CHATTANOOGA MOCS 2014-15 MEN’S BASKETBALL | CHAOS 2.0 Date Opponent Time (ET) Nov. 14 Hiwassee (DH) 5:30 p.m. Nov. 16 (1) @Wisconsin (ESPNEWS) 1 p.m. Nov. 18 (1) @Butler (FoxSports2) 9 p.m. Nov. 22 @Tennessee Tech 7 p.m. Nov. 26-27 Battle 4 Atlantis Mainland 26 (1) Robert Morris Noon 26 Coastal Carolina vs. ULM 2:30 p.m. 27 (1) Consolation Game Noon 27 (1) Championship Game 2:30 p.m Nov. 29 @Kennesaw State (ESPN3) Noon Dec. 2 Georgia (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Dec. 8 Montreat 7 p.m. Dec. 11 *@The Citadel 6 p.m. Dec. 16 Northern Kentucky 7 p.m. Dec. 19 @Middle Tennessee (ASN) 8 p.m. Dec. 22 UAB (ASN) 8 p.m. Dec. 29 Lipscomb 7 p.m. Jan. 3 *Furman 7 p.m. Jan. 5 *Wofford (ASN) 8 p.m. Jan. 8 *Western Carolina 7 p.m. Jan. 10 *@East Tennessee State 4 p.m. Jan. 15 *@Samford 8 p.m. Jan. 22 *VMI 7 p.m. Jan. 24 *UNCG (DH - ESPN3) 6 p.m. Jan. 29 *@Mercer (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Jan. 31 *The Citadel (DH) 6 p.m. Feb. 5 *@Furman 7 p.m. Feb. 7 *@Western Carolina 4:30 p.m. Feb. 12 *@Wofford 7 p.m. Feb. 14 *Samford (DH) 6 p.m. Feb. 19 *Mercer 7 p.m. Feb. 21 *East Tennessee State (ASN) 8 p.m. Feb. 26 *@VMI 7 p.m. Feb. 28 *@UNCG 5 p.m. Mar. 6-9 (2) Southern Conference Championship Mar. 17-18 NCAA First Four (Dayton, Ohio) Mar. 19-22 NCAA Second/Third Rounds Mar. 26-29 NCAA Regional Finals Apr. 4-6 NCAA Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind.) *SoCon Game; (1) Battle 4 Atlantis, Campus Sites/Chattanooga, Tenn.; (2) SoCon Championship; Asheville, N.C. | All Times EASTERN & Subject to Change Athletics Communications & Media Relations Basketball SID...............................................Jim Horten Office.................................................. 423.425.2350 Cell (Best Place to Leave Voicemail).... 423.645.8733 Email.....................................james-horten@utc.edu Twitter................................................... @jimhorten Website...................................................... GoMocs.com Team Twitter........................................... @GoMocsMBB Athletics Twitter..............................................@GoMocs Common Hashtags..................... #GoMocs & #CHAOS2.0
Hiwassee (0-5) at Chattanooga (0-0)
Game 1 | Friday, November 14, 2014 | 5:30 p.m. | McKenzie Arena | Chattanooga, Tenn. MEDIA AVAILABILITY TV: N/A VIDEO: Tonight’s game is available online on the SoCon Digital Network. Access links for video, audio and live stats on the men’s basketball schedule page (bit.ly/MBBGDay). RADIO: The Mocs Sports Network flagship station is 96.1 the Legend FM in Chattanooga. Jim Reynolds is in his 35th year as the play-by-play “Voice of the Mocs”. PROMOTIONS: N/A. Chattanooga At a Glance Hiwassee 0-0 Record 0-5 Will Wade (Clemson ‘05) Head Coach Will Raby 18-15 (2nd year) Record at School 0-5 (1st year) Same Career Record Same GoMocs.com Website hiwassee.edu/athletics/ @GoMocsMBB Twitter @HiwasseeCollege 4-0 Series PROBABLE STARTERS Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts Reb FG% 3pt% FT% Hometown 3 24 Casey Jones 6-5 200 Jr. New Orleans, La. Notes: 2014-15 Preseason All-SoCon...2014 All-SoCon performer 4 0 Chuck Ester 6-7 220 So. Geismar, La. Notes: Transfer from East Mississippi Community College 5 5 Justin Tuoyo 6-10 220 So. Fayetteville, Ga. Notes: Transfer from VCU...sat out 2013-14 season due to NCAA transfer rules 1 1 Greg Pryor 6-1 195 So. Memphis, Tenn. Notes: Started all 33 games as a true freshman in 2013-14 2 23 Tre’ McLean 6-5 195 So. Charleston, S.C. Notes: Transfer from Queens...sat out 2013-14 season due to NCAA transfer rules TRENDING - Chaos 2.0 begins Friday, Nov. 14, as Hiwassee opens the Mocs 2014-15 campaign. - Chattanooga returns three starters and seven total letterwinners from last season’s squad. - The Mocs are 27-10 during the DI era in season openers. That mark includes 21-0 at home, 2-9 away and 4-1 on a neutral floor. The Mocs are 32-5 overall in their first home game of the season. - Chattanooga is 4-0 against Hiwassee. See page three for more series info. - The Mocs are 93-1 against non-DI competition since the move to DI in 1977-78. The lone loss was on December 16, 1999 to Southern Poly, 73-69. - All 10 Southern Conference teams begin the 2014-15 season Friday, November 14. - Chattanooga’s probable lineup includes two starters (Casey Jones & Greg Pryor) from last season along with three newcomers. Two, Justin Tuoyo (VCU) and Tre’ McLean (Queens) spent 2013-14 practicing with the squad sitting out the season due to NCAA transfer rules. Chuck Ester signed with the team in the spring period as a junior college transfer (East Mississippi C.C.) with three years of eligibility remaining. So it includes a junior and four sophomores. - The Mocs have a hectic beginning playing eight times in the season’s first 18 days. It opens with a three in five run with Hiwassee at home followed by trips to Wisconsin (11/16) and Butler (11/18).
2014-15 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL NEXT UP Chattanooga hits the road to face Wisconsin on Sunday, November 16, and Butler on Tuesday, November 18. The meeting with the 2014 Final 4 participant Badgers is a 1 p.m. (Eastern) tip on ESPNEWS in the Kohl Center. HEAD COACH WILL WADE - Head Coach Will Wade is 18-15 in his second season as a head coach. He is 1-0 in season openers, 3-0 vs. non-DI competition. - The 18 wins in year one were the most for the Mocs since the same total in 2008-09. - Wade is 12-2 at home, 5-11 away and 1-2 in neutral site contests in his career. - Wade is a 2005 graduate of Clemson. He has worked with current collegiate head coaches Larry Shyatt (Wyoming), Oliver Purnell (DePaul), Tommy Amaker (Harvard) and Shaka Smart (VCU) at Clemson, Harvard and VCU, respectively. - Wade’s staff includes a former head coach, Wes Long (Queens, 2009-13), former Mocs standout Casey Long (2004-07) and Brooks Savage. Savage was the Director of Basketball Ops a season ago before his promotion. Alex Wharton filled that spot with Jordan Clark (Graduate Manager), Trey Draper (Graduate Manager) and Antonio Stabler
STATISTICAL COMPARISON
UTC Stat HC 1st Game Scoring Offense N/A 1st Game Scoring Defense N/A 1st Game Scoring Margin N/A 1st Game FG Pct. N/A 1st Game FG Pct. Defense N/A 1st Game 3pt FG Pct. N/A 1st Game 3pt FG Pct. Defense N/A 1st Game FT Pct. N/A 1st Game Rebounds N/A 1st Game Rebound Margin N/A 1st Game Assists N/A 1st Game Turnovers N/A 1st Game A/TO Ratio N/A 1st Game TO Margin N/A 1st Game Blocks N/A 1st Game Steals N/A
STATISTICAL LEADERS (Returning)
UTC Stat HC Casey Jones, 12.2 Points N/A Jones, 6.2 Rebounds N/A Ronrico White, 2.4 Assists N/A Jones, 53.5 FG% N/A White, 38.4 3pt FG% N/A White, 82.9 FT% N/A
(Video Coordinator) rounding out the staff. CHAOS CHAOS is the Chattanooga Mocs basketball brand and identity. Will Wade came to Chattanooga with a very specific vision for his team, on and off the court. Chaos is that vision.
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All media requests related to Chattanooga Mocs basketball should be directed to Jim Horten. You can reach him at (423) 425-2350 in the office, (423) 645-8733 on his cell or by email (james-horten@ utc.edu).
CREDENTIALS
It is not just an on-court concept. It touches upon all Outlets wishing to attend men’s basketball contests areas of the student-athlete expereince; academi- at McKenzie Arena need to contact Horten to apply cally, athletically & socially. for credentials. Requests should be made a minimum of 24 hours prior to the event. Go to GoMocs.com and click “CHAOS” in the sidebar on the right-hand side for more information. STUDENT-ATHLETE INTERVIEWS Every Tuesday during the season, student-athletes FOR STARTERS are available in the McKenzie Arena media room - Chattanooga comes off an 18-15 campaign with from 11 a.m.-Noon. Please make your requests at the second-place finish in the Southern Conference least 24 hours in advance. at 12-4. Three of five starters and seven of 12 letter winners are back for year two of the Will Wade Era. COVERING PRACTICE - The Mocs return 61.03% percent of their scoring, UTC basketball practices are closed to the media. 58.3% of their rebounding, 68.03% of their assists, There are select practice during the season that are 33.9% of their blocks and 68.1% of their steals. open and the media will be advised well in advance - Departed star forward Z. Mason accounted for of those occurences. 22.5% of the team’s 2013-14 scoring, 24.3% of the rebounding and 54.8% of the blocks. Seven of the GAMEDAY PROCEDURES top nine scorers from last year are back. No UTC coach or player is available to the media - Chattanooga led the league in rebound margin prior to gametime. (+1.8) and blocked shots (5.1). OLD FACES - Junior Casey Jones and senior Ronrico White are the top returning student-athletes. Jones was an All-SoCon performer, while White came back from an early season injury to solidify the lineup. - Chattanooga was 14-7 when Ronrico returned fully to the playing rotation. - White and sophomore Greg Pryor are the incumbents in the backcourt. Pryor started every game at the point as a freshman, while White served as a key reserve. - Seniors Martynas Bareika and Lance Stokes split starts alongside Mason in 2013-14 and both return this year. - Juniors Eric Robertson and Alex Bran are back in the backcourt mix. The two are 36.8 percent and 36.1 percent career 3pt shooters, respectively. - Jones’ SoCon Rankings: 18th in points (12.2), 9th in rebounding (6.2), 5th in FG% (53.5), tied for 8th in steals (1.2), tied for 5th in blocks (1.0) and 2nd in offensive rebounds (2.9). - Pryor tied for 13th in steals (1.0) a year ago in
POSTGAME PROCEDURES
The UTC locker room is closed. For home games, following a 10-minute “cooling off“ period, Wade comes to the media room first followed by visiting team coach (if requested). Selected Mocs follow the visiting coach. Visiting player availability and locker room accessibility depends on that team’s procedures.
SOCON TELECONFERENCE
The Southern Conference hosts a weekly teleconference for its men’s basketball coaches during the spring semester. A complete schedule will be emailed upon release.
SOCON WEEKLY AWARDS
Every Tuesday during the regular season, the Southern Conference announces its Player of the Week. There is also a monthly award that will be announced early in the month following the previous one’s competition.
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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown Pronunciation 0 Chuck Ester F 6-7 210 So. Geismar, La. EH-stir 1 Greg Pryor G 6-1 195 So. Memphis, Tenn. 3 Lance Stokes F 6-7 225 Sr. Orlando, Fla. 5 Justin Tuoyo F 6-10 220 So. Fayetteville, Ga. toy-YO 10 Martynas Bareika F 6-5 215 Sr. Kedainiai, Lithuania mar-TEE-nuss buh-RAY-kuh 11 Ronrico White G 6-3 170 Sr. Knoxville, Tenn. ron-REE-co 12 K.J. Bates G 6-1 175 Fr. Memphis Tenn. 14 Alex Bran G 6-1 180 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 15 Eric Robertson G 6-4 200 Jr. Huntsville, Ala. 20 Duke Ethridge F 6-6 225 Jr. Lakeland, Ga. 22 Shaq Preston G 6-3 175 Fr. New Orleans, La. Shack 23 Tre’ McLean G/F 6-5 195 So. Charleston, S.C. mic-CLANE 24 Casey Jones G/F 6-5 200 Jr. New Orleans, La. Head Coach: Will Wade (Clemson ’05), 1st season Assistant Coaches: Casey Long (Chattanooga ’07), Wes Long (Clemson ’04), Brooks Savage (Tennessee ’08) Director of Basketball Operations: Alex Wharton (Houston ‘11) Graduate Managers: Jordan Clark, Trey Draper Video Coordinator: Antonio Stabler Athletic Performance: Greg Goldin (Canisius) Sports Medicine: Kyle Creasy the league, while Bareika was 13th in 3pt made per WHAT’S IN A NAME? What’s in a name? Depends on who you ask, but as game (1.7). far as the references to the Mocs, the official school name is the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. NEW FACES The preferred name is simply Chattanooga, while - Mason’s graduation creates quite a void, but Wade and his lieutenants look at the frontcourt as a the abbreviated form is UTC. There is no hyphenated strength. VCU transfer Justin Tuoyo gives the Mocs version (i.e. UT-Chatt, Tenn.-Chatt, Tennessee-Chatt, a defensive presence at the back of the press at 6’10” UT Chatt, etc.). The nickname is simply Mocs. For more information on the unique nickname, please and a natural shot-blocker. - Sophomore Chuck Ester is a skilled transfer from see page 24 of the media guide. East Mississippi C.C. He likely begins the year as the TICKETS starting four. - The easiest way to get tickets is to order online - Junior college All-American Duke Ethridge fits the Mason mold as a strong, athletically-gifted four (bit.ly/GoMocsTix) and print at home. man. He was also a top collegiate football prospect. - Tickets purchases are made over the phone at - Look for Queens transfer Tre’ McLean to have a big (423) 266-MOCS (6627). impact on the wing. His length when combined with - The McKenzie Arena gate one ticket office is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Jones is a perfect fit for Chaos. - Uber-athletic guard Shaq Preston is expected to - Gates open one hour before the game. make a strong impression on the defensive end. - Walk-on K.J. Bates provides depth at the one with strong shooting skills. SCOUTING HIWASSEE - This is game six for Hiwassee. - The Tigers are coached by Will Raby who served as an assistant to Hugh Watson a year ago. - Hiwassee competes in the NCCAA & USCAA.
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Chattanooga leads the all-time series 4-0, 2-0 in “modern times”. The Mocs are 3-0 at home, 1-0 away. HISTORY Date Site Result Score 1945-46 H W 67-53 1945-46 A W 50-49 12/21/2011 H W 95-41 12/10/2014 H W 86-68 STATS - Streak: +4 - Largest Margin of Victory: 54, 95-41, 12/21/11 - Closest Margin of Victory: 1, 50-49, A, 1945-56 - Largest Margin of Defeat: - Closest Margin of Defeat: NOTES - 5th meeting, just second since move to DI in 197778. - 1st two games in the series were played in the 1945-46 season with the Mocs triumphant 67-53 at home, while squeaking by 50-49 in Madisonville (Tenn.). - Hiwassee became a four-year school in 2008 and competes in the USCAA & NCCAA. LAST MEETING 12/10/13, Chattanooga (McKenzie Arena) CHATTANOOGA MOCS 86, HIWASSEE 68 HIWASSEE (1-8) MEADOWS, Howie 8-13 2-3 26; BROWNER, Justin 4-11 4-5 13; BAILEY, Joel 4-13 0-0 9; WAGGONER, Jeff 3-3 0-0 8; GOLDEN, Jeff 2-3 0-0 4; BOYD, LaZerick 0-3 4-6 4; MACK, Keith 1-6 0-0 2; FERNANDEZ, Brody 1-1 0-1 2; PAVLENKO, Sergey 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-54 10-15 68. CHATTANOOGA MOCS (4-6) MASON, Z. 16-20 6-10 41; JONES, Casey 7-10 3-5 17; BAREIKA, Martynas 4-10 0-1 10; DOYLE, Anthanee 3-4 0-0 7; ROBERTSON, Eric 0-5 4-6 4; BRAN, Alex 1-3 0-0 3; WILLIAMS, T.J. 1-2 0-0 2; WIMBLEY, Jay 0-0 2-2 2; HOUTS, Andrew 0-0 0-0 0; McGHEE, Gee 0-2 0-4 0; WHITE, Ronrico 0-1 0-0 0; PRYOR, Greg 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-57 15-28 86. Hiwassee 36 32 68 Chattanooga 39 47 86 3-point goals--Hiwassee 12-24 (Meadows 8-12; Waggoner 2-2; Bailey 1-2; Browner 1-3; Mack 0-5), Chattanooga 7-16 (Mason 3-4; Bareika 2-5; Doyle 1-1; Bran 1-3; McGhee 0-1; Robertson 0-2). Fouled out--Hiwassee-Golden; Browner, Chattanooga-None. Rebounds--Hiwassee 26 (Bailey/Golden 5), Chattanooga 43 (Mason 12). Assists--Hiwassee 11 (Bailey 6), Chattanooga 19 (McGhee 6). Total fouls--Hiwassee 21, Chattanooga 16. Technical fouls--HiwasseeNone, Chattanooga-None. A-2503
2014-15 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL SCHEDULE NOTES - For the fourth time in the last four seasons, Chattanooga faces a Final Four team from the previous year. This time it is Wisconsin. The last three: Kansas (11/15/12), Butler (11/15/11) and Kentucky (12/17/11). - There are 17 home games on the schedule. That’s the most since 18 in 2012-13. - Georgia’s visit on December 2 will be the first SEC opponent in McKenzie Arena since Tennessee on December 4, 2007. It’s the Bulldogs first game in the Scenic City since the 1985 NIT (March 13). - There are five non-conference road games. Three of the five – Tennessee Tech (11/22), Kennesaw State (11/29) and Middle Tennessee (12/19) – are fewer than 115 miles from campus. - Of the non-conference schools, Middle Tennessee is the most frequent opponent as this year is the 61st meeting. UTC leads 32-28. - Hiwassee, Kennesaw State, Georgia, Montreat, Northern Kentucky and UAB return to the schedule from last season. - The Badgers, Robert Morris and Louisiana-Monroe (possible opp.) are the only first-time opponents. - Montreat is coached by former Mocs guard Lincoln Walters (1995, ’96-98). - It has been more than 10 years since the Mocs have faced either Tennessee Tech or Lipscomb. The last time the Golden Eagles crossed paths with the Mocs was November 11, 2001 (13 years). The most recent meeting with the Bison was December 29, 2002 (12). - UAB is back in town for the first occasion since December 16, 1997. - The SoCon is a 10-team league after all the realignment shuffle. East Tennessee State and VMI return to the conference with Mercer joining them. That leads to an 18-game, round-robin schedule ensuring all 10 school meet each other home and away during the year.
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QUICK FACTS
Off. Name University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Preferred Name Chattanooga Nickname Mocs Mascot Scrappy (Mockingbird, State Bird of Tenn.) Location Chattanooga, Tenn. HISTORY Founded 1886 - Chattanooga has been the dominant program Colors Navy, Old Gold & Silver since joining the SoCon in 1977-78 after winning Enrollment 11,670 the 1977 NCAA Division II title. Arena McKenzie Arena - UTC has won 28 championships in 37 seasons in Capacity 10,995 the league including 10 regular-season (prior to Conference Southern division play starting in 1994-95), eight division UT System President Dr. Joe DiPietro and 10 tournament. Davidson is second during that Chancellor Dr. Steve Angle span with 22, 12 of which are of the division variety. Director of Athletics David Blackburn - The Mocs 20 regular-season/tourney titles are far Faculty Athletics Rep. Dr. Debbie Ingram
and away the most through those 37 campaigns followed by Davidson (2 reg season/8 tourney) with 10 and East Tennessee State (re-entering the league in 2014-15) with nine (3 reg season/6 tourney). - Chattanooga has won a title of some kind in 19 of its 37 years in the SoCon. - In its 94th season, Chattanooga has had a winning record 52 times. In the 38th in the DI era, the Mocs have 28 plus-.500 ledgers. - The current all-time record is 1211-995 with a 683-446 mark in the DI era. For more history information, check the box on the right.
BASKETBALL HISTORY Season 94th 1st Year of Basketball 1915-16 Division I 38th SoCon 38th 1st Year of DI Basketball/SoCon Play 1977-78 All-Time Record 1,211-995 (.549) Division I 683-446 (.605) SoCon 372-217 (.632) Winning/Losing/.500 Seasons 52/34/7 Division I 28/7/2 SoCon Titles 28 Regular Season (1978-94, 2014-Present) 10 Division (1995-2013) 8 Tournament 10 NCAA DI Tourney Record (10 appearances) 3-10 Sweet 16 1 (1997) Years: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2009 Record at McKenzie Arena 379-108 (.778) SoCon 201-57 (.779) Seasons 32nd 1st Season 1982-83 Largest Crowd 11,221, Tennessee, 12/4/07 Largest SoCon Att. 10,915, ETSU, 2/15/92 All-Time SoCon Record 372-217 (.631) Home 228-66 (.776) Away 144-151 (.488) All-Time Head Coaches 18 All-SoCon (Coaches/Media) 85 (28/57) SoCon Coach of the Year 6 SoCon Player of the Year 7 (4 Coaches/3 Media) SoCon Defensive POY 1 SoCon Tournament MVP 9 SoCon All-Freshman 9
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MCKENZIE ARENA
The Mocs play their home games in the 10,995-seat McKenzie Arena. The first game was in 1982 at the Roundhouse as Tennessee came to visit, 56-49 hardfought Vols win on December 1, 1982. UTC is 379-108 (.778) in its 32nd season in the Arena, 201-57 (.779) in SoCon contests.
