Editor’s note: This is the last in a series of weekly features profiling newcomers on the UTC men’s basketball team, leading up to the Nov. 6 season opener against Covenant.
If he has as much as a second of open space, Peyton Woods will be expected to shoot the ball by his University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball coaches.
It’s what he does best.
Coach Matt McCall talks to Peyton Woods (10) as the UTC men’s basketball team holds a scrimmage at Maclellan Gym in Chattanooga.The 6-foot-4 guard made 362 3-pointers in his high school career, which is No. 4 in Kentucky history. He’s brought that shot as well as an all-out hustle mentality to the Mocs’ team this season. He could fit into the team’s rotation at some point due to his ability to knock down shots.
“He can shoot it, no question,” UTC head coach Matt McCall said before the team’s first scrimmage. “The biggest thing for Peyton is understanding that people know he’s a shooter: Can you impact the game if the ball is not going in the basket? The physicality and the speed of the game is a major adjustment – at first he was shocked – but he’s got better and made strides.”