2025-26 Chattanooga Basketball Game Notes
Game 8 vs. Tennessee State | November 30, 2025
McKenzie Arena | Chattanooga, Tenn.
2025 Coke Zero Sugar Classic
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Game Duration: 1:51
Officials: Jason Baker, Jason Deering, Sidney Cohen
Attendance: 2,957
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Quick Records/Series
Chattanooga: 4-4
| TSU: 5-3
Series: 37th all-time meeting… UTC is 23-14 in the series… Mocs had won the last six before today's defeat.
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Dan Earl (Penn State '97)
Overall (11): 145-181 (.445) |
Chattanooga (4): 72-42 (.631)
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Historic Records
All-Time Program Record: 1457-1,157 (.554)
Division I Era (since 1977-78): 912-588 (.606)
McKenize Arena (since 1982-83): 502-153 (.767)
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Team Notables
- Chattanooga saw its three-game winning streak snapped with a 70-64 defeat to Tennessee State… Mocs drop to 4-4 on the season… TSU improved to 5-3 after the victory… game was Coke Zero Sugar Classic "title" game.
- Chattanooga had its nine-game home winning streak snapped after the defeat… entered the day with the 10th longest active home win streak (by number) in DI… now 3-1 at home this season.
- Chattanooga suffered its first loss to Tennessee State since December 5, 1994… Mocs had won the last six matchups in the series before today's result… TSU earned its first win the Roundhouse since a 102-98 victory on December 8, 1989.
- Chattanooga shot a season-low 36.2% (21-58) from the floor… also a season-low mark from 3PT (28.6%; 10-35)… season-low assist total (12)… turned over TSU only eight times which ties a season low… Tigers entered the game averaging 16.2 TO/GM.
- Tennessee State led for the entirety of the game… led for 39:40 of the possible 40 minutes… true wire-to-wire victory with no ties or lead changes… led by as many as 16 late in the first half.
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Player Notables
- G Tate Darner scored a season (and career) high 16 points… went 6-of-10 FG (3-of-5 3PT)… added four rebounds… third double-digit scoring game of his rookie season.
- F Sebastian Hartmann scored nine points and tied a career-high with eight rebounds… played mostly at the five position with injuries to big men Collin Mulholland (DNP), Latif Diouf (DNP) and Sean Cusano (exited game in first half).