YEAR-BY-YEAR IN THE ROUNDHOUSE
Year Overall SoCon 1982-83 14-2 8-0 1983-84 15-1 7-1 1984-85 15-1 8-0 1985-86 12-5 7-1 1986-87 15-1 8-0 1987-88 12-2 6-2 1988-89 10-3 6-1 1989-90 9-7 4-3 1990-91 13-3 6-1 1991-92 13-1 6-1 1992-93 15-1 9-0 1993-94 14-0 9-0 1994-95 12-2 7-0 1995-96 11-4 6-1 1996-97 14-2 7-0 1997-98 10-4 5-2 1998-99 10-4 5-3 1999-00 7-7 4-4 2000-01 12-2 6-2 2001-02 12-2 6-2 2002-03 11-3 6-2 2003-04 10-4 5-3 2004-05 13-3 6-2 2005-06 12-3 5-2 2006-07 9-7 3-6 2007-08 13-3 9-1 2008-09 13-3 7-3 2009-10 11-5 5-4 2010-11 10-6 8-1 2011-12 11-6 5-4 2012-13 9-9 5-4 2013-14 12-2 7-1 Totals 379-108 201-57
MOCS MCKENZIE ARENA RECORDS
Points 50, Oliver Morton vs. Pikeville, 1/25/01 Team 125 vs. Emmanuel, 11/29/03 Both Teams 216 vs. Southern (114-102, OT), 12/29/92 Fewest Both Teams 93 vs. VMI (W, 55-38), 1/4/84 Rebounds 21, Mindaugas Katelynas vs. Appalachian State, 3/4/05 Team 66 vs. Georgia College, 11/25/85 Assists 17, Gary Robb vs. Southern, 12/29/92 Team 36 vs. Emmanuel, 11/29/03 Blocks 10, Neil Ashby vs. Murray State, 12/22/01 Team 15 vs. Bluefield, 12/18/01 Steals 10, Brandon Born vs. USC Aiken, 11/26/94 Team 22 vs. Tennessee Temple, 11/12/12 Field Goals Made 20, Oliver Morton vs. Pikeville, 1/25/01 Team Twice, 46 vs. Augusta State, 1/3/92 & 46 vs. Toccoa Falls, 11/20/04 Field Goals Att. 28, Oliver Morton vs. Pikeville, 1/25/01 Team 85 vs. USC Aiken, 11/25/95 3-pt Field Goals Made 9, Wes Moore vs. Wofford, 11/15/97 9, Stephen McDowell vs. Niagara, 12/30/08 Team Twice, 16 vs. Columbus State, 1/7/91 & vs. Covenant, 11/9/07 3-pt. Field Goals Att. 19, Stephen McDowell vs. East Tennessee State, 11/28/07 Team 38 vs. No. 15 Georgia Tech, 12/14/09 Free Throws Made 18, Johnny Taylor vs. Georgia Southern, 1/27/97 Team 36 vs. UNCG, 1/27/11 Free Throws Att. 21, Derrick Kirce vs. Furman, 2/26/91 Team 53 vs. UNCG, 1/27/11
TOP 10 CROWDS ALL-TIME
1) 12/4/07 2) 12/1/82 3) 12/21/82 4) 12/3/94 5) 2/15/92 6) 2/16/87 7) 2/4/84 8) 2/22/96 9) 2/5/94 10) 3/14/84
11,221 11,218 11,218 11,103 10,915 10,727 10,491 10,343 10,205 10,132
Tennessee Tennessee North Carolina Michigan East Tennessee State Marshall Marshall Memphis East Tennessee State Georgia
L, 70-76 L, 49-55 L, 66-73 L, 71-83 L, 67-83 W, 82-78 L, 67-75 L, 55-63 W, 86-84 W, 74-69
TOP 10 CROWDS SOCON GAMES
1) 2/15/92 2) 2/16/87 3) 2/4/84 4) 2/5/94 5) 1/21/91 6) 3/5/83 7) 1/14/89 8) 2/5/83 9) 2/21/85 10) 1/28/09
10,915 10,727 10,491 10,205 10,121 9,783 9,514 9,284 9,253 9,234
East Tennessee State Marshall Marshall East Tennessee State East Tennessee State Western Carolina Marshall Marshall Marshall Davidson
L, 67-83 W, 82-78 L, 67-75 W, 86-84 W, 76-74 W, 76-63 W, 99-75 W, 88-71 W, 80-73 L, 70-92
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SOCON STANDINGS
SoCon Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Chattanooga 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 The Citadel 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 ETSU 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Furman 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Mercer 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 UNCG 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Samford 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Western Carolina 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Wofford 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 VMI 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES EASTERN) November 14 (Friday) Hiwassee at Chattanooga, 5:30 p.m. College of Charleston at Furman, 8 p.m. Piedmont at Mercer, 7 p.m. TV-ESPN3 Chowan at UNCG, 7 p.m. (EMU Invitational) The Citadel vs.VMI, 1:30 p.m. (All Military Cl. at West Pt.) East Tennessee State at Valparaiso, 8:30 p.m. Samford at Purdue, 7 p.m. Western Carolina at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. Wofford at Stanford, 10 p.m. TV-Pac 12 Network November 15 (Saturday) The Citadel vs. Air Force/Army, 1:30 p.m. or 4 p.m. VMI vs. Air Force/Army, 1:30 p.m. or 4 p.m. November 16 (Sunday) Chattanooga at Wisconsin, 1 p.m. TV-ESPNEWS Mercer at Seton Hall, Noon TV-SportSouth Samford at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. TV-FSN South November 17 (Monday) Western Carolina at Alabama, 9 p.m. TV-SEC Network November 18 (Tuesday) Iona at Wofford, 7 a.m. TV-ESPN2 Virginia-Wise at East Tennessee State, 7 p.m. UNC Wilmington at UNCG, 7 p.m. Johnson University at VMI, 7 p.m. Chattanooga at Butler, 9 p.m. TV-Fox Sports 2 November 19 (Wednesday) Toccoa Falls at The Citadel, 6 p.m. Appalachian State at Furman, 7 p.m. Kennesaw State at Mercer, 7 p.m. TV-ESPN3 Austin Peay at Samford, 8 p.m. November 21 (Friday) Hiwassee at Western Carolina, 7 p.m. UNCG vs. Longwood, TBA (Ypsilanti, MI) Wofford at Fairfield, 7 p.m.
