2023-24 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 31 – Western Carolina
March 2 – McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Attendance: 3,874
Game Duration: 1:50
Officials: Arthur Vaulk, Matt Jarman, Chuck McCoy
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga concludes the regular season at 20-11 overall and 12-6 in SoCon play after suffering an 82-63 defeat to Western Carolina… finishes as No. 3 seed ahead of SoCon Tournament action… WCU finished the regular season 22-9 and 11-7… claims No. 4 seed.
 
- All-time record 1,425-1,143… 877-573 in Division I era (since 1977-78)… 477-294 all-time in the SoCon.
 
- 488-149 all-time inside McKenzie Arena… finished the year 12-4 in McKenzie Arena… the 12 home wins this season matches the most since the 2021-22 season… 23^rd Mocs team to win 12 or more in the Roundhouse… most since 13 in 2015-16.
 
- Senior Day festivities on Saturday… UTC honored its trio of seniors in Demetrius Davis, Tyler Millin and Jan Zidek.
 
- Western Carolina nearly went wire-to-wire in the victory… led for 37:20 while UTC never led… one tie… 3-3 at the 17:59 mark of the first half… Catamounts largest lead was 22 (2^nd 0:36)… UTC surrendered its fourth 10-0+ run in the past five games with WCU rolling on a 12-0 spurt (1^st 6:16).
 
- Chattanooga suffered a -13 (42-29) rebounding margin in the defeat… WCU won the points in the paint battle 32-14… largest deficit in paint points during SoCon play this season… 29 rebounds are second fewest in league action this year.
 
- The Mocs shot just 33.3% (20-of-60) from the field during the loss… went 10-of-31 (32.3%) from deep… FG% total marked second-lowest in SoCon play this season… 20 FGM was third fewest.
 
- Chattanooga turned the ball over just six times on Saturday… back-to-back games with only six turnovers… first time with six or fewer in consecutive games since the 1979-80 season.
 
- Western Carolina held a 43-29 halftime lead… UTC shot just 35.3% (12-of-34) from the field… 29.4% (5-of-17) from deep… Catamounts earned a 16-8 edge in points in the paint on a 24-14 rebounding advantage.

SERIES NOTES
All-Time: 103^rd Meeting | Record: 71-32 | Home: 40-7 | Away: 24-23 | Neutral: 7-2

- Today's game marked the 103^rd all-time meeting and the 88^th between the two schools in regular season SoCon play… UTC is 59-29 all-time in those meetings.
 
COACH
Dan Earl (Penn State '97), 2^nd Season
Record: 38-28 (2^nd at UTC) | 111-167 (9^th Overall)
Home: 73-56 | Away: 30-100 | Neutral: 8-11
SoCon: 19-17 (2^nd at UTC) | 53-105 (9^th Overall) | H: 33-46, A: 20-59
vs. Western Carolina: 9-10 | Home: 5-4 | Away: 3-6 | Neutral: 1-0 
 
INDIVIDUAL
- Honor Huff scored a team-high 16 points on an even 50.0% shooting day… went 5-of-10 from the floor… 4-of-8 from deep… snapped five-game 20+ scoring streak… has made three or more 3PT FG's in 10-straight games… his 537 points this season is tied for 17^th most in program history (Derrick Kirce, 547, 1990-91).
 
- Jan Zidek scored in double figures for the second-straight game with 13 points… went 4-of-9 from the floor… perfect 5-of-5 from the line… tied season-high in rebounds with six.
 
- Tyler Millin reached double digits with 13 points on 4-of-12 shooting… 3-of-7 from deep… added four rebounds.