UTC Mocs logoIn a perfect world, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s basketball team’s second-half performance would have mirrored the first half of their game Tuesday night at Big East opponent Butler University.
Of course, in a perfect world, they would have had a chance to have all of their bullets in the chamber, too.
Foul trouble and shooting struggles plagued the Mocs in their 70-48 loss at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. In the first half, Casey Jones, Tre’ McLean, Lance Stokes and Ronrico White were whistled for two fouls each, limiting their playing time and forcing head coach Will Wade to have to adjust his rotations.
Still, after leading for parts of the first half, UTC trailed 25-22 at the break after a long 3-pointer by Kellen Dunham with 15 seconds to go.
“We controlled the first half for the majority of it,” Wade said Tuesday night. “We were able to grind some things out, but we couldn’t really press because of foul trouble. We had a really good scheme against their press offense but couldn’t implement it. We had to gamble more near the end.