UTC guard Eric Robertson drives the lane in the first half of the Mocs’ nonconference victory Monday night against Lipscomb at McKenzie Arena.The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s basketball team, simply put, beat visiting Lipscomb on Monday night. But it was more than that:
The Mocs overwhelmed the Bison.
UTC forced 24 Lipscomb turnovers and received solid games from guards Eric Robertson and Greg Pryor in winning 78-60 in front of 2,749 at McKenzie Arena.
The win gives the Mocs (8-6) five wins in their last six games and a degree of momentum as they head into Southern Conference play. They host Furman on Saturday at 7.
Lipscomb (5-8) was a top-10 team nationally in 3-point shot attempts, averaging 26 per game. The Mocs limited them to almost 10 fewer than that.