Eric Robertson brings the ball down court while Dee Oldham defends as the UTC men’s basketball team holds a scrimmage at McKenzie Arena on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015, in Chattanooga.Eric Robertson doesn’t remember much about the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s last basketball trip to Stegeman Coliseum on the campus of the University of Georgia, the Mocs’ opponent tonight in their season opener.
That’s probably a good thing.
The Mocs suffered an 87-56 loss to the Bulldogs there on Dec. 2, 2013. A season later, Georgia returned the trip, and the results were similar, an 86-55 victory. The two 31-point defeats came in similar fashion: Georgia shot nearly 60 percent in each of the two first halves and dominated the glass, outrebounding the Mocs by an average of 13.5.
Robertson was UTC’s second-leading scorer in the 2013 meeting, finishing with 13 points.
“It wasn’t so bad that I don’t want to remember it, but it was one of those games you take as a learning experience and move on, so I don’t remember much from the game,” he said. “I think we got blasted on the glass early, but that’s all I can remember, honestly.”