2023-24 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 25 – UNCG
February 10 – Greensboro Coliseum – Greensboro, N.C.
Postgame Notes
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GENERAL GAME INFO
Attendance: 2,329
Game Duration: 1:52
Officials: Michael Terry, Damon Williams, Chase Vaden
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TEAM
- Chattanooga improved to 17-8 overall and 9-3 in SoCon play after an 89-61 victory over UNCG… UNCG falls to 17-8 overall and 8-4 in league play… 89 points are the most for the program in Greensboro.
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- All-time record 1,422-1,140… 875-571 in Division I era (since 1977-78)… 474-291 all-time in the SoCon.
- The win marked Chattanooga's sixth-straight road SoCon victory… ties a program record… first time with six-straight road league wins since 1992-93… fourth time ever accomplishing the feat.
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- UTC finished the contest shooting 59.3% (32-of-54) from the field and 55.6% (15-of-27) from three… 15 made 3PT FG's are the most surrendered by UNCG this season… squad shot 68.2% (15-of-22) in the second half alone.
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- Chattanooga led for 37:45 opposed to the Spartans' 1:56 of lead time… UTC led by as many as 29 at one point in the second half… second-largest lead on a DI opponent this season (52, vs. VMI, 1/11/24).
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- Chattanooga earned large advantages in points in the paint (+14, 26-12)… fast break points (+8, 8-0)… bench points (+21, 28-7)… 84 combined bench points in the last three SoCon road victories at WCU, VMI & UNCG tonight.
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- Chattanooga has shot 50.0% or better from the field four times during the six-game road winning streak… has made 11 or more 3PT FG's in four of the six games during the streak.
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- UTC finished with 15 assists on its 32 made FG's… committed just eight turnovers… fewest turnovers since six at ETSU on January 21.
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- Chattanooga led 44-31 at halftime… five of the last six games with 40+ first-half points… shot 53.1% (17-of-32) from the floor… 52.9% (9-of-17) from deep… committed just two turnovers during the half.
SERIES NOTES
All-Time: 56
th Meeting | Record: 28-28 | Home: 15-11 | Away: 12-14 | Neutral: 1-3
- Today's game marked the 48
th all-time meeting between the two schools in regular season SoCon play… UTC is 23-25 all-time in those meetings.
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COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 2
nd Season
Record: 35-25 (UTC) | 108-164 (9
th)
Home: 70-55 | Away: 30-98 | Neutral: 8-11
vs. UNCG: 4-14 | Home: 2-7 | Away: 2-7 | Neutral: 0-0Â
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INDIVIDUAL
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Trey Bonham led all scorers and tied a career-high with 31 points on 10-of-16 shooting… went 4-of-7 from three… perfect 7-of-7 from the line… first 30+ point game on the road for a Moc since David Jean-Baptiste's 31 at Samford February 2, 2022… added seven assists, four steals and committed just one turnover.
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Honor Huff posted 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting… went 6-of-10 from deep… one of three Mocs to finish a team-best +19 in the +/- category… fourth game in last five with 19 or more points.
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Myles Che scored 14 points on an extremely efficient 6-of-8 shooting day… went 2-of-2 from three… dished out three assists to just one turnover… also finished +19.