Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
ETSU vs. Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday – Feb. 27, 2016
TEAM
- The Mocs earned a share of the SoCon Title with a 66-42 win over ETSU today.  UTC finishes the regular season at 21-7 and 12-2 in the SoCon.  The Bucs fall to 16-13 overall and 8-6 in the league.

- It is the 20^th time in school history the Mocs have won or shared the SoCon Regular Season Championship. 

- UTC shares the league crown with Mercer (22-7, 12-2 SoCon).  The Bears hold the tiebreaker with a season sweep of third place Samford and will be the No. 1 seed at next week's SoCon Tournament. 

- Chattanooga capped off the season by beating No. 3 Samford 53-30 on Feb. 17, No. 1 Mercer 67-45 on Feb. 20 and No., 4 ETSU today.  That's an average margin of victory of 23 ppg against the other top three teams in the league.

- The Mocs trailed 16-13 after the first quarter … only allowed one FG in the second frame to take a 27-20 lead at the break.

- UTC 36-30 with just under five minutes left in the third, but went on a 16-2 run to close the quarter and put the game out of reach.

- The Mocs have won 43 consecutive SoCon home games … last loss was against Appalachian State (57-56) on Feb. 14, 2011 … third longest streak in the nation behind Florida Gulf Coast (68) and UConn (44).

- UTC won the battle on the boards (30-27), improving to 15-1 when outrebounding its opponent. 

- UTC committed half as many turnovers as ETSU (14-7) … Mocs are 9-0 when committing less turnovers. 

INDIVIDUAL
Aryanna Gilbert – So.-G
- 11 points in 26 minutes.
- Shot 5-5 from the field and 1-1 from 3-pt. range.
- Added two steals.

Keiana Gilbert – So.-G
- 19 points and eight boards.
- Shot 6-10 from the field, 2-3 from 3-pt. range and 5-6 from the FT line.
- Added two assists and two steals.

Jasmine Joyner – Jr.-F
- Game-highs with 21 points and 10 boards.
- Ninth double-double of the season … 17^th of her career.
- Five blocks put her over 300 (302) for her career.
- 13^th time this season with 5+ blocks … 29^th time in her career.
- Shot 9-15 from the field and 3-4 from the FT line.
- Also had a team-high four assists in 38 minutes.

Alicia Payne – Sr.-G
- Scored nine points on 3-5 shooting , 1-2 from 3-pt. range and 2-3 from the FT line.
- Added three boards and two assists in 37 minutes.