Mocs Beat UNCG For SoCon Regular Season Championship
(gomocs.com) For the 13th time in program history, the Chattanooga Mocs men’s basketball team are Southern Conference Regular Season champions after earning its 10th-straight win with a 75-63 road win over UNCG on Thursday evening inside the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C.
Chattanooga (22-8, 14-3 SoCon) secured the outright title and the No. 1 seed in next week’s SoCon Tournament following its win over second-place UNCG (19-11, 12-5 SoCon). The Mocs extended its winning streak to 10 games, its longest since the 1996-97 season, and set a single season program record with its seventh-straight SoCon road win.
A back-and-forth affair, both teams led for more than 15 minutes of game time with UTC ultimately controlling the advantage for 19:42 opposed to UNCG who led for 15:36. The Mocs led 34-31 at the halftime break and eventually pulled away in the second half after holding the Spartans to just 32 points including a 1-of-7 end to their shooting night.
It was a full team effort yet again as a trio of Mocs reached double figures including Bash Wieland (18), Trey Bonham (16) and Honor Huff (15). The UTC bench outscored UNCG’s reserves 19-11 and were led by Latif Diouf who finished with six points and seven rebounds in just 15 minutes.
RECORD UPDATE – Chattanooga 22-8, 14-3 SoCon ∙ UNCG 19-11, 12-5 SoCon
SERIES HISTORY – 58th Meeting ∙ The series is now tied 29-29 after the two teams split this year.
