2024-25 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 19 – Furman – January 18, 2025
Ben Secours Arena – Greenville, S.C.
Postgame Notes & Quotes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Game Duration: 2:10
Attendance: 4,327
Officials: Art Vaulk, Kurt Tackett, Raymond Lighfoot
 
TEAM RECORDS
Chattanooga: 12-7, 4-2 SoCon
Furman: 15-4, 4-2 SoCon
 
SERIES HISTORY (ALL-TIME)
Meetings: 100 ∙ Record: UTC, 59-41
at UTC: 32-12 ∙ at Furman: 20-27 ∙ Neutral: 7-2
 
HISTORIC NOTES
All-Time Program Record: 1,437-1,151 (.554)
Division I Era (since 77-78): 891-582 (.605)
All-Time SoCon Record: 477-294 (.617)
 
COACH RECORDS
UTC: Dan Earl ∙ UTC (3): 51-36 ∙ Overall (10): 124-175 ∙ vs. FUR: 5-14
FUR: Bob Richey ∙ Furman (9): 171-75 ∙ Overall (9): Same
 
GAME/TEAM NOTES
∙ Chattanooga improved to 12-7 and 4-2 inside league play with a 75-71 comeback victory over Furman… Furman drops to 15-4 overall and 3-3 in the conference.
 
∙ 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.
 
∙ Back-to-back comeback victories after erasing a 20-point hole against Wofford on Wednesday… the Mocs trailed by 16 (22-6) in the first nine-plus minutes of today's contest… outscored the Paladins 69-49 since that point.
 
∙ 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.
 
PLAYER GAME/CAREER NOTES
Frank Champion, F-Sr.
∙ Finished the game with 16 points, nine rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block.
∙ The 16 points is second-most scored in a game this season (24 at Mercer)… closing in on 1,900 career points between NCAA DI & DII… now at 1,873.
∙ Nine rebounds is the most in a Mocs uniform.
 
POSTGAME QUOTES
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Opening thoughts after 75-71 win at Furman.
"They are always hard fought in Southern Conference games and unfortunately for us, we came out of the gate poorly and like we were walking in mud again. I don't know why that is, because previously we came out unbelievably well, you know, so we have to find that consistency. I think there's something good there because when we got down, we figured out how to compete. We brought the kind of defense that got us back in the game. We were knocking balls loose, getting deflections, grabbing 50-50 balls. We didn't execute offensively very well, but there's something good there. We can't keep turning it on and off if we want to inch towards the top of the conference or a championship."
 
Honor Huff, Jr.-G
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."