Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
Chattanooga at Wofford
Richardson Indoor Stadium – Spartanburg, S.C.
Saturday – Jan. 20, 2018
TEAM
- Chattanooga lost a 71-67 decision in regulation at Wofford…now 6-14, 0-7 in the Southern Conference, Terriers move to 14-5, 5-1 in the league.
- First game in Wofford's new Richardson Indoor Stadium…9-9 at the old Benjamin Johnson Arena winning the final four meetings there.
- 57.5 percent (19-33) shooting INSIDE the arc, 28.6 percent (6-21) beyond it for the Mocs…46.3 percent (25-54) overall.
- Limited Wofford to just 23 first half points, second fewest of the season…22 at Texas Tech is low…23 is the bottom number at home best 24 in the season opener against South Carolina.
- 13-2 advantage in second chance points despite grabbing three fewer offensive boards (8/11).
- 17-11 deficit in points off turnovers…15 of the Terriers' 17 came after intermission.
- Terriers entered the games as the NATION's best 3pt shooting team at 45.0 percent…limited to just 26.9 percent (7-26) from long range…second-worst 3pt shooting game behind 25.0 percent (5-20) in Lubbock.
- Wofford entered the game leading the SoCon in FG percentage (49.3%), 26th nationally.
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COACH
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Lamont Paris is 6-14 in his first season at Chattanooga, his first as a collegiate head coach.
- 0-7 in Southern Conference regular season games.
- 1-9 on the road, 0-3 in league play.
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SERIES
Meeting: 38th
Overall: 23-15
In Spartanburg: 9-10
SoCon Regular Season: 20-14
Last 10: 6-4
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BY THE NUMBERS
-2 – Rebound margin (31/33).
0 – Turnover margin with both teams recording 13…nine of Chattanooga's came in the second half.
3 – Third straight game with
11 – Largest lead for UTC, 25-14, on a
Makale Foreman jumper with 4:24 to go in first half.
20 – Sixth 20-point effort for
Makinde London this season…12 total for the squad.
32 – Bench points...season high vs. DI opponent…had 25 in prior six SoCon outings.
57 – Number of points for Wofford in final 35:36.
90.9 – Second half free throw percentage (10-11) for the Mocs.
1799 – Span of days between losses in Spartanburg (Feb. 16, 2013).
1835 – Number of seconds the Mocs led tonight (30:35).
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STUDENT-ATHLETES
Makinde London, Jr.-F
- 20 points in 26 minutes…8-12 FG, 1-3 3pt and 3-3 FT.
- Team-high sixth 20-point effort.
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Nat Dixon, Jr.-F
- 17 points shooting 6-12 FG, 3-7 3pt and 2-2 FT…also had five rebounds.
- 10 straight double-digit game, team-best 18th of the season…17.2 ppg over last 10.
- 8th time he's made three or more 3s in a contest.
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Rodney Chatman, So.-G
- 10 points and nine assists.
- Third game in a row with eight or more assists.
- 2.42 assist-to-turnover ratio (63/26) over last 11.
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James Lewis, Jr., Fr.-F
- 12 points and team-high six rebounds in SoCon debut.
- First action since Dec. 23, a span of six games.
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