Chattanooga forward Jahmal Burroughs goes over the top of Georgia Southern’s Cameron Baskerville induring the Southern Conference Basketball Tournament in Asheville, N.C., at the U.S. Cellular Center on Friday.ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Leave it to a good friend to euthanize the Mocs.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ended a miserable men’s basketball season with a 76-70 loss to Georgia Southern in the first round of the Southern Conference tournament Friday night.
UTC coach John Shulman shook hands and patted the shoulder of Georgia Southern counterpart Charlton Young, who was Shulman’s top assistant when UTC won the 2005 SoCon tournament.
They embraced after the game in the bowels of the U.S. Cellular Center with Shulman telling Young to concentrate on his team and Young telling Shulman to “stay strong.”
Even with four senior starters, the Mocs wound up 11-21 with a 5-13 Southern Conference season record and the first 20-loss and winless road team in program history.