It's hard to find much fault with a win like that. Just how good Chattanooga is remains to be seen, but they are always tough to beat at home, and Georgia made it look easy. We're now Mocs fans, and we will hope UTC can make a nice run in the Southern Conference.
A few thoughts:
A few thoughts:
- Welcome back, Kenny Gaines.
- Attacking Kenny is so much more fun that passive Kenny. The infusion of confidence he gets when his threes start going down makes him the most dangerous scorer on the team.
- Then there is Marcus Thornton, who missed one shot all night en route to a career high 24 points. UTC had absolutely no answer. Seeing Marcus healthy is a real treat. It makes you wonder what could have been with him had his knees cooperated earlier in his career.
- I could do without the random Thornton 3-pointers, though. At least he knocked it down tonight.
- Charles Mann had a much better time in Chattanooga than he did in New York. He protected the ball, attacked when he had the chance, and handed out 5 assists to boot. His free throw shooting is coming around, too.
- Rebounding continues to be a bit of a concern. Statistically, Georgia dominated, but much of that was due to that fact that they just didn't miss many shots, meaning Chattanooga had very few chances at defensive rebounds. The Mocs did collect 11 offensive boards, though, and Georgia needs to get that under control.
- The defense continues to give up a lot of open looks from the 3-point line, too. I can live with well contested threes, but that's not what I'm seeing.
- Yante Maten had a tough night offensively, but he's turning into a nice shot-blocking threat, isn't he? I was going to type this even before I checked the box score and saw he had 6 in the game.
- Nice to see Juwan Parker knock down a three. He is much improved, and if he can find that range, he has a chance to do some damage over the next few years.
- Ho-hum, another near double-double for Nemi.
Go Dawgs!
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