2024-25 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 28 – Western Carolina – February 19, 2025
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes & Quotes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Game Duration: 1:54
Attendance: 3,639
Officials: Ryan Christian, Hunter Allen, Chase Shaw
 
TEAM/SERIES RECORDS
Chattanooga: 20-8, 12-3 SoCon
Western Carolina: 8-18, 4-11 SoCon
 
All-Time Meetings: 105th
Chattanooga leads 73-32; H: 41-7; A: 25-23; N: 7-2.
Chattanooga leads 61-29 in SoCon regular season games.
 
COACHES RECORDS
Chattanooga: Dan Earl (Penn State '97)
Overall (10th): 132-176, 65-108 SoCon
at UTC (3rd): 59-37, 31-20 SoCon
 
Western Carolina: Tim Craft (Florida '00)
Overall (12th): 196-184
at WCU (1st): 8-18
 
HISTORIC RECORDS
All-Time Program Record: 1,445-1,152 (.554)
Division I Era (since '77-78): 899-583 (.605)
All-Time SoCon Record: 485-295 (.617)
McKenzie Arena Record: 497-152 (.764)
 
TEAM & GAME NOTES
∙ Chattanooga won its eighth-straight game following a 91-86 victory over Western Carolina on Wednesday night… improved to 20-8 overall and 12-3 in SoCon play.
 
∙ Chattanooga jumped into sole possession of first place in the SoCon standings following a UNCG loss on Wednesday… now a game ahead of the Spartans… UTC (12-3), UNCG (11-4) and Samford (10-5) are currently the top three.
 
∙ The win marked Chattanooga's 899th as a Division I program (since 1977-78)… improved to 899-583 (.605) as a Division I program.
 
∙ Chattanooga notched its 20th, 20-win season in its Division I era (since 1977-78)… marks back-to-back 20-win seasons… Dan Earl is the first UTC head coach since Mack McCarthy (1985-88, three-straight) to capture two 20-win seasons in the first three years at the helm (DI era).
 
∙ Chattanooga's current eight-game winning streak is the longest since nine to open the 2020-21 season… longest SoCon winning streak since nine during the 2015-16 title season.
 
∙ Chattanooga improved to 12-3 inside McKenzie Arena this season… third time in the past four seasons with 12+ home wins… also notched 12 in 2023-24 and 2021-22… 12 is the most since 13 during the 2015-16 campaign… improves to 497-152 (.764) all-time inside UTC/McKenzie Arena.
 
∙ Chattanooga dished out 21 assists during the win… three-straight games with 20+ assists… first time on record accomplishing the feat in program history (Division I era; against DI opponents only).
 
PLAYER NOTES
∙ Frank Champion nearly posed a triple-double for the third-straight game… finished with 21 points on 8-of-10 FG… added eight rebounds, nine assists, three blocks and two steals… surpassed 2,000 career points at the NCAA level.
 
∙ Honor Huff scored a team-high 27 points on 8-of-12 FG… finished 6-of-8 from 3PT… his sixth three marked No. 250 for his career… 14-of-19 (73.7%) from 3PT against Western Carolina in two games this season.
 
POSTGAME QUOTES
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Overall thoughts after tonight's 91-86 win over Western Carolina.
"I'm proud of the guys for figuring out how to win again. This was not our best basketball game again, but a ton of credit to Western Carolina. I have a ton of respect for coach [Tim] Craft, he does a tremendous job and they're playing with tremendous confidence. It was good that we figured out a way to win, it just wasn't our day especially defensively, but I think our team is mature enough to know that we need that to improve."
 
On the McKenzie Arena crowd.
"The crowd helped us tremendously. They were into it and we're so appreciative of everyone coming out and getting on board. The Roundhouse was certainly rocking tonight, and we just have to make good decisions down the stretch. The guys played hard and made enough plays down the stretch."
 
Honor Huff, Jr.-G
On tightening things up down the stretch.
"Coach commands the huddle and we talk with one another and get people in the right places to get each other going. Down the stretch, we really just came together and tried to find a way to win. I think we did that well tonight and I think that comes from the veterans and the veteran minds on this team. We have so many leaders on this team. We do a great job as a group to try and just find ways to win."