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GREENVILLE, S.C. (January 18, 2025) – For the second straight game, the Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team eliminated an early deficit and used a strong second-half effort to come away victorious, earning a 75-71 win at Furman inside the Bon Secours Arena in Greenville, S.C., in Southern Conference action.
 
Chattanooga (12-7, 4-2 SoCon) fell behind by a sizable 16-point margin, 22-6 (1st, 9:14), to Furman (15-4, 3-3 SoCon) before eventually chipping away at the deficit to enter the halftime break down just seven, 34-27. The Mocs used a 48-37 advantage in the second half which included a 16-of-18 (88.9%) performance from the free throw line to help seal the comeback victory.
 
Frank Champion, Honor Huff and Trey Bonham all led the Mocs with 16 points each while Champion nearly recorded his first double-double in a Mocs uniform with nine rebounds. After a 2-of-17 (11.8%) start from the floor, UTC finished the game 23-of-52 (44.2%) in total while seeing its 86-game streak of five or more threes snapped after finishing just 4-of-13 (30.8%) from deep.

RECORDS/SERIES – Chattanooga 12-7, 4-2 · Furman 15-4, 3-3 · 100th Meeting · UTC leads 59-41.
  
GAME FLOW/INSIDE THE BOX
FIRST HALF
∙ Furman opened the game on an 11-0 run coming out of the first media timeout (14:55).
∙ Furman continued to lead, 22-8 (7:52), as UTC was just 2-of-17 (11.8%) from the field at that point.
∙ Chattanooga chipped away the deficit to single digits, 26-17 (3:48), on a Frank Champion three before cutting it to four, 27-23 (2:04).
∙ Connecting on its final six shot attempts of the half, the Mocs trailed by seven at the break.
 
HALFTIME: Furman 34, Chattanooga 27
 
SECOND HALF
∙ Champion found Garrison Keeslar on a fast break layup during a fast start to the second half, cutting the UTC deficit to six, 41-35 (16:09).
∙ Back-to-back steals from Trey Bonham led to a pair of fastbreak buckets as a 13-2 Chattanooga run brought the deficit to two, 43-41 (13:49).
∙ A second-chance Champion layup once again put the Mocs within just two, 49-47 (10:38).
∙ Collin Mulholland converted an and-one off an Honor Huff assist to give Chattanooga its first lead of the game, 60-58 (4:35).
∙ Bonham connected on a huge second-chance three in the corner off a Collin Mulholland offensive rebound to give the Mocs a 65-60 (3:33) lead.
∙ Bonham hit a pair of free throws to make it a two-possession game with only a few seconds remaining to ice the win.
 
FINAL: Chattanooga 75, Furman 71

KEY NOTES | MORE
∙ The win over Furman was just the second for the Mocs in Greenville in the last nine tries… UTC had lost seven of its last eight at Furman before today's win.
 
∙ Chattanooga saw a strong effort at the free-throw line after finishing 25-of-28 (89.3%)… second most made FT of the season (28 vs. Tennessee State, 11/25/24)… best FT% (min. 25 FTM) in a game against a SoCon opponent in program history.
 
∙ Streak of 5+ 3PT FGs was snapped at 86-straight games… was the longest active streak in NCAA Division I… ended as 11^th longest streak in Division I history… began at 2022-23 season opener… every game under Dan Earl up until today.

POSTGAME QUOTES | MORE
Honor Huff on climbing out of another early hole.
"On the positive note, it shows our will and fight and perseverance as a team and you know, our will to just fight. Honestly, when we're down, we really don't see it as a negative. We kind of see it as, 'all right, now it's time to play', which is kind of weird. We should have that strong mindset from the jump, but it's like when we go down, we know we've been here before, so let's just play. And obviously it has shown up."

UP NEXT – Chattanooga vs. Samford – Thursday, Jan. 23 – 7 p.m. ET – ESPN2/ESPNU – McKenzie Arena

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