2025-26 Chattanooga Basketball
Postgame Notes & Quotes
Game 27 vs. Western Carolina – February 14, 2026
 
Site: McKenzie Arena (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Game Duration: 2:06
Officials: Michael Terry, Kyle Stewart, Jordan Craddock
Attendance: 3,347
 
Quick Records
Chattanooga: 10-17, 4-10 SoCon
Western Carolina: 10-15, 6-8 SoCon

Series History
Meeting: 107th | UTC leads 74-33 (H: 41-8; A: 26-23; N: 7-2)
*UTC now leads 62-30 in SoCon regular season meetings
 
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Overall (11th): 151-194
at Chattanooga (4th): 78-55, 38-30 SoCon
vs. WCU: 11-10 (H: 5-4; A: 5-6; N: 1-0)
 
Historical Records
All-Time Program Record: 1,464-1,170
Division I Era (since 1977-78): 918-601
All-Time SoCon Record: 492-307
 
General Team Notes

• Chattanooga falls to 10-17 overall and 4-10 inside SoCon play after an 81-76 defeat to Western Carolina… Catamounts improve to 10-15 overall and 6-8 within the league… third-straight loss for UTC.
• Western Carolina earned just its eighth win in the Scenic City in the all-time series between the two programs… series originated in 1969… UTC is now 41-8 at home against the Catamounts in 49 all-time meetings.
• Chattanooga moves to 6-7 this season inside McKenzie Arena… 44^th season of Mocs hoops in the Roundhouse… UTC has never had a sub-.500 home record over the previous 43 campaigns.

 
Inside the Game & Player Notables

• Chattanooga suffered a -15 (41-26) disadvantage in total rebounds… -12 (18-6) on the offensive glass… -15 total is largest since -16 (41-25) at UNCG in the SoCon opener on New Year's Day… trailed by 10 (20-10) in second-chance points.
• Western Carolina nearly went wire-to-wire and led for 38:16… only one tie and lead change early on… 10-straight games in which UTC has trailed for more than 20 minutes of action… trailed by as many as 18 (2H; 16:03) before rallying down the stretch.
• Chattanooga suffered another large disadvantage at the charity stripe… finished -19 (25-6) in total FTA… WCU went 20-of-25 (80.0%) from the FT line… UTC just 6-of-6 (100.0%)… UTC has surrendered 20+ FTA to its opponent in 12 of the 14 SoCon games this season… combined 116 FTA over the past four games.
• Chattanooga dished out 19 assists while committing just eight turnovers… the 19 assists marked the most against a DI opponent this season… most since 22 against Tennessee Wesleyan on November 28, 2025… snapped five-game streak of finishing with 10+ turnovers.
• G Jordan Frison posted a team-high 20 points on 8-of-13 FG shooting… went 4-of-7 from 3FG… added six assists… surpassed 1,300 career points (entered with 1,298)… first 3FGM marked his 100^th career… seventh 20+ scoring effort of the season.
• F Josh Bowman recorded six points, one rebound and three blocks in 13 minutes of action… the three blocks put him at 21 on the season… most blocks in a single season for a UTC freshman in program history… surpassed Sam Alexis' 19 blocks during the 2022-23 season.

 
Postgame Quotes
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Opening thoughts after 81-76 loss to Western Carolina:
"I know I sound like a broken record somewhat, but the offensive rebounding that we gave up or the rebounding war that we lost...they had 18 offensive rebounds. I want to say they had 11 in the first half, and we couldn't keep them off the foul line. We've had trouble defending without fouling. That is with physicality without fouling, and then rebounding and battling. Credit to Western Carolina. I thought that they were more physical than us, in particular in the first half. And then, obviously, [Julien] Soumaoro had a heck of a game."
 
On if he was more disappointed in the poor first half or happy with second half fight:
"I'm proud of the guys for fighting. But just to be honest with you, I'm getting tired of kind of saying the same thing over and over. You know, what's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. I thought we competed throughout against ETSU. We just didn't shoot it well. We didn't shoot well again tonight, but it was a little different. How physical we were, how much we battled in the second half, compared to the first. We have to figure out how to do it for 40 minutes regardless of what's going on with making shots or missing shots."
 
Collin Mulholland, RSo.-C
On how to use the last 10 minutes to help guide the way forward:
"It's kind of like what coach said, it's good to see that that fight from us and like the ability to come back. But if we could just apply that without having to come back and just start the game like that and not have to dig ourselves out of a hole. It's a lot more useful to apply that to the whole game."