The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s basketball team dropped a 67-61 battle on the road at Austin Peay Monday evening, falling to 0-3 on the year.
The Mocs will play in their home opener Thursday, hosting Morehead State in the second game of a doubleheader with the women hosting Troy at 6 at McKenzie Arena.
Maybe it was the Governors’ aggressive defense, maybe it was playing three times in seven days on the road after games at Southern California and Santa Clara last week. But the Mocs couldn’t get going from 3-point range, a staple of their offense, and made only 5 of 29 shots from 3, including an 0-for-11 effort in the second half.
UTC was 6-for-9 from the free-throw line, while Austin Peay was 19 of 26, including 14 of 18 in the final 20 minutes.
The Mocs’ All-Southern Conference guard tandem of Trey Bonham and Honor Huff were a combined 4-for-22 from the field and just 2-for-15 from 3-point range. Bonham finished with seven points while Huff had five. UTC did get back the services of a pair of forwards, senior Bash Wieland and redshirt freshman Collin Mulholland, who had solid contributions in their debuts. Wieland led the Mocs with 19 points, while Mulholland had five points, six rebounds and five assists.