Chattanooga Women's Basketball Postgame Notes
Villanova at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Friday – November 14, 2014

TEAM
- The Chattanooga women's basketball team extended the nation's longest home court winning streak to 40 games with a 49-45 win over Villanova in the season opener for both teams tonight. 

- The Mocs trailed 13-8 with 12:33 left in the first half when Villanova's Lauren Buford hit a three … UTC then went on a 17-2 run over the next 10 minutes to take control of the half and led 27-19 at the break. 

- UTC built a 39-23 lead with 12:03 left in the game when Chelsey Shumpert hit a three … Mocs did not score for the next 5:11 until Moses Johnson made a FT … Villanova used that drought to score 12 unanswered to get back into the game … they trailed by two, 47-45 with 2:31 left, but that was as cose as they could get.

- UTC is now 2-1 all-time against Villanova, including a 50-40 win on March 18, 2005 and a 64-59 loss on Nov. 28, 2009. 

- This is UTC's third win over a team in the Big East … UTC also defeated Rutgers 74-69 in the 2004 NCAA Tournament. 

- The Mocs won despite shooting 4-19 from the field over the last 15 minutes of the game.

- Chattanooga dominated inside, outscoring Villanova 28-16 in the paint, while grabbing 18 offensive boards for 11 second-chance points. 

INDIVIDUAL
Moses Johnson – So.-G
- Career-high 13 points in 26 minutes off the bench.
- Shot 5-12 from the field and 3-6 from the FT line.
- Tied a career-high with six boards.

Jasmine Joyner – So.-C/F
- Team-high 16 points and game-high 20 boards.
- Career-highs for points and rebounds.
- 20 rebounds are the most by a Moc since Regina Kirk had 20 against Furman on Feb. 6, 1988.
- Tied for fifth-most rebounds in a game in school history.
- Second game in her career with 10+ rebounds.
- Shot 5-15 from the field and 6-7 from the FT line.
- Made two clutch FTs with five seconds left to seal the win.
- Only the fifth game in her career without a block … had one in the previous 13 outings.