Mocs Set To Host Wofford Wednesday At McKenzie

  • Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Junior guard Honor Huff
Junior guard Honor Huff
photo by Ray Soldano/GoMocs.com

Coming off a record-setting effort in Sunday's win, the Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team will look for consecutive Southern Conference victories when it hosts league-foe Wofford on Wednesday night inside McKenzie Arena. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

Tickets can be purchased at gomocs.com in advance or by calling/visiting the McKenzie Arena Box Office at (423) 266-MOCS (6627) during business hours of M-F, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (ET). Wednesday's game promotions include a FREE Retro UTC Hat giveaway as part of an '80's Night' theme inside the Roundhouse.

Chattanooga (10-7, 2-2 SoCon) earned a convincing 91-66 rout over VMI during Sunday's rescheduled contest.

During the win, UTC knocked down 19 threes to set a new program record against a Division I opponent while finishing a blistering 67.9% (19-28) from deep, it's the highest 3-point field goal percentage against a SoCon opponent in program history.

Honor Huff accounted for a team record-tying nine of the 19 made triples on Sunday to become the only Moc to ever accomplish the feat twice in a career (9, vs. ETSU, 2/14/24). Huff is joined by Stephen McDowell (9, Niagara, 12/30/08) and Wes Moore (9, Wofford, 11/15/97) as the only other Mocs to make nine threes in a single game.

Wofford (9-8, 3-1 SoCon) blew past its in-state rival Furman on Monday night, 81-62, during a road contest in Greenville, S.C., to notch its third-straight win inside league action. The Terriers currently sit in a three-way tie for second place in the league standings at 3-1 with wins over Furman, ETSU and Western Carolina while suffering its only loss to UNCG 68-66 in the opener on New Year's Day.

Chattanooga responded from a heartbreaking buzzer-beater loss to UNCG with an emphatic and historic shooting performance during a 91-66 rout over VMI on Sunday afternoon inside McKenzie Arena. The Mocs knocked down 19 threes at an astounding 67.9% clip (19-28) to mark the most 3-pointer made against a DI opponent in program history. UTC shot 62.0% (31-50) in total from the floor which included a 10-10 (6-6, 3PT) start following the opening tip.

Wofford enters Wednesday's contest winners of its last three following its most recent 81-62 drubbing at in-state rival Furman on Monday night in Greenville. Corey Tripp leads the team in scoring at 13.9 PPG while Kyler Filewich has dominated in the paint, averaging 10.6 RPG while finishing at a 54.4 FG% clip.

UTC & Wofford will meet for the 56th time in the all-time series with the Mocs leading the series by a 33-22 count including a 16-8 mark at home. UTC, winners of the last four and eight of the last 10 in the series' recent history, is 27-20 all-time against Wofford in SoCon regular season matchups.

DO-IT-ALL KEESLAR LEADS THE NATION: Versatile senior Garrison Keeslar continues to do-it-all for the Mocs this season while currently leading all of NCAA Division I (350 qualifiers) in assist-to-turnover ratio (5.20). He clears the second-ranked player (CJ Fulton, Coll. of Charleston, 4.45) by a decent margin. Keeslar's balanced effort this season has seen him average 6.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game while shooting 48.7% from the floor and totaling 52 assists to just 10 turnovers during 26.1 minutes of average floor time.
 
HISTORIC THREE-POINTER STREAK: The Mocs have made 5+ 3-point field goals in 85-straight games, every game under Dan Earl. The such streak is currently the longest active streak in Division I and T11th longest all-time. Oral Roberts previously held the longest active streak in DI before seeing its streak of 140-straight games snapped on 1/11/2025 against North Dakota.

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