2019-20 CHATTANOOGA MOCS BASKETBALL GoMocs.com | @GoMocsMBB SETUP The Chattanooga Mocs return to the scene of one of their top wins of the 21st century Monday night. G6 Thompson-Boling Arena and the 17th-ranked Tennessee Vols await a 7:01 p.m., tipoff on the SEC Net- Chattanooga (3-2) at No. 17 Tennessee (4-0) work. 7:01 p.m. | Nov. 25 | Knoxville, Tenn. Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678) The Mocs are coming off a tough 89-53 loss at Florida State Wednesday night. The loss snapped the squad's three-game win streak. It was the first of two on-campus site contests in the Emerald Coast MEDIA AVAILABILITY Classic for the squad with the second coming in Knoxville. The last time in the event (2015), Chattanooga TV: SEC - Mike Morgan (PxP) & Daymeon Fishback captured one of the two road games beating Illinois (81-77) before falling at No. 4 Iowa State. (Analysis). RADIO: WFLI 97.7 FM & 1070 AM. Jim Reynolds Our Knoxville campus is 4-0 and owns an impressive mark beyond the clean sheet to date. The Vols win is in his 40th year as the “Voice of the Mocs”. The over Alabama State Wednesday was the 29th in a row in Thompson-Boling Arena, the longest active broadcast is also available on the TuneIn app. streak in the nation. The last loss was Jan. 2, 2018, 94-84 to Auburn. The Vols are 45-7 (.865) since the Chattanooga Comparison Tennessee Mocs season-opening win there on Nov. 11, 2016. 3-2 Records 4-0 SERIES INFO 68.8 Scoring Offense 77.8 Record: 6-28 | Home: 3-8 | Away: 3-20 | Neutral: 0-0. More on the series on page 4. 73.0 Scoring Defense 57.3 -4.2 Scoring Margin 20.5 COACHES 40.5 FG Pct. 48.5 Chattanooga: Lamont Paris (Wooster ‘96) | UTC: 25-45 (3rd season) | Career: Same | vs. UT: 0-0 46.6 FG Pct. Defense 37.0 Tennessee: Rick Barnes (Lenoir-Rhyne '77) | UT: 92-50 (5th) | Career: 696-364 (33rd) | vs. UTC: 0-1 33.9 3pt FG Pct. 41.1 PROBABLE STARTERS 34.7 3pt FG Pct. Defense 28.4 Pos No. Name G-GS HT WT YR PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT% 63.5 FT Pct. 67.1 36.0 Rebounds 40.3 1 4 Maurice Commander 5-5 6-0 167 So. 6.2 2.0 3.2 31.3 21.4 80.0 -2.0 Rebound Margin 6.5 2 3 David Jean-Baptiste 5-5 6-1 191 RJr. 16.4 4.0 1.4 44.1 42.9 66.7 13.6 Assists 19.3 3 32 Matt Ryan 5-5 6-7 215 Gr. 15.4 4.4 2.2 37.1 34.1 76.9 14.8 Turnovers 13.0 4 11 Rod Johnson 5-5 6-7 200 RJr. 9.6 7.0 2.4 40.5 30.0 54.5 0.9 A/TO Ratio 1.5 5 15 Ramon Vila 5-5 6-8 242 Jr. 9.2 5.6 2.0 56.8 --- 40.0 1.2 TO Margin 2.8 1.8 Blocks 6.8 IN RESERVE 6.0 Steals 6.8 Pos No. Name G-GS HT WT YR PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT% STATISTICAL LEADERS G 0 A.J. Caldwell 5-0 6-4 201 RSo. 4.4 1.8 0.6 47.1 37.5 75.0 Chattanooga Stat Tennessee G 23 Trey Doomes 5-0 6-3 175 So. 3.8 4.2 0.8 36.8 0.0 62.5 D. Jean-Baptiste, 16.4 Pts J. Bowden, 17.5 G 12 Ashton Smith 1-0 5-8 165 Fr. 3.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 --- R. Johnson, 7.0 Reb J. Fulkerson, 7.0 G 1 Jonathan Scott 5-0 6-4 200 Sr. 1.6 1.0 0.6 25.0 33.3 100.0 M. Commander, 3.2 Ast L. Turner, 8.5 C 25 Justin Brown 5-0 6-10 205 RSo. 1.2 1.8 0.4 30.0 --- --- R. Vila, 56.8 FG% Fulkerson, 70.8 G/F 14 Grant Ledford 2-0 6-6 205 Fr. 1.0 2.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 Jean-Baptiste, 42.9 3pt% Y. Pons, 60.0 F 24 Prosper Obiediebube 4-0 6-8 205 Fr. 