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CHATTANOOGA (December 17, 2024) --- The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team welcomes longtime in-state foe Tennessee Wesleyan (NAIA) for its final home game of the 2024 calendar year on Wednesday night inside McKenzie Arena. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
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Chattanooga (7-4) has won seven of its last eight games after picking up a pair of wins last week beginning with a 75-67 road decision over Evansville Thursday night before besting Alabama A&M, 85-63, in the Roundhouse on Sunday. The matchup against TWU (3-7) tomorrow night will be the 71
st all-time in the series' history, the most against a non-conference opponent in UTC program history.
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CHATTANOOGA EARNS WIN AT EVANSVILLE, HOME OVER ALA. A&M
- Chattanooga (7-4) picked up a pair of wins last week starting with a 75-67 triumph over Evansville on the road last Thursday night before returning home to handle Alabama A&M in convincing fashion, 85-63, on Sunday afternoon. The two wins were fueled by efficient three-point shooting and strong play from guards
Trey Bonham and
Honor Huff.
TENNESSEE WESLEYAN CURRENT SEASON OVERVIEW
- NAIA-member Tennessee Wesleyan (3-7) enters Wednesday's (exhibition) game coming off a tight 91-85 road loss at Bluefield (Va.) last Tuesday night in Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) play. The Bulldogs have dropped seven of its last nine including a 91-87 (OT) loss to Johnson (TN), a common opponent with UTC.
BRIEF SERIES HISTORY
- TN Wesleyan & UTC will meet for the 71st time on Wednesday night with the first-ever meeting occurring nearly 98 years ago on January 18, 1927 (UTC - W, 26-25) in Chattanooga. TWU is UTC's most frequent non-conference opponent in program history and is one of six programs UTC has beaten 50+ times (CIT, ETSU, FUR, SAM, WCU).
THREE-POINT SHOOTING KEY TO PAIR OF WINS
- Chattanooga put together its two best three-point shooting efforts of the season during the two wins last week over Evansville and Alabama A&M. In Thursday's win at UE, UTC knocked down a season-high 12 threes before besting the total in Sunday's win over AAMU with 14. UTC shot a combined 26-of-58 (44.8%) from three during the pair of wins & have now made 11+ triples in three of its last four games.
BONHAM TABBED SOCON PLAYER OF THE WEEK
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Trey Bonham was named the Southern Conference Player of the Week on Monday. Bonham averaged 21.5 points while shooting 66.7% (14-of-21) from the floor including 58.3% (7-of-12) from 3PT in wins over Evansville (22p, 3r, 3a) and AAMU (21p, 4r, 4a, 3s) last week. It's his first SoCon POTW as a Moc and second overall (2/21/22 w/ VMI).
MORE OF THE SAME, YOUR HONOR
- Hitting the 1,000 career-point mark at Evansville Thursday,
Honor Huff has started to find his groove over the last week-plus after a slow-ish start to his 2024-25 campaign. Huff has shot an even 50.0% (10-of-20) from 3PT land over the past two games which included a 6-of-11 (54.5%) performance in Sunday's win over
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