Though their overall sub-.500 record wouldn’t indicate it, the Eagles were still had a shot at a bye going into their final game, in which they were smacked by UT-C, 95-82.
The Mocs wound up grabbing the extra-day’s preparation while the Eagles drew the short straw in the 9-7 logjam in the South Division, finishing fourth.
The loss to Chattanooga ended a four-game tear by Jeff Price’s club that was ignited by a surprise 98-79 blowout of the Bucs, with whom they will meet again with a first-round victory over VMI.
No matter the outcome, Eagles games have been high-scoring this year, as no team in the SoCon has scored as many points or given up as many per night as they have.
Behind this offensive mayhem have been league assist leader Sean Peterson (6.3 apg), the SoCon’s second-leading rebounder Kashien Latham (9.4 rpg) and Julius Jenkins, whose 17.1 points-per-contest check in at third in the league.

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