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 --- --- M. Ryan, 76.9 FT% Pons, 85.7 G 10 Alex Tostado 1-0 6-2 180 RSo. --- --- --- --- --- --- STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS Basketball SID Jim Horten F 5 Jaden Frazier 0-0 6-10 210 Fr. --- --- --- --- --- --- Office 423.425.2350 3 NOTES TO KNOW Cell (Best Place to Leave Voicemail) 423.645.8733 - 3-42 all-time against ranked opponents, 1-32 in the regular season. The last win against a ranked Email [email protected] opponent was March 16, 1997 defeating No. 19 Illinois 75-63 advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16. That came Twitter @jimhorten after a 73-70 win over No. 17 Georgia in the opening round. Website GoMocs.com - Chattanooga's offensive output the last two contests are an interesting contrasts. The 90 points in the Team Twitter @GoMocsMBB win over South Alabama was the most against a non-conference, DI opponent since 96 in the Dec. 6, Athletics Twitter @GoMocs 2016 win over Marshall. The 53 points Wednesday at Florida State are the fewest since 48 at home against Common Hashtags #GoMocs, #reptheC & #CHA Georgia State on Dec. 23, 2017. WHAT’S IN A NAME? - David Jean-Baptiste has scored in double digits in 13 straight games dating back to the last eight of The official school name is the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The preferred name last season. He's averaging 14.5 ppg over that span. He's leading the squad in scoring at 16.4 ppg this is simply Chattanooga. The abbreviated form year. Last Moc with 14 in row? 14 by Nat Dixon '18 from Dec. 17, 2017-Feb. 1, 2018. is UTC. There is no hyphenated version (i.e. UT- NEXT 3 OPPONENTS Chatt, Tenn.-Chatt, Tennessee-Chatt, UT Chatt, Nov. 29: vs. Alabama State (Niceville, Fla.), 2:30 p.m. | Current Rec.: 0-4 | Next Opp: at VCU (Nov. 25) etc.). Pronunciation is CHAT-tuh-NOO-gah. Nick- Nov. 30: vs. Chicago State or Jacksonville State (Niceville, Fla.), 11 am/1:30 pm | Records: 3-3/1-3 name is simply Mocs. It is not short for anything. Dec. 3: at Western Carolina | 7 p.m. | Current Rec.: 3-2 | Next Opp: at Stetson (Nov. 24) 1 2019-20 CHATTANOOGA MOCS BASKETBALL GoMocs.com | @GoMocsMBB 0 - A.J. CALDWELL, G 5 - JADEN FRAZIER, F 6-4 | 201 | RSo. | Sarasota, Fla. (S. Alabama) 6-10 | 210 | Fr. | Pulaski, Va. (Blue Ridge) G: 5 GS: 0 MPG: 15.8 G: 0 GS: 0 MPG: PPG: 4.4 FG%: 47.1 PPG: FG%: RPG: 1.8 3PT%: 37.5 RPG: 3PT%: APG: 0.6 FT%: 75.0 APG: FT%: BPG: 0.0 BPG: SPG: 0.8 SPG: NOTES: Sparked 10-0 run to defeat Troy with and-1 layup with 2:00 to play completing NOTES: 3-star prospect per ESPN.com recruiting ranked No. 10 on its Virginia list. 14-point comeback putting the Mocs ahead for good at that juncture. 1 - JONATHAN SCOTT, G/F 10 - ALEX TOSTADO, G 6-4 | 200 | Sr. | Monument, Colo. (Otero JC) 6-2 | 180 | RSo. | Guadalajara, Mexico (Maryland) G: 5 GS: 0 MPG: 11.4 G: 1 GS: 0 MPG: 1.5 PPG: 1.6 FG%: 25.0 PPG: 0.0 FG%: --- RPG: 1.0 3PT%: 33.3 RPG: 0.0 3PT%: --- APG: 0.6 FT%: 100.0 APG: 0.0 FT%: --- BPG: 0.0 BPG: 0.0 SPG: 0.2 SPG: 0.0 Pronounced toe-STAH-doe NOTES: Came off the bench hitting two key 3s in the road win at Troy in a season-high NOTES: Sat out 2018-19 as a DI transfer from Maryland...3 years of eligibility remain- 15 minutes. ing...saw 1st action in loss at FSU. 2 - JAMAAL WALKER, G 11 - ROD JOHNSON, F 6-4 | 180 | Fr. | Chattanooga, Tenn. (E. Hamilton) 6-7 | 200 | Jr. | Sun Prairie, Wisc. (Highland CC) G: 0 GS: 0 MPG: G: 5 GS: 5 MPG: 24.5 PPG: FG%: PPG: 9.6 FG%: 40.5 RPG: 3PT%: RPG: 7.0 3PT%: 30.0 APG: FT%: APG: 2.4 FT%: 54.5 BPG: BPG: 0.4 SPG: SPG: 0.2 Pronounced juh-MALL NOTES: Looking to be 1st Chattanooga native to spend a full season on the roster since NOTES: 1st career double-double in TSU win with 10 points, 11 rebounds & 3 assists... Dontay Hampton ’13 who redshirted in 2008-09 before a 4-year career (2010-13). top 4 on team in ppg (3rd), rpg (1st), apg (3rd) & FG% (4th). 3 - DAVID JEAN-BAPTISTE, G 12 - ASHTON SMITH, G 6-1 | 191 | Jr. | Miami, Fla. (Norland) 5-8 | 165 | Fr. | Memphis, Tenn. (Southwind) G: 5 GS: 5 MPG: 31.8 G: 1 GS: 0 MPG: 1.5 PPG: 16.4 FG%: 44.1 PPG: 3.0 FG%: 100.0 RPG: 4.0 3PT%: 42.9 RPG: 0.0 3PT%: 100.0 APG: 1.4 FT%: 66.7 APG: 0.0 FT%: --- BPG: 0.0 BPG: 0.0 SPG: 1.0 SPG: 0.0 Pronounced GENE-bapt-TEEST NOTES: Double figures in 13 in a row...career-high 25 points going 10-14 FG & 5-6 3pt NOTES: 1st action came at FSU...made his first collegiate shot, a 3pt from top right.