BOX SCORE ∙ NOTES/QUOTES
 
GREENSBORO, N.C. (February 27, 2025) – For the 13^th time in program history, the Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team are Southern Conference Regular Season champions after earning its 10^th-straight win with a 75-63 road win over UNCG on Thursday evening inside the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C.
 
Chattanooga (22-8, 14-3 SoCon) secured the outright title and the No. 1 seed in next week's SoCon Tournament following its win over second-place UNCG (19-11, 12-5 SoCon). The Mocs extended its winning streak to 10 games, its longest since the 1996-97 (11) season, and set a single season program record with its seventh-straight SoCon road win.
 
A back-and-forth affair, both teams led for more than 15 minutes of game time with UTC ultimately controlling the advantage for 19:42 opposed to UNCG who led for 15:36. The Mocs led 34-31 at the halftime break and eventually pulled away in the second half after holding the Spartans to just 32 points including a 1-of-7 end to their shooting night.
 
It was a full team effort yet again as a trio of Mocs reached double figures including Bash Wieland (18), Trey Bonham (16) and Honor Huff (15). The UTC bench outscored UNCG's reserves 19-11 and were led by Latif Diouf who finished with six points and seven rebounds in just 15 minutes.

RECORD UPDATE – Chattanooga 22-8, 14-3 SoCon ∙ UNCG 19-11, 12-5 SoCon
 
SERIES HISTORY – 58th Meeting ∙ The series is now tied 29-29 after the two teams split this year. 
 
FIRST HALF KEY MOMENTS
∙ UNCG controlled an early lead, 9-4 (14:54), after holding UTC scoreless for a two-plus minute span in the early stages.
∙ Back-to-back Honor Huff threes put the Mocs ahead 12-11 (12:29) and forced the Spartans into a timeout.
∙ UNCG responded with an 11-4 run over the next three-plus minutes to build a six-point edge, 22-16 (10:11).
∙ Chattanooga ended the opening half on an 8-2 run to jump ahead and take a slight 34-31 lead into the break.
 
HALF: Chattanooga 34, UNCG 31 – UTC held UNCG without a FGM over the last 3:59; held UNCG to 34.8% (8-23) FG.
 
SECOND HALF KEY MOMENTS
∙ UNCG scored opened the second half with five of the first six points to tie the game at 36-36 (18:58).
∙ The two teams went back-and-forth before Collin Mulholland and Jack Kostel knocked down consecutive threes to give UTC six answered points and a 51-46 (12:16) lead.
∙ Chattanooga once again put together a quality scoring run, this one 9-2, to help extends its lead to nine, 62-53 (8:26), following a Trey Bonham triple.
∙ UTC built its lead to as many as 14, 70-56 (5:25), before eventually closing out the eventual 75-63 decision.

FINAL: Chattanooga 75, UNCG 63

GAME NOTES ∙ MORE
∙ Chattanooga claimed its 13th Southern Conference regular season title in program history… second since 2022… third since 1994… will be the No. 1 seed in next week's Southern Conference Tournament in Asheville.
 
∙ Chattanooga's 10-game winning streak is the longest for the program in a single season since 11 during the 1996-97 season… the seven-game SoCon road winning streak is single season program record.
 
∙ Honor Huff surpassed 1,000 points in a UTC uniform after finishing with 15 points (4-9 FG, 3-8 3PT)… finished a team-best +14 in the +/- category.

POSTGAME QUOTES ∙ MORE
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Opening thoughts after 75-63 win over UNCG & SoCon Regular Season title.
"What a great effort from the guys, right? We all know how tough UNCG is and the tenacity they play with on defense, credit to them, but our guys just continue to fight and find a way. That was kind of a back-and-forth game where no one could grab real momentum and then the guys found that spark after a couple defensive stops. I thought we did a great job at just staying in the moment. We knew what was at stake and for the guys to just continue to fight, I'm just so proud of them. Still a lot of work to do and the job isn't done yet, but overall, just proud of these guys and the way they represent Chattanooga."
 
Honor Huff, G-Jr.
On claiming the SoCon regular season title.
"It's just a surreal feeling. I feel like it's been a long time coming, and even though this isn't the ultimate goal, it's still so rewarding coming out with hardware and a title. Trey [Bonham] and I have been together through a lot in this league and it feels just amazing to win this, not only with him, but just this team in general. It's been a bond that you can't really describe and we're all just grateful to be around one another. We still have business to handle in Asheville, but we'll enjoy this for sure.

UP NEXT – Saturday, March 1 – Chattanooga at VMI – 1 p.m. ET – Lexington, Va. – ESPN+
 
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