2024-25 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 22 – Western Carolina – January 29, 2025
Ramsey Center – Cullowhee, N.C.
Postgame Notes & Quotes

GENERAL GAME INFO
Game Duration: 1:50
Attendance: 1,888
Officials: James Curran, Donta Carter, Dan Powers
 
TEAM RECORDS
Chattanooga: 14-8, 6-3 SoCon
WCU: 6-14, 2-7 SoCon
 
SERIES HISTORY (ALL-TIME)
Meetings: 104 ∙ Record: UTC, 72-32

• at UTC: 40-7
• at WCU: 25-23
• Neutral: 7-2

 
HISTORIC RECORDS
All-Time Program Record: 1,439-1,152 (.554)

• Division I Era (since '77-78): 893-583 (.605)
• All-Time SoCon Record: 479-295 (.617)

 
COACHES RECORDS
Chattanooga: Dan Earl (Penn State '97)

• Overall (10): 126-176
• at Chatt (3): 53-37
• vs. WCU: 10-8

Western Carolina: Tim Craft (Florida '00)

• Overall (12): 194-180
• at WCU (1): 6-14

TEAM & GAME NOTES

• Chattanooga improved to 14-8 overall and finishes the first half of SoCon play at 6-3… Western Carolina dropped to 6-14 overall and 2-7 inside league play.
• The Mocs have now won four-straight road games in Southern Conference play dating back to the streak's start at The Citadel on January 4… first time with SoCon road winning streaks of four or more in back-to-back seasons since 1991-92 and 1992-93 campaigns… UTC won six-straight in 2023-24.
• Chattanooga went wire-to-wire during the win… led for 39:08 after grabbing the first lead… led by as much as 32 (2^nd 9:54)… third wire-to-wire win of the season.
• The Mocs earned a 47-29 (+18) advantage on the glass… 47 rebounds are the most this season… the +18 margin is the best of the season against a DI opponent.  

• Chattanooga built a 44-25 lead at the halftime break… 25 points allowed were the fewest to an opponent in a first half this season… Mocs were +14 (28-14) on the glass during the opening half.

PLAYER NOTES
Honor Huff, G-Jr.

• Finished with a game-high 25 points… went 9-of-15 FG, 7-of-11 3PT… now at 1,186 career points.
• The seven 3FGM puts him at 176 for his UTC career… moves into 5^th all-time in program history.

Garrison Keeslar, G/F-Sr.

• Finished the game with seven points and a season-high 13 rebounds… nine defensive and four offensive.
• Added four assists and three steals while not committing a turnover… team-best +33.

POSTGAME QUOTES
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Overall thoughts after 84-60 win at WCU.
"We were doing okay early, and we were getting some wide-open looks, we missed some, and then we were taking some shots that we didn't really need to take. We were trying to press the guys on knowing how important it is to just be solid and disciplined in every possession. Whether you know, you're up 20 or 30 or whatever it is, you still want to be doing the right thing, and there's times we played really well and solidly, and I thought our defensive energy was there throughout, so I was really proud of our guys for that."
 
On the play of Garrison Keeslar.
"Garrison [Keeslar] is unbelievable. and he's such a winning player. Obviously 13 rebounds is awesome, you know, and not only that, but he was the defender on their leading scorer tonight and he made it very difficult for him, so he's just a tough kid, he's all about winning, he does the right things all the time."
 
Garrison Keeslar, Sr.-F
On team gelling.
"Honestly, we dealt with a lot of injuries to start the year, and so, it was tough to get a flow and get going. We had guys in and out of the lineup, so as the season went on, we knew we were just going to continue to gel and work with everyone else on the court. We're working and playing around each other more now and we're starting to figure each other out, and it's fun when we get it going."
 
On rebounding effort.
"Sometimes like tonight, it just seemed like the ball just bounced my way sometimes. Obviously, you can put yourself in the right position, but sometimes it just bounces your way and that's the nice part. I'm just trying to do whatever I can help our team win every time out there."