2025-26 Chattanooga Basketball
Postgame Notes & Quotes
Game 20 vs. ETSU - January 21, 2026
 
Site: Chattanooga, Tenn. (McKenzie Arena)
Game Duration: 2:01
Officials: Blake Harris, Bryan Washer, Donta Carter
Attendance: 4,611
 
Quick Records
Chattanooga: 9-11, 3-4 SoCon
ETSU: 14-6, 6-1 SoCon

Series History
Meeting: 104th | UTC leads 56-48 (H: 29-14; A: 20-25; N: 7-9)
*UTC now leads 42-27 in SoCon regular season meetings
 
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Overall (11th): 150-188
at Chattanooga (4th): 77-49, 37-24 SoCon
vs. ETSU: 5-15 (H: 2-7; A: 3-7; N: 0-1)
 
Historical Records
All-Time Program Record: 1462-1,164 (.554)
Division I Era (since 1977-78): 917-595 (.606)
All-Time SoCon Record: 491-299 (.617)
 
Team/Game Notes
· Chattanooga saw its three-game winning streak snapped during a tough 67-66 loss to rival ETSU on Wednesday… UTC is now 9-11 overall and 3-4 inside SoCon play after the loss… ETSU improves to 14-6 overall and continues to lead the league with a 6-1 mark.
 
· Announced attendance of 4,611 tonight inside McKenzie Arena… largest home crowd since 8,910 during education day against Covenant on November 23, 2021… largest home crowd against a SoCon opponent since 4,778 against VMI on January 27, 2018.
 
· Chattanooga suffered a -7 (38-31) disadvantage in the rebounding category during the loss… outrebounded 13-6 on the offensive glass… outscored 18-3 by ETSU in second-chance points… all 11 losses this season (now 3-11) have occurred when being outrebounded.
 
· Chattanooga finished 90.9% (10-of-11) from the FT line during the loss… three out of the last four games shooting 90% or better from the FT line… first time doing so during SoCon play in program history.
 
· Chattanooga was outscored 46-24 in paint points during the loss to ETSU… the 46 paint points matches the most allowed this season (46, @UNLV)… UTC did earn a 16-12 edge in fast-break points… third-straight game scoring more off the break than its opponent.
 
· Chattanooga finished with a season-high 14 turnovers… ETSU took advantage with an 18-12 edge in points stemming from miscues… the Mocs recorded just 13 assists… first negative A/TO ratio in a game this season.
 
Player Notes
· G Brennan Watkins surpassed 750 career points after finishing with a team-high 19 points on 6-of-8 FG shooting… went 5-of-7 from 3FG… added two assists to hit the 200 mark for his career… also posted four boards.
 
· G Jordan Frison reached double figures for the fifth-straight game with 14 points during a team-high 35 minutes of action… went 5-of-9 FG (2-of-4 3FG)… recorded four assists and four rebounds.
 
· F Josh Bowman was held scoreless in 25 minutes of play (0-of-2 FG) but stuffed the stat sheet with an impactful five rebounds, four blocks, two assists and two steals… the four blocks ties the program's single-game freshman record previously set twice… last was Sam Alexis on December 10, 2023 against Johnson (TN).
 
Postgame Quotes
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Opening thoughts after tough 67-66 loss to ETSU.
"I thought it was a hard-fought game by both teams. Credit to ETSU, they made enough plays when they had to, but I thought we battled. You can't have an 18-3 deficit on second chance points. We changed the lineup a little bit, had two bigs in there sometimes, and that helped us a little bit. But I thought ETSU made one more play. There were a couple of plays defensively late game in particular and just crushed us on the boards with second chance points."
 
On turnovers making a difference.
"Yes and no, because ETSU leads the conference in steals and plays with a lot of physicality. Yes, because one of our positive traits is that we usually take care of the ball. I think that's the first time we've had a negative assist-to-turnover ratio in a long time. 14 turnovers is too much against a very good ETSU team."
 
On final 10 seconds.
"We knew that they were going to drive the ball, and we were saying, 'hey, pack it in and force a kick out. If they made three with a hand up, it is what it is, but don't let them just drive downhill. I think we were in there and then they kind of like threw a shovel pass, and the next guy was just coming downhill, and I want to say Josh Bowman might have clipped them a little bit. We have to figure out how to play defense without fouling, but we, we thought that they were going to come downhill with the basketball. We just couldn't keep from fouling."
 
Collin Mulholland, RS-So., F
On returning from injury and playing more minutes.
"Tonight was a little more physical in terms of how ETSU played with pressure. It's been a while, but I was definitely ready for it. I don't have any excuse. I just. I need to be more efficient and keep my aggression. I'm just gonna keep getting more comfortable as my minutes totally go up."