2023-24 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 24 – VMI
February 8 – Cameron Hall – Lexington, Va.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Attendance: 2,365
Game Duration: 1:57
Officials: Billy Dunlap, Antoine Dawkins, Anthony Eades
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga improved to 16-8 overall and 8-3 inside SoCon play after an 88-84 victory over VMI… VMI falls to 4-20 overall and 1-10 inside the league… UTC moves to 22-3 under Dan Earl when scoring 80 or more points.
 
- All-time record 1,421-1,140… 874-571 in Division I era (since 1977-78)… 473-291 all-time in the SoCon.

- The win marked Chattanooga's fifth-straight SoCon road victory… second longest such streak in program history… first five-game SoCon road winning streak since the 1992-93 season… just the fourth time ever occurring in program history.
 
- The game experienced seven ties and seven lead changes… UTC led for 31:06 while VMI controlled for 4:12… Mocs biggest lead was 12 in the second half… Keydets never led by as many as three.
 
- UTC earned a 44-36 (+8) advantage on the glass during the win… posted a 26-19 (+7) edge in the second half… six different Mocs finished with four or more rebounds.
 
- Chattanooga finished the game shooting 46.2% (30-of-65) from the field… 45.2% (14-of-31) from three… improves to 14-1 this season when out-shooting its opponent in FG% (VMI, 44.4%)… 27-4 in the Dan Earl era.
 
- Trey Bonham and Honor Huff made their second appearances against their former team and first in Lexington… Huff (22) and Bonham (15) combined for 37 points… in four games with former Keydets playing (including Jake Stephens in 2022-23), the former VMI players have combined for 120 points (30.0 ppg), 52.5% FG (42-80), 50.0% 3PT (17-34), 45 rebounds (10.5 rpg), 21 assists (5.3 apg).
 
- The 14 made 3PT FG's tie for the second most this season… 17 against VMI in the first meeting on January 11 is the season best.
 
- UTC finished 14-of-21 (66.7%) from the free-throw line during the win… 21 FT attempts ties for a season high against a SoCon opponent (21 at Mercer, 1/18).
 
- The Mocs finished the first half with a five-point lead 45-40… fourth time in last five games scoring 40+ in the first half… shot 46.9% (15-of-32) from the field and 52.9% (9-of-17) from deep.

SERIES NOTES
All-Time: 68^th Meeting | Record: 52-16 | Home: 25-5 | Away: 22-9 | Neutral: 5-2

- Today's game marked the 60^th all-time meeting between the two schools in regular season SoCon play… UTC is 46-14 all-time in those meetings.
 
COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 2^nd Season
Record: 34-25 (UTC) | 107-164 (9^th)
Home: 70-55 | Away: 29-98 | Neutral: 8-11
vs. VMI: 5-0 | Home: 2-0 | Away: 2-0 | Neutral: 1-0 
 
INDIVIDUAL
- Trey Bonham nearly notched the program's first triple-double since 2011 after finishing with 15 points, a career-high 11 assists and grabbing eight rebounds… added three steals… led the team in +/- category with a +13 tally.
 
- Honor Huff scored a team-high 22 points on 7-of-17 shooting including a 6-of-11 mark from three… tied a career-high with six rebounds… third game this season with six or more threes… 7 made 3PT FG's ties career high which was set earlier this year in win at Louisville (November 10, 2023).
 
- Sam Alexis recorded his seventh double-double of the season after posting 14 points and 12 rebounds… four offensive boards and eight on the defensive side.