Postgame Notes - Chattanooga 92 - Davidson 70
1/28/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Postgame Notes
Chattanooga 70 ? Davidson 92
McKenzie Arena ?
Jan. 28, 2009
Team
- Chattanooga is now 9-12 on the season and 5-5 in the SoCon with a 92-70 loss at the McKenzie Arena tonight... Davidson moves to 17-3 overall,10-0 in league play... Davidson's streak of 40 straight SoCon wins is extended.
- Chattanooga is now 31-20 against Davidson, 17-4 at home.
- Tonight's game featured two of the winningest programs in SoCon history. Since 1977-78 when the Mocs entered the league,
- UTC is now 322-167 in Southern Conference regular-season games.
- The Mocs started the game 0-12 from 3-pt. range...missing all 12 of their first-half attempts...UTC rebounded from deep in the second half, going 7-10 behind the arc in the final 20 minutes.
- Tonight's attendance was 9,234...it is a season-high and the 17th largest in McKenzie Arena history...it is the biggest crowd since UTC drew 11,221 for the Tennessee (L, 70-76) game on Dec. 4, 2007...prior to that, the Mocs had not drawn a crowd of 9,000+ since getting 9,211 for the Marshall game (W, 9-72) on Feb.22, 1997...tonight's attendance is also the 10th largest for s a SoCon game in The McKenzie Arena and the biggest since drawing 10,205 against East Tennessee State (W, 86-84) on Feb. 5, 1994.
- The Mocs had a chance to cut Davidson's first half lead to single digits...trailing 38-28 with 25 seconds left in the period, UTC worked the ball inside...senior Nicchaeus Doaks missed a contested layup...Davidson's Stephen Curry grabbed the rebound and drained a ?-court shot at the buzzer to put the Wildcats up 41-28.
- The Mocs return to action on Saturday hosting Georgia Southern at 5 pm. in the McKenzie Arena for SoCon Saturday on SportSouth.
Individual
Senior Stephen McDowell
- Second leading scorer in the conference at 19.4 ppg entering tonight's game... scored a team-high 17 points on 5-12 shooting, 4-10 from 3-pt. range and 3-7 from the FT line.
- 1 point, shooting 0-5 from the field, 0-4 from 3-pt. range and 1-2 from the FT line in the first half
- 42 career double-figure scoring games.
- 16 games with three or more three-pointers made, nine with five or more.
- 197 career 3-pt. FGs, ranking second in school history...Keddric Mays (2006-07) has the record with 209.
- 89 three-pointers made this season is fourth all-time for a season at UTC...Mays holds the season record with 118 in 2007 and he is in third place with 91 in 2006.
- 847 career points leaves him 153 points shy of joining teammate Nicchaeus Doaks in the 1,000 point club. He would become the 17th member since
- In the McKenzie Arena this season, he is shooting 51.4% (55-107) from the field and (50.0%) 39-78 percent from three-point range.
Senior Nicchaeus Doaks
- Passed the 1,200-pt mark for his career... scored 15 points tonight and now has 1,214 in his career
- Entered game as SoCon's leading rebounder at 9.5 rpg...grabbed 10 tonight
- Team-high eighth double-double of the season and the fourth highest of his career
- 87 career blocks...tied among active players in the SoCon lead with Brett James (Elon)...fourth place on UTC's list...Niel Ashby is in third place with 110.
- Fifth-place on the UTC scoring list with 1,214 points...needs 113 more to pass Lance Fulse (1985-88) for fourth place at Chattanooga with 1,325.
- Ranks No. 2 in rebounds all-time at UTC with 715...career leader is Fulse with 747.
Senior Kevin Goffney
- Scored 16 points on 6-13 shooting, 0-3 from 3-pt. range and 4-5 from the FT line
- 9 games this season scoring in double figures... 16 in his two-year career.
Senior Khalil Hartwell
- Nine points to go with a game-high 13 rebounds
- Second straight game with a career-high 13 boards
- Topped the 600-point mark for his career...has 608
- 559 rebounds ranks him fourth all-time at UTC behind Fulse and Doaks.
- Has led or tied for the lead in rebounding for the Mocs in eight games on the season, 18 in his career.
- 5 double-figure rebounding games in 2008-09, 9 in his career.
