UTC Mocs logoThe Mocs finally won out West.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s basketball team ended its four-game trip to Nevada and California with an 87-76 win over IUPUI on Friday in the Las Vegas Invitational.
UTC led by 15 points early in the second half only to have the Jaguars pull within two before the Mocs raced back out to a 12-point lead with five minutes to play.
“We’ve been making progress incrementally,” coach Will Wade said on the postgame radio show. “As a coach, you see the progress. For the players it’s a bottom-line deal. It was real good for our guys to get a win and see that what we’re doing is paying off.”
Senior Zaccheus Mason tied a career high with 27 points and had nine rebounds. Sophomore wings Casey Jones and Gee McGhee each scored 14 points. Junior forward Lance Stokes tied a career high with 13 points, and freshman point guard Greg Pryor scored 13 as well.