UTC basketball coach Will Wade, right, directs player Duke Ethridge during practice.How much of a difference can one player make?
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s basketball team will get an opportunity to find that out tonight.
The Mocs will be in historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis tonight for a game against Butler University. It will be the second game of the season for the Bulldogs, who returned Roosevelt Jones from a wrist injury that kept him out of the 2013-14 season.
The 6-foot-4 versatile forward was third on the team in scoring and second in both rebounding and assists two years ago. Without Jones, the Bulldogs finished 14-17 in their first season in the Big East Conference.
He had 14 points, nine assists and four rebounds in Butler’s 99-57 season-opening win over Maine. He will be a focal point for the Mocs, but not the only point. The Bulldogs had six players in double figures against Maine, led by Kellen Dunham with 18 points on 5-for-7 shooting from 3-point range. Point guard Alex Barlow had six points and six assists for a team that had 29 helpers on 41 made field goals.