Mocs Fall to Milwaukee in Overtime 85-83

(gomocs.com) The Chattanooga Mocs dropped an 85-83 decision in overtime at Milwaukee to end the pre-holiday schedule. The Mocs are now 8-4, while the Panthers improve to 5-7.

Much like the win over Gardner-Webb earlier in the week, the game came down to the wire off impressive resilience by the Chattanooga crew. Milwaukee led by as many as 16, 33-17. with 1:58 left in the first half before the Mocs found their footing.

They out-scored their hosts 55-39 over the next 21:58 to send the game into overtime on another clutch 3pt by Tyler Millin. Millin drilled another just inside 40 seconds to go in bonus time but successive trips to the free throw line allowed the Panthers to escape with the win.

Trey Bonham paced the Mocs with 25 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals. Millin and Honor Huff added 19 points, while Sam Alexis scored 13. Alexis and Millin both tallied double-doubles grabbing 10 boards apiece.

The trio of Erik Pratt (29), Kentrell Pullian (26) and Elijah Jamison (11) combined for 66 of the Panthers 85 points. Milwaukee was +16 from the charity stripe making 26 of 37 free throws compared to 10 of 13 for the visitors.

The Mocs are off until the Dec. 30 matchup at Auburn. That’s a 9 p.m., tipoff on SEC Network.