Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
Western Carolina at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday – Jan. 17, 2015
TEAM
- Chattanooga won its 11th straight game with today's 83-52 triumph over Western Carolina … UTC improves to 15-3 overall and 3-0 in SoCon action … WCU falls to 8-10 and 0-3 in league play.
- The Mocs have won 37-straight SoCon games … last loss was at Elon (70-60) in OT on Jan. 7, 2013.
- UTC has won 46 of its last 47 games at home.
- The 83 points for UTC is a season high.
- The Mocs shot 54.4% (31-57) from the field … second only to the 56.0% (28-50) they shot last Saturday at Wofford.
- UTC had a season-high 22 assists on its 31 buckets … fifth time with 20+ this season.
- Mocs had 12 steals in the game … seventh time this season with 10+.
- UTC outrebounded Western Carolina 33-26 … first time the Mocs have won the battle on the boards in five games.
- Chattanooga is 66-11 all-time against WCU, including nine consecutive wins … the last time the Mocs dropped one in the series was a 51-49 OT loss at WCU on Feb. 22, 2010.
INDIVIDUAL
Destiny Bramblett – Sr.-F
- 11 points in 13 minutes off the bench.
- 5-7 from the field, 1-3 from the 3-point line.
- Third game in double-figures.
Keiana Gilbert – Fr.-G
- 14 points on 6-7 shooting, 2-2 from the FT line.
- 6-7 (85.7%) from the field is the best FG% in a game by a Moc this season (min 5 attempts).
Jasmine Joyner – So.-F
- 12 points, five blocks and two steals in 21 minutes.
- Shot 4-8 from the field, 4-5 from the FT line.
- Added a game-high eight boards.
- Came into the game No. 2 in the nation at 4.2 blocks per game.
- 76 blocks this season adds to her single-season school record.
Anna Claire Noblitt – Fr.-G
- Tied a career-high with six points in 10 minutes off the bench.
- 2-4 from 3-pt. range.
Alicia Payne – Jