2023-24 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 26 – ETSU
February 14 – McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes
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GENERAL GAME INFO
Attendance: 3,025
Game Duration: 1:48
Officials: Garrick Shannon, Chris Ford, John Hampton
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TEAM
- Chattanooga improved to 18-8 overall and 10-3 in SoCon play following an 84-71 win over rival ETSU in the 100
th all-time meeting… Bucs fall to 13-13 and 5-8 in the league… completes regular season sweep.
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- All-time record 1,423-1,140… 875-571 in Division I era (since 1977-78)… 475-291 all-time in the SoCon.
- 486-148 all-time inside McKenzie Arena… 12-4 last 16 home games dating back to last season… 10-3 in McKenzie Arena this season.
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- Chattanooga finished the game with 16 made threes… went 16-of-35 (45.7%)… third-straight game making 14+… 45-of-93 (48.4%) over that span.
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- The Mocs finished shooting 52.8% (28-of-53) from the floor in total… sixth time in last eight games finishing north of 50.0%... seventh time this season finishing with 50%+ FG/40%+ 3FG/20+ 3FGA… entered tonight's contest one of just nine NCAA DI teams to have six or more games with such stat line.
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- Chattanooga earned a +10 rebounding margin over ETSU… 35-25… eighth time this season with a 10+ margin… UTC pulled down 13 offensive rebounds.
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- The Mocs posted a 10-6 edge in fast-break points… 10
th-straight game finishing with an advantage in fast-break points… outscoring its opponents 329-237 in that category this season.
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- UTC controlled most of the game and led for 35:41 opposed to ETSU's 2:26… largest lead was 19 early in the second half… Mocs have held a double-digit lead at one point in six of the last eight games.
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- Chattanooga took a 45-30 lead into halftime after ending the half on a 15-2 run… ninth first half with 40 or more points in SoCon play this season… UTC knocked down nine triples in the half… 10-4 offensive rebound advantage in the half… 12-5 second-chance points edge.
SERIES NOTES
All-Time: 100
th Meeting | Record: 54-46 | Home: 26-13 | Away: 19-25 | Neutral: 7-8
- Today's game marked the 100
th all-time meeting and the 66
th between the two schools in regular season SoCon play… UTC is 40-26 all-time in those meetings.
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COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 2
nd Season
Record: 36-25 (UTC) | 109-164 (9
th)
Home: 71-55 | Away: 30-98 | Neutral: 8-11
vs. ETSU: 4-14 | Home: 2-6 | Away: 2-7 | Neutral: 0-1Â
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INDIVIDUAL
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Honor Huff finished with a career-high 31 points after knocking down a career-high 10 FG's on 17 attempts… tied a school record and set career record with nine made 3PT FG's (9-of-16)… added two rebounds, two assists and two steals.
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Trey Bonham added 14 points on 5-of-11 shooting… dished out a game-high eight assists while committing just three turnovers… 26 assists to eight turnovers over the past three games… appeared in 100
th career game tonight.
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Tyler Millin added 12 points and six rebounds in the win… 12
th double-digit scoring effort of the season… finished a team-best +21 in 26 minutes of action.
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