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SOCON TEAM RANKS STAT UTC Scoring Defense Scoring Margin FT% FG% FG% Def. 3pt FG% 3pt FG% Def. Rebounds Reb. Margin Blocks Assists Steals TO Margin A/TO Ratio Def. Reb.% Off. Reb.% 3pt FGM/Game
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SOCON INDIVIDUAL RANKS STAT UTC Scoring Rebounding FG% Assists FT% Steals 3pt FG% 3ptM/Gm Blocks A/TO Ratio Assists Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Minutes
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MOCS SUPERLATIVES
DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES 2014-15 CAREER Casey Jones 0 23 Ronrico White 0 36 Martynas Bareika 0 19 Greg Pryor 0 8 Eric Robertson 0 7 Lance Stokes 0 5 Alex Bran 0 3 20-POINT SCORING GAMES Casey Jones 0 5 Ronrico White 0 3 Martynas Bareika 0 2 10+ REBOUNDING GAMES Casey Jones 0 4 5+ ASSIST GAMES Greg Pryor 0 4 Casey Jones 0 3 Ronrico White 0 12 Lance Stokes 0 1 2+ BLOCKED SHOT GAMES Casey Jones 0 8 Lance Stokes 0 2 Eric Robertson 0 2 3+ STEAL GAMES Casey Jones 0 5 Greg Pryor 0 4 Lance Stokes 0 6 Eric Robertson 0 2 Ronrico White 0 6 Martynas Bareika 0 1 3+ 3-POINT FIELD GOAL GAMES Martynas Bareika 0 10 Ronrico White 0 10 Eric Robertson 0 6 Alex Bran 0 2 DOUBLE-DOUBLES Casey Jones 0 3 GAMES AS LEADING SCORER Casey Jones 0 8 Martynas Bareika 0 6 Ronrico White 0 6 Greg Pryor 0 1 Eric Robertson 0 1 GAMES AS LEADING REBOUNDER Casey Jones 0 8 Lance Stokes 0 2 Martynas Bareika 0 2 Eric Robertson 0 1
2014-15 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL
MOCS RECORD WHEN...
2014-15 Wade Leading at the half 0-0 16-3 Trailing at the half 0-0 2-12 Tied at the half 0-0 0-0 Leading w/5 minutes to play 0-0 17-1 Trailing w/5 minutes to play 0-0 1-13 Tied w/5 minutes to play 0-0 0-1 +5/-5 with 5 to play 0-0 4-4 Scores 90 or more points 0-0 3-0 80-89 0-0 8-3 70-79 0-0 4-3 60-69 0-0 3-6 Less than 60 0-0 0-3 Outrebounding an opponent 0-0 15-5 Opponent outrebounds UTC 0-0 2-10 Rebounds are even 0-0 1-0 More Turnovers than opponent 0-0 6-8 Fewer 0-0 11-6 Same 0-0 1-1 Shooting .500 or better 0-0 5-3 .400-.499 0-0 10-3 Less than .400 0-0 3-9 FG% better than opponent 0-0 9-1 Opponents shoot .500 or better 0-0 0-9 .400-.499 0-0 11-6 .300-.399 0-0 5-0 Less than .300 0-0 2-0 Shooting .500 or better from 3-pt. range 0-0 3-0 .400-.499 0-0 6-1 .300-.399 0-0 3-8 .299 or less 0-0 6-6 Opp. shoot .500 or better from 3-pt. range 0-0 2-3 .400-.499 0-0 3-6 .300-.399 0-0 4-4 Less than .300 0-0 9-2 Attempts 30 or more 3-pt. FG 0-0 0-4 20-29 0-0 6-6 Less than 20 0-0 12-5 Shooting .900 or better from FT 0-0 1-1 .750-.899 0-0 9-5 .600-.749 0-0 5-5 Less than .600 0-0 3-4 Shoots more FT than opponents 0-0 14-6 Opponent shoots .900 or better from FT 0-0 0-0 .750-.899 0-0 4-4 .600-.749 0-0 10-9 Less than .600 0-0 4-2 More Assists than opponent 0-0 10-6 Fewer 0-0 5-8 Same 0-0 3-1 More Blocks than opponent 0-0 15-5 Fewer 0-0 3-8 Same 0-0 0-2 More Steals than opponent 0-0 11-4 Fewer 0-0 6-11 Same 0-0 1-0 Record in November 0-0 3-5 December 0-0 3-3 January 0-0 8-1 February 0-0 3-4 March 0-0 1-2 Record on Sunday 0-0 1-3 Monday 0-0 2-2 Tuesday 0-0 1-3 Wednesday 0-0 0-1 Thursday 0-0 4-3 Friday 0-0 3-1 Saturday 0-0 7-2
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MISCELLANEOUS STATS
Teams Bench 2nd Chance Paint Off TO Fast Break UTC/Hiwassee UTC/@Wisconsin UTC/@Butler UTC/@Tennessee Tech UTC/Robert Morris UTC/Coastal Carolina/ULM UTC/@Kennesaw St. UTC/Georgia UTC/Montreat UTC/@The Citadel UTC/Northern Kentucky UTC/@Middle Tennessee UTC/UAB UTC/Lipscomb UTC/Furman UTC/Wofford UTC/Western Carolina UTC/@ETSU UTC/@Samford UTC/VMI UTC/UNCG UTC/@Mercer UTC/The Citadel UTC/@Furman UTC/@Western Carolina UTC/@Wofford UTC/Samford UTC/Mercer UTC/ETSU UTC/@VMI UTC/@UNCG Totals
WIRE-TO-WIRE
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2ND HALF COMEBACKS
(Points Overcome, Opponent, Score, Time, Date) Chattanooga ------Opponent -------
2014-15 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL
THE LAST TIME THE MOCS...
