The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball returns to its home floor for a key Wednesday night Southern Conference matchup against the Wofford Terriers inside McKenzie Arena. Tip-off is set for 7:02 p.m. on ESPN+.
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Chattanooga (18-9, 10-4 SoCon) enters the game looking to rebound from seeing its six-game SoCon road winning streak snapped with an 82-65 loss at Furman on Sunday. The Mocs currently sit in a two-way tie for second place in the league standings with UNCG, but currently carry the third-seed designation due to tiebreaking scenarios.
Wofford (15-12, 8-6 SoCon) arrives to the Scenic City coming off a low-scoring affair on Saturday which resulted in a 58-47 loss to UNCG on its home court. The Terriers currently sit in a tie for fifth place alongside Western Carolina in the SoCon standings and remain one game back of Furman in fourth and two back of UTC and UNCG for second/third.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Chattanooga (18-9, 10-4 SoCon) vs. Wofford (15-12, 8-6 SoCon)
7:02 p.m. ET · McKenzie Arena (Chattanooga, Tenn. · 10,995)
54th All-Time Meeting ·
UTC leads the all-time series 31-22
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GAME NOTES
Chattanooga · Wofford · SoCon
MOCS ROAD WIN STREAK SNAPPED AT FURMAN
- Chattanooga (18-9, 10-4 SoCon) saw its six-game SoCon road winning streak snapped during an 82-65 loss at Furman in front of a nationally televised audience in Greenville, S.C., on Sunday. The Mocs were eying its seventh-straight league road win which would have marked a new program record. The six-game stretch was the third occurrence in program history and the first since 1992-93.
Honor Huff scored a team-high 26 in the loss.
CHATTANOOGA/WOFFORD HISTORY
- Chattanooga & Wofford will meet for the 54th time in the all-time series history with UTC holding a 31-22 edge in the previous 53 meetings. The Mocs are 15-8 against the Terriers on its home floor. Chattanooga posted a 79-65 victory in Spartanburg earlier this season in the team's third-straight road contest which all resulted in victories.
ROAD WARRIORS WIN STREAK SNAPPED AT FURMAN
- UTC's 82-65 loss at Furman on Sunday snapped a six-game SoCon road win streak following wins at Mercer (1/17), ETSU (1/21), Wofford (1/24), WCU (1/31, VMI (2/8) & UNCG (2/10). The six-straight league W's on the road tied the longest such streak in program history.
W4 (8x):
23-24, 20-21, 15-16, 13-14, 03-04, 96-97, 85-96,81-82.
W5 (3x):
23-24, 84-85, 82-83.
W6 (4x):
23-24, 92-93, 91-92, 86-87.
HUFF'S CAREER NIGHT AGAINST ETSU, ADDS STELLAR SCORING AT FURMAN
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Honor Huff had a career performance during Wednesday's 84-71 win over ETSU in the 100th all-time meeting in the rivalry series. Huff scored a career-best 31 points on 10-17 shooting which included a program record-tying nine three-pointers (9-16) with six coming in the first half alone. In Sunday's contest at Furman, Huff scored a game-high 26 points to finish the week averaging 28.5 points between the two games.