Box Score - Notes/Quotes

GREENVILLE, S.C. (February 1, 2026) – Despite an extremely strong second-half rally, the Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team dropped its fourth-straight game inside Southern Conference action after falling 75-70 to Furman in front of a nationally televised audience inside Timmons Arena in Greenville, S.C., on Sunday afternoon.
 
Chattanooga is now 9-14 overall this season and 3-7 inside SoCon play following the defeat while the four-game skid matches the longest in regular season SoCon play since January 2023. After capturing its third-straight win, Furman improves to 16-7 overall and 7-3 inside the league.

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

Quick Records
Chattanooga: 9-14, 3-7 SoCon
Furman: 16-7, 7-3 SoCon

Series History
Meeting: 104th | UTC leads 61-43 (H: 33-13; A: 20-28; N: 7-3)
*UTC now leads 53-36 in SoCon regular season meetings

Game Breakdown
Collin Mulholland opened the game with a contested layup in the paint before Furman responded with 16-straight points over a six-minute stretch to build a sizable 16-2 lead with 12:44 left in the opening half. The Paladins forced seven early turnovers from the Mocs and stretched their advantage to 19, 29-10, at the 6:30 mark.
 
Chattanooga found some offense in the latter stages of the first half with Brennan Watkins and Teddy Washington Jr. both connecting from deep, in addition to tough finishes at the rim from Parker Robison and Tate Darner. Furman ultimately held a 42-23 halftime lead after leading by as many as 24 during the frame.
 
The Mocs came out of the halftime break with a strong effort on both sides of the floor as a lengthy 16-3 scoring run that included 11 unanswered cut the deficit to just six, 52-46, with 11:28 left in the game. UTC forced five Furman turnovers during the stretch while Washington Jr. scored eight quick points on the offensive end.
 
After Chattanooga trimmed it to five (55-50; 9:39), Furman scored the next five points to take back a double-digit edge, 60-50, with 7:46 remaining. Five quick points from Watkins before a Makai Richards layup brought the Mocs back within five again, 67-62, with just over 90 seconds to play.
 
Darner bagged a corner three with less than 15 seconds left following a missed free throw from Furman's Alex Wilkins to make it a one score game, 73-70, coming down to the game's final possessions. The Paladins' Eddrin Bronson connected on a pair of game-sealing free throws with 12 seconds left to complete the near wire-to-wire victory for the hosts, 75-70.

Inside the Box Score
· G Brennan Watkins scored a team-high 19 points (7-13 FG; 3-8 3FG; 2-2 FT)… surpassed 800 points for his career (entered with 789)… added five rebounds, two assists and three steals… the three steals ties a career high.
 
· G Teddy Washington finished with 16 points (5-11 FG; 2-6 3FG; 4-5 FT)… most points since scoring 16 against Auburn on December 13… added three rebounds, two assists and three steals.
 
· Chattanooga earned a +3 (33-30) margin in the rebound totals… went +6 (13-7) on the offensive glass… first time outrebounding an opponent since January 14 at Wofford (+1; 35-34)… the +3 margin is the largest against a DI opponent this season since going +8 (37-29) in a November 22 win over North Alabama.

3 Notes to Know
· First four-game SoCon skid within regular season play since a stretch from January 14-25, 2023… similar four opponents in Samford, Furman, ETSU and Wofford in both streaks.
 
· Chattanooga finished the game shooting 41.0% (25-of-61) from the floor… went 27.6% (8-of-29) from three… 75.0% (12-of-16) from the FT line… back-to-back games shooting less than 30% from three… now 0-6 this season when failing to hit the 30% mark from three.
 
· Chattanooga's bench outscored Furman's reserves 35-18 for the game… second-most bench points against a DI opponent this season (36; at Wofford; 1/14/26)… UTC's bench has outscored its opponents 674-439 in total this season… 29.3-19.1 (+10.2) advantage per game.

Postgame Quotes
Dan Earl's opening thoughts after 75-70 loss at Furman.
"Maybe they're not aware that a game is 40 minutes. It's amazing to me. All we did in the second half was compete. We certainly made some shots, made some plays, but it was competitive with a sure fight. Stating the obvious, you can't dig yourself that kind of hole and end up burning all your timeouts in the first half. The second half, we went with the guys who were going to show fight. I was proud of their efforts, but it's not fair to themselves, it's not fair to their teammates, and it's not fair to our fans, to only show that kind of fight for one half."

Up Next | Schedule
Chattanooga returns home next week for a pair of SoCon battles beginning with Mercer on Thursday night (7 p.m.) and ending with The Citadel on Saturday (2 p.m.). Tickets are available and can be found at the schedule link above.

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