CHATTANOOGA MOCS 2016-17 MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES TABLE of CONTENTS Chattanooga (13-4/4-1) at Mercer (8-10/2-3) Notes
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CHATTANOOGA MOCS 2016-17 MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES TABLE OF CONTENTS Chattanooga (13-4/4-1) at Mercer (8-10/2-3) Notes ....................................................................1, 3-5 Game 18 | Sat., Jan. 14, 2017 | 2 p.m. | McKenzie Arena (10,995) | Chattanooga, Tenn. Schedule & Results/Leads Breakdown .........................2 Media Information ......................................................3 MEDIA AVAILABILITY 2015-16 Roster ...........................................................4 TV/STREAM: ASN (CW Chattanooga) - Pete Yanity (PxP), Dean Keener (Analyst) & Kristin Banks (Sideline). Quick Facts/History .....................................................5 RADIO: Mocs Sports Network on Real 96.1 FM in Chattanooga. Jim Reynolds is in his 37th season as the Series Information.......................................................6 Voice of the Mocs. McKenzie Arena ..........................................................7 PROMOTIONS: N/A SoCon Standings/Career Record Watch/Superlatives ...8 SoCon/NCAA Stat Rankings - Team & Individual ..........9 Chattanooga At a Glance Mercer Mocs Record When/Starting Lineups/Miscellaneous .10 13-4 | 4-1 SoCon Record 8-10 | 2-3 Last Time a Moc ... ....................................................11 Matt McCall (Florida ‘04) Head Coach Bob Hoffman (Oklahoma Baptist ‘79) Game Stats (1-4) .......................................................12 42-10 (2nd year) Record at School 172-123 (9th year) Game Stats (5-8) .......................................................13 Same Career Record 482-279 (23rd) Game Stats (9-12) .....................................................14 GoMocs.com Website mercerbears.com Game Stats (13-16) ...................................................15 @GoMocsMBB Twitter @MercerMBB Game Stats (17-20) ...................................................16 Player Reference Pages ........................................17-27 31-34 (10-23 in Macon) Series Player Highs & Lows ..................................................28 PROBABLE STARTERS Game-by-Game Stats ................................................29 Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts Reb FG% 3pt% FT% Hometown Comparison Stats/ Team Highs & Lows ......................30 3 23 Tre’ McLean 6-5 195 Sr. 14.1 5.2 46.5 40.0 80.3 Charleston, S.C. SoCon Only Stats .......................................................31 SoCon Only Stats 13.0 5.0 42.6 31.6 76.0 Cumulative Stats .......................................................32 COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA RELATIONS 4 24 Casey Jones 6-5 205 Sr. 9.9 3.1 56.6 33.3 76.9 New Orleans, La. Basketball SID ..............................................Jim Horten SoCon Only Stats 11.0 4.4 43.5 27.3 80.0 Office ................................................. 423.425.2350 5 5 Justin Tuoyo 6-10 235 Sr. 13.9 7.6 63.5 25.0 70.6 Fayetteville, Ga. Cell (Best Place to Leave Voicemail).... 423.645.8733 SoCon Only Stats 15.6 9.0 60.9 33.3 80.8 Email [email protected] 1 1 Greg Pryor 6-2 192 Sr. 11.9 2.5 48.5 38.4 81.7 Memphis, Tenn. Twitter .................................................. @jimhorten Website .....................................................GoMocs.com SoCon Only Stats 9.0 2.4 46.4 36.8 100.0 Team/Athletics Twitter ...........@GoMocsMBB/@GoMocs 2 4 J. Burroughs-Cook 6-2 188 Sr. 9.8 2.2 47.3 36.8 70.1 Memphis, Tenn. Common Hashtags ...................... #GoMocs & #ReptheC SoCon Only Stats 11.4 2.6 48.6 44.4 70.4 REFERENCING THE MOCS OPENING TIPS The official school name is the University of Tennessee - Tied for the SoCon lead at 4-1 with UNCG. Complete standings on page 8. at Chattanooga. The preferred name is simply Chat- tanooga, while the abbreviated form is UTC. There is - Final of a 6-game-in-15-days start to the Southern Conference schedule (4-1 thru first 5). no hyphenated version (i.e. UT-Chatt, Tenn.-Chatt, UT - 17-3 (.850) in last 20 SoCon regular season contests. Chatt, etc.). Nickname is simply Mocs. - 15-5 (.750) in last 20 SoCon road matchups. SOCON PRESEASON POLLS - Ranked No. 10 in this week’s CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25. ETSU is No. 9. UNCG is receiving votes. Coaches (1st-place votes): Total Media New poll released every Monday evening. 1) Chattanooga (8): 80 Chattanooga (26): 296 - 66th meeting with Mercer. UTC trails 31-34 in the series (10-23 in Macon). More on page 6. 