CHATTANOOGA MOCS 2018-19 MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES TABLE OF CONTENTS Eastern Kentucky (0-1) at Chattanooga (1-0) Notes ....................................................................1, 3-4 Game 2 | Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 | 7 p.m. | McKenzie Arena (10,995) Schedule & Results ......................................................2 Stat Comparison/Media Information ...........................3 MEDIA AVAILABILITY 2018-19 Roster/Series Notes .......................................4 TV: N/A Quick Facts/History .....................................................4 LINKS: Access links for audio and live stats on the men’s basketball schedule page on GoMocs.com. McKenzie Arena ..........................................................5 RADIO: The Mocs Sports Network flagship station is Real 96.1 FM in Chattanooga. Jim Reynolds is in his SoCon Standings/Stats/Superlatives ...........................6 39th year as the play-by-play “Voice of the Mocs”. Mocs Record When/Starting Lineups/Miscellaneous ...7 PROMOTIONS: N/A. Last Time a Moc ... ......................................................8 Player Highs & Lows ...............................................9-12 Chattanooga At a Glance Eastern Kentucky 2017-18 Cumulative Stats .........................................13 1-0 Record 0-1 Lamont Paris (College of Wooster ‘96) Head Coach A.W. Hamilton (Marshall ‘05) COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA RELATIONS 11-23 (2nd year) Record at School 0-1 (1st year) Basketball SID ..............................................Jim Horten Same Career Record Same Office ................................................. 423.425.2350 GoMocs.com Website ekusports.com Cell (Best Place to Leave Voicemail).... 423.645.8733 @GoMocsMBB Twitter @EKUHoops Email [email protected] 1-2 (1-1 in Chattanooga) Series Twitter .................................................. @jimhorten PROBABLE STARTERS Website .....................................................GoMocs.com Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts Reb FG% 3pt% FT% Hometown Team Twitter .......................................... @GoMocsMBB 3 1 Jonathan Scott 6-4 200 Jr. 2.0 5.0 100.0 --- --- Monument, Colo. Athletics Twitter .............................................@GoMocs Common Hashtags ................... #GoMocs & #reptheCity 4 34 Kevin Easley 6-6 232 Fr. 13.0 7.0 41.7 33.3 66.7 Indianapolis, Ind. 5 33 Thomas Smallwood 7-0 241 Gr. 14.0 6.0 55.6 80.0 --- Bordeaux, France WHAT’S IN A NAME? 1 5 Donovann Toatley 5-9 179 Fr. 17.0 2.0 40.0 33.3 100.0 Upper Marlboro, Md. What’s in a name? In references to the Mocs, the official 2 2 Jerry Johnson, Jr. 6-1 220 RJr. 18.0 2.0 54.5 57.1 66.7 Memphis, Tenn. school name is the University of Tennessee at Chat- IN RESERVE tanooga. The preferred name is simply Chattanooga, Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts Reb FG% 3pt% FT% Hometown while the abbreviated form is UTC. There is no hyphen- G 3 David Jean-Baptiste 6-1 191 RSo. 8.0 1.0 100.0 100.0 75.0 Miami, Fla. ated version (i.e. UT-Chatt, Tenn.-Chatt, Tennessee- G 4 Maurice Commander 6-0 167 Fr. 6.0 4.0 33.3 0.0 100.0 Chicago, Ill. Chatt, UT Chatt, etc.). The nickname is simply Mocs. C 25 Justin Brown 6-10 200 RFr. 2.0 0.0 33.3 --- --- Lansing, Ill. F 22 Keigan Kerby 6-7 211 Fr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- Hampton Beach, N.H. SOCON PRESEASON POLLS F 11 Rod Johnson 6-7 200 Jr. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Sun Prairie, Wisc. Coaches (1st-place votes): Total Media F 15 *Ramon Vila 6-8 242 RSo. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Barcelona, Spain 1. UNCG (6): 78 UNCG (16): 231 F 21 Duane Moss 6-6 200 RFr. 4.9 2.9 47.8 57.1 57.1 Myrtle Beach, S.C. 2. Wofford (4): 74 Wofford (6): 214 3. ETSU: 67 ETSU (2): 198 * Ramon Vila is ineligible to play until after finals due to NCAA Transfer rules. 4. Furman: 57 Furman: 169 3 NOTES TO KNOW 5. Mercer: 48 Mercer: 136 - Chattanooga has the fewest returning letter winners in the nation with one (David Jean-Baptiste). 6. The Citadel: 38 CHATTANOOGA: 103 Duane Moss received a medical redshirt after playing in the first seven last season. More on page 3. 7. CHATTANOOGA: 30 The Citadel: 96 - The Mocs are one of 16 teams in the nation with one or fewer seniors/graduate transfers on the roster. 8. Samford: 26 Samford: 69 Kentucky is the only other program without a senior yet with a graduate transfer. Also one of 16 programs 9. Western Carolina: 20 Western Carolina: 59 with eight or more scholarship freshmen/sophomores on their rosters. More on page 3. 