2024-25 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 12 – Tennessee Wesleyan – December 18, 2024
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes & Quotes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Game Duration: 1:43
Attendance: 2,488
Officials: Luke Payne, Patrick Harwood, Jake Kuhlman
 
TEAM RECORDS
Chattanooga: 8-4 (Home: 6-1 ∙ Away: 2-3)
Tennessee Wesleyan: 3-7 (exhibition game)
 
COACH RECORDS
UTC: Dan Earl ∙ UTC (3^rd): 47-33 ∙ Overall (10^th): 120-172 ∙ vs. TWU: 2-0 
TWU: Randy Casey ∙ TWU (1^st): 3-7 ∙ Overall: Same ∙ vs. UTC 0-1
 
SERIES HISTORY (ALL-TIME)
Meetings: 71 ∙ Record: 53-18 (.746)
at UTC: 39-8 ∙ at TWU: 13-10 ∙ Neutral: 1-0
 
HISTORIC NOTES
All-Time Program Record: 1,433-1,148 (.554)
Division I Era (since 77-78): 887-579 (.605)
Record in UTC/McKenzie Arena: 491-150 (.766)
UTC All-Time vs. Non-DI: 117-1 (.991)
 
GAME/TEAM NOTES
∙ Chattanooga improved to 8-4 overall this season after a 99-52 victory over NAIA-member Tennessee Wesleyan… Mocs have won eight of its last nine games after an 0-3 start to the year.
 
∙ UTC posted its highest point total of the season (99)… best FG% of the season (52.7%, 39-74)… held TWU to a lowly 28.1% (18-64) from the field including 20.0% (5-25) from 3PT.
 
∙ Chattanooga earned its first wire-to-wire win of the year… led for a commanding 39:14 with no ties or lead changes… biggest lead of the game was 51 (93-42) with 3:15 left in the contest.
 
∙ The Mocs registered a season-high 59 rebounds while posting a +32 (59-27) margin… 59 rebounds are the most since 60 against Johnson (TN) on December 10, 2022.
 
∙ UTC totaled 25 assists on its 39 FGM… season-high in assists… 25 assists matches the most since 25 against Covenant on November 19, 2022.
 
∙ Chattanooga finished the game 14-38 (36.8%) from 3PT during the win… eight different Mocs made at least one 3PT… back-to-back games with 14 3FGM… 40 3FGM over last three games.
 
∙ Chattanooga held its largest halftime lead of the season for the third-straight game… led 48-27… shot an even 50.0% (18-36) from the field (40.0%, 8-20 3PT)… out-rebounded TWU 24-16 in the half.
 
∙ Streak of 5+ 3PT FGs extends to 80-straight games… began at 2022-23 season opener… every game under Dan Earl… second-longest active streak in DI (Oral Roberts, 137)… now tied for the 12th longest streak all-time in DI history.
 
PLAYER GAME/CAREER NOTES
Honor Huff, G-Jr.
∙ Finished with game-high 20 points on 7-12 FG… 6-10 3PT… added two rebounds and one assist.
∙ Notched 200th career assist with his first and only of the night… entered the game just one shy at 199.
∙ Back-to-back 20-point or better efforts… 12-21 (57.1%) from 3PT over last two games.
 
Trey Bonham, G-Sr.
∙ Scored 12 points on 5-10 FG… 2-6 3PT… added four rebounds and four assists.
 
Garrison Keeslar, G/F-Sr.
∙ Registered five points (2-5 FG, 1-4 3PT), four rebounds and six assists in the win.
 
POSTGAME QUOTES
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Opening statement after 99-52 win over TWU.
"Overall, I thought it was a pretty good showing from us. We talked about having a mature mindset before the game and going into it. I thought we really shared the ball with 25 assists and only seven turnovers. We made some shots and did some pretty good things. They obviously pressed us a bit and we were able to work on our press offense as well. So, overall, it was a good team win and I'm proud of the guys and we'll start preparing for Indiana tomorrow."
 
Garrison Keeslar, G/F-Sr.
On the team having a mature response these past couple games.
"I think our team handled it well. Like coach said, you have to have a mature team to be able to go out there and just take care of business. A lot of teams treat that as a look ahead game where we have Indiana on Saturday, so no one really cares about this game. You can't do that. Every game is just another battle, so you have to come out and play hard from the start. I feel like we did that. At times our foot may have come off the gas pedal a bit, but for the most part, I feel like we played well and were working as hard as we could to extend the lead."