2024-25 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 25 – Furman – February 8, 2025
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes & Quotes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Game Duration: 1:49
Attendance: 3,751
Officials: Ryan Christian, R.B. Clyburn, Jason Deering
 
TEAM RECORDS
Chattanooga: 17-8, 9-3 SoCon
Furman: 18-7, 6-6 SoCon
 
SERIES HISTORY
101st All-Time Meeting
Chattanooga leads 60-41; H: 33-12; A: 20-27; N: 7-2.
Chattanooga leads 53-34 in SoCon regular season games.
 
COACHES RECORDS
Chattanooga: Dan Earl (Penn State '97)
Overall (10): 129-176, 62-108 SoCon
at UTC (3): 56-37, 28-20 SoCon
 
Furman: Bob Richey (North Greenville '06)
Overall (9): 174-78
at FUR (9): Same
 
HISTORIC RECORDS
All-Time Program Record: 1,442-1,152 (.554)
Division I Era (since '77-78): 896-583 (.605)
All-Time SoCon Record: 482-295 (.617)
Record in UTC/McKenzie Arena: 495-152 (.764)
 
TEAM & GAME NOTES

• Chattanooga improved 17-8 overall and 9-3 in SoCon play after capturing its fifth-straight win during an 85-72 victory over Furman… Paladins drop to 18-7 overall and 6-6 in league play.
• Following the win and a Samford loss at ETSU, Chattanooga has moved into a three-way tie at the top of the SoCon standings with UNCG and Samford at 9-3… the Mocs head to Birmingham to face Samford on Wednesday.
• For the second-straight game, Chattanooga benefited off forcing turnovers after outscoring Furman 17-7 in points stemming from turnovers… UTC forced 10 turnovers while committing just 5… combined 38-9 (+29) advantage in points off turnovers the last two games.
• Chattanooga was dominant again inside the paint with 44 points… earned a 44-24 edge in paint points… back-to-back games with 44 points inside the paint… combined 88-52 (+36) margin in paint points over those two games.
• Trailing 38-35 at the half, Chattanooga came back to outscore Furman 50-34 in the second half… sixth win this season when trailing at halftime… second time this season in SoCon play scoring 50+ in the closing half (Mercer).
• UTC improved to 11-1 this season when scoring 80 or more points… 37-5 when scoring 80 or more in the Dan Earl era (since 2022-23).
• With Jack Kostel reaching 1,000 career points, Chattanooga is the 16^th team in NCAA DI this season with five active players who have scored 1,000+ points at the NCAA level (includes DI, DII, DIII)… Kostel, Bonham, Champion, Huff and Keeslar.

PLAYER NOTES
Frank Champion, F-Sr.

• Stuffed the stat sheet with 14 points, seven rebounds, six assists and a block… team-best +19.
• Fifth-straight game scoring in double figures… 48 points, 19 rebounds and 13 assists over last three games.

Jack Kostel, G-Sr.

• Scored 10 points on 4-of-5 FG (1-of-1 3PT) shooting in 20 minutes off the bench… second-highest scoring total this season (11, at Mercer).
• Notched 1,000 career points at the NCAA level (including NCAA DII tenure) with his fifth point of the game.

POSTGAME QUOTES
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Overall thoughts after 85-72 win over Furman.
"I thought, you know, we did a good job taking care of the ball. We had 15 assists to just five turnovers, which is really good. Other than some rebounds late, and some decision making down the stretch, I thought everybody positively impacted the game. And how about Parker Robison, how cool is that? I mean he went in and really impacted the game and made three late, He just did a really good job and that's such an exciting thing."
 
Garrison Keeslar, Sr.-G
On offensive output tonight.
"I think a lot of team's game plans are trying to make things really tough on Honor, Trey and Bash, all those guys. They do a great job of it, but coach instills a lot of confidence in me and all the guys, they tell us if that we feel good, then let it go. Just having that confidence from the staff and the team, it only helps growing your own confidence when you get it from other people."
 
On having a high basketball IQ.
"I have two older brothers, and they played basketball, so I've always been around the game. I was always going to high school practices when I was in middle school to watch them and learn from them. I've been blessed with such great coaches, too. Great high school coach, great coach at my Division II level, and obviously great coaches here. They've taught me a lot about the game and I think that's where it comes from."