2024-25 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 24 – Wofford – February 5, 2025
Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium – Spartanburg, S.C.
Postgame Notes & Quotes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Game Duration: 1:56
Attendance: 1,254
Officials: Michael Terry, Chuck McCoy, Sean Lineberger
 
TEAM RECORDS
Chattanooga: 16-8, 8-3 SoCon
Wofford: 12-12, 6-5 SoCon
 
SERIES HISTORY
57th All-Time Meeting
Chattanooga leads 35-22; H: 17-8; A: 14-12; N: 4-2.
Chattanooga leads 29-20 in SoCon regular season games.
 
COACHES RECORDS
Chattanooga: Dan Earl (Penn State '97)
Overall (10): 128-176, 61-108 SoCon
at UTC (3): 55-37, 27-20 SoCon
 
Wofford: Dwight Perry (Kentucky '10)
Overall (3): 41-39, 24-23 SoCon
at WOF (3): Same
 
HISTORIC RECORDS
All-Time Program Record: 1,441-1,152 (.554)
Division I Era (since '77-78): 895-583 (.605)
All-Time SoCon Record: 481-295 (.617)
 
TEAM & GAME NOTES

• Chattanooga improved to 16-8 overall and 8-3 inside SoCon play after earning a 79-70 win at Wofford… Wofford drops to 12-12 and 6-5 in league play… sixth straight win over Wofford in the series.
• The Mocs have now won five-straight SoCon road games dating back to January 4's win over The Citadel… second-longest SoCon road winning streak in program history… reached a program-high six last season… 11-4 in SoCon road games since start of last year's 2023-24 season.
• Chattanooga earned a sizable 20-2 advantage in points off turnovers… outscored the Terriers 44-28 in the paint… 21-5 off the fast break… finished 24-33 (72.7%) on two-point attempts during the win.
• Chattanooga finished the game with a season-high 13 steals on 14 Wofford turnovers… 92.8% (13-14) steal percentage is third-best on record in UTC program history… best since 100.0% (12-12) at ETSU on 2/13/16.
• Chattanooga trailed 37-35 at the halftime break… first 20 minutes featured five lead changes and three ties… UTC finished the half shooting just 21.4% (3-14) from 3PT… allowed eight offensive rebounds in the half.

 
PLAYER NOTES
Frank Champion, F-Sr.

• Tied a game-high with 20 points on 8-11 FG (4-8 FT)… all eight FG came in the paint… team-best +19.
• Added a team-high six rebounds… surpassed 900 career rebounds when factoring in his NCAA DII totals at North Georgia.

Bash Wieland, G-Gr.

• Tied a game-high with 20 points on 5-8 FG (1-3 3FG, 4-4 FT)… added four assists and two steals to no turnovers.
• Back-to-back 20+ point efforts… seventh of the season… 11 of the last 12 games in double figures.
• Posted five rebounds in the win… surpassed 300 career rebounds in his collegiate career.

 
POSTGAME QUOTES
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Overall thoughts after 79-70 win over Wofford.
"They're a good offensive team who really crashes the boards and fights hard. And then as you said, we were a little too casual down stretch. I don't if it was 10 or 11 or 12 or whatever, and then they got within six and we had to talk. They did bank in at three and they came downhill, but we found a way to get that necessary stop. We have to clean some things up down the stretch, but overall, I'm extremely proud of the guys for finding ways to win, especially on the road."
 
On this group coming together especially on the road.
"I'm really proud of them and their will to find ways. On top of that, it's a really great group to coach. They listen and they're extremely fun to be around on the road, and at home. They joke around and hang out a lot together, it's just a really fun group to coach right now. I will have coach speak here, we still got a ways to go, and we have to continue to get better. Every single night is a tough, tough game in this league as we all know."
 
Frank Champion, Sr.-F
On defensive effort.
"We started to get a lot of stops and really turned up the defense, and when we didn't, it becomes a whole different ball game, you know. I think we win a little more comfortably if we just limited their offensive rebounds and second chance points."
 
On winning on the road with veteran experience.
"I think it goes with our veteran experience, you know, and with the way that coach recruited us. We have guys who started five years and played five years. So that right there just shows, you know, night in and night out on the road, you have guys that have been in these situations. Regardless of if it's division two experience or wherever you came from, you have that experience to rely on."