Scored 100 or more points: 108 vs. Montreat, 11/16/13 Allowed 100 or more points: 106 at No. 22 UCLA, 11/24/13 Scored less than 50 points: 46 vs. The Citadel, 2/18/12 Won in OT: 83-81 at Western Carolina, 2/27/14 Lost in OT: 85-92 at Samford, 2/8/14 Scored 50+ 1st half points: 55 vs. Montreat, 11/16/13 Scored 50+ 2nd half: 53 vs. Montreat, 11/16/13 Made 40 or more FG: 42 vs. Covenant, 11/8/13 Made fewer than 15 FG: 14 at Austin Peay, 1/3/11 Attempted 80 or more FG: 83 vs. Virginia Intermont, 11/13/09 Attempted 49 or fewer FG: 47 vs. Georgia Southern, 3/8/14 Made 15 or more 3-pointers: 15 (35) at Davidson, 12/13/08 Made 0 3-pointers: 0 (13) at Davidson, 1/31/14 Attempted 30 or more 3-pointers: 31 (10) at ETSU, 3/18/14 Attempted 10 or fewer 3-pointers: 8 (2) vs. Wofford, 1/11/14 Made 30 or more FT: 34 at UNCG, 2/23/14 Attempted 40 or more FT: 45 at UNCG, 2/23/14 Had 50 or more rebounds: 50 vs. Appalachian State, 3/1/14 Had 25 or fewer rebounds: 22 at Northern Kentucky, 12/15/13 Allowed fewer than 20 rebounds: 17 at Samford, 1/5/13 Had 20 or more assists: 20 at Samford, 2/8/14 Had 15 or more steals: 20 vs. Montreat, 11/16/13 Had 6 or more blocks: 8 at ETSU, 3/18/14 Had 10 or fewer turnovers: 9 at Samford, 2/8/14 Had more than 20 turnovers: 24 at Eastern Kentucky, 2/4/14
GoMocs.com <> @GoMocsMBB Had 5 or more players in double figures: 5 vs. Western Carolina, 2/14/14 (Z. Mason 23, Gee McGhee 16, Casey Jones 14, Ronrico White 11, Martynas Bareika 10) Made 60% or better from the field: .667 (34-51) vs. Georgia Southern, 3/5/10 Made less than 30% from the field: .297 (19-64) at Georgia, 12/2/13 Made less than 40% in a DI win: .377 (20-53) vs. Appalachian State, 3/1/14 Made 50% or better from 3pt range: .500 (8-16) at Western Carolina, 2/27/14 Made less than 20% from 3pt range: .000 (0-13) at Davidson, 1/31/14 Made 90% or better from the FT line: .966 (28-29) at Northern Kentucky, 12/15/13 Shot less than 50% from the FT line in a win: .481 (13-27) vs. Maine, 12/30/13
Had 5 or more blocks: 5, Z. Mason at ETSU, 3/18/14 Had 5 or more steals: 5, Casey Jones at Samford, 2/8/14 Made 12 or more FG: 16, Z. Mason vs. Hiwassee, 12/10/13 Attempted 20 or more FG: 21, Z. Mason at The Citadel, 1/6/14 Made 90% (min. 6 att.) or better from field: 100% (7-7), Casey Jones vs. Samford, 1/9/14 Made 80-89% (min. 6 att.) from the field: 85.7% (6-7), Casey Jones at The Citadel, 1/10/13 Made 10 or more FT: 12, Z. Mason at UNCG, 2/23/14 Attempted 15 or more FT: 16, Z. Mason at UNCG, 2/23/14 Made 90% (min. 6 att.) or better on FTA: 1.000 (6-6), Ronrico White vs. W. Carolina, 2/14/14 Made 5 or more 3-pointers: 5 (5), Ronrico White vs. Maine, 12/30/13 Attempted 15 or more 3-pointers: Had 50 or more points 16, Keegan Bell at Samford, 2/26/11 50, Oliver Morton vs. Pikeville, 1/24/01 Double-double (pts./reb.): Had 40 or more points Z. Mason (12/15) at ETSU, 3/18/14 41, Z. Mason vs. Hiwassee, 12/10/13 Double-double (pts./asst.): Had 35 or more points Gee McGhee (17/10) vs. Maine, 12/30/13 41, Z. Mason vs. Hiwassee, 12/10/13 Triple-double: Had 30 or more points Keegan Bell (12 pts, 10 reb, 10 ast) at CofC, 12/3/11 30, Z. Mason at The Citadel, 1/6/14 Played every minute of a game: Had 25 or more points 40, Martynas Bareika at UAB, 12/18/13 27, Z. Mason vs. Elon, 1/23/14 Hit shot from beyond halfcourt: Had 30 or more points in back-to-back games Lance Stokes grabbed missed FT by Elon’s Sebastian Chad Copeland, 30 vs. Southern Miss, 1/2/94 & 33 Koch and made the outlet to Gee McGhee. McGhee’s at Furman, 1/5/94 heave from approximately 70 feet banked in to end Had 25 or more points in back-to-back games the first half. It was the No. 1 play on ESPN’s Top 10 Omar Wattad, 26 at UNCG, 1/8/11 & 30 at The Plays on SportsCenter that night. Citadel, 1/13/11 Hit a game-winning shot in closing seconds: Had 20 or more rebounds: Dontay Hampton went coast-to-coast with a 21, Mindaugas Katelynas vs. App State, 3/4/05 rebound darting through traffic making a contested Had 15 or more rebounds: layup with 0.8 seconds remaining to beat Appala15, Z. Mason at ETSU, 3/18/14 chain State 65-63 on Jan. 7, 2012. Had 20 points/10 rebounds: Z. Mason (24/13) vs. Appalachian State, 3/1/14 Hit buzzer-beater to win game: Back-to-back games with 20 points/10 Keegan Bell’s three from in front of the Mocs’ bench rebounds: on Jan. 14, 2010 topped The Citadel 56-54 in McKenZ. Mason, 20/13 at Furman, 1/4/14 & 30/14 at The zie Arena. UTC inbounded the ball with the length Citadel, 1/6/14 of the court to go and 3.2 seconds remaining. Chris Had 15 or more assists: Early hit Jeremy Saffore at midcourt who handed off 16, Keegan Bell vs. Longwood, 12/29/11 to a streaking Bell who nailed the shot as the buzzer Had 10 or more assists: sounded. 10, Gee McGhee vs. Maine, 12/30/13 Had 20 points/10 assists: Opponent: Deonte Burton at Nevada, 11/22/13 20/11, Clyde McCully at Georgia Southern, 1/28/02
THE LAST TIME A MOC...
Chattanooga Basketball Chattanooga Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 18, 2014) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
OVERALL 18-15 12-4 6-11
HOME 12-2 7-1 5-1
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Player
gp-gs
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
30 24 11 12 10 01 15 03 14 02 25 23 44
MASON, Z. JONES, Casey WHITE, Ronrico McGHEE, Gee BAREIKA, Martynas PRYOR, Greg ROBERTSON, Eric STOKES, Lance BRAN, Alex DOYLE, Anthanee WIMBLEY, Jay HOUTS, Andrew WILLIAMS, T.J. Team Total.......... Opponents......
31-31 33-33 24-0 33-33 33-17 33-33 33-0 32-18 24-0 11-0 1-0 10-0 24-0
939 959 584 978 642 684 535 778 261 72 1 35 182
33 33
6650 6649
TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game Score by Periods Chattanooga Opponents
30.3 29.1 24.3 29.6 19.5 20.7 16.2 24.3 10.9 6.5 1.0 3.5 7.6
UTC 2489 75.4 +1.5 832-1922 .433 216-651 .332 6.5 609-866 .703 18.5 1235 37.4 +1.8 391 11.8 442 13.4 +0.4 0.9 232 7.0 168 5.1 54527 14-3895 -
1st 2nd 1179 1289 1160 1253
OT 21 26
201-410 154-288 64-178 105-263 97-245 57-181 54-142 41-80 29-73 8-21 0-0 6-13 16-28
.490 .535 .360 .399 .396 .315 .380 .513 .397 .381 .000 .462 .571
40-117 0-2 38-99 17-72 57-161 11-63 31-75 0-0 17-48 4-9 0-0 1-5 0-0
832-1922 .433 216-651 891-1928 .462 173-507
OPP 2439 73.9 891-1928 .462 173-507 .341 5.2 484-714 .678 14.7 1174 35.6 422 12.8 456 13.8 0.9 203 6.2 131 4.0 40553 16-2535 3-0 Totals 2489 2439
.342 .000 .384 .236 .354 .175 .413 .000 .354 .444 .000 .200 .000
AWAY 5-11 5-3 0-8
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
119-167 95-131 92-111 102-159 58-83 58-72 23-36 44-80 3-4 3-5 2-2 5-6 5-10
.713 .725 .829 .642 .699 .806 .639 .550 .750 .600 1.000
.833 .500
.332 609-866 .703 .341 484-714 .678
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Date 11/08/13 11/11/13 11/16/13 11/19/13 11/22/13 11/24/13 11/28/13 11/29/13 12/02/13 12/10/13 12/15/13 12/18/13 12/29/13 12/30/13 01/04/14 01/06/14 01/09/14 01/11/14 1/16/14 01/18/14 01/23/14 01/25/14 01/30/14 02/01/14 02/04/14 02/08/14 02/14/14 02/20/14 02/23/14 02/27/14 03/01/14 3/8/14 3/18/14
off
91 97 4 35 32 15 33 43 6 2 0 4 16 63 441 374
NEUTRAL 1-2 0-0 1-2
Rebounds def tot avg
209 108 47 125 60 44 34 74 13 6 0 5 22 47 794 800
300 205 51 160 92 59 67 117 19 8 0 9 38 110 1235 1174
9.7 6.2 2.1 4.8 2.8 1.8 2.0 3.7 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.9 1.6
pf dq
72 95 41 70 59 76 74 76 25 8 0 5 34
* - Conference game
a
to blk stl
24 61 57 90 21 67 35 18 7 6 0 5 0
92 33 1 5 4 0 7 11 1 0 0 0 14
74 73 28 67 42 51 28 32 18 4 0 5 14 6 37.4 635 10 391 442 35.6 672 20 422 456
Opponent COVENANT at Radford MONTREAT KENNESAW STATE at Nevada at UCLA vs Morehead vs IUPUI at Georgia HIWASSEE at Northern Kentucky at UAB GRAND CANYON MAINE at Furman at The Citadel SAMFORD WOFFORD at Appalachian State at Wofford ELON UNCG at Davidson FURMAN at Eastern Kentucky University at Samford WESTERN CAROLINA GEORGIA SOUTHERN at UNCG at Western Carolina APPALACHIAN STATE vs Georgia Southern at ETSU
1 3 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
W L W L L L L W L W L L W W W W W W W W W W L W L Lot W L L Wot W L L
pts
avg
561 403 258 329 309 183 162 126 78 23 2 18 37
18.1 12.2 10.8 10.0 9.4 5.5 4.9 3.9 3.3 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.5
168 232 2489 131 203 2439
75.4 73.9
28 40 17 40 16 33 18 24 10 2 0 2 2
Score 119-56 78-89 108-51 69-73 81-83 65-106 75-88 87-76 56-87 86-68 71-87 52-67 69-64 86-80 72-63 82-78 90-81 70-69 80-70 71-57 84-63 77-67 51-94 67-52 63-74 85-92 83-73 61-77 84-88 83-81 63-44 55-62 66-79
Att. 4637 2011 2989 3028 5883 5739 0 0 4226 2503 947 3009 3248 2921 1020 723 3097 3866 1093 1387 4662 6648 3343 5023 1300 2952 3209 3743 2237 1638 4953 0 3045