FORT MYERS, Fla. (November 15, 2025) – The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team suffered its third-straight defeat after dropping a 91-73 road contest at Florida Gulf Coast during the first of two games within the ASUN/SoCon Challenge on Saturday afternoon inside Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Fla.
 
After allowing 91 points today, Chattanooga (1-3) has now surrendered 80 or more points in three-straight games against non-conference opponents for the first time since 2013. FGCU (2-2) bounced back from consecutive losses to even its season record under fourth-year head coach Pat Chambers.

Quick Records/Series
Chattanooga: 1-3 | FGCU: 2-2
Series: First-ever meeting between the two programs.
 
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Chattanooga (4): 69-41 | Overall (11): 142-180
 
Details: Stats | Notes | Quotes
 
Breakdown/Game Flow
First Half

• Chattanooga and FGCU raced out of the gates with a high-scoring affair as the hosts grabbed a quick 12-9 (15:32) lead at the first media timeout.
• The Mocs struggled from behind the arc to begin the game, connecting on three of its first 12 attempts, as FGCU extended its lead to double digits, 25-15 (10:26).
• Tate Darner connected on a backdoor layup to cap off an 8-2 scoring run and cut the UTC deficit to four, 27-23 (7:32), before FGCU ended the half on a 14-2 run to take a sizable 41-25 lead at the break.

 
Second Half

• Chattanooga trimmed its deficit to 13, 45-32 (18:08), before FGCU capitalized on multiple UTC turnovers to help grow its advantage to 20, 63-43, with just under 11 minutes remaining.
• The Mocs tried to chip away coming down the stretch as a trio of free throws cut it to 16, 70-54 (6:32), following consecutive stops on the defensive end.  
• FGCU led by as many as 29 coming down the stretch (1:51) before the Eagles ultimately closed out a 91-73 decision.

 
Inside the UTC Box Score
G Jordan Frison: 15 pts, 5-9 FG, 2 asts
G Teddy Washington Jr.: 12 pts, 3 rebs, 2 asts
G Jikari Johnson: 10 pts, 2-3 FG (2-2 3PT), 4-4 FT
 
Team: 41.5% FG (22-53); 29.6% 3FG (8-27); 70.0% FT (21-30)
 
3 Notes to Know | More

• The Mocs have allowed 80 or more points in the last three games… first time allowing 80+ in three-straight games to non-conference opponents since November 2013… at Nevada (83), at UCLA (106) and Morehead State (88).
• Chattanooga suffered a -13 (40-27) rebounding disadvantage during today's loss at FGCU… three-straight games being outrebounded by 10+… first such occurrence since December 23, 2017 – January 10, 2018.
• F Collin Mullholland made his first start of the season after returning from injury in last week's contest at UNLV… scored the first five points of the game… ended with nine points, four rebounds and four assists.

 
Quotable | More
Head coach Dan Earl on improving through tough stretch.
"It's hard to be good. You have to do everything right. It's getting stops, moving fast on offense, pushing the ball in transition, properly using your mind, getting in the right coverages, executing on offense. There's a variety of those things. I mean, you can't be perfect on all of the them, I get that. We just have a lot of things to work on, but the first step is just making sure we're competing the right way on both ends of the ball."
 
Up Next
Chattanooga will close out its extended stretch of road games on Wednesday with a matchup against South Carolina State in Orangeburg, S.C. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

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