CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Feb. 14, 2025) – With ETSU men's basketball set for the stretch run of Southern Conference play, the Buccaneers will take on in-state rival Chattanooga during a primetime game Saturday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. inside McKenzie Arena.
 
GAME INFO
DATE: Saturday, Feb. 15
TIME: 7 p.m.
LOCATION: McKenzie Arena (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
TEAMS: ETSU (15-11, 8-5) at Chattanooga (18-8, 10-3)
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+ (Chris Goforth/Todd Agne)
LIVE STATS: GoMocs.com
RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 (Jay Sandos)
TWITTER: @ETSU_MBB
 
ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU is 15-11 overall and 8-5 in SoCon play
• The Bucs had their three-game winning streak snapped with a 76-67 loss at Western Carolina on Wednesday night
• Quimari Peterson registered his ninth 20-point scoring game Wednesday night as he led all scorers with 21 points
• Peterson is 52 points shy of becoming the 44th Buccaneer to reach the 1,000-point club … The Buccaneer guard has totaled 948 points in his two seasons with the Blue & Gold
• Peterson is 24 points shy of scoring his 500th point this season … As of games played through Wednesday, only 10 players have scored 500 points this season
• Peterson ranks 23rd nationally in points scored (476) and 14th in field goals made (179)
• Peterson, who has totaled 476 points, 103 rebounds and 102 assists, is one of six Division I players with at least 450 points, 100 rebounds and 100 assists
• Jaden Seymour, ETSU's second-leading scorer at 17.0 points per game, missed Wednesday's game at Western Carolina, snapping his streak of starting 74 straight games
• As a team, ETSU ranks 27th nationally in offensive rebounds per game (13.4) and 48th in scoring defense (66.8)
• With ETSU's six made threes on Wednesday, the Bucs have made at least one three-pointer in 1,185 straight games – the third-longest streak in the country
• Jaden Seymour scored his 1,000th career point and 1,000th point as a Buccaneer in the win over USC Upstate on Nov. 22 … Seymour became the 43rd 1,000-point scorer in program history and now is 13th in program history with 1,336 career points … Seymour needs 16 points to pass Jerald Fields (2000-04) for 12th all-time on the ETSU scoring list and 32 to pass Harley "Skeeter" Swift (1967-69) for 11th … Overall, Seymour has 1,347 points with 11 of those coming during his freshman season at Wichita State … Seymour also ranks ninth in program history with 723 rebounds and needs 61 more to pass Mike Smith (2006-11) for eighth … In addition, Seymour is sixth all-time in blocks with 104 … Brad Nuckles (2002-07) is fifth with 158.
• ETSU was picked to finish third in the SoCon Preseason Coaches Poll … The Bucs picked up two first-place votes, while reigning champion Samford was pegged number one and Chattanooga was selected second
• Jaden Seymour and Quimari Peterson landed SoCon preseason honors
• The Bucs return 10 players from last year's 2023-24 roster
• ETSU only lost 8% of its scoring and 9% of its minutes played from last year's roster to the transfer portal – the fewest amount of production from any SoCon program 

ABOUT CHATTANOOGA       

• Chattanooga sits 18-8 overall and 10-3 in conference play
• The Mocs have won six straight and are tied for first place in the SoCon with UNCG
• Chattanooga is coming off an 82-68 win at Samford on Wednesday where the Mocs led wire-to-wire
• The Mocs have won 10 of their last 13 games and 22 of their last 29 inside McKenzie Arena
• Chattanooga is averaging 78.4 points per game and allowing 71.9
• The Mocs lead the SoCon in field goal percentage (.477), effective field goal percentage (.555), assist/turnover ratio (1.6) and free throw percentage (.763)
• Individually, the Mocs are led by Trey Bonham, Honor Huff, Bash Wieland and Frank Champion as they are all averaging in double figures in scoring … Huff, Bonham and Wieland are all averaging 13.5 points and Champion is at 11.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per game
• Huff leads the team with 78 made three-pointers, while Bonham – the SoCon Preseason Player of the Year – has totaled 72 assists and 34 steals

SERIES HISTORY

• Chattanooga leads the all-time series 55-47
• The Mocs have won eight of the last 11 meetings, including a 71-63 win last month in Johnson City
• The Bucs defeated the Mocs 85-84 in overtime last season in the SoCon semifinal … ETSU rallied from a 20-point second-half deficit to secure the thrilling comeback win
• ETSU has dropped 23 of its last 28 games at Chattanooga and is searching for its first win in the Scenic City since Jan. 21, 2023
• ETSU had won 10 straight in the series from Jan. 28, 2017-Feb. 5, 2020, but since then, the Mocs have won seven of the last 10 meetings

UP NEXT
ETSU returns home to host UNCG on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.
  
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