UT-Chattanooga’s Casey Jones (24) takes a shot against Wofford Saturday at Wofford’s Ben Johnson Arena.SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Break out the brooms.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s basketball team completed a season sweep of Wofford by beating the Terriers 71-57 Saturday night in Benjamin Johnson Arena, a week after edging them at the final buzzer.
“I thought we played our best game all year,” UTC coach Will Wade said. “I thought we fought. I thought we were tough. It’s the most complete game we’ve played — offense, defense, rebounding, everything.
“We were on our game today.”
The win also has UTC atop the Southern Conference standings at 6-0 with four road victories. The Mocs (12-8 overall) have won eight straight games, the program’s longest streak since 11 in 1996-97 — the NCAA Sweet 16 season.