UTC’s Trey Brown, left, Jared Bryant, top center, and Head Coach John Shulman approve as the Mocs forge ahead in first half after Omar Wattad leaves the game with a head injury.Appalachian State had a chance to win in the final seconds last Saturday at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Wofford had a chance to tie there in the closing seconds Thursday.
Neither team could top the Mocs.
Brad Loesing clanked a 3-pointer off the rim as time expired Thursday night, sending UTC to a 51-48 Southern Conference win over the Terriers in a bruising game that sent several players to the floor and one to the training room for stitches.
“I don’t know that I’ve been a part of or seen anything quite like that one,” Wofford coach Mike Young said. “No great secret — they deserved to win.”