After dropping a pair of home contests last week with a chance to wrap up the Southern Conference regular season crown, the Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team hits the reset button ahead of a Wednesday night rivalry matchup at ETSU inside Freedom Hall in Johnson City, Tennessee. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Chattanooga (22-7, 12-4 SoCon) dropped back-to-back games for just the second time this season following tight losses to UNCG (L, 72-75) on Thursday and VMI (L, 75-80) on Saturday.
Both games saw UTC dig an early hole in the first half that was just too large to climb out.
With a win, the Mocs clinch the No. 1 seed at the Southern Conference Tournament and an automatic berth to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). In addition, a win would mark a program record 12th road victory of the season. UTC is currently tied for the nation's most road wins at 11 with Navy.
ETSU (14-15, 6-10 SoCon) enters the contest coming off a 77-67 road win over The Citadel on Saturday. The Bucs have won just two of their last nine games after breaking a five-game skid back on February 7 against Furman. All five games on the losing streak were separated by four points or less.
The game at ETSU can be streamed on ESPN+ through the Watch ESPN platform. Fans can also listen LIVE on WFLI 96.1 FM/100.3 FM/1070 AM in Chattanooga as well as the Varsity Network app.