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With loss at Samford, Lady Mocs' title hopes dim
Chattanooga'sslim chances to climb atop the Southern Conference standings before the regular season's conclusion all but vanished Wednesday night. The Lady Mocs lost 58-48 at Samford, to fall two games behind conference leaders Davidson and Appalachian State. Paige Andersons 18 points led the Lady Bulldogs , which improved to a perfect 10-0 at the Pete Hanna Center. They just come out in the first half and hit us in the mouth and say, Hey its ours, UTC coach Wes Moore said during the Mocs' postgame radio show. We werent ready to play and they were. And they hit shots. Samford led 34-23 at halftime and shot 45.1 percent on the night. By contrast, the Lady Mocs shot 29.8 percent from the field…
Ready to return: Mocs' Z. Mason putting knee injury behind him
UTC forward Z. Mason is expected to return to the Mocs' lineup Thursday night at Furman after missing six games with a knee injury. Over a six-game stretch from Jan. 5 to Jan. 21, UTC forward Z. Mason finally recognized himself. The broad-shoulder big man averaged 11.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game while shooting 53.5 percent from the field and 73.3 percent from the free-throw line in 22.7 minutes a game. At last, his decision to extinguish his brief football career as a tight end at Ole Miss and return to basketball made sense. In his first 17 games, the sophomore played 12.9 minutes per contest, averaging 3.7 points and 3.6 rebounds. He shot 32.7 percent from the field and 65.5 percent …
Quinn: Big guns misfire as Mocs' season limps to finish line
UTC shooting guard Omar Wattad has struggled to find his stroke through a rocky senior season. The Mocs sit with a 10-19 overall record and a 4-12 mark in the Southern Conference. Sitting in Chattem Basketball Practice Facility at 8 a.m. on Monday morning, John Shulman, Chattanoogas tired-eyed coach, tried to propagate more faith. I still think weve got something in the tank, but weve had something in the tank all year, he said. The Southern Conference tournament in Asheville, N.C., is less than two weeks away. UTC is a shadow of the team that was picked to finish first in the leagues North Division. The Mocs were advertised by Shulman and themselves as a senior-laden team thats deep in tale…
Even The Citadel no cure for Mocs' slide
UTC point guard Keegan Bell The free fall of Chattanoogas basketball season has come down to this Even The Citadel couldnt help reverse the Mocs fortunes. If theres one opponent on UTCs schedule that, year after year, has provided something close to a guaranteed win, its been the Bulldogs. The two teams have been playing off and on since 1925, and Chattanooga has racked up a 54-15 record. Those 54 wins are the second most by the Mocs over any opponent in their history. On Saturday night, The Citadel came to Chattanooga seemingly particularly vulnerable, having lost 11 games in a row. The Bulldogs were 4-22 overall and in last place in the SoCons South Division with a 1-14 record. They owned …
Mocs' twisting, turning road of disappointment continues
Chattanooga coach John Shulman and the Mocs lost their 13th road game of the season Wednesday on a trip to Appalachian State. Shortly after 400 a.m. early Thursday morning, a bus rolled into the darkness of the McKenzie Arena parking lot. Chattanooga coach John Shulman and his staff was sapped. The Mocs were exhausted. A six-hour ride from Boone, N.C., to Chattanooga had began on a long, looping road that snaked through Appalachia. After some white-knuckled twists and turns, the team bus emerged unscathed and dragged ahead for another 200 miles. Recounting the ride Thursday afternoon, a tired-eyed Shulman smirked. That was the road for our season - a lot of curves and all going downhill, the…
UTC falls to 0-13 on the road with loss to App State
For the 13th time this season, the Chattanooga Mocs hit road for an away game on Wednesday night. For the 13th time, they returned with a loss. This time it was Appalachian State. The Mountaineers rolled past the Mocs in a 79-70 victory at the Holmes Center that saw the UTC starters benched for most of the second half. Chattanooga fell to 10-18 overall and 4-11 in the Southern Conference. The Mocs trailed by as many as 22 points in the second half before coach John Shulmans reserves cut the ASU lead down to nine with two minutes remaining. The rally fell well short. Backup guards Dontay Hampton and Ronrico White both notched career highs in points for UTC. Drazen Zlovaric was the only starte…
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