Lady Mocs Basketball - Postgame Notes vs. Oklahoma State
3/20/2010 10:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
No. 13 Chattanooga - No. 4 Oklahoma State
NCAA Tournament First Round - Sacramento Regional
Wells Fargo Arena - Tempe, Ariz.
March 20, 2010
TEAM
- Chattanooga falls to Oklahoma State 70-63 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament...UTC ends its season at 24-9, while OSU improves to 24-10.
- Lady Mocs' 24 wins marks the ninth in the last 11 years that the squad has registered 24 or more wins...tops 20 wins for the 11th year in a row.
- Lady Mocs are now 1-10 in the NCAA Tournament...their lone win was a 74-69 victory over Rutgers exactly six years ago on March 20, 2004.
- Lady Mocs led 37-19 at the break...biggest first half deficit of the year for OSU.
- Chattanooga started the game 5-5 from the field and 3-3 from 3-pt. range to open to a 13-4 lead in the first three minutes of action.
- After opening a 29-10 lead, UTC went 7:05 without scoring...went 0-16 in that stretch between a Kayla Christopher three at the 9:58 mark and two FTs from Shanara Hollinquest at 2:48...OSU was only able to close the gap to 29-14 in that gap.
- Oklahoma State only made 4 of their first 30 attempts from the field...Cowgirls went 0-12 from 3-pt. range in the first half.
- Senior Jenaya Wade-Fray only played five minutes in the first half after picking up her second foul at the 15:00 mark.
- UTC had eight turnovers in the first five minutes of the second half as OSU pulled to 40-35 at the 14:00 mark...opened with a 16-3 run.
- OSU used a 27-11 run to tie the game at 48 at the 9:08 mark...OSU hit 14-23 from the field in that run while UTC was 4-10 with 12 turnovers.
- Cowgirls outscored the Lady Mocs 51-26 in the second half.
- OSU's 51 points in the second half were the most allowed by UTC in any half this season.
- Oklahoma State was 0-15 from 3-pt. range in the game.
INDIVIDUAL
Freshman Kayla Christopher
- Team-high 14 points on 5-11 shooting and 4-8 from 3-pt. range.
- Added nine rebounds
Senior Shanara Hollinquest
- Scored 14 points on 6-13 shooting and 2-5 from the FT line
- Game high 11 rebounds for her 18th double-double of the season...34th of her career
- 498 career FTs extends her school record
- 181 FTs in 2009-10 extends her UTC single-season record
- 252 FTs attempts in 2009-10 extends her single-season UTC record
- 891 career rebounds is fifth all-time at UTC
- Finishes with 1,700 career points...6th all-time at UTC
- Fifth player in school history with 1,700 points and 800 rebounds
Sophomore Tenisha Townsend
- Scored 11 points on 4-11 shooting, 1-7 from 3-pt. range and 2-2 from the FT line
- Third time in double figures in the last five games
Senior Jenaya Wade-Fray
- Scored six points on 2-8 shooting, 2-7 from 3-pt. range
- Fouled out for the first time in her career
- Has 62 3-pt. FGs this season...ninth most in a season at UTC.
- Has 214 career 3-pt. FGs...No. 3 all-time at UTC and in the Southern Conference.
- Appeared in a UTC record 131 career games
