Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
Chattanooga vs. Mercer
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga defeated Mercer 67-45 today … Mocs improve to 20-7 and 11-2 SoCon … this is the Mocs fifth straight 20-win season, Foster's third and Chattanooga's 20^th all-time.
 
- Mercer falls to 20-7 overall and 10-2 in league play … Chattanooga takes a half-game lead over Mercer in the Southern Conference standings … the Mocs have one game remaining, the Bears have two.
 
- This is the Mocs' 42^nd consecutive home-court SoCon victory … last loss was against Appalachian State in the regular season finale (57-56) on Feb. 14, 2011.
 
- Chattanooga is 22-0 at home in SoCon play under head coach Jim Foster.
 
- 45 points is the fourth fewest points allowed by the Mocs this season.
 
- Queen Alford (24 points) and Jasmine Joyner (20 points) each had 20 or more points … last time that happened at UTC was Feb. 27, 2012 vs. Appalachian State when Whitney Hood and Taylor Hall each scored 20 points.
 
- Chattanooga used a 20-0 run beginning with an Alford 3-pointer with 4:56 to play in the first and ending with Alford's fourth 3-pointer in the run at the 6:36 mark of the second quarter to pull away with a 28-7 lead … Alford had 14 points in the run and was 4-of-4 from the 3-point line.
 
- Keiana Gilbert's 3-pointer with 9:04 to play in the third quarter gave the Mocs their largest lead, 43-17 … Mercer never led in the game.
 
- Chattanooga shot 53.8 percent (28-52) for the game … UTC was 9-of-10 in the second quarter … 6-of-10 from 3-point line
 
- Mocs outscored the Bears 36-16 in the paint … 4-4 on turnovers … 6-8 on second chance points … 2-2 on fast break points … Mercer's bench outscored the Mocs 17-2.
 
- Mercer was 18-of-54 from the field and 3-of-8 from the 3-point line … Kahlia Lawrence had just eight points, 10 below her average of 18 points.
 
- Chattanooga outrebounded Mercer 36-27 and is 14-1 when outrebounding its opponents.
  
INDIVIDUAL
Queen Alford – Jr. – G
- 24 points, 6 rebounds
- FG: 9-of-14; 3FG: 4-of-5
- career-high (UTC) in points
 
- matched her career-high for made 3-pointers
- reached her 1,000^th career point combining time at Jacksonville and Chattanooga … She has 1,014 points.
- leads team in scoring in SoCon games with 15.3
 
 Jasmine Joyner – Jr. – C
- 20 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assist
- FG: 10-of-15, 12 defensive rebounds
- eighth double-double of the year – 16^th of her career
- five assists matches her career high
 
Keiana Gilbert – So. – G
- 18 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists
- Played all 40 minutes
- FG: 7-of-15; 3FG: 2-of-3