2023-24 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 29 – The Citadel
February 24 – McAlister Fieldhouse – Charleston, S.C.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Attendance: 1,553
Game Duration: 1:44
Officials: Zelton Steed, Jesse Joseph, Scott Bennett
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga fell to 19-10 overall and 11-5 inside SoCon play following a 71-62 defeat… The Citadel improved to 11-8 overall and 3-13 in the league after the win.
 
- All-time record 1,424-1,142… 876-573 in Division I era (since 1977-78)… 476-293 all-time in the SoCon.

- Chattanooga led for 25:39 in the contest while The Citadel held an edge for 11:33… UTC dropped to 16-2 this season when leading at the break after holding a 36-26 lead… now 30-7 in the Dan Earl era when leading at half.
 
- The Citadel ended the game on a 14-0 run over the final 3:34 after Chattanooga held a 62-57 lead on a Randy Brady bucket… UTC went 0-of-4 from the floor with four turnovers during the stretch.
 
- The Mocs finished the contest shooting 38.3% (23-of-60) from the field… 37.5% (12-of-32) from three… 80.0% (4-of-5) from the line… team went just 11-of-28 (39.3%) from inside the arc… went just 10-of-31 (6-of-19 3PT) in the second half.
 
- UTC earned a 37-29 edge in rebounds… 13-5 on the offensive glass… the +8 rebounding margin is the largest in a loss since the SoCon opener at Samford on January 3.
 
- Despite the rebounding edge, The Citadel outscored UTC in the paint 34-20… the -14 paint-point margin ties the most in SoCon play this year… third occurrence… second in last three games (30-16, -14, at Furman on 2/18/24).
 
- The Citadel turned Chattanooga over 18 times during the game… second-most turnovers this season (21 at Samford, 1/3/24)… Bulldogs scored 26 points off the 18 turnovers.
 
- Chattanooga entered the halftime break with a 36-26 lead… sixth time with a 10+ lead at halftime during SoCon play this season… entered 16-1 this season with a halftime lead… UTC shot 44.8% (13-of-29) from the floor… 46.2% (6-of-13) from three.

SERIES NOTES
All-Time: 94^th Meeting | Record: 70-24 | Home: 40-6 | Away: 31-15 | Neutral: 2-0

- Today's game marked the 94^th all-time meeting and the 86^th between the two schools in regular season SoCon play… UTC is 68-18 all-time in those meetings.
 
COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 2^nd Season
Record: 37-27 (2^nd at UTC) | 110-166 (9^th Overall)
Home: 72-55 | Away: 30-100 | Neutral: 8-11
SoCon: 18-16 (2^nd at UTC) | 52-104 (9^th Overall) | H: 32-45, A: 20-59
Record vs. The Citadel: 11-8 | Home: 8-1 | Away: 3-6 | Neutral: 0-1 
 
INDIVIDUAL
- Honor Huff scored a game-high 20 points on 7-of-19 FG (5-of-13 3PT)… fourth-straight 20+ point scoring effort… 34 made 3PT FG's over last six games (5.67 per game)… surpassed 500 points (510) on the year… passed Matt Ryan (507, 2019-20) for 24^th in most single-season points in program history… up to 98 total 3PTM this year… fourth-most in program history.
 
- Trey Bonham added 12 points (4-of-14 FG, 3-of-9 3PT) and five rebounds in his return after missing one game due to injury… posted two assists and a steal.
 
- Tyler Millin finished a perfect 4-of-4 FG (2-of-2 3PT) from the field on his way to a 10-point performance… grabbed four rebounds… now sits at 99 career 3PTM.
 
- Randy Brady hauled in a team-high nine rebounds including three on the offensive glass… scored five points and dished out three assists… nine rebounds are a career-high against a SoCon opponent.