2025-26 Chattanooga Basketball
Postgame Notes & Quotes
Game 18 at Wofford - January 14, 2026
 
Site: Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium (Spartanburg, SC)
Game Duration: 2:00
Officials: Sidney Cohen, Devyn Page, Kyle Bottoms
Attendance: 1,231
 
Quick Records
Chattanooga: 8-10, 2-3 SoCon
Wofford: 11-7, 3-2 SoCon

Series History
Meeting: 58th | UTC leads 36-22 (H: 17-8; A: 15-12; N: 4-2)
*UTC now leads 30-20 in SoCon regular season meetings
 
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Overall (11th): 149-187
at Chattanooga (4th): 76-48, 36-23 SoCon
vs. Wofford: 8-16 (H: 2-8; A: 5-6; N: 2-2)
 
Historical Records
All-Time Program Record: 1461-1,163 (.554)
Division I Era (since 1977-78): 916-594 (.606)
All-Time SoCon Record: 490-298 (.617)
 
Team/Game Notes
· Chattanooga earned its second-straight SoCon victory with a 76-67 road victory over Wofford on Wednesday… UTC improves to 8-10 overall and 2-3 in league play after the win… Wofford drops to 11-7 overall and 3-2 in the SoCon.
 
· Chattanooga has now won seven-straight games over Wofford… Dan Earl is now 7-2 against the Terriers during his tenure at UTC… dropped the first two before seven-straight wins… Earl is now 8-16 against Wofford dating back to his VMI years… five of the eight wins have come in Spartanburg (5-6).
 
· Chattanooga has won back-to-back games for the first time since three-straight wins from November 19-28… wins over South Carolina State, North Alabama and Tennessee Wesleyan during that span.
 
· Chattanooga finished the game 26-of-53 (49.1%) from the floor… 10-of-24 (41.7%) from 3FG… team went a blistering 15-of-25 (60.0%) from the field in the second half including a 6-of-11 (54.5%) mark from three… Mocs connected on its final six 3FG of the second half after missing its first five.
 
· Chattanooga earned its first rebounding advantage (35-34; +1) against a DI opponent since North Alabama (37-29; +8) on November 22… 35 rebounds are the most since December 21's win over Alabama A&M in the non-conference finale… now 6-0 when outrebounding an opponent this season.
 
· Chattanooga posted a large 24-9 (+15) edge in fast break points during the win… the 24 fast-break points are a season-high… the +15 margin also marks a season best for the category.
 
· Chattanooga flipped the game with a 19-point swing over the game's final nine-plus minutes… Wofford grabbed its largest least of the game 51-41 (+10) with 9:47 remaining… the 76-67 (+9) final marked UTC's largest lead of the game.
 
· Chattanooga earned its first win of the season when trailing with five minutes left to go… now 1-8 in such situations this season… Wofford led 56-53 (5:04) before a Tate Darner three tied things 56-56 (4:54)… including that three, UTC scored 23 points over the final five minutes.
 
· Chattanooga and Wofford entered the halftime break tied 30-30… first tied score at the half this season… just the fifth over the past four seasons… six lead changes and five ties… both teams put together 11-0 runs during the half.
 
Player Notes
· F Collin Mulholland returned to action (lower body injury) for the first time since January 3's contest at VMI… finished with 8 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists… went a perfect 4-of-4 FG over 14 minutes of action.
 
· G Jordan Frison finished with a team-high 19 points on 8-of-13 FG… added 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks… third-straight game leading the team in scoring… eighth time in the past 10 games finishing with a team-high in points.
 
· G Tate Darner finished with 16 points and 6 rebounds… finished 4-of-10 FG (3-of-5 3FG; 5-of-7 FT)… finished a team-best +15 during 31 minutes of action.
 
Postgame Quotes
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Opening thoughts after 76-67 victory over Wofford.
"Road wins are certainly very hard to come by and Wofford, you know, Kevin Giltner does a great job with them. I know their staff well and he coached under Mike Young for years and years, who had tremendous success here. And they're playing with tremendous confidence right now. I mean, the numbers, particularly offensively, but in the conference play, the last four games have been like off the chart. So, there are so many things that I see out there that we must clean up and get better at, but with that said, I think we did an admirable job of making it difficult for their shooters and scorers. They have a lot of guys that can make threes, which makes it a tough cover, but I thought we did a great job in that regard."
 
On the 23-9 scoring advantage to end the game.
"I think we were flying around on defense a little bit more, and then, look, a little bit of it was that the shots started falling. We made the last six threes or something like that, you know? And we had some open looks before that, and they just didn't fall. When you make shots that helps everything. So, I'd love to say we did really good things, but we put the ball in the basket, and I think we were trying to fly around and be scrappy. We still gave up nine offensive rebounds which we must cut that down. But with being undersized, I thought we were scrapping, fighting and got enough 50-50 balls late in the game to come out with a win."
 
Billy Smith, Gr.-G
On seeing shots fall and the process.
"Yeah, it absolutely felt good. I mean, I've definitely been off to a little rough patch shooting wise, but it feels good to have these type of guys around you. They just feed you confidence, you know, and the coaches drive it home about telling us to keep shooting. They preach to stick at it, stay in the gym, and stay with your teammates. The connection goes a long way."
 
On the importance of this road win.
"It's extremely nice to come into a game like this, and with it being on the line towards the end, come through as a team to win. It's big time for everyone and is great momentum for us. Hopefully, we can build on it heading in the Western Carolina game on Saturday."