UTC’s Zaccheus Mason, left, led the short-handed Mocs to the Dr Pepper Classic championship last weekend at McKenzie Arena.The Scrappy mascot is apparently appropriate for this season’s version of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball team.
The term scrappy, as in the definition of combining scraps, disconnected pieces, and odds and ends, applies to the Mocs basketball team which is down to 10 healthy players and won the Dr Pepper Classic on Saturday.
“I think Chattanooga has accepted who they are,” said Utah Valley coach John Hunsaker, whose team lost 76-69 to the Mocs in the championship game Saturday. “They’re a team that is going to be limited with their offensive abilities and offense in the half-court.
“But they compete their hearts out and play together.”
The Mocs have been scrappy. They’ve had to be that and will need to continue to be that in Wednesday’s game at Georgia Tech and in the ensuing Southern Conference season.