Chattanooga (GoMocsMBB) is going dancing! 🥳
Publish date:A chaotic finish on Monday night has catapulted Chattanooga back into the NCAA Tournament for the first time in six seasons.
Thanks to a deep buzzer-beating three from senior guard David Jean-Baptiste, the Mocs are headed back to March Madness after defeating Furman, 64–63, in overtime for the Southern Conference championship. Prior to this year’s tourney, the two programs had never met in a title game. The win gave Chattanooga its first conference crown since 2016 and its 12th in program history.
Furman guard Mike Bothwell, who led all players with 24 points, scored a game-tying bucket with less than five seconds remaining in OT to take a 63-61 lead. After securing the ensuing inbounds pass, Jean-Baptiste immediately saw a double team, but managed to find enough space to pull up from