Mocs Will Open SoCon Tourney Against The Citadel

Time for some Mocs Madness. The top seeded Chattanooga Mocs dive into SoCon tournament action tomorrow. Win three straight, and UTC goes to the Big Dance. News 12’s Angela Moryan is always ready to dance. She has more on the Mocs opener from Asheville.

The madness has already begun. The citadel beat ETSU in overtime to advance and play Chattanooga Saturday at noon. Chattanooga has already shown its dominance against the Bulldogs this season. The mocks swept the Bulldogs with a 31 point margin. In both of those games, the mocks shut down star forward Hayden brown. Brown had a blistering 27 point 17 rebound double double against ETSU tonight. He’s been averaging 18 1/2 points a game. However against the Mocs, he’s scored just 10 total. Chattanooga needs to stay dominant in that inside lane.

Said Citadel head coach Duggar Baucom: they’re really good. They won the conference for a reason. I told the guys you earned the right to play the best team when you’re in the play in game. It’ll be fun. I look forward to it. It’s a quick turnaround game for us but the guys will be all juiced up tomorrow.

Chattanooga’s greatest advantage the might be that the citadel has just 16 hours before their next game. The Mocs have consistently started slow in the first half. That pattern might not have as much of an affect against a tired citadel team. Full coverage from Asheville starting at noon tomorrow