CHATTANOOGA MOCS 2016-17 MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES TABLE of CONTENTS Furman (10-6/3-0) at Chattanooga (11-4/2-1) Notes
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CHATTANOOGA MOCS 2016-17 MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES TABLE OF CONTENTS Furman (10-6/3-0) at Chattanooga (11-4/2-1) Notes ....................................................................1, 3-5 Game 16 | Sat., Jan. 7, 2017 | 5 p.m. | McKenzie Arena (10,995) | Chattanooga, Tenn. Schedule & Results/Leads Breakdown .........................2 Media Information ......................................................3 MEDIA AVAILABILITY 2015-16 Roster ...........................................................4 TV/STREAM: ESPN3 - Chris Goforth (PxP) & Todd Agne (Analysis). 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: $5 alumni tickets to sit in the student section with 1st 100 receiving t-shirts. SoCon Standings/Career Record Watch/Superlatives ...8 Chattanooga At a Glance Furman SoCon/NCAA Stat Rankings - Team & Individual ..........9 11-4 | 2-1 SoCon Record 10-6 | 3-0 Mocs Record When/Starting Lineups/Miscellaneous .10 Matt McCall (Florida ‘04) Head Coach Niko Medved (Minnesota ‘97) Last Time a Moc ... ....................................................11 40-10 (2nd year) Record at School 49-65 (4th year) Game Stats (1-4) .......................................................12 Game Stats (5-8) .......................................................13 Same Career Record Same Game Stats (9-12) .....................................................14 GoMocs.com Website furmanpaladins.com Game Stats (13-16) ...................................................15 @GoMocsMBB Twitter @FurmanHoops Player Reference Pages ........................................16-26 53-27 (29-7 Home) Series Player Highs & Lows ..................................................27 PROBABLE STARTERS Game-by-Game Stats ................................................28 Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts Reb FG% 3pt% FT% Hometown Comparison Stats/ Team Highs & Lows ......................29 3 23 Tre’ McLean 6-5 195 Sr. 14.7 5.2 47.7 42.1 84.2 Charleston, S.C. SoCon Only Stats .......................................................30 SoCon Only Stats 15.3 5.0 46.7 36.4 87.5 Cumulative Stats .......................................................31 COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA RELATIONS 4 24 Casey Jones 6-5 205 Sr. 9.3 3.0 56.5 28.6 70.6 New Orleans, La. Basketball SID ..............................................Jim Horten SoCon Only Stats 9.7 5.0 37.5 14.3 66.7 Office ................................................. 423.425.2350 5 5 Justin Tuoyo 6-10 235 Sr. 13.9 7.3 62.6 25.0 69.3 Fayetteville, Ga. Cell (Best Place to Leave Voicemail).... 423.645.8733 SoCon Only Stats 16.7 8.0 56.3 33.3 81.3 Email [email protected] 1 1 Greg Pryor 6-2 192 Sr. 12.1 2.5 48.3 38.1 80.4 Memphis, Tenn. Twitter .................................................. @jimhorten SoCon Only Stats 7.7 2.0 42.9 33.3 100.0 Website .....................................................GoMocs.com Team/Athletics Twitter ...........@GoMocsMBB/@GoMocs 2 4 J. Burroughs-Cook 6-2 188 Sr. 8.5 2.1 45.2 34.4 68.8 Memphis, Tenn. Common Hashtags ...................... #GoMocs & #ReptheC SoCon Only Stats 6.0 2.3 37.5 33.3 62.5 WHAT’S IN A NAME? OPENING TIPS What’s in a name? Depends on who you ask, but as - Middle game of a 3-game home stretch ending Wednesday vs. The Citadel. far as the references to the Mocs, the official school - 18-2 (.900) in last 20 SoCon home games. name is the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. - Tre’ McLean is the December SoCon Player of the Month. He averaged 16.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.2 The preferred name is simply Chattanooga, while the steals per game setting new career highs for points (35) and steals (5) in the win over Marshall. abbreviated form is UTC. There is no hyphenated version - Ranked No. 7 in this week’s CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25. ETSU is No. 11. Samford is receiving (i.e. UT-Chatt, Tenn.-Chatt, Tennessee-Chatt, UT Chatt, votes. New poll released every Monday evening. etc.). The nickname is simply Mocs. - 81st meeting with Furman. UTC leads the series 53-27 (29-7 in Chattanooga). More on page 6. SOCON PRESEASON POLLS - All-time SoCon Regular Season Record: 404-224 (47-23 vs. Furman). More history on page 5. Coaches (1st-place votes): Total Media 1) Chattanooga (8): 80 Chattanooga (26): 296 - 80-35 (.696) over last four seasons (18-15/22-10/29-6/11-4). That ranks No. 1 in the state of Tennessee 2) ETSU (2): 74 ETSU (4): 268 and the SoCon. More on page 4. 3) Wofford: 57 Furman: 213 - Justin Tuoyo is second nationally in blocks per game (3.7). He’s 5th all-time in SoCon history with 236 4) Mercer: 55 tie) Wofford: 213 in his career. More on blocks on page 3. 5) Furman: 50 Mercer: 194 - Greg Pryor needs one steal to join Casey Long (2004-07) as the only Mocs to record 1,000 points, 300 tie) UNCG: 50 UNCG: 142 assists and 150 steals. Long was an assistant under John Shulman (‘13) and Will Wade (‘14-15) coaching 7) Samford: 32 Samford: 113 8) Western Carolina: 20 Western Carolina: 112 Pryor his first two seasons. 9) VMI: 19 The Citadel: 53 - Top 50 in the nation in steals (17, 8.7), blocks (29, 5.4), FG% (29, 48.6) and TO margin (3.1). Individually, 10) The Citadel: 13 VMI: 48 along being second in blocks, Tuoyo is 12th in FG percentage (62.6%). Preseason All-SoCon: Tre’ McLean (POY, Chattanooga), Casey - Stat to Watch: Furman is No. 40 in the country in scoring defense limiting opponents to 64.5 points per Jones (Chattanooga), Justin Tuoyo (Chattanooga) game. UTC averages 78.5 and is 9-1 this season, 33-2 over last two, when scoring 70 or more. 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) 5 p.m. Notes: 53-27 vs Furman...47-23 in SoCon Regular Season Jan. 11 *THE CITADEL (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Notes: 61-16 against the Bulldogs...31-6 at home 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.