CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Citadel basketball team dropped a Southern Conference road game, 92-69, to Chattanooga Wednesday night at McKenzie Arena.

Game Information
Final Score: Chattanooga 92, The Citadel 69
Records: UTC (13-7, 4-3 SoCon), The Citadel (6-12, 0-7 SoCon)
Location: Chattanooga, Tenn. (McKenzie Arena)
Series: UTC leads, 66-18

KEY STATS

• The two teams traded 3-pointers to open the game, but Chattanooga quickly jumped out to a 10-5 lead by the first media TO.
• After missing the first 3-pointer of the game, UTC hit four straight, all by different players, to open up a 22-9 lead with 13:04 left in the opening half.
• With 10:11 remaining in the first half, the Mocs boasted a 15-point, 28-13 lead, but the Bulldogs began to chip away at the deficit, and with 6:14 left, Kaelon Harris converted a pair of free throws to make it a nine-point, 32-23 game.
• After Chattanooga managed to extend the lead back out to double digits, the Rudy Fitzgibbons, III cut the lead back down to seven, 43-36 with three made free throws.
• Eddie Davis, III again cut into the lead with a layup, setting the score at 49-40, and appeared to give the Bulldogs some much-needed momentum heading into the locker room, but Matt Ryan converted a 3-pointer from the far corner as time expired to make it a 12-point, 52-40 game.
• Chattanooga carried that momentum over into the second half and opened the period on a 16-2 run.
• From there, the two teams were fairly equally matched, but the Bulldogs never managed to close the gap.
• The Citadel shot 43.8% (14-of-32) from the field in the first half, but connected on just 25.9% (7-of-27) of their looks in the second half to end the contest shooting 35.6%.
• The Bulldogs converted just six of their 25 3-pointers (.240), but shot 84.0% (21-of-25) from the free throw line.
• Chattanooga opened the game shooting 52.9% (18-of-34) from the field, and after starting off 4-of-5 (.800) from beyond the 3-point arc, the Mocs ended the period shooting 56.3% from long range.
• UTC ended the game shooting 49.2% (32-of-65) from the field and 42.9% (12-of-28) from beyond the arc.
• Kaiden Rice led the Bulldogs with 11 points, including making three 3-pointers.
• Harris, Davis and Alex Reed all ended the night with eight points. Davis added a team-high eight rebounds.
• Ramon Vila led five Mocs in double-digit scoring with a game-high 17 points.

NOTES

• Every Bulldog that played at Chattanooga scored.
• Rice moved up into a tie for 10^th in program history for career made 3-pointers. He converted three Wednesday night and has 160 for his career. He matches Dante Terry (2002-06) and Donny McLendon (1999-2003) and is 16 made triples away from ninth.

COMING UP
The Bulldogs will next return home to McAlister Field House to begin a two-game homestand against in-state foes Furman (Jan. 25) and Wofford (Jan. 29).

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