CHATTANOOGA MOCS 2016-17 MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES TABLE of CONTENTS UNCG (16-7/7-3) at Chattanooga (15-6/6-3) Notes
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CHATTANOOGA MOCS 2016-17 MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES TABLE OF CONTENTS UNCG (16-7/7-3) at Chattanooga (15-6/6-3) Notes ....................................................................1, 3-5 Game 22 | Thur., Feb. 2, 2017 | 7 p.m. | McKenzie Arena (10,995) | Chattanooga, Tenn. Schedule & Results/Leads Breakdown .........................2 Media Information ......................................................3 TV/STREAM: ESPN3 - Chris Goforth (PxP) & Todd Agne (Analysis). 2015-16 Roster ...........................................................4 RADIO: Mocs Sports Network on Real 96.1 FM in Chattanooga. Jim Reynolds is in his 37th season as the Quick Facts/History .....................................................5 Voice of the Mocs. Series Information.......................................................6 PROMOS: N/A McKenzie Arena ..........................................................7 Chattanooga At a Glance UNCG SoCon Standings/Career Record Watch/Superlatives ...8 SoCon/NCAA Stat Rankings - Team & Individual ..........9 15-6 | 6-3 SoCon Record 16-7 | 7-3 Mocs Record When/Starting Lineups/Miscellaneous .10 Matt McCall (Florida ‘04) Head Coach Wes Miller (North Carolina ‘07) Last Time a Moc ... ....................................................11 44-12 (2nd year) Record at School 76-100 (6th year) Game Stats (1-4) .......................................................12 Same Career Record Same Game Stats (5-8) .......................................................13 GoMocs.com Website uncgspartans.com Game Stats (9-12) .....................................................14 @GoMocsMBB Twitter @UNCGBasketball Game Stats (13-16) ...................................................15 22-18 (12-6 Home) Series Game Stats (17-20) ...................................................16 Game Stats (21-24) ...................................................17 PROBABLE STARTERS Player Reference Pages ........................................18-27 Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts Reb FG% 3pt% FT% Hometown Player Highs & Lows ..................................................28 3 23 Tre’ McLean 6-5 195 Sr. 14.0 5.3 44.1 37.4 79.5 Charleston, S.C. Game-by-Game Stats ................................................29 SoCon Only Stats 13.3 5.3 38.9 31.1 76.2 Comparison Stats/ Team Highs & Lows ......................30 4 24 Casey Jones 6-5 205 Sr. 9.6 3.5 53.4 36.0 77.4 New Orleans, La. SoCon Only Stats .......................................................31 SoCon Only Stats 10.0 4.7 43.6 33.3 80.0 Cumulative Stats .......................................................32 5 5 Justin Tuoyo 6-10 235 Sr. 13.3 7.0 63.4 27.3 71.3 Fayetteville, Ga. COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA RELATIONS Basketball SID ..............................................Jim Horten SoCon Only Stats 13.4 6.9 61.4 33.3 78.6 Office ................................................. 423.425.2350 1 1 Greg Pryor 6-2 192 Sr. 12.4 2.4 48.5 38.0 78.3 Memphis, Tenn. Cell (Best Place to Leave Voicemail).... 423.645.8733 SoCon Only Stats 11.3 2.2 47.6 36.8 80.0 Email [email protected] 2 4 J. Burroughs-Cook 6-2 188 Sr. 9.5 2.5 44.9 31.9 69.8 Memphis, Tenn. Twitter .................................................. @jimhorten SoCon Only Stats 9.9 3.0 42.6 27.8 69.6 Website .....................................................GoMocs.com OPENING TIPS Team/Athletics Twitter ...........@GoMocsMBB/@GoMocs - Two games separate the top five teams in the SoCon standings. UNCG is third at 7-3, a half-game behind Common Hashtags ...................... #GoMocs & #ReptheC REFERENCING THE MOCS Furman and ETSU, while the Mocs are fourth at 6-3. Samford is fifth at 5-4. Complete standings on page 8. The official school name is the University of Tennessee - Both of this week's games are doubleheaders. Starts Thursday with a battle of SoCon co-leaders as at Chattanooga. The preferred name is simply Chat- the Mocs women face Mercer. Saturday, the ladies meet Samford before the men tangle with Western tanooga, while the abbreviated form is UTC. There is Carolina. no hyphenated version (i.e. UT-Chatt, Tenn.-Chatt, UT - Ranked No. 13 in this week’s CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25. Four SoCon teams are ranked includ- Chatt, etc.). Nickname is simply Mocs. ing ETSU (12), Furman (20) and UNCG (22). New poll released every Monday evening. SOCON PRESEASON POLLS Coaches (1st-place votes): Total Media - 19-6 (.760) in last 25 SoCon regular season contests. More under “For Starters” on page 3. 1) Chattanooga (8): 80 Chattanooga (26): 296 - 21-4 (.840) in last 25 SoCon home matchups. 2) ETSU (2): 74 ETSU (4): 268 - 41st meeting with UNCG. UTC leads it 22-18 (12-6 in McKenzie Arena). More on page 6. 3) Wofford: 57 Furman: 213 - All-time SoCon Regular Season Record: 408-226 (18-15 vs. UNCG). More history on page 5. 4) Mercer: 55 tie) Wofford: 213 - 36 SoCon wins since 2014-15 is six shy of school-record (42) for 3-year period (1982-84/1992-94). The 5) Furman: 50 Mercer: 194 36-9 (.800) mark leads Wofford (31-14) by five games and is seven clear of ETSU (29-16). tie) UNCG: 50 UNCG: 142 - 84-37 (.694) over last four seasons (18-15/22-10/29-6/15-6). That ranks No. 1 in the state of Tennessee, 7) Samford: 32 Samford: 113 8) Western Carolina: 20 Western Carolina: 112 tied with Belmont, and the SoCon. Breakdown including SoCon regular season on page 4. 9) VMI: 19 The Citadel: 53 - Justin Tuoyo is third nationally in blocks per game (3.2). He’s 4th all-time in SoCon history with 249 in 10) The Citadel: 13 VMI: 48 his career. More on blocks on page 3. Preseason All-SoCon: Tre’ McLean (POY, Chattanooga), Casey - Top 50 in the nation in FG% (45, 47.6), steals (19, 8.4) and blocks (32, 5.2). Complete list of SoCon and Jones (Chattanooga), Justin Tuoyo (Chattanooga) NCAA team/individual ranks are on page 9. - SoCon Leaders: Team Blocks (5.2), FG% (Tuoyo, 63.4%) & Blocks (Tuoyo, 3.2). - Stat to Watch: UNCG is 12-0 when its opponents shoots less than 45 percent from the field this season. 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) W, 70-68 2 12 16:43 9 FINAL 8 11:52 2nd Jan. 21 *SAMFORD (DH-ESPN3) W, 82-78 1 0 37:59 18 FINAL N/A N/A Jan. 25 *VMI (ESPN3) L, 64-80 1 9 11:18 7 19:44 2nd 16 FINAL Jan. 28 *@ETSU (ESPN3) L, 71-76 8 9 11:11 9 7:30 2nd 8 FINAL 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 (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Notes: 18-19 in Greenville Feb. 11 *@Wofford (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Notes: 8-9 in Spartanburg...won last 3 visits Feb. 15 *@VMI (ESPN3) 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.