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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – In a key Southern Conference contest on Thursday night, the Wofford men’s basketball team downed Chattanooga 88-56 at Benjamin Johnson Arena. The Terriers scored the first 15 points of the game and never looked back as three players scored over twenty points for Wofford. It was the first conference loss of the season for Chattanooga.

Wofford is 9-9 on the season and 6-1 in the Southern Conference and Chattanooga is 11-9 overall and 7-1 in SoCon play. The Terriers were led by Jamar Diggs with a career-high 24 points, Cameron Rundles with 23 points and Noah Dahlman with 22 points. Tim Johnson led the team with nine rebounds. The Mocs were led by Troy Cage with 19 points.

“It was a great effort tonight,” said Wofford head coach Mike Young. “Defensively it was superb. What Chattanooga does offensively is hard to guard and they beat a good Charleston team on the offensive end earlier this week. We spent a lot of time on it, but I do not think our team could have executed any more crisply on the defensive end and our rebounding was good as well. I am proud of our team.”

Cameron Rundles hit two three pointers to open the game for Wofford. After four points by Noah Dahlman and five points by Jamar Diggs, the Terriers had a 15-0 lead just four minutes into the game. Six straight points in the paint by Noah Dahlman pushed the advantage to 26-6 at the 10:23 mark.

With the score 30-9 after another bucket by Cameron Rundles, the Mocs went on a 12-2 run to cut the lead to 32-21 with two minutes left in the half. Jamar Diggs scored seven points in the final 1:42 to give the Terriers a 39-23 lead at the break. In the first half, the Mocs were 9-of-26 from the floor. Wofford on the other hand was 16-of-29 which included five three pointers.

The Terriers opened the second half with a 10-0 run for a 49-23 lead after a bucket by Tim Johnson at the 16:53 mark. Wofford kept building the lead and after a three pointer and free throw by Cameron Rundles at 10:47 in the second half the advantage was 62-33. Jamar Diggs hit a three at 10:13 to give the Terriers a 30 point lead at 65-35.

With just under six minutes to play in the game, Kevin Giltner hit a three to extend the lead to 81-39, the largest of the night for the Terriers at 42 points. At the four minute mark, a jumper from Drew Crowell made it an 85-43 game. In the final minutes, the Mocs made three three-pointers to cut the final margin to 88-56.

Wofford shot 57.6% from the floor and was 57.1% from three. From the free throw line, the Terriers were 72.7%. Chattanooga was 36.2% overall and was 31.8% from behind the arc. They were 57.7% from the line. Wofford had a 35 to 27 advantage in rebounds and the Terriers forced 17 turnovers.

The three Terriers from Minnesota – Rundles, Diggs and Dahlman – combined for 69 of the 88 points in the game. It was the first time since February 19, 2001 at Western Carolina (Lee Nixon, Ian Chadwick, Mike Lenzly) that three Wofford players scored twenty or more points. In addition, the 56 points by Chattanooga in the game were the fewest allowed by the Wofford defense this season.

Wofford continues the three-game home stand on Saturday at 2:00 pm at Benjamin Johnson Arena against Samford. The Terriers will also host Furman on Monday night at 7:00 pm.