CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Feb. 13, 2024) – Nothing says Happy Valentine's Day than facing your biggest rival on the hardwood. 
 
Coming off a heartbreaking loss to Furman, the ETSU men's basketball team looks to bounce back into the win column when the Buccaneers head to Chattanooga for a 7 p.m. tip inside McKenzie Arena. 
 
GAME INFO
DATE: Wednesday, Feb. 14
TIME: 7 p.m. 
LOCATION: McKenzie Arena  
TEAMS: ETSU (13-12, 5-7) at Chattanooga (17-8, 9-3)  
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: GoMocs.com
RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 | 104.9 NASH ICON (Jay Sandos)
TWITTER: @ETSU_MBB
 
ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU saw its three-game win streak snapped following a 65-63 setback to Furman on Saturday 
• The Bucs enter Wednesday's game with an overall record of 13-12 and a 5-7 mark in SoCon play
• Saturday snapped the Bucs' six-game home win streak in the month of February 
• ETSU is playing on the road for the first time this month … The last time the Bucs were on the road was Jan. 31 when the Blue & Gold won at Mercer, 54-49
• Wednesday marks the Bucs' 13th true road game of the season … Chattanooga and The Citadel have played the most road games among SoCon teams with 13 
• ETSU ranks 13th nationally in offensive rebounds per game (13.7) and 24th in blocks per game (5.0)
• Individually, Jadyn Parker is seventh in the country in total blocks (58) and 12th in blocks per game (2.3) 
• Parker moved into fourth among ETSU single-season block leaders with his 58 total blocked shots … Parker needs nine blocks to pass Zakee Wadood (2002-03) for third … Isiah Brown holds the single-season record with 71, set in 2010-11 … Wadood also ranks second for his 70 blocks in 2003-04
• Ebby Asamoah enters Wednesday's game needing five made threes to notch 200 for his career, while he's 58 points shy of 1,000 for a career … Jadyn Parker needs 28 more blocks for 200 in his career. 
• Since Feb. 16, 1987, in a game against Davidson, the Bucs have made at least one 3-pointer in 1,149 consecutive games ... ETSU was 0-for-8 in that 1987 game ... With Western Kentucky going 0-for-21 from beyond the arc on Nov. 9 at Wichita State, the Bucs now have the third-longest streak in the country behind Duke and UNLV … UNLV tops the list with 1,215 games
• The 2023-24 Buccaneer roster features 15 players ... ETSU's roster consists of one graduate player, two redshirt juniors, four juniors, one redshirt sophomore, three sophomores and four freshmen … Three players hail from North Carolina and Indiana, and one each from Tennessee, Iowa, West Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Kentucky, Virginia and Maryland
• The Bucs return four players from last year's roster who logged minutes, including starters Jaden Seymour and Allen Strothers, along with Justice Smith and Braden Ilic … Overall, ETSU only returns 29 percent of its scoring, 37 percent of its rebounding and 38 percent of its minutes played in 2022-23 … Seymour totaled 253 points, 218 rebounds and 1,793 minutes, Smith posted 237 points, 111 rebounds and 683 minutes, while Allen Strothers recorded 109 points, 51 rebounds and 776 minutes and Braden Ilic added for 46 points, 33 rebounds and 199 minutes
• After losing three starters and eight players from last year's team, head coach Brooks Savage and his staff brought in 11 new guys for the 2023-24 season … Seven of the Bucs are transfers – Ebby Asamoah (Delaware), Karon Boyd (USC Aiken), DJ Hughes (Butler), Jadyn Parker (North Florida), Quimari Peterson (John A. Logan), Tyler Rice (William & Mary) and Timmy Fasehun (Gulf Coast State College) … Four Bucs are true freshmen – Maki Johnson (Huntington Prep), Gabe Sisk (Ballard HS), Jaxson Jones (The Skill Factory) and David Meriwether (Lawrence North HS)

ABOUT CHATTANOOGA 

• Chattanooga is in sole possession of second place in the SoCon standings as the Mocs sit 17-8 overall and 9-3 in league play
• Chattanooga has won seven of its last eight games and is coming off back-to-back road wins at VMI and UNCG … The Mocs' lone setback during this stretch was a home loss to league-leading Samford on Feb. 3
• The Mocs are led by Florida / VMI transfer Trey Bonham as he's posting 17.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 16 games this season … The Chattanooga guard is also shooting 54 percent (101-188) from the field and 46 percent from three (38-82)
• Fellow VMI transfer Honor Huff is Chattanooga's second-leading scorer at 16.2 points per game … Huff leads the team with 76 made threes in 25 starts 
• Sam Alexis is nearly averaging a double-double at 11.5 points and 9.1 rebounds per contest
• As a team, the Mocs are averaging 79.3 points per game and allowing 71.0 … Chattanooga leads the SoCon with 10.6 made threes per game 
• Chattanooga ranks sixth nationally in three-pointers per game (10.6) and 12th in effective field goal percentage (.566)

SERIES HISTORY 

• Wednesday marks the 100th all-time meeting between the two historic rivals 
• Chattanooga leads the all-time series, 53-46
• The Mocs have won the last two meetings and six of the last 10 
• Chattanooga won 81-74 last month in Johnson City, while ETSU's last win in the series came last Jan. 21 in Chattanooga (78-62)
• ETSU has dropped 22 of its last 27 games at Chattanooga

UP NEXT 
The Bucs cap off the road swing Saturday when ETSU heads to North Carolina to take on Western Carolina at 4 p.m. 
  
For more information on ETSU men's basketball, go to ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's basketball tab.