2025-26 Chattanooga Basketball
Postgame Notes & Quotes
Game 25 vs. The Citadel – February 7, 2026
 
Site: McKenzie Arena (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Game Duration: 1:48
Officials: Evan Berg, Allen Sutton, Garrett Nestor
Attendance: 3,750
 
Quick Records
Chattanooga: 10-15, 4-8 SoCon
The Citadel: 9-16, 6-6 SoCon

Series History
Meeting: 97th | UTC leads 75-22 (H: 41-7; A: 32-15; N: 2-0)
*UTC now leads 70-19 in SoCon regular season meetings
 
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Overall (11th): 151-192
at Chattanooga (4th): 78-53, 38-28 SoCon
vs. The Citadel: 13-9 (H: 9-2; A: 4-6; N: 0-1)
 
Historical Records
All-Time Program Record: 1,463-1,168
Division I Era (since 1977-78): 918-599
All-Time SoCon Record: 492-303
All-Time McKenzie Arena Record: 505-158
 
Team/Coach Notes

• Chattanooga dropped to 10-15 overall and 4-8 in SoCon play after the defeat… The Citadel improved to 9-16 and 6-6 in the league… UTC currently sits alone in ninth place in the SoCon standings after the loss.
• The Citadel earned just its second road victory of the season… now 2-10… Bulldogs first win inside the Roundhouse since 2012 (W, 48-46 on 2/18/12)… UTC is now 41-7 all-time against CIT at home.

Game/Player Notes

• Chattanooga allowed The Citadel to shoot and even 50.0% (29-58) from the floor… Bulldogs shot 51.9% (14-27) in the second half… 68.9% (20-29) on two-point FG attempts during the game.
• Chattanooga turned the ball over 12 times and saw a 16-10 disadvantage in points off turnovers… now four-straight games with 10 or more turnovers… 40 turnovers over the past three games… 1-5 in SoCon games this season when turning it over 10+ times.
• Chattanooga led for just 4:31 of action and trailed for 32:21 out of the 40 minutes… now eight-straight games trailing for 20 minutes or more… UTC has led for just 132:50 / 480:00 minutes in SoCon play (27.7%).
• Chattanooga did win the rebounding battle for the second time in past three games… went +2 (32-20)… grabbed 10 offensive rebounds… just the fifth time this season winning the rebounding margin against a DI opponent.
• Jordan Frison poured in a game-high 24 points on 10-17 FG shooting… went 2-5 3FG… added three rebounds and three assists in 29 minutes… sixth 20+ scoring effort of the season… nine of past 10 games in double figures.
• Brennan Watkins finished with 15 points on 6-12 FG shooting… 3-8 3FG… team-high 33 minutes… seven-straight games in double figures… eight-straight with two or more 3FGM.

 
Postgame Quotes
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Opening statement after 78-71 loss to The Citadel.
"Obviously, a tough day. We did not play well. I don't think we fought hard enough. Credit to The Citadel, they were the more physical team. We talked about trying to make a stand further away from the basket on their drives. We did not do that, and then they made some shots on top of it so not our finest hour. We have to regroup and figure it out going forward."
 
On who to rely on as a leader.
"On a game-by-game basis? It's a great question. There are individual things I can count on. Brennan (Watkins) will fight. Jordan (Frison) offensively is usually pretty consistent. I could go down the line with a couple of other guys. But that's part of our problem is the inconsistency. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to figure it out. One game, somebody will play well or compete harder. Another game, he doesn't have it that day, perhaps. From a shot-making standpoint, that's going to happen. From a competitive standpoint, you can't let that happen."
 
Brennan Watkins, G-Sr.
On leading by example.
"I think I just need to do a better job of getting everyone else ready as well. It doesn't matter if one or two guys are ready if the other 11, 12, 13 guys are not. I just think that's the biggest thing for me moving forward. It's not only staying ready myself but getting everyone else on the on the court ready so we're ready to battle and fight."