2024-25 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 32 – #8 Mercer – March 8, 2025
Harrah's Cherokee Center – Asheville, N.C.
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL GAME INFO
Game Duration: 1:54
Attendance: 3,825
Officials: Billy Dunlap, Devyn Page, Donta Carter
 
TEAM/SERIES RECORDS
#1 Chattanooga: 24-8
#8 Mercer: 14-19
 
All-Time Meetings: 91st
Chattanooga leads the all-time series 49-42.
Chattanooga leads 1-0 in Southern Conference Tournament matchups.
 
COACHES RECORDS
Chattanooga: Dan Earl (Penn State '97)
Overall (10th): 136-176
at UTC (3rd): 63-37
 
Mercer: Ryan Ridder
Overall (11th): 205-139
at MER (1st): 14-19
 
HISTORIC RECORDS
All-Time Program Record: 1,448-1,152 (.554)
Division I Era (since '77-78): 903-583 (.605)
All-Time SoCon Tournament Record: 65-35 (.652)
 
TEAM & GAME NOTES
∙ No. 1 Chattanooga advances to the Southern Conference Tournament semifinals for the fourth-straight season after defeating No. 8 Mercer 76-61 on Saturday… UTC improves to 24-8 overall on the season.
 
∙ Chattanooga extended its winning streak to 12 games following Saturday's victory… ties second-longest winning streak in school history… longest since a school record 14 during the 1982-83 season.
 
∙ Chattanooga played its 100^th game in the SoCon Tournament on Saturday… improved to 65-35 all-time in the league tournament… now 28-18 all-time in the quarterfinals.
 
∙ Chattanooga improved to 41-8 all-time in SoCon Tournament games when allowing 70 points or less… outscored the Bears 48-27 in the second half after trailing 34-28 at the break.
 
∙ Dan Earl coached in his 100^th game at Chattanooga in his third season… most wins by a UTC head coach in the DI era in the first three seasons… surpasses Mack McCarthy (62, 1985-88) after today's win.
 
PLAYER NOTES
∙ Makai Richards made his first start of the season in replace of injured Frank Champion… scored 10 points, tied a season-high five rebounds while playing a season-high 21 minutes… added two assists, two blocks and a steal.
 
∙ Garrison Keeslar scored a season-high 19 points and recorded six rebounds and three assists… played a season-high 34 minutes… team-best +19 in the +/- category.