SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
Who: Chattanooga (22-5, 12-2)
Where: McKenzie Arena | Chattanooga, TN.
When: Thursday, February 17, 2022 | 7 p.m.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – The top two scoring defenses in the Southern Conference clash when the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team makes its annual visit to Chattanooga's McKenzie Arena Thursday night.
Chattanooga leads the SoCon in scoring defense as it allows 64.0 points per game. The Spartans are just as stingy, permitting 64.6 points per game. UNCG has held 12 opponents below 60 points this season.
UNCG and Chattanooga are also the top rebounding teams in the SoCon. The Spartans lead the conference (+5.4) and the Mocs are second (+4.9). In the first matchup of the teams on Jan. 20 in Greensboro, Chattanooga won the rebounding battle, 36-26.
Last Time Out
- Keyshaun Langley scored 19 points to lead UNCG during a 73-64 setback to Mercer on Sunday.
- Darius Banks delivered 26 points to help Chattanooga defeat Furman, 64-58, on the road on Saturday.
A Look At UNCG
- This is UNCG's penultimate road contest of the season.
- UNCG has won two straight road games and three of its last four away contests.
- UNCG's leading scorers are De'Monte Buckingham (13.3 points per game), Keyshaun Langley (9.2) and Kaleb Hunter (9.0).
- Bas Leyte contributes 8.6 points per game.
- Buckingham (6.3 rebounds per game) and Leyte (6.2) are 10th and 11th, respectively in the SoCon in rebounding.
- Buckingham is fourth in the SoCon in 3-point field goal percentage (43.8) and eighth in 3-pointers made per game (2.3).
- Leyte has grabbed 10 rebounds in three games this season.
- He has finished with at least five rebounds in a game 21 times this season, including in UNCG's last eight games.
- Kobe Langley is sixth in the SoCon in steals (1.5) and 14th in assists (3.0).
A Look At Chattanooga
- The Mocs are 11-0 at home this season.
- Chattanooga can win the regular season championship and clinch the No. 1 seed in the SoCon Tournament with one victory in its last four regular season games.
- Chattanooga has been led all season by the SoCon's leading scorer in Malachi Smith (20.4 points per game).
- David Jean-Baptiste (14.5 points) and Silvio DeSousa (11.5) are double-digit scorers for the Mocs.
- DeSousa (6.9 rebounds per game) and Smith (6.5) lead Chattanooga in rebounding.
- Chattanooga leads the SoCon in field goal percentage (47.2), 3-point field goal percentage defense (29.0), and scoring margin (+11.3).
- Chattanooga has held its last three opponents: Mercer, Western Carolina and Furman to 10-of-71 from 3-point distance (14.1 percent).
- The Mocs are in the top 60 in the latest NCAA NET rankings.
Series History
- Chattanooga leads the series, 26-25.
- Chattanooga defeated UNCG, 72-64 on Jan. 20.
- Keyshaun Langley scored 21 points to lead UNCG in that contest.
- Malachi Smith scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half.
Up Next
- UNCG plays its final regular season road game on Saturday at 3 p.m. Eastern Time when it visits Samford.
2022 SoCon Tournament
- For information regarding the 2022 Ingles Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships at Harrah's Cherokee Center – Asheville in Asheville, N.C., which will run from March 3-7, please visit: www.soconhoops.com. If you would like to purchase tickets, please contact the UNCG Ticket Office at 336-334-3250.
