Sam Alexis finished with 27 points and 11 rebounds, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s basketball team had a fun Saturday afternoon at McKenzie Arena, destroying NCAA Division III program Covenant College 108-55 to improve to 2-2.
The Mocs will enter the season’s third week still looking for their first victory over a D-I opponent, but they have two good chances with home games against Lipscomb (4 p.m. Wednesday) and Murray State (7 p.m. Saturday).
They shot 58% from the field against Covenant and hit 22 3-pointers, including 12 on their way to a 61-14 halftime lead.
“We came out and kind of went at them early,” first-year Mocs coach Dan Earl said. “It never hurts to make shots early, and we certainly were knocking down 3s, but I thought for the most part we played the right way as well. We kind of took command of the game fairly early, and I thought we were pretty unselfish with moving the ball and getting guys open shots.
“I’d like to have a little bit better defense in the second half. They (Covenant) shot a high percentage, but they continued to play really hard.”