2025-26 Chattanooga Basketball
Postgame Notes & Quotes
Game 26 at ETSU – February 11, 2026
 
Site: Freedom Hall (Johnson City, Tenn.)
Game Duration: 2:05
Officials: Ryan Christian, Devyn Page, Marvin Harris, Jr.
Attendance: 4,854
 
Quick Records
Chattanooga: 10-16, 4-9 SoCon
ETSU: 19-7, 11-2 SoCon

Series History
Meeting: 105th | UTC leads 56-49 (H: 29-14; A: 20-26; N: 7-9)
*UTC now leads 42-27 in SoCon regular season meetings
 
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Overall (11th): 151-193
at Chattanooga (4th): 78-54, 38-29 SoCon
vs. ETSU: 5-16 (H: 2-7; A: 3-8; N: 0-1)
 
Historical Records
All-Time Program Record: 1,464-1,169
Division I Era (since 1977-78): 918-600
All-Time SoCon Record: 492-306
 
Team/Coach Notes

• Chattanooga falls to 10-16 overall and 4-9 inside SoCon play after a 73-61 loss at ETSU… ETSU continues to lead the league and improves to 19-7 overall and 11-2 in SoCon action.
• Chattanooga and ETSU met for the 105^th time in the all-time series… 46^th meeting in Johnson City… UTC is now 56-49 all-time against the Bucs… 20-26 all-time in Johnson City.
• UTC entered the contest with a five-game winning streak inside Freedom Hall… last defeat was in 2020… longest such streak in program history… entered 3-0 under Dan Earl before tonight's defeat.

 
Game/Player Notes

• Chattanooga finished the game shooting an even 40.0% (22-55) from the floor… assisted just nine times on its 22 FGM… the nine assists tied a season low (third time).
• Chattanooga turned the ball over 10 times during the defeat… five-straight games with 10 or more turnovers… now 2-7 in SoCon play when turning it over 10 or more times… forced just five ETSU turnovers… ETSU edged UTC 10-4 in points off turnovers.
• Chattanooga led for just 2:13 tonight… ETSU held a lead for 32:37… nine-straight games trailing for 20 minutes or more… UTC has led for just 135:03 of the 520:00 possible minutes (25.9%) this season in SoCon play.
• Chattanooga was whistled for 24 fouls during the defeat opposed to ETSU's 13… ETSU went 26-35 (74.3%) from the FT line… UTC has allowed 20+ FTA to its opponent in 11 of the 13 SoCon games this season… 91 FTA over the past three games.
• Jordan Frison led all UTC scorers with 15 points on 6-12 FG shooting… tied a team-high with six rebounds and added five assists… upped career scoring total to 1,298 across 87 games between Pitt State (DII) and UTC.

 
Postgame Quotes
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Opening thoughts after 73-61 loss at ETSU.
"So, you know, tonight, this is hard to say, but I thought we competed. We played hard, which is the number one thing we've asked our guys to do. Unfortunately, they can't just play hard and expect to win. You also have to play well if you want to win games. We did not play well tonight. Part of that is missing shots, which is unfortunate, but that's going to come and go. The other part of it is just being a little more dialed in or disciplined to specifics within the game plan and scout."
 
On defending without fouling.
"We have to figure out how to, and I know it's a broken record, but defend without fouling. You have to compete for it. You can't be soft, but you must deal with the physicality. Again, some of them are fouls around the basket that you have to be a bit smarter on. We just can't foul in situations like when they grab an offensive rebound, and then you foul, and bring them one step closer to the bonus. Those are the silly fouls that we really have to control."
 
On moving forward.
"Maybe some of it was poor decisions, but there were some open shots that we just did not make. And again, if you're going to beat a good team, you have to make some shots and play well. I don't want to give anyone the wrong idea, but this is just not okay, and we're working. I want it for our guys, mostly, and I want it for our fans, I want it for everybody involved. If you watched the game, I think we saw that we can compete at a high level. We just have to do that at all times, but the reality is, we just didn't play well on top of it to win tonight."