CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Interstat) — The Chattanooga Mocs used a balanced scoring attack and a decisive second-half run to defeat the North Alabama Lions 71-57 in a non-conference men’s basketball game Saturday at McKenzie Arena.

Billy Smith led Chattanooga with 18 points, while Sebastian Hartmann and Tate Darner added 11 and 10 points, respectively. The Mocs improved to 3-3 overall.

Kevin de Kovachich scored 18 points for North Alabama, which trailed by just seven points at halftime but could not keep pace after the break. The Lions shot just 42% from the field and fell to 2-4 on the season. A crowd of 3,455 attended the game.