UTC men go on the road and down ETSU

GoMocs-The Chattanooga Mocs men’s basketball team made it five-straight victories inside Johnson City’s Freedom Hall after a strong second-half effort and gutsy performance led to a 71-63 win over Southern Conference rival ETSU on Saturday afternoon.

In a back-and-forth, physical rivalry game, Chattanooga (13-8, 5-3 SoCon) responded from an early 12-point deficit (22-10, 8:23) by holding ETSU (12-9, 5-3 SoCon) scoreless over the final four minutes of the half to grab a 28-27 lead into the break. UTC used an efficient shooting performance and tough defensive presence in the second half to never relinquish the lead and come away with the huge conference win.

Trey Bonham tied all game-high scorers with 22 points on 8-of-16 shooting (6-of-6 FT) with 17 of his 22 points coming in the second half alone. Frank Champion (14) and Bash Wieland (11) joined Bonham in double figures while the duo of Garrison Keeslar (7) and Sean Cusano (5) combined for 12 rebounds, eight in the second half, during the win.