ORANGEBURG, S.C. (November 19, 2025) – The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team featured three double-digit scorers and snapped a three-game skid behind a 78-66 victory over South Carolina State during non-conference play on Wednesday night inside Smith-Hammond-Middleton Gym in Orangeburg, S.C.
Chattanooga (2-3) earned its first victory over a DI opponent this season after controlling majority of the game, leading for nearly 37 of the 40 minutes and seeing its lead grow to as many as 20. South Carolina State (0-5) dropped its fifth game of the season after Wednesday's result.
Quick Records/Series
Chattanooga: 2-3 | SCSU: 0-5
Series: Second-ever meeting between the two programs… UTC is now 2-0… first meeting since 2005.
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Chattanooga (4): 70-41 | Overall (11): 143-180
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Breakdown/Game Flow
First Half
- The two teams struggled to put points on the board over the first eight-plus minutes as Chattanooga held a slight 10-9 lead at the under 12 media (11:49).
- The Mocs put together a 9-2 scoring run out of the media timeout to build a 19-11 (8:35) lead before the Bulldogs cut its deficit to four, 21-17 (7:03), on a pair of triples.
- Teddy Washington Jr. knocked down consecutive free throws to make it 28-20 (3:57) before UTC ultimately closed the half with a 32-23 lead. The two teams combined to go 2-of-20 (.100) from the field over the half's final minutes.
Second Half
- Chattanooga saw its lead grow to 11, 41-30 (16:03), over the first few minutes of the second half on the help of seven quick points from Billy Smith.
- Jikari Johnson connected on a three and a contested layup to give the Mocs its largest lead of the game to that point, 46-32, with 12:38 remaining in the contest.
- The teams went back-and-forth at the free-throw line for an extended period of time as the host Bulldogs saw its disadvantage shrink to six, 50-44, at the 9:19 mark.
- Washington Jr. and Jordan Frison connected on back-to-back triples and Sebastian Hartmann knocked down a pair of free throws to push UTC ahead by 15, 62-47, at the 6:05 mark.
- Chattanooga's largest lead was 20, 73-53 (2:49), before ultimately closing out the 78-66 victory in Orangeburg.
Inside the UTC Box Score
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Jordan Frison – 17 pts (4-7 FG; 3-4 3FG; 6-6 FT); 6 ast; 5 reb; 3 stl
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Teddy Washington Jr. – 16 pts; 4 ast; 3 reb
F Collin Mullholand – 12 pts (5-6 FG); 4 reb
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Billy Smith – 11 pts; 3 reb; 3 ast
Team: 22-49 FG (.449); 9-26 3FG (.346); 25-35 FT (.714); held SCSU to 18-61 FG (.295)
3 Notes to Know | More
- Head coach Dan Earl earned his 70th victory at the helm after tonight's win… fourth season at Chattanooga… now 70-41 (.631) in 111 games in the Scenic City… entered the season with the most wins over three seasons for a UTC head coach.
- South Carolina State is one of five 2024-25 regular season conference champions on the Mocs 2025-26 non-conference schedule… Saint Mary's (WCC), North Alabama (ASUN), Auburn (SEC), SCSU (MEAC) and SEMO (OVC).
- Chattanooga holds a 48-32 (.600) record in true road games since 2020… most true road wins in DI over that span… first road win of the season.
Quotable | More
Head coach Dan Earl's opening thoughts.
"South Carolina State plays an interesting style of basketball. They press you and make you work for possession the whole time, and then when they try to deny the possession, they seem to fall back and allow an attack at times. I thought we were a little passive at times, right? And we weren't attacking enough. I told them to trust themselves and I thought they responded well. We had to be the tougher team tonight and that started with trusting to attack."
Up Next | Tickets
Chattanooga finally returns home to its friendly confines of McKenzie Arena for a five-game homestand beginning on Saturday (November 22) against North Alabama in the final leg of the SoCon-ASUN Challenge. Tip-off is slated for 4:30 p.m. (ET) on ESPN+ and will follow the Mocs women's contest against NKU (2 p.m.).
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