FLASH ALERT: ASU Men Down Chattanooga, 79-70

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Special Report to Blowing Rock News from GoASU. February 15, 2012. BOONE -- Mike Neal scored a career-high 23 points and Isaac Butts pulled down a season-high 16 rebounds to lead Appalachian State University men's basketball to a convincing 79-70 victory over Southern Conference North Division rival Chattanooga on Wednesday evening at the Holmes Center.

Appalachian (11-15, 7-9 SoCon) led by as many as 17 points in the first half and stretched the advantage to as much as 22 early in the second period. In all, the Mountaineers led for 37:58 of the game's 40 minutes en route to its sixth-straight home victory over UTC (10-18, 4-11 SoCon) and the 11th-consecutive triumph by the home team in the series. Neal made just 6-of-15 shots from the field but sank 4-of-9 three-pointers and 7-of-10 free throws to top his previous career high of 18, set just six days ago in a 79-69 win at Furman. The freshman point guard has been the Mountaineers' leading scorer in each of the past three games.

Limited by foul trouble to just 23 minutes, Butts pulled down 11 of his 16 boards in the first half. The 6-10, 290-pound senior also scored six points, dished out three assists and blocked three shots in one of his most complete performances of the season.

Stifling defense also played a large part in the victory, as ASU limited the Mocs to 33-percent shooting (23-of-69), including a paltry 26.5 percent (9-of-34) in the first half. UTC made just 6-of-25 three-point attempts (24 percent) and the Mountaineers blocked seven shots.

Appalachian closes out its home schedule on Saturday when it hosts a non-conference duel versus Winthrop in the annual Sears BracketBusters event. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. at the Holmes Center.

Chattanooga 70

			Total	3-point		Rebounds
##	Player	p	fgm-fga	fgm-fga	ftm-fta	off-def	tot	pf	tp	a	to	blk	stl	min
20	ZLOVARIC, Drazen	f	5-8	0-0	2-2	5-4	9	1	12	0	1	0	1	20
32	BURROUGHS, Jahmal	f	1-6	0-0	1-2	3-4	7	0	3	0	2	0	0	17
00	WATTAD, Omar	g	3-12	1-8	0-0	0-2	2	0	7	1	1	0	0	19
03	BELL, Keegan	g	1-6	1-6	0-0	0-0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	21
22	TAYLOR, Ricky	g	0-3	0-1	0-0	1-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	14
01	STOKES, Lance	-	0-2	0-0	0-0	1-3	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	7
02	HAMPTON, Dontay	-	5-11	2-4	5-5	0-6	6	4	17	3	2	0	2	29
05	BAKER, Drew	-	1-2	0-0	1-2	3-1	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	11
10	BARIEKA, Martynas	-	1-5	0-1	0-0	3-1	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	16
11	WHITE, Ronrico	-	3-11	2-5	8-10	0-0	0	2	16	2	1	0	1	26
34	BRYANT, Jared	-	3-3	0-0	1-2	4-3	7	3	7	0	0	0	1	20
TM	TEAM	-	-	-	-	2-0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Totals..............	-	23-69	6-25	18-23	22-24	46	20	70	9	9	0	6	200
			33.3%	24.0%	78.3%
	Team summary:		FG	3FG	FT
	1st Half:		9-34	4-16	3-4
			26.5%	25.0%	75.0%
	2nd Half:		14-35	2-9	15-19
			40.0%	22.2%	78.9%

Appalachian State 79

			Total	3-point		Rebounds
##	Player	p	fgm-fga	fgm-fga	ftm-fta	off-def	tot	pf	tp	a	to	blk	stl	min
11	HEALY, Nathan	f	4-7	1-2	2-2	2-4	6	3	11	0	1	1	0	26
54	HAUSLEY, Petey	f	2-3	0-0	1-3	2-0	2	4	5	1	1	1	0	16
02	HAMILTON, Tab	g	4-13	0-5	1-2	0-2	2	3	9	0	2	0	1	35
23	NEAL, Mike	g	6-15	4-9	7-10	0-4	4	2	23	3	2	0	1	38
33	WOODS, Mitch	g	3-3	0-0	2-3	1-4	5	4	8	4	0	1	0	23
03	VILARINO, G.J.	-	1-4	1-2	0-0	0-1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	8
13	TRICE, Jamaal	-	3-3	1-1	1-2	0-0	0	0	8	1	2	0	1	15
21	CARTER, Omar	-	2-7	1-2	1-1	3-2	5	1	6	0	0	1	1	15
24	OKAM, Brian	-	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	BUTTS, Isaac	-	2-4	0-0	2-4	6-10	16	4	6	3	3	3	0	23
TM	TEAM	-	-	-	-	1-0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Totals..............	-	27-59	8-21	17-27	15-27	42	22	79	13	11	7	5	200
			45.8%	38.1%	63.0%
	Team summary:		FG	3FG	FT
	1st Half:		16-35	6-13	2-5
			45.7%	46.2%	40.0%
	2nd Half:		11-24	2-8	15-22
			45.8%	25.0%	68.2%

Score by Periods	1st	2nd	Total
Chattanooga	25	45	70	Record: (10-18, 4-11)
Appalachian State	40	39	79	Record: (11-15, 7-9)

Points in the paint-UTC 30,ASU 26. Points off turnovers-UTC 12,ASU 13.

2nd chance points-UTC 19,ASU 13. Fast break points-UTC 4,ASU 12.

Bench points-UTC 45,ASU 23. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time.

Last FG-UTC 2nd-00:17, ASU 2nd-00:22.

Largest lead-UTC by 2 1st-19:25, ASU by 22 2nd-17:53.

Officials: Billy Dunlap, Haywood Bostic, Charlie Balunek
Technical fouls: Chattanooga-None. Appalachian State-None.
Attendance: 1271

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