MEDIA CENTER/GAME LINKS ∙ FAN CENTRAL/SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
 
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (March 8, 2024) --- The No. 3 seed Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team will meet No. 6 Wofford in the Southern Conference Tournament quarterfinals with a Saturday night matchup inside the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
 
Chattanooga (20-11) faces Wofford (17-14) for the third-straight season in tournament play and sixth time overall. The Mocs claimed wins over the Terriers in each of the past two tournaments with both coming in the semifinal round.
 
The winner will move on to face either No. 2 UNCG or No. 7 ETSU/No. 10 VMI in the semifinal round on Sunday. Tip-off for that contest is slated for 6:30 p.m. ET and will be televised nationally on ESPNU.

Full game preview including fan event information in Asheville, coverage links, notes, and more can be found below.

GAME DETAILS – SoCon Tournament Quarterfinals
No. 3 Chattanooga (20-11) vs. No. 6 Wofford (17-14)
6:00 p.m. ET ∙ Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville (Asheville, N.C. ∙ 7,654)
55^th All-Time Meeting ∙ UTC leads 32-22 (last: @UTC 81, WOF 65 – 2/21/24)
6^th All-Time SCT Meeting ∙ UTC leads 3-2 (last: UTC 74, WOF 62 – Semis – 3/5/23)
 
FAN EVENT DETAILS – Asheville, N.C. – SCHEDULE
The official pregame meeting place for all things Chattanooga basketball this weekend will be held at The Bier Garden located outside the arena at 46 Haywood Street. The men's pregame social on Saturday will take place from 4:30 – 5:45 p.m. ahead of the 6 p.m. tip. For full information and schedule of events, please visit this link.
 
MEDIA COVERAGE
WATCH ∙ ESPN+ / ESPN App / Watch ESPN
LISTEN ∙ WFLI 96.1FM, 100.3FM, 1070AM – Varsity Network – GoMocs.com
LIVE STATS ∙ GoMocs.com
FOLLOW ∙ X/Twitter: @GoMocsMBB  
 
GAME NOTES
Chattanooga ∙ Wofford ∙ SoCon

MOCS ENTER SOCON TOURNAMENT AS 3-SEED, FACE 6-SEED WOFFORD
- Chattanooga (20-11) heads into this weekend's SoCon Tournament as the No. 3 seed after finishing 12-6 in the league following Saturday's 82-63 defeat to Western Carolina. UTC & UNCG tied for the second spot with the Spartans earning the tiebreak.
 
CHATTANOOGA/WOFFORD TOURNAMENT HISTORY
- The Mocs will face Wofford for the third-straight season in Asheville and sixth time overall in the SoCon Tournament. UTC is 3-2 in the five SCT matchups against the Terriers with semifinal wins in each of the past two years (2022 & 2023).
 
AIMING FOR THREE-STRAIGHT TITLE APPEARANCES
- The Mocs aim for its third-straight title game appearance after splitting the last two against Furman. UTC's last time with three-straight appearances was four-straight from 2003-06 (1-3). SoCon wise, UNCG last did it from 2017-19.
 
LAST YEAR'S RUN WAS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS...
- Chattanooga, the No. 7 seed, found itself in the 2023 title game with a chance to become the first team since Clemson in 1939 to win four games in four days to claim the league title. The Mocs fell 88-79 to Furman in a rematch from the 2022 classic championship game.
 
MORE, YOUR HONOR
- Honor Huff became the third different Moc in the past three seasons to record a 500-point season (547), joining Malachi Smith (21-22) & Jake Stephens (22-23). It's just the second time in program history with three different 500-point scorers in consecutive seasons (Benny Green 87-88, Daren Chandler 88-89, Derrick Kirce/Keith Nelson 90-91).
 
SAM THE MAN ALEXIS
- Sam Alexis' 63 blocks this season is seventh most in UTC single season history while his 82 career blocks in just two seasons is ninth most all-time. Entering the midweek, Alexis is one of just five NCAA DI players averaging at least 10.0pts/9.0reb/2.0blk per game while shooting 50% FG or better.

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