{"id":358975,"date":"2025-12-19T20:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/358975\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T20:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:25:10","slug":"mens-basketball-closes-non-conference-slate-at-alabama-am-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/358975\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Basketball Closes Non-Conference Slate at Alabama A&#038;M on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                 <a href=\"https:\/\/gomocs.com\/sports\/2025\/11\/2\/2025-26-game-notes.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MEDIA CENTER<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CHATTANOOGA (December 19, 2025) &#8212; The Chattanooga Mocs men&#8217;s basketball team will look to end its non-conference slate on the right note with a Sunday afternoon road contest at Alabama A&amp;M inside the Event Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Tip-off is slated for 3 p.m. (ET) \/ 2 p.m. (CT) on SWAC-TV.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nChattanooga (5-7) aims to snap a two-game skid that most recently featured a 79-64 setback at Bellarmine on Wednesday, a game that saw the Mocs lead by nine at the break before the squad was outscored by a wide margin in the second half. The contest at Alabama A&amp;M (6-5) will mark the non-conference finale before the team turns its attention to the SoCon slate beginning on New Year&#8217;s Day at UNCG.<\/p>\n<p>Full game details, notes, storylines and more can be found below.<\/p>\n<p>GAME DETAILS<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nChattanooga (5-7) at Alabama A&amp;M (6-5)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDate:\u00a0Sun., Dec. 21 \u2219\u00a0Time: 3 p.m. ET<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSite: Huntsville, Ala. (Events Center)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTV:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tv.swac.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SWAC-TV<\/a> \u2219 Radio:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thevarsitynetwork.com\/audioapplink\/source\/oas-1066\/content\/utc:allaccess-Live-1180\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mocs Sports Network\u00a0(WFLI)<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFollow:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aamusports.com\/sidearmstats\/mbball\/summary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Live Stats\u00a0<\/a>\u2219\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GoMocsMBB\" rel=\"nofollow\">@GoMocsMBB on X\/Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SERIES HISTORY<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAlabama A&amp;M:\u00a03rd Meeting \u2219 Record: 2-0 \u2219 H: 1-0; A: 1-0; N: 0-0 \u2219\u00a0Last: W, 85-63 (12\/15\/25 \u2013 Home)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>GAME NOTES<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gomocs.com\/documents\/2025\/12\/19\/13-AlabamaAM.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chattanooga<\/a>\u00a0\u2219\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gomocs.com\/documents\/2025\/12\/19\/Game_12-_Chattanooga.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alabama A&amp;M<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGAME HEADLINES<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMocs Falter in Second Half at Bellarmine<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Chattanooga (5-7) held Bellarmine (5-6) to just 27 first-half points and led by nine at the break before falling 79-64 on Wednesday&#8230; UTC was outscored 52-28 in the second half&#8230; allowed the Knights to shoot 71.4% (15-21 FG) in the half&#8230; Mocs shot just 25% (8-32 FG) over the final 20 minutes.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nScouting Alabama A&amp;M<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Alabama A&amp;M (6-5) dropped an 80-66 decision at SEC-member Ole Miss on Wednesday in Oxford&#8230; three different Bulldogs reached double figures in scoring&#8230; outscored the Rebels 37-36 over the final 20 minutes of action.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Alabama A&amp;M has already faced a pair of common opponents of Chattanooga this season in Tennessee State and North Alabama&#8230; AAMU defeated TSU by a wide 80-53 margin at home on December 3&#8230; defeated UNA 68-60 at home on December 15.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Alabama A&amp;M has played to a perfect 6-0 record at home this season&#8230; 4-0 against DI opponents at home this season&#8230; carries a W7 streak in home games dating back to last season.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHalftime Lead Disappears in Wednesday&#8217;s Loss<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Chattanooga saw its nine-point (36-27) halftime lead disappear in Wednesday&#8217;s loss at Bellarmine&#8230; just the 12th defeat under <a href=\"https:\/\/gomocs.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/dan-earl\/2166\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2166\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Earl<\/a> when leading at the break (now 53-12)&#8230; 5-2 this season when leading at half.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMixing and Matching Starting Five Rotations\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Chattanooga rolled out its eighth different starting five of the season Wednesday at BU&#8230; one of three DI teams this season with 8+ (Charleston So. 12; ECU 8)&#8230; second time in the <a href=\"https:\/\/gomocs.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/dan-earl\/2166\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2166\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Earl<\/a> era with eight or more.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Chattanooga was one of 22 DI teams in 2023-24 with eight different starting fives&#8230; one of just seven DI programs to win with 7+ that season.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGlass Needs Cleaning<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Chattanooga lost the rebounding battle 41-33 (-8) at Bellarmine on Wednesday&#8230; all seven losses this season feature the Mocs on the wrong side of the rebound total&#8230; six of the seven include a -8 or more difference.<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFollow @GoMocsMBB\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoMocsMBB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0&amp; on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gomocsmbb\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0for the most up-to-date information and news regarding Chattanooga men&#8217;s basketball.<\/p>\n<p>GoMocs.com is the official website of the Chattanooga Mocs.\u00a0Buy officially licensed gear in our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/utc.shoptruespirit.com\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/BNCBHomePage?storeId=88506&amp;catalogId=10003&amp;langId=-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">online store<\/a>. 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