CHATTANOOGA (November 28, 2025) – The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team posted a convincing 109-59 victory over NAIA-member Tennessee Wesleyan on the opening day of the 2025 Coke Zero Sugar Classic hosted inside McKenzie Arena on Friday afternoon.
Chattanooga (4-3) has now won three-straight games after dropping three of its first four to open the season. All 12 Mocs who saw action on Friday recorded points while the squad used a 59-point second half to help break away from Tennessee Wesleyan (5-3).
Quick Records/Series
Chattanooga: 4-3 | Tennessee Wesleyan: 5-3 (exhibition)
Series: 72nd all-time meeting in the series… UTC leads the series 54-18… Mocs have won the last 24.
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Chattanooga (4): 72-41 | Overall (11): 145-180
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Game Breakdown
- Chattanooga raced out to an early 17-8 lead just five minutes in as
Jordan Frison,
Billy Smith and
Teddy Washington Jr. all knocked down triples during the stretch.
- Tennessee Wesleyan put together a 5-0 scoring run to cut its deficit to five, 21-16 (10:48), before back-to-back threes from
Brennan Watkins and
Billy Smith upped the Mocs lead back to double digits, 27-16, with 9:17 left in the half.
- Chattanooga held TWU scoreless over the final 1:37 of the opening half and used five unanswered points to take a 50-31 lead at the break. The 50 points marked the most first-half points for the team since 52 against TWU back on December 10, 2023.
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Jordan Frison scored 12 quick points to open the second half and help Chattanooga build a sizable 67-33 lead with 15:30 left in the contest.
- The scoring attack continued over the next eight-plus minutes as the Mocs created a 45-point advantage, 89-44, at the 7:32 mark before closing out the lopsided 109-59 victory.
Inside the Stats | Box Score
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Jordan Frison: 17 pts (7-8 FG; 3-3 3FG)
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Makai Richards: 12 pts (4-6 FG), 11 rebounds (career-high)
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Billy Smith: 15 pts (6-10 FG; 3-7 3FG), 3 steals
Team: 42-75 FG (56.0%); 16-39 3PT (41.0%); 9-11 FT (81.8%); 48 rebs (+23 margin); 22 assists (8 TO)
3 Notes to Know | More
- Chattanooga extends its home win streak to nine after today's win… Mocs are now 17-3 at home over its last 20 games… entered the day with 11
th-longest (by number) active home win streak in NCAA DI.
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Jordan Frison finished with a game-high 17 points on 7-of-8 FG (3-of-3 3PT) shooting… added two boards and an assist… now sits at 999 career points at the collegiate level after scoring 911 at Pittsburg State over two seasons.
- Fifth time in the
Dan Earl era scoring 108 or more points… Mocs are now 46-5 under Earl when scoring 80 or more points… 17-1 when scoring 90+ over the same span.
Quotable | Watch Postgame Presser
Jordan Frison on the team heading in a better direction.
"I do. I feel like ever since we won that game at South Carolina State and now heading into December, I feel like we're much more locked in on our attention to detail when it comes to our scout, we're going out there and executing more efficiently, and I feel like that's a huge boost for us. I feel like our confidence is high right now and we're growing together."
Up Next | Tickets
Chattanooga wraps up the 2025 Coke Zero Sugar Classic on Sunday inside McKenzie Arena for a 2 p.m. (ET) matchup against Tennessee State. The game can be found LIVE on ESPN+.
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