2024-25 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 15 – The Citadel – January 4, 2025
McAlister Field House – Charleston, S.C.
Postgame Notes & Quotes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Game Duration: 1:48
Attendance: 1,029
Officials: Art Vaulk, Devyn Page, Marvin Harris, Jr.
 
TEAM RECORDS
Chattanooga: 9-6, 1-1 SoCon
The Citadel: 5-8, 0-2 SoCon
 
SERIES HISTORY (ALL-TIME)
Meetings: 95 ∙ Record: 72-23
at UTC: 40-6 ∙ at CIT: 32-15 ∙ Neutral: 2-0
 
HISTORIC NOTES
All-Time Program Record: 1,434-1,150 (.554)
Division I Era (since 77-78): 888-581 (.605)
All-Time SoCon Record: 474-293 (.617)
 
COACH RECORDS
UTC: Dan Earl ∙ UTC (3): 48-35 ∙ Overall (10): 121-174 ∙ vs. CIT: 12-8
CIT: Ed Conroy ∙ CIT (3/7): 75-127 ∙ Overall (16): 208-270
 
GAME/TEAM NOTES
∙ Chattanooga improved to 9-6 overall and 1-1 in the SoCon after an 81-68 win at The Citadel… Bulldogs drop to 5-8 and 0-2… 95^th meeting in the all-time series… UTC had previously dropped three of the last four inside McAlister Field House.
 
∙ Chattanooga shot an efficient 51.7% (30-58) from the floor in the win… season-high FG% against DI opponent… finished 39.1% (9-23) from deep… snaps five-game streak of 10 or made 3PT.
 
∙ UTC earned a 19-9 advantage in points off turnovers… turned the ball over just seven times with only one in the first half… season-low turnover total against DI opponent… forced 11 Citadel turnovers.
 
∙ The Mocs dished out 19 assists on its 30 made field goals… sixth-straight game with 18 or more assists… season-best 2.71 assist-to-turnover ratio against DI opponent.
 
∙ Streak of 5+ 3PT FGs extends to 83-straight games… began at 2022-23 season opener… every game under Dan Earl… second-longest active streak in DI (Oral Roberts, 139)… 12th longest streak all-time in DI history.
 
PLAYER GAME/CAREER NOTES
Bash Wieland, G-Sr.
∙ 100th career game at NCAA DI level… appeared in 87 games at Bellarmine before arriving to UTC ahead of the season.
∙ Finished with a game-high 21 points… career-high 10 FGM (10-15)… added five boards.
 
Honor Huff, G-Jr.
∙ First 3PTM of the game was No. 150 in a UTC uniform… just the 12^th Moc to reach the 150 mark in program history.
 
Sean Cusano, F-So.
∙ Reached double figures for the fourth time this season… scored 11 points (3-7, 2-4 3PT).
 
POSTGAME QUOTES
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Thoughts after 81-68 win at The Citadel.
"We knew Citadel is always a hard playing group and they do a really good job of driving it downhill with multiple guys in particular Brody Fox. They are also scary from three because they shoot a lot of them, and they have capable guys. So, on the whole, I thought that we did a pretty decent job defensively other than defending Fox, but he's so good at creating a lot of contact. We withstood their run a little bit, you know, I would love to have taken that game from a 19-point lead or whatever it was, and that stretched it out to 25 or so, obviously. We withstood that run and made enough plays down the stretch to be able to get a win on the road, which is never easy."
 
"I think we had 12 assists and one turnover in the first half, which is obviously really good. Now, we gave up eight offensive rebounds in the first half, so we talked to them about getting a body on guys. We talked about not allowing offensive rebounds, but most importantly, keep taking care of the ball. And we did a better job on the boards in the second half. They only had one offensive rebound in the half, which we did a great job of getting a hand up and grabbing the ball with two hands."
 
Bash Wieland, Sr.-G
On effort to keep the lead during the second half.
"I mean, the second half, I'm pretty sure it was the 16- or 12-minute mark where we just kind of stumbled there, and I think they cut it to eight or so. That was where we really had to make a stand, and I thought we shared the ball throughout the game really, really well."
 
On defensive assignment against The Citadel's star Brody Fox.
"He's a really good player, and he's a very aggressive downhill driver, so yeah, it definitely was frustrating sometimes. When you have to go against a dude like that who goes full speed at you, and you feel like you had your hand straight up, and they still call the foul, that's very frustrating, but I mean, that's what he does. He's really good at that and really good player."