The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga built a large first-half lead and held on for an 85-80 win over Appalachian State on Saturday night in McKenzie Arena.
Junior Ridge McKeither led UTC with 18 poins and a career-high 12 rebounds. Senior Ty Patterson scored 18 points.
Donald Sims led ASU with 24 points and Jeremi Booth had 21.
The Mocs (13-10, 5-5 SoCon) led by 18 points in the first half and owned a 51-41 lead at halftime.
ASU (12-9, 6-4) pulled within one on three occasions in the final minutes but never tied UTC or took the lead. Sophomore guard Jasper WIlliams hit a huge 3-pointer from teh left wing with 58 seconds to go that helped UTC maintain its lead.
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