't want guys passing up shots."
 
On the play of Garrison Keeslar.
"He is the most unselfish guy. He only cares about winning. And I think we need more of that across the board although we do have an unselfish group. He just makes play after play, and those plays aren't going to show up in the stat sheet. It's a deflection, or a loose ball deflection that doesn't count for a rebound. The defensive effort, he makes it tough on the other team. He does all the little things, it's a winning formula.
 
Honor Huff, G-Jr.
On the slow-ish start for himself and Trey Bonham.
"It's been a tough start for both of us to say the least. Our teammates and coaching staff has the most belief and confidence in us to get it done and make plays on both sides of the ball. If we're not making an impact scoring, doing the other things is what we focused on. We know we have to get going for this team."
 
On responding from adversity and coming off the reserve role on Thursday.
"I wasn't going hard enough in practices and games, and I understood that, I didn't take any offense to that. I just practiced hard and went out and played hard. The coaching staff thought that was the best thing for the team, and I'm a team player and I want what's best for the team. It was really good to refocus and reshape my focus on how to get back to me. I think my leadership stepped up over this and I'm confident to keep this going."