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CHATTANOOGA (December 30, 2025) --- The defending Southern Conference regular season champion Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team will open a new league campaign on New Year's Day with a road contest at UNC Greensboro inside Bodford Arena in Greensboro, N.C. Thursday's tip-off is slated for 4 p.m. (ET) on ESPN+.
 
Chattanooga (6-7) concluded its non-conference slate with a 73-66 victory at Alabama A&M last Sunday (December 21) with the help of season-high scoring efforts from both Jordan Frison (27) and Jikari Johnson (17). UNCG (4-9) enters the league opener on Thursday having won three of its last four games after dropping five-straight to open the season.
 
The Mocs edged the Spartans by two games last season in the race towards a SoCon regular season crown. UTC clinched its 13^th SoCon regular season title last year with a late season 75-63 victory at UNCG on February 27, 2025, inside First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro.
 
Chattanooga will quickly head to Lexington, Va., following Thursday's contest for a Saturday afternoon matchup at VMI. Full game details, notes, storylines and more can be found below.

GAME DETAILS
Chattanooga (6-7, 0-0) at UNCG (4-9, 0-0)
Date: Thurs., Jan. 1 ∙ Time: 4 p.m. ET
Site: Greensboro, N.C. (Bodford Arena)
TV: ESPN+ ∙ Radio: Mocs Sports Network (WFLI)
Follow: Live Stats ∙ @GoMocsMBB on X/Twitter

SERIES HISTORY VS. UNCG
59th Meeting: 29-29 (H: 15-12; A: 13-14; N: 1-3)
Last Meeting: Chattanooga 75, at UNCG 63 – 2/27/25 (Greensboro, N.C.)
SoCon Regular Season: UNCG leads 26-24  

GAME NOTES
Chattanooga ∙ UNCG
 
GAME HEADLINES
MOCS BOUNCE BACK AT AAMU TO CONCLUDE NON-CON SLATE
• Chattanooga (6-7) went into the holiday break following a quality 73-66 victory at Alabama A&M in the non-conference finale last Sunday in Huntsville... Jordan Frison (27) and Jikari Johnson (17) each notched season-high scoring totals to help lead the Mocs winning effort.
 
FRISON CONTINUES HIGH-LEVEL SCORING ATTACK
• Jordan Frison scored a season-high 27 points in Sunday's win at Alabama A&M... fourth-straight with 20+ (20, 20, 20, 27)... first Moc to score 20+ in four-straight since Honor Huff (31, 26, 29, 21, 20) did it in five-straight from 2/14/24 - 2/28/24... first Moc since Jake Stephens (27, 27, 26, 31) from 11/26/22 - 12/6/22 to do it against non-conference opponents.
 
SOCON OPENER HISTORY
• Chattanooga kicks off its 49th SoCon regular season slate on Thursday at UNCG... UTC is 27-21 all-time in SoCon openers... just 10-14 in SoCon openers on the road... Mocs have dropped its last five SoCon openers on the road including last year's 99-94 OT loss at Mercer.
 
NEW YEAR'S DAY HISTORY
• Chattanooga will open SoCon play on New Year's Day for the second-straight season... fell 99-94 in OT last NYD at Mercer... Thursday will mark the fifth NYD game in program history... second in its DI era (since 1977-78)... first NYD game was 1/1/1923 (L, 21-35 vs. Wabash).
 
ROAD VICTORS LEAD DIVISION I SINCE 2020
• Chattanooga has played to a 49-33 (.598) record in true road games since 2020... most true road victories in DI basketball over that stretch... two clear of the next closest in Belmont (47) and five of UC Irvine (44).

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