Postgame Notes at Furman - 2/15/14
2/15/2014 4:18:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
Chattanooga at Furman
Timmons Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday – Feb. 15, 2014
TEAM
- The Chattanooga Mocs clinched the Southern Conference regular season title with a 71-54 win at Furman today. UTC improves to 22-3 overall and 14-0 in league action. Furman drops to 13-11 and 7-6 in league play.
- The is the 18th time the Mocs have won or shared the Southern Conference Regular Season title.
- UTC has won 18-straight games, fourth-longest active run in the nation.
- Chattanooga has also won 10 consecutive road games, second best in the NCAA.
- UTC has won five straight and 26 of the last 27 against Furman.
- Furman came into the game 8-1 at home and 5-0 in Timmons Arena in SoCon action.
- The Mocs have won 30 straight SoCon games…last loss was a 70-60 overtime defeat at Elon on Jan. 7, 2013.
- Head coach Jim Foster won his 805th game today…11th women's coach in the NCAA to reach that mark. His 36-year mark stands at 805-310. The 2013 Hall of Fame inductee is the only coach in NCAA Division I history - men or women - to lead three different teams to at least 200 wins (St. Joseph's: 248, Vanderbilt: 256, Ohio State: 279). This marked his 27th season with 20 or more wins, tied for seventh most in Division I.
- The Mocs have won eight straight SoCon games by 10+ points…longest such run since the 2007-08 season when they won 17-straight league games by double-digits.
-It was a four-point game with 6:05 left to play when Furman's Sarah Durdaller hit two free throws to close the Mocs lead to 58-54. Those were the last points for the Paladins as UTC ended the game on a 13-0 run. Furman did not have any points from the field in the lasdt 7:27 of the game.
- This game featured five ties and 15 lead changes.
- Mocs tied a season-low with six turnovers in the game…fewest in SoCon play this season. Mocs came into the game No. 22 in the nation for fewest miscues at 13.0 per game.
- Chattanooga outrebounded its opponent for the eighth straight game (38-30). UTC is 16-0 when outrebounding its opponent.
- Furman blocked five shots in the game…second-most against the Mocs this season (6 vs. UAB) and most in SoCon play.
- Chattanooga improved to 13-0 when scoring 70+ points in a game.
INDIVIDUAL
Alex Black – Sr.-G
- 11 points on 3-4 shooting, 5-6 from the FT line.
- Second-straight game in double-figures…seventh this season.
- 12-13 from the FT line over the last seven games.
Ashlen Dewart – Sr.-F
- 12 points on 5-10 shooting, 2-3 from the FT line.
- Tied for game-high with eight boards.
Taylor Hall – Sr.-F
- Game-high 19 points on 7-17 shooting, 2-5 from 3-pt. range and 3-4 from the FT line.
- Tied for game-high with eight boards.
- Added three assists and three steals in 39 minutes.
- Seven straight game in double-figures.
Tatianna Jackson – So.-G
- Seven boards in 19 minutes off the bench…season-high.
- Added four points.
- Tied season-highs with three assists and three steals.
- Most minutes since playing 23 against Davidson on Jan. 6.
Jasmine Joyner – Fr.-F
- Career-high 11 points on 4-7 shooting, 3-3 from the FT line.
- Added five boards and four blocks.
- Has 30 blocks in just 149 minutes.
- 18 blocks in last five games (3.6 bpg).
