Quickly shaking off the effects of a tough loss is never an easy thing to do.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s basketball team has no choice but to do so.
The Mocs went blow-for-blow with Mercer Thursday night in Macon, Ga. Despite falling behind by double digits on multiple occasions, UTC had a chance to steal a Southern Conference win, missing a game-winner at the regulation buzzer before falling 75-72 in overtime.
Sprawled out in a chair about 20 minutes after the game, Casey Jones shook his head.
“We played too hard for the game to come out like that,” said Jones, who set career highs in scoring (24) and rebounding (15). “It’s not not to think about all the little things that we could have done. We had them down multiple times, and had a chance to sneak out of here, stealing a win.”