UNCG Beats Chattanooga at the Buzzer 78-75

(gomocs.com)

– In a back-and-forth thriller, the Chattanooga Mocs men’s basketball team suffered a 78-75 buzzer-beating defeat to UNCG during Southern Conference action on Thursday evening in front of 2,867 fans inside McKenzie Arena.

Chattanooga (9-7, 1-2 SoCon) tied the game, 75-75, after Honor Huff connected on his first triple of the game with just 3.1 seconds on the clock. UNCG (10-6, 3-0 SoCon) saw guard Ronald Polite III take a few dribbles after a rolled inbounds pass and knock down a contested three at the buzzer to give the Spartans a 78-75 road victory.

The Mocs finished the game shooting a season-best 58.5% (31-of-53) from the field despite connecting on just 38.9% (7-of-18) of its three-point attempts. UTC’s FG% total (.585) marked the highest in a losing effort in program history, topping a 52.0% (26-of-50) performance in an 86-77 defeat to College of Charleston back on February 23, 2008.

UNCG’s trio of prolific scorers in Donovan Atwell (28), Kenyon Giles (26) and Polite III (16) combined for 70 of the team’s 78 points during the victory while shooting a combined 59.5% (25-of-42) from the floor including a 61.1% mark (11-of-18) from deep. Bash Wieland led the Mocs with a team-high 22 points to notch his second-straight 20+ scoring effort.