Game #22 - Chattanooga Mocs

 

Who: Chattanooga Mocs 
Where: Ramsey Center, Cullowhee, NC
When: Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Time: 7 pm
Radio: Catamount Sports Network
Video/TV:  ESPN+
Live Stats: Live Stats
Enrollment: 11,400
Nickname: Mocs
Colors: Blue and Gold

Head Coach:  Dan Earl - Earl came to Chattanooga after a 7-year stint leading the VMI Keydets

Earl's Record at VMI: 14-7 (1st season)
Earl's Record vs. WCU: 7-8 (at VMI)
Gray's Record vs. UTC: 3-1

Chattanooga's Current Record: 14-7 overall, 9-7 home, 6-9 away, 0-0 neutral, 6-2 SoCon
Chattanooga's Last Season Record: 18-17 overall, 4-5 home, 0-9 away, 3-1 neutral, 7-11 conference.

The Series: Western owns a 30-70 record versus the Mocs in a series that tipped off in 1969, and are 5-5 in the last 10 games played. The Cats are 24-24 in games played in Cullowhee.  The two teams split the wins last season, each winning on their home court.

The Mocs were picked to finish 5th by both the coaches and media in preseason polling and sophomore guard Honor Huff was selected preseason all-conference.   The Mocs are currently 3d in offense in the SoCon, posting an average of 79 points per game, and 4th in scoring defense, giving up 69.8 points per game. 

Honor Huff leads the Mocs in scoring posting an average of 15.6 points per game (7th).  Chattanooga’s Trey Bonham entered the Mocs’ lineup after missing the first nine games and has become one of the top scorers in the conference. Bonham has scored in double figures in nine of the 10 games that he has played in, including 20 or more in four of those contests.

Currently, the Mocs are tied at 4-2 (in conference) with Western, Furman, and Wofford. The Mocs come into the game on a 4 game winning streak, having beat Mercer, ETSU, Wofford, and The Citadel (three of the four games were played on the road for the Mocs).