Chattanooga Lady Mocs Basketball vs. Western Carolina Postgame Notes - Jan. 22, 2011
1/22/2011 5:04:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Chattanooga Lady Mocs Basketball Postgame Notes
Western Carolina at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena - Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday - Jan. 22, 2011
TEAM
- Lady Mocs snap a two-game losing streak with a xx-xx win over Western Carolina tonight. Chattanooga improves to 9-11 on the year and 6-5 in SoCon play...WCU falls to 7-12 overall and 4-5 in league play.
- Head Coach Wes Moore is now one win shy of his 500th career victory, his 300th win at UTC and his 200 SoCon regular season victory.
- UTC snapped a two-game losing streak with tonight's win.
- Chattanooga shot 46.8% (29-62) from the field tonight...the best shooting performance in five games since hitting 51.6% (32-62) against Furman on Jan. 4.
- UTC was 20-35 (57.1%) from inside the 3-pt. line...9-27 (33.3%) from outside the arc.
- Lady Mocs had 20 assists on 29 field goals in the game...that ties a season-high set against Georgia Southern on Dec. 4.
- Both teams committed just 12 turnovers in the game, but UTC scored 18 points off turnovers compared to seven for WCU.
- Both teams had 11 offensive boards, but Chattanooga outscored Western Carolina 13-7 in second chance points.
- The Lady Mocs' bench outscored the Catamount reserves 15-7.
- Chattanooga led the game from start to finish...Lady Mocs are 7-2 when leading at the break...6-0 when leading with 10:00 left in the game...7-0 with 5:00 on the clock...7-0 with 2:00 left.
- UTC improves to 7-0 when scoring 70 points.
- Tonight's attendance was 2,177...third largest crowd of the season and the 23rd largest in Lady Mocs history at the McKenzie Arena.
INDIVIDUAL
Freshman Destiny Bramblett
- Career-high 10 points.
- Shot 4-9 from the field, 2-6 from 3-pt. range.
- Tied a career-high with seven boards.
- Tied a career-high with 21 minutes.
Sophomore Kayla Christopher
- 11 points on 4-5 shooting, 2-3 from 3-pt. range and 1-1 from the FT line.
- Added five assists.
- 4-7 from 3-pt. range the last two games...42.9% for the year.
Junior Whitney Hood
- Game-high 20 points on 10-16 shooting.
- Did not attempt a FT for the first time this season.
- 11th game with 20+ points...first in the last three games.
- Leads the SoCon in scoring with 21.3 ppg.
- Added six boards and four assists.
Sophomore Kylie Lambert
- 18 points on 6-14 shooting, 3-6 from 3-pt. range and 3-7 from the FT line.
- Team-high 10 boards...four on the offensive end.
- Second double-double of the season and her career.
Head Coach Wes Moore
- 299th win at UTC - 299-93 (.763) - 13th year
- 499th win as a head coach - 499-145 (.775) - 22nd year
- 199th SoCon regular season win - 199-33 (.858) - 13th year
Junior Tenisha Townsend
- Game-high seven assists.
- Most since logging a career-high eight against UNCG on Jan. 8.
- Averaging 4.1 apg.