2) ETSU (2): 74 ETSU (4): 268 - All-time SoCon Regular Season Record: 406-224 (3-1 vs. Mercer). More history on page 5. 3) Wofford: 57 Furman: 213 4) Mercer: 55 tie) Wofford: 213 - 82-35 (.701) over last four seasons (18-15/22-10/29-6/13-4). That ranks No. 1 in the state of Tennessee 5) Furman: 50 Mercer: 194 and the SoCon. Breakdown including SoCon regular season on page 4. tie) UNCG: 50 UNCG: 142 - Justin Tuoyo is second nationally in blocks per game (3.7). He’s 4th all-time in SoCon history with 243 7) Samford: 32 Samford: 113 in his career. More on blocks on page 3. 8) Western Carolina: 20 Western Carolina: 112 - Casey Jones is eight points shy of becoming the 7th DI era Moc with 1,200. Career record watch on page 9) VMI: 19 The Citadel: 53 8. 10) The Citadel: 13 VMI: 48 - Top 50 in the nation in winning percentage (45, .765), scoring margin (39, 11.8), FG% (21, 48.8), steals Preseason All-SoCon: Tre’ McLean (POY, Chattanooga), Casey Jones (Chattanooga), Justin Tuoyo (Chattanooga) (19, 8.6), blocks (25, 5.5) and TO margin (45, 2.9). Individually, along being second in blocks, Tuoyo is 10th in FG percentage (63.6%). Complete list of SoCon and NCAA team and individual ranks are on page 9. - Stat to Watch: Mercer leads the league in offensive rebound percentage (37.0%), while the Mocs are 10th in defensive rebound percentage (65.2%). 1 2016-17 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL GOMOCS.COM <> @GOMOCSMBB SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result Ties Lead Changes Time w/Lead Largest UTC Lead Latest Largest Opp Lead Latest Nov. 4 COVENANT (Exb.) W, 76-43 0 0 39:09 33 FINAL N/A N/A (Exb.) Nov. 11 (1) @Tennessee (SEC+) W, 82-69 1 3 24:46 15 FINAL 7 4:06 1st Nov. 13 (1) @North Carolina (ESPN2) L, 57-97 3 5 9:01 4 6:53 1st 40 FINAL Nov. 16 HIWASSEE (SDN) W, 102-54 0 0 39:38 49 FINAL N/A N/A Nov. 19 (1) Central Arkansas W, 75-64 4 0 34:17 21 FINAL N/A N/A Nov. 20 (1) Arkansas State L, 67-73 4 3 1:57 3 13:42 1st 22 FINAL Nov. 26 @Kennesaw State W, 88-71 8 12 25:59 21 FINAL 5 1:27 1st Nov. 29 @Coastal Carolina W, 68-52 0 0 39:42 25 FINAL N/A N/A Dec. 3 ULM (SDN) W, 79-52 2 0 37:13 31 FINAL N/A N/A Dec. 6 MARSHALL (SDN) W, 96-85 4 14 15:39 11 FINAL 13 10:41 2nd Dec. 14 TENNESSEE WESLEYAN (SDN) W, 107-65 0 0 39:46 49 FINAL N/A N/A Dec. 17 @Vanderbilt (SEC Network) L, 74-76 6 9 26:48 9 0:11 2nd 4 FINAL Dec. 21 JACKSONVILLE STATE (SDN) W, 73-57 0 0 39:36 29 FINAL N/A N/A Dec. 31 *@Western Carolina W, 64-48 2 3 26:51 18 FINAL 9 6:02 1st Jan. 2 *@UNCG (ESPN3) L, 68-73 6 2 10:32 12 16:58 2nd 8 FINAL Jan. 5 *WOFFORD (ESPN3) W, 77-66 2 5 25:42 18 FINAL 11 3:30 1st Jan. 7 *FURMAN (ESPN3) W, 80-64 3 4 35:20 16 FINAL 2 13:02 2nd Jan. 11 *THE CITADEL (ESPN3) W, 83-73 1 4 30:15 17 FINAL 7 9:08 1st Jan. 14 *@Mercer (ASN) 2 p.m. Notes: 31-34 all-time against the Bears...3-1 in brief SoCon matchups Jan. 21 *SAMFORD (DH-ESPN3) 5 p.m. Notes: 56-36 vs. our most frequent opponent all-time...13-4 in SoCon play Jan. 25 *VMI (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Notes: 41-11 in matchups with the Keydets...7 straight wins in series Jan. 28 *@ETSU 4 p.m. Notes: 47-33 vs. the Bucs...won last five matchups Feb. 2 *UNCG (DH-ESPN3) 7:30 p.m. Notes: 12-6 in home games vs. the Spartans Feb. 4 *WESTERN CAROLINA (DH-ESPN3) 5 p.m. Notes: 37-3 at home against the Cats...last home loss was 1/8/07 Feb. 9 *@Furman 7 p.m. Notes: 18-19 in Greenville Feb. 11 *@Wofford 7 p.m. Notes: 8-9 in Spartanburg...won last 3 visits Feb. 15 *@VMI 7 p.m. Notes: 16-7 at VMI counting last 2 harrowing trips since VMI’s SoCon return Feb. 18 *ETSU (ESPN3) 5 p.m. Notes: 24-8 against the Bucs in Chatt...6 wins in a row at home in series Feb. 22 *@Samford (ESPN3) 8 p.m. Notes: 17-24 in Birmingham...5-3 since Samford joined SoCon (2008-09) Feb. 25 *MERCER (DH-ESPN3) 5 p.m. Notes: 18-9 at home vs. the Bears...2-0 in SoCon play Feb. 27 *@The Citadel (ASN) 7 p.m. Notes: 29-9 in Charleston...last loss in McAlister was 2/6/10 Mar. 3-6 SoCon Championships - Asheville, N.C. Notes: 11 SoCon Tourney titles including last season Mar. 14-15 NCAA First Four - Dayton, Ohio Notes: Have never played a First 4 contest Mar. 16-19 NCAA First/Second Rounds - TBA Notes: 2-9 in first round...1-1 in second Mar. 23-26 NCAA Regional Finals - TBA Notes: 0-1 in Sweet 16 Apr. 1-3 NCAA Final Four - Phoenix, Ariz. Notes: Have not reach DI Final 4...3-1 in DII Final 4 including 1977 Champ. *SoCon Game (1) Maui Mainland; Campus Sites; West Point, N.Y. | (2) Southern Conference Championships; Asheville, N.C. SDN-SoCon Digital Network | ASN-American Sports Network All Times Eastern & subject to change 2 2016-17 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL GOMOCS.COM <> @GOMOCSMBB NEXT UP career blocks.