Mocs Fall 85-80 to UNCG to Endure First Ever Losing Home Record at McKenzie Arena
(gomocs.com) – The Chattanooga Mocs men’s basketball team saw yet another late-game rally fall short on its home floor following an 85-80 defeat to UNCG during late-season Southern Conference action on Thursday night inside McKenzie Arena.
Following the loss, Chattanooga drops to 12-18 overall and 6-11 inside SoCon play with the regular season finale against VMI set for Saturday. UNCG improves to 13-17 overall and ups its league record to 9-8 after the victory. Chattanooga is set to be either the No. 8 or No. 9 seed in Asheville next week, with The Citadel occupying the other No. 8 / No. 9 position.
The contest marked Chattanooga’s 800th Southern Conference regular season game since joining the league and Division I ranks in 1977-78. The loss also dropped UTC’s home record to 6-8 this season, solidifying a sub-.500 home season for the first time in 44 seasons playing inside UTC/McKenzie Arena.
Jordan Frison led UTC with a game high 28 points.
Postgame Quotes
Dan Earl‘s opening thoughts after 85-80 loss to UNCG.
“First of all, credit to UNCG. I thought this game was going to come down to the tougher, more physical team, and they were both of those. Obviously, Neely and Younger are tough covers. They drive the ball downhill, they’re physical and we allowed them to do that over and over and over again. We talked about the first four minutes, about being ready to play. Ready to play is both moving fast and into the game but also communicating doing all the little things. For whatever reason, we didn’t do that in the start of either half.”
