ELON, N.C. — The Elon men’s basketball team will take a three-game winning streak on the road when it travels to Tennessee for a date with the Chattanooga Mocs on Thursday, February 9 at 7 p.m. in McKenzie Arena. The Phoenix has won four of five games since beating the Mocs in late January, while Chattanooga is in the midst of a seven-game winless stretch. The game can be seen on ESPN3.com. Darren Goldwater will offer the play-by-play with Dean Keener providing color commentary.
Site: Chattanooga, Tenn.
Arena: McKenzie Arena
Series: Chattanooga leads, 10-9
Streak: Elon has won one
Radio: WPCM 920 AM — Taylor Durham and Dick Stewart will call the action
Twittter: @elonscores
FREE THROWS
• The Phoenix has won five of its last six contests and is in first place in the North Division. A win against UTC would match Elon’s win total for all of last season (14).
• Jack Isenbarger was named SoCon Player of the Week after a career week that saw him average 23.3 ppg, 7.0 rpg and 5.6 apg over three Phoenix victories.
• Elon is 3-2 on the road against league foes this year. The Phoenix has never won four SoCon games on the road since joining the league in 2003-04.
• Elon’s eight SoCon victories are the most during the Matt Matheny era and most since a nine-win campaign in 2007-08.
• Elon is 10-1 when scoring 70 or more points and 3-9 when scoring 69 or less points.
• Sophomore guard Jack Isenbarger has been a starter the last seven games and Elon owns a 5-2 mark. He is shooting 49.5 percent from the field and averaging 21.4 ppg, 4.9 rpg and 3.8 apg. Isenbarger has hit 26 three-pointers over the last seven games.
• Elon has held opponents to under 40 percent shooting in nine of 13 wins this year — but opponents have shot 40 percent or better in all but one of the 10 losses.
• Lucas Troutman moved into Elon’s all-time career blocks list with two swats against South Carolina. He is averaging 1.4 bpg, second in the league. The sophomore now has 80 blocks and is in seventh place all-time at Elon.
• The Phoenix has shot better than its opponent in 11 of its 13 wins this year.
LAST TIME OUT
• Elon ended a seven-game losing streak to Appalachian State with a dominating 82-59 victory over the Mountaineers on Monday night.
• Four Phoenix scored in double figures led by a season-high 21 from Sebastian Koch.
• Elon dominated all aspects of the game, never trailing and holding a double figure lead for nearly 30 minutes of the contest.
• Elon outrebounded ASU, 38-28, marking only the sixth time this year the Phoenix has held the edge on the glass. The Phoenix had 13 offensive boards and scored 18 second chance points.
• Turnovers were also a piece of the puzzle as the Phoenix turned 17 ASU miscues into 26 points.
ELON VS. CHATTANOOGA
• Elon will be looking for the series sweep against the Mocs having defeated UTC in Alumni Gym, 88-87, on January 21. Last time the Phoenix defeated Chattanooga twice in the same season was in Matheny’s first season (2009-10).
• Since beating the Mocs in January, Elon has won four of its next five games. Chattanooga has dropped seven straight.
• Four scored in double figures in Elon’s one-point win over UTC led by Lucas Troutman’s 21.