University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball coach John Shulman may try to get his fullback as many touches as possible Saturday.
DeAntre Jefferson, the Mocs’ most physical player, could play a critical role when the Mocs face Murray State at 3 p.m. in McKenzie Arena.
“They’re going to come in here and try to play football,” Shulman said of the Racers. “Man, they are good. They are physical.”
Jefferson, at 6-foot-8 and 230 pounds, is the Mocs’ best man to handle that style of basketball. He’s averaging 8.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game this season. He leads UTC in free-throw attempts with 40 but has made only 42.4 percent of them.
“He’s got to rebound the ball; he’s got to be an inside presence for us,” Shulman said. “We started the season thinking that we were going to shoot a bunch of 3s and be a guard-orientated team. It wasn’t as much fun as I thought it would be.