UTC Men Continue Road Trip At Lipscomb On Sunday

The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team looks to extend its road non-conference winning streak to 10 games as the squad takes on ASUN member Lipscomb on Sunday afternoon inside Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. ET.
 
Chattanooga (6-1), who sits at No. 16 in the latest Collegeinsider.com Mid Major Top 25 Poll, is coming off an 82-65 win over Tennessee Tech on the road Tuesday evening. After trailing by six at half, the Mocs out-scored the Golden Eagles by a 53-26 mark over the game's final 21:40.

UTC has won its last nine road non-conference matchups dating back to 2019.  

Lipscomb (5-3) looks to rebound from a 94-65 loss at Belmont on Thursday night in the "Battle of the Boulevard" rivalry contest. The Bison have played two similar opponents of UTC this season, Tennessee Tech and College of Charleston, with both ending in road defeats. Lipscomb received two votes in the latest Collegeinsider.com Mid Major Top 25 Poll.

The upcoming game at Lipscomb can be streamed on ESPN+ through the Watch ESPN platform or fans can listen on WFLI 97.7 FM/1070 AM in Chattanooga as well as on GoMocs.com and the Varsity Network app.
 
GAME BASICS
 Chattanooga (6-1, 0-0) at Lipscomb (5-3, 0-0)
 5:00 p.m. ET | Allen Arena (5,028) | Nashville, Tenn.
 WATCH (ESPN+) | LISTEN (WFLI 97.7FM/1050AM) | STATS

GAME NOTES
Chattanooga | Lipscomb (not available) | SoCon

TIP-OFF
- Chattanooga enters the game with a 6-1 record for the ninth time in program history... avenged its first loss of the season with 82-65 win at Tennessee Tech on Tuesday... won last nine non-conference road games… No. 16 in Collegeinsider.com Mid Major Top 25.
 
- Chattanooga last met Lipscomb on December 29, 2015 on the road in Nashville... 80-56 Chattanooga win... the eventual NCAA Tournament participants improved its 2015-16 season mark to 11-2 after the win.
 
- Lipscomb enters the contest with a 5-3 record following a Thursday night loss at rival neighbor Belmont L, 94-65... the Bison have played two common opponents of UTC this season... both road losses... L, 77-86 at College of Charleston (11/12)... L, 77-88 at Tennessee Tech (11/23)... has a road W, 78-59 over Dayton (11/17).

BY THE NUMBERS 
- Malachi Smith had 28 points on 11-14 shooting (9-9 2pt/2-5 3pt) and 4-4 at the free throw line on Tuesday... 21 points coming in the second half... 3rd 20-point effort of the season and one off career-best 29 at Tennessee State last December.
 
- 2nd double-double of the campaign for Silvio De Sousa on Tuesday... 17 points and 11 rebounds... nine of the boards came on the defensive glass…second multi-block game in a row... has seven of the Mocs 15 blocks on the season.

- Second 18-point night in a row for David Jean-Baptiste on Tuesday... averaging 18.7 ppg on the road this season…six assists with just one turnover... 12 points shy of 1,400 points... shot past Kevin Gray's (1973-76) 1,385 points into 10th-place all-time... Ralph Simpson (1970-73) is next in ninth with 1,400 points…219 treys made is second all-time behind Stephen McDowell's (2008-09) 243.
 
- Chattanooga is a perfect 3-0 this season when trailing at the half... two of the three wins came on the road (at LMU 11/9, at TTU 11/30)... in those three wins, Chattanooga has outscored its opponents 127-83 in the second half... for the season, the Mocs have a 280-207 advantage in the closing 20 minutes... 56.7ppg total scoring defense is 12th in NCAA Division I.