2025-26 Chattanooga Basketball
Postgame Notes & Quotes
Game 23 at Furman × February 1, 2026
 
Site: Timmons Arena (Greenville, S.C.)
Game Duration: 2:01
Officials: Will Howard, Jason Baker, Ryan Christian
Attendance: 1,000
 
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
 
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Overall (11th): 150-191
at Chattanooga (4th): 77-52, 37-27 SoCon
vs. Furman: 6-18 (H: 4-7; A: 1-9; N: 1-2)
 
Historical Records
All-Time Program Record: 1462-1,167 (.554)
Division I Era (since 1977-78): 917-598 (.606)
All-Time SoCon Record: 491-302 (.617)
 
Team/Game Notes
· Chattanooga drops its fourth-straight game following a 75-70 defeat at Furman on Sunday… UTC falls to 9-14 overall and 3-7 inside SoCon play… Furman improves to 16-7 overall and 7-3 in the league… game was limited to the public due to weather conditions.
 
· 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 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.
 
· Chattanooga used a 13-0 scoring run in the second half to chip away at its deficit… second-longest scoring run (while holding opponent scoreless) against a DI opponent this season… put together a 16-0 second-half run at VMI back on January 3… surrendered a 16-0 Furman run in the first half… three-straight games allowing a double-digit run.
 
· 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.
 
· Chattanooga got off to an extremely slow start… trailed by as many as 24 (36-12; 4:39) in the first half… trailed 42-23 at the halftime break… UTC turned the ball over eight times in the opening half… shot just 33.3% (9-of-27) from the field.
 
Player Notes
· 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.
 
Postgame Quotes
Dan Earl, Head Coach
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."
 
On closing the gap down the stretch.
"It did get interesting down the stretch, and you know, maybe a three from Tate or a three from Teddy goes down and it gets within a point or two. I will say, our guys were still fighting, but it's just so hard to dig yourself a hole like that and come out of it on the winning side of things."