UTC’s Ricky Taylor shoots in the game against Western Carolina.Most of a basketball team’s bumps and bruises typically accumulate in February.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s team is suffering through its share a few weeks early this season.
Senior forward Omar Wattad did not play last Saturday because he had a strained back. Senior guard Ricky Taylor played despite an injury to the inside of his right wrist. Senior forward Jahmal Burroughs played with his thumb taped and while shaking off a broken nose from two weeks ago.
“I’d have to be crippled not to play,” Taylor said. “Or in a wheelchair.”
Even while turning the training room into an extended-stay motel, the Mocs beat Appalachian State 65-64 in Saturday’s game.