CHATTANOOGA (January 29, 2026) – The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team struggled mightily on both ends of the floor during an 81-55 home loss to Wofford during Southern Conference action on Thursday evening inside McKenzie Arena.
 
Chattanooga has now dropped three-straight games and falls to 9-13 overall and finishes the first half of SoCon play at 3-6. Wofford earned its fourth-straight win and improves to 15-7 on the season and 7-2 inside conference action.
 
Jordan Frison (12) and Brennan Watkins (11) led the Mocs scoring attack while Tate Darner (8) and Collin Mulholland (7) followed in the scoring efforts. Darner tied a season-high in rebounds with seven while fellow freshman Josh Bowman added six boards, two assists and two blocks in 13 minutes.

Full game details, notes, quotes and more are below.

Quick Records
Chattanooga: 9-13, 3-6 SoCon
Wofford: 15-7, 7-2 SoCon

Series History
Meeting: 59th | UTC leads 36-23 (H: 17-9; A: 15-12; N: 4-2)
*UTC now leads 30-21 in SoCon regular season meetings
 
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Overall (11th): 150-190
at Chattanooga (4th): 77-51, 37-26 SoCon
vs. Wofford: 8-17 (H: 2-9; A: 5-6; N: 2-2)

Game Breakdown
Brennan Watkins knocked down a pull-up jumper to give Chattanooga an early 9-5 (15:29) lead before Wofford responded with nine-straight points to pull ahead 14-9 with 12:44 left in the half. Tate Darner capped off an 8-2 scoring run with a cutting layup to give UTC a 17-16 edge (10:12) ahead of an emphatic Wofford answer.
 
The Terriers ended the opening half with a 20-3 scoring run which consumed more than seven-plus minutes as the guests took a commanding 42-22 lead into the halftime break. Chattanooga was held scoreless for the final 6:42 of the half while surrendering 10 offensive rebounds and nine second-chance points in the process.
 
Wofford continued to apply the pressure over the early stages of the second half, now allowing Chattanooga to creep within anything closer than 18, 51-33, with 14:13 left to play. It was all Terriers down the stretch as the visitors built a lead as large as 29 in the final minutes before walking out with the 81-55 rout.

Inside the Box Score
· Chattanooga surrendered 18 offensive rebounds during the loss… most offensive boards allowed this season… most offensive rebounds allowed since 19 against ETSU in the SoCon semis on March 10, 2024… most allowed in a regular season contest since 18 to Furman on February 1, 2023.
 
· G Brennan Watkins surpassed 150 career 3FGM after finishing 2-of-4 from deep... went 3-of-6 from the floor in total and 3-of-6 from the FT line... 11 points... four-straight games with two or more 3FGM... added five rebounds in a team-high 33 minutes of action.

3 Notes to Know
· Loss marks three-straight for UTC who falls to 9-13 overall and 3-6 in SoCon play… Wofford has now won four-straight and improved to 15-7 overall and 7-2 in SoCon action… snaps UTC's seven-game winning streak against the Terriers.
 
· Chattanooga finished the game with a season-low 19 made field goals (19-of-56; 33.9%)… the 33.9 FG% marked the second lowest this season… the 19 FGM marks the fewest since 15 at USC in last year's season opener on November 4, 2024… fewest FGM in a home SoCon game since 19 against Samford on February 3, 2024.
 
· Chattanooga's 26-point defeat matched the largest in a home SoCon game since falling 80-54 (26) on February 28, 2019 to?... Wofford… just the third 20+ home loss in SoCon play since that 2019 loss to Wofford.

Postgame Quotes
Dan Earl's opening thoughts after loss to Wofford.
"To say we didn't play well, would be doing an injustice to describing what just happened out there. Utterly disappointing or competitiveness. Things are going to go wrong at times. We're going to miss shots, which we did. Things are going to go wrong defensively. but you can't, not compete when adversity hits. And I didn't see any fight from us tonight - super disappointing. 18 offensive rebounds for Wofford, three offensive rebounds for us. So I think we all have to look in the mirror to figure out how we're going to respond and get better from it."

Up Next | Schedule
Chattanooga hits the road for a Sunday matinee contest at SoCon foe Furman inside Timmons Arena in Greenville, S.C. The game is nationally televised on ESPN2 and can also be found on the WatchESPN platform.

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