2025-26 Chattanooga Basketball
Postgame Notes & Quotes
Game 29 at The Citadel – February 21, 2026
 
Site: McAlister Fieldhouse (Charleston, S.C.)
Game Duration: 2:06
Officials: Arthur Vaulk, Luke Payne, Chandler Burton
Attendance: 1,227
 
Quick Records
Chattanooga: 12-17, 6-10 SoCon
The Citadel: 9-20, 6-10 SoCon

Series History
Meeting: 98th | UTC leads 76-22 (H: 41-7; A: 33-15; N: 2-0)
*UTC leads 71-19 in SoCon regular season meetings

Dan Earl, Head Coach
Overall (11th): 153-194
at Chattanooga (4th): 80-55, 40-30 SoCon
vs. The Citadel: 14-9 (H: 9-2; A: 5-6; N: 0-1)
 
Historical Records
All-Time Program Record: 1,466-1,170
Division I Era (since 1977-78): 920-601
All-Time SoCon Record: 494-307
 
General Team & Matchup Notes

• Chattanooga earned its second-straight win behind a 93-72 decision over The Citadel… improves to 12-17 overall and 6-10 inside SoCon play… The Citadel drops to 9-20 overall and 6-10 in SoCon action.
• Chattanooga avoided a potential regular season sweep to The Citadel after the Bulldogs won the previous meeting 78-71 inside McKenzie Arena on February 7… last such sweep occurred back in 1978-79.
• 90th all-time meeting between the two teams in SoCon regular season play… UTC now leads 71-19 in the regular season series.
• 80th win for head coach Dan Earl at Chattanooga… fourth season at UTC… also 40th regular season SoCon win at Chattanooga.

 
Inside the Game & Player Notables

• Chattanooga scored 90+ points in consecutive games for the first time since scoring 90 against The Citadel and 91 at Western Carolina on January 27 and 31, 2024… now 21-1 under Dan Earl when scoring 90+ points.
• Chattanooga finished the game shooting 61.1% (33-54) from the floor… 48.3% (14-29) from 3FG… 76.5% (13-17) from the FT line… back-to-back 60%+ FG shooting games for the first time since 60.9% (28-46) against The Citadel and 60.3% (38-63) against Georgia Southern on February 27 and 28, 1993.
• Chattanooga put together a season-best 25-0 scoring run during the first half… longest run since 16-0 against VMI on January 3… second 20+ scoring run of the season (24-0 vs. Union, 11/3).
• Chattanooga finished with a +2 edge (40-38) in the rebounding category… back-to-back games outrebounding its opponent (DI) for the first time since +6 at SC State (November 19) and +8 against North Alabama (November 22).
• Six different Mocs reached double figures in scoring… first time with six this season against a DI opponent… last time with five or more was on February 5 against Mercer.
• Chattanooga led for nearly the entirety of the game… 38:11 while Citadel never held a lead… one tie… largest lead for the Mocs was 30 (42-12, 1H 6:16).
• Chattanooga led 50-29 at the halftime break… first time scoring 50+ in the first half on the road since?... 53 at The Citadel on January 13, 2018… UTC finished the opening half shooting 66.7% (20-30) from the floor… 58.8% (10-17) from 3FG.
• G Jordan Frison and G Brennan Watkins each led the team with 16 points… combined for eight rebounds and seven assists… Watkins finished +15 in 27 minutes while Frison finished +10 in 32 minutes.
• F Collin Mulholland posted his first career double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds in just 21 minutes of action… went 5-of-9 FG, 1-of-3 3FG, 2-of-4 FT… added two assists, a steal and a block… team-best +21.

 
Postgame Quotes
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Opening thoughts after 93-72 win at The Citadel.
"Yeah, I didn't realize it was 25-0 [scoring run]. Crazy. I don't know how often I've seen that either. Our guys, I was proud of them. They came ready to play. We obviously made shots early. We were feeling good, and then, you know, obviously, you have to try and close out a game much better than that. We made that game much more difficult than it needed to be. It is hard to play with a lead, but that's something we have to learn. But you talk about coming out ready to play and making shots and feeling good in the first half. I thought we did a really good job."
 
On the key difference over the past two weeks.
"I wish I could tell you it's that we're doing this and that differently or strategically, or this and that. It does help to make shots. We do have a couple guys playing with more confidence. I also think the ball is popping, snapping, moving at a higher rate now. And then defensively, you've seen we've switched some, we played some more zone. We're mixing up defenses, and our defensive field goal percentage that is, we're not giving up a terrible percentage to the opposing team. We're really just trying to fight and be in the mix of things defensively."
 
Collin Mulholland, RSo.-F
On the key 25-0 run in the first half.
"Yeah, I mean, they got some good looks, and they have some very good shooters, so it was pretty fortunate for us that they weren't knocking those down, and we, it just, it was one of those days for us where, I think Brennan came in, hit two threes, Jordan had his threes, and we just got stuff going really early. It's like you mentioned, a 25-0 run, it's really hard not to keep momentum when you get a get a run like that. But after that, it was just about trying to keep and maintain that lead."