Chattanooga 47, Furman 40
Greenville, S.C. • Timmons Arena
Monday, January 12, 2015
TEAM
• Chattanooga beats Furman 47-40 … Mocs improve to 14-3 overall and 2-0 in SoCon … Furman falls to 11-7 overall and 0-2 in SoCon
• 47 points is fewest scored by UTC this season … 40 points ties for the fewest allowed by UTC this season.
• Chattanooga gets school-record 36th consecutive SoCon regular season win beginning with win at Georgia Southern on Jan. 12, 2013 … Mocs last SoCon loss was on Jan. 7, 70-60 at Elon in overtime … only loss for UTC in 2012-13 season.
• 10th consecutive win for Chattanooga this season … 12th best consecutive win mark for UTC in school history … school record is 27 (11/29/03 – 3/20/04)
• Sixth straight win over Furman and 27-of-28 against the Paladins
• Furman had 12-point lead, 34-22, with 15:43 to play … Mocs outscored Furman 25-6 over the remainder of the game.
• Towns scored all eight of her points – two 3-pointers and a layup – over period of 3:20 in final 6:47 of the game.
• Shumpert's 3-pointer with 14:45 to play started the 25-6 run and she scored nine of her 15 points over the next 6:13.
• Furman outrebounded the Mocs 40-38 … 12th game outrebounded by opponent … UTC is 10-2 when outrebounded … 40 is second most rebounds allowed to an opponent this season
• Eight blocked shots by Furman is most by a UTC opponent this season
• Chattanooga had 14 steals, second most in a game for UTC this season … allowed Furman just one steal – fewest by a UTC opponent this season
• Nine turnovers tied for fewest by UTC this season
• Mocs scored 21 points off 19 Furman turnovers while the Paladins had 12 points off nine UTC miscues.
• Chattanooga edged Furman 26-24 in the paint and both teams only got two points from its bench.
• UTC had seven second chance points off 16 offensive rebounds while not allowing Furman any points off 11 offensive rebounds
INDIVIDUAL
• Chelsey Shumpert – G – So.
15 points – FG: 6-of-15, 3FG: 2-of-7
3 rebounds, 3 assist, 3 steals, 1 block, 1 turnover
• Jasmine Joyner – F – So.
8 points, 9 rebounds, 6 blocks
FG: 3-for-17; FT: 2-2
72 blocked shots for the season, ranks 1st at UTC and 7th on SoCon single-season chart
• Ka'Vonne Towns – G – Sr.
8 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals, 3 assists
40 minutes
FG: 3-of-6; 3FG: 2-of-4
• Alicia Payne – G – So.
8 points, 3 assists