10. VMI: 12 VMI: 45 - The Mocs are matching up for just the fourth time with Eastern Kentucky trailing 1-2 in the series. 85-83 vs. current OVC members (10-8 Austin Peay, 5-2 Belmont, 4-2 Eastern Illinois, 1-2 Eastern Kentucky, 18-5 Jacksonville State, 0-1 Morehead State, 2-6 Murray State, 0-1 SE Missouri, 9-0 UT Martin, 19-14 Tennessee State, 17-42 Tennessee Tech). SIUE is the only league member not to have dotted a Mocs schedule. NEXT UP (Complete schedule on page 2) Nov. 13 vs. Cumberland, 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at South Alabama, 8:05 p.m. Nov. 17 vs. Southeast Missouri (Mobile, Ala.), 5:05 p.m. 1 2018-19 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL GOMOCS.COM <> @GOMOCSMBB 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Chattanooga Chattanooga Chattanooga Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result High Scorer Opp. High Rebounder Opp. High Assists N. 6 @Charlotte (CUSA.tv) W, 80-69 J. Johnson, 18 J. Davis, 31 K. Easley, 7 J. Haslem, 7 D. Toatley, 4 N. 10 Eastern Kentucky 7 p.m. N. 13 (1) Cumberland (ESPN+) 7 p.m. N. 16 (2) ALABAMA STATE (ESPN+) 8:05 p.m. N. 17 (2) vs. Southeast Missouri 5:05 p.m. N. 18 (2) vs. Jacksonville (Fla.) 4:05 p.m. N. 23 @Michigan (Big Ten Network) 4 p.m. N. 27 Hiwassee (ESPN3) 7 p.m. D. 1 Tennessee Tech (ESPN+) 2 p.m. D. 9 VMI (ESPN+) 1 p.m. D. 12 @Georgia State (ESPN+) 7 p.m. D. 16 @Ole Miss (SEC Network) 6 p.m. D. 18 @UT Martin (ESPN+) 8:30 p.m. D. 21 Bryan (ESPN+) Noon D. 29 *@UNCG (ESPN+) 5 p.m. J. 3 *@Western Carolina (ESPN3) 7 p.m. J.5 *@ETSU (ESPN+) 4 p.m. J.12 *Samford (DH-ESPN3) 4:30 p.m. J.17 *Mercer (DH-ESPN3) 8 p.m. J. 19 *The Citadel (DH-ESPN3) 4:30 p.m. J. 24 *@Furman (ESPN+) 7 p.m. J. 26 *@Wofford(ESPN+) 7 p.m. J. 31 *Western Carolina (DH-ESPN+) 8 p.m. F. 2 *ETSU (DH-ESPN3) 4:30 p.m. F. 7 *@VMI (ESPN3) 7 p.m. F. 9 *UNCG (ESPN+) 7 p.m. F. 16 *@Samford (ESPN+) 5 p.m. F. 21 *@The Citadel (ESPN3) 7 p.m. F. 23 *@Mercer (ESPN3) 4 p.m. F. 28 *Wofford(ESPN+) 7 p.m. M. 2 *Furman (ESPN+) 2 p.m. M. 8-11 Southern Conference Championship TBA M. 19-20 First Four (Dayton, Ohio) TBA M. 21-24 NCAA First/Second Rounds TBA M. 28-31 NCAA Regional Finals TBA A. 6-8 NCAA Final Four Minneapolis, Minn. *SoCon Game (1) Goldie & Herman Ungar Classic Campus Sites (2) Goldie & Herman Ungar Classic; Mobile, Ala. (3) SoCon Championship; Asheville, N.C. All Times Eastern & subject to change 2 2018-19 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL GOMOCS.COM <> @GOMOCSMBB HOME OPENERS - Four 3pt made by Thomas Smallwood (4-5) and MEDIA INFORMATION - 36-5 during the DI era in home openers. That Jerry Johnson, Jr. (4-7) are the most in a season All media requests related to Chattanooga Mocs includes five wins in a row. opener since Omar Wattad ‘12 with five at Indiana basketball should be directed to Jim Horten. You - First home opener NOT against Hiwassee since (11/13/11). Most in a first career Mocs game since can reach him at (423) 425-2350 in the office, (423) 2013-14 (Covenant). Stephen McDowell ‘09 who also hit five in the Nov. 645-8733 on his cell or by email (james-horten@ - Last home opener against a DI opponent? Ken- 9, 2007 opening win over Covenant. utc.edu). nesaw State on Nov. 18, 2011. - 18 points by Jerry Johnson, Jr., is the most - Last home opener against an OVC opponent? by a Moc in his first career game since Jonathan CREDENTIALS Austin Peay on Nov. 15, 2010. Burroughs-Cook ‘17 poured in 23 in the overtime Outlets wishing to attend men’s basketball contests - 1-1 record against OVC opposition in a home win at Georgia on Nov. 13, 2015. at McKenzie Arena need to contact Horten to apply opener. FEWEST RETURNING LETTER WINNERS IN DI for credentials. Requests should be made a mini- HEAD COACH LAMONT PARIS 1 - Chattanooga mum of 24 hours prior to the event. - Lamont Paris is 11-23 in his second year as a col- 2 - UNC Asheville, Drake legiate head coach. 20th leader of the Mocs bench. 3 - Nicholls State, Duquesne, Milwaukee, Baylor, STUDENT-ATHLETE INTERVIEWS - 8-8 at home, 2-14 away & 1-1 on a neutral floor. Detroit Mercy, Little Rock Coach Paris and student-athletes are available every - 0-0 vs. EKU. NO. OF PLAYERS ON ROSTER WITH MORE practice day 30 minutes prior to the session’s start. - 2-2 vs. the OVC, 1-1 at home. THAN 1 YEAR OF EXPERIENCE AT SCHOOL Please make specific requests at least 24 hours in - Paris came from Wisconsin starting in 2010 as as- 0: Chattanooga, Mount St. Mary’s advance to ensure student-athlete availability. sistant to Bo Ryan staying alongside Greg Gard. Pre- 1: CSU Bakersfield, Cleveland State, FAU, Idaho, vious stops include Akron (2005-10), IUP (2001-04), Middle Tennessee, N.C.