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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (December 21, 2025) – Behind a season-high 27 points from Jordan Frison, the Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team ended its non-conference slate with a well-balanced 73-66 road victory at Alabama A&M inside the AAMU Event Center in Huntsville, Ala., on Sunday afternoon.
 
Chattanooga (6-7) snapped a two-game skid during the victory over Alabama A&M (6-6) and will now turn its attention to Southern Conference play beginning on New Year's Day at UNCG. Eight different Mocs found themselves in the scoresheet during today's victory with 28 of the 73 points coming from the team's reserves, led by Jikari Johnson's season-best 17 points.

Quick Records/Series
Chattanooga: 6-7 | Alabama A&M: 6-6
Series: Third all-time meeting in the series… Chattanooga now leads the series 3-0.

Dan Earl, Head Coach
Chattanooga (4): 74-45 | Overall (11): 147-184
 
Game Breakdown
Alabama A&M jumped out to an early 12-9 lead at the 13:11 mark of the opening frame before Jikari Johnson knocked down a pair of threes and finished off a fast break dunk to give Chattanooga a 23-17 lead (8:27). Jordan Frison converted an and-one opportunity to push UTC's lead to seven, 29-22, with 5:25 left in the half.
 
Johnson continued his early scoring attack with a contested layup to make it 31-25 (4:09) before a Billy Smith deep ball gave UTC its largest lead of the half at eight, 37-29 (1:24). For the third-straight game, the Mocs surrendered a last second shot before the halftime horn as AAMU closed the half with four answered to trim its deficit to four at the break, 37-33.
 
The Bulldogs came within one, 39-38 (18:19), after scoring five of the first seven points out of the second half. Frison hit a turnaround jumper before Brennan Watkins cashed in with an open three to stop the brief AAMU attack and push Chattanooga ahead 44-38 with 16:37 remaining.
 
Watkins connected on his third triple of the game just a few minutes later to put the Mocs up 52-43 (12:47) before the squad locked down on the defensive end to create a double-digit edge, 58-48, with 8:35 left. Sophomore walk-on Houston Holland pulled his first shot attempt of the day, a three, and knocked it down to once again notch a double-digit lead for UTC, 61-51 (7:15).
 
Frison provided the game's dagger with a huge three that put Chattanooga ahead 69-60 with 2:44 left on the board after AAMU trimmed its deficit to just six with a three on the previous possession. Frison then closed the 73-66 victory out with four-straight free throws down the stretch to amass his season high 27-point outburst.
 
Inside the Box Score

• G Jordan Frison – 27 points, 8-13 FG, 2-3 3FG, 9-9 FT, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals
• G Jikari Johnson – 17 points, 7-11 FG, 3-5 3FG, 5 rebounds, +14 (team best)

3 Notes to Know

• Chattanooga earned a sizable 28-6 edge in points off the bench… fewest bench points allowed from UTC this season… five reserves for the Mocs played more than 11 minutes.
• Chattanooga and AAMU were nearly level on the rebound count… AAMU earned a +1 edge (36-35)… first win for the Mocs this season when suffering a rebounding disadvantage… entered 0-7 in such scenarios.
• G Jordan Frison finished with a season-high 27 points on 8-of-13 FG… went 2-of-3 from 3PT… perfect 9-of-9 from the FT line… fourth-straight 20+ scoring effort… 87 points over the past four games… surpasses 1,100 career points… added a season-high nine rebounds… posted five assists and two steals to just one TO… 36 minutes.

 
Postgame Quotes
Jikari Johnson on today's mindset – "I think just sticking together. That was the whole message heading into this. From the second we get here and get on the court, we have to be together and play locked in towards a common goal. I think the coaches really hit the nail on the head on that message. It's really great to come in and execute that message and leave here with a win before SoCon starts."

Up Next × Schedule
Chattanooga turns the page to Southern Conference action with an extended road trip beginning on New Year's Day at UNCG in Greensboro, N.C., before heading to VMI for a January 3 matchup in Lexington, Va. Game times, links and more can be found on the schedule page.

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