2024-25 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 35 – Dayton – March 22, 2025
National Invitation Tournament – Second Round
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Game Duration: 2:02
Attendance: 2,633
Officials: Shane Land, Michael Wallace, Chuck McCoy
 
TEAM/SERIES RECORDS
Chattanooga: 26-9
Dayton: 23-11
 
COACH RECORDS
Chattanooga: Dan Earl (Penn State '97)
Overall (10th): 138-177
at UTC (3rd): 65-38
 
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Meetings: 12
Chattanooga trails the all-time series 8-4 (H: 1-1; A: 3-6; N: 0-1).
 
HISTORIC RECORDS
All-Time Program Record: 1,450-1,153 (.554)
Division I Era (since '77-78): 905-584 (.605)
 
NIT RECORDS
NIT Appearance: 5th (first since four-straight from 1984-87)
NIT Record: 5-4 (.556)
Best NIT Finish/Run: 1985 NIT Quarterfinals & 2025 NIT Quarterfinals
 
TEAM & GAME NOTES
∙ Chattanooga earned a wire-to-wire 87-72 victory over top-seeded Dayton in the 2025 NIT Second Round on Saturday afternoon… UTC improved to 26-9 after the victory… Dayton ends its season at 23-11… Chattanooga advances to the NIT Quarterfinals for the first time since 1985.
 
∙ Chattanooga's 26 wins this season are third most in program history… seventh time with 26+ or more wins… most wins since 27 in 2021-22… other 26-win efforts were 1982-83 and 1992-93.
 
∙ Chattanooga improved to 14-3 inside McKenzie Arena this season… most wins (14) in the roundhouse since going 15-2 in 2014-15… 13^th time with 14+ home wins in a season… 499^th all-time win inside the Roundhouse.
 
∙ Chattanooga's 87 points today marked the most allowed by the Dayton squad since an 89-84 loss against then-No. 5 Iowa State earlier this season on November 26, 2024 during the Maui Invitational… Flyers followed that up with an 85-67 win over then-No.2 UCONN.
 
∙ Chattanooga is now 16-1 this season when scoring 80+ points… 42-5 when scoring 80+ under Dan Earl… just the fifth wire-to-wire victory of the season… first since February 12's 82-68 win at Samford.
 
PLAYER NOTES
 ∙ Honor Huff (26) and Trey Bonham (25) combined for 51 points in today's win… back-to-back 25+ performances for Bonham… duo combined to go 8-of-15 (53.3%) from deep… each had four assists… Bonham tallied a team-high eight rebounds.
 
∙ Bash Wieland reached 1,000 career points with his sixth point of the night… fitting it occurred on a mid-range jumper… has scored 473 points this season at Chattanooga… 531 during career at Bellarmine… finished with 10 point today.
 
QUOTES
Head Coach Dan Earl
Opening statement after 87-72 win over Dayton.
"I'm really proud of the guys. That was a well played game, I thought, on both sides. Credit to Dayton, they're a really good basketball team. They make shots, they execute. they're tough and physical, and I thought we did a pretty good job of exceeding or matching their physicality. So, really proud of our guys."
 
On what seniors Trey Bonham and Honor Huff mean to him.
"You know, I'm gonna miss [Trey] here and hopefully we're gonna keep this guy here [Honor] around for another year, but they both played outstanding and we've been with them for a number of years. So, great to see them playing their best basketball late. I thought they were both phenomenal."
 
On the impact of today's fans.
"Shout out to the crowd. I mean, I thought that was awesome. We really appreciate everybody coming out in full effect. That place, the McKenzie Arena, the Roundhouse got loud. I think our guys are appreciative, and I think they deserve it, but we are so thankful that everyone came out to support us. Hopefully we can keep it rolling."
 
Trey Bonham, Sr. - G
On potentially his last game in the McKenzie Arena.
"It was a pretty good game to have for my last game here in McKenzie. [Huff and I] got a joke that we never score 20 points together, so it was cool for both of us to have pretty good games in my last game here. I'm just blessed to play be able to play again."
 
On one memory he'll take away from playing with Honor.
"Mine is definitely passing him the ball and just turning around. I already know it's going in. I throw up the call me sign, the three sign. I it's a good feeling knowing that I got 100% confidence in him to make that shot every time." 
 
Honor Huff, Sr. - G
On one memory he'll take away from playing with Trey.
"I think our, connection. I don't think you'll find it anywhere else, honestly. It's like he knows where I'm gonna be at and I know what he's gonna do before he does it, I promise you, I'm behind him and I can visualize, 'okay, he's about to do that,' then he does that. I don't think you'll find out any other duo players, and obviously we've been around each other a long time, but I just I'm gonna miss that. I'm gonna take away the connection we had because I don't know if I'll be able to find a better player on and off the court."