UTC’s Zaccheus Mason takes shot Jan. 9, 2014, at McKenzie Arena in this file photo.Zaccheus Mason is becoming an artist with his feet, his hands and his fingertips.
He’s becoming an artist at blocking shots.
Swatting shots is a skill based on timing, positioning and spacing that the former football tight end never learned before this basketball season.
And it’s having an impact for Mason and his University of Tennessee at Chattanooga teammates, who will play at Appalachian State for the last time as Southern Conference foes tonight at 7 in the Holmes Convocation Center in Boone, N.C.
“I’m just trying to protect the basket,” Mason said. “I’m trying to be a presence and help our guards when they get beat off the dribble and trying to be a post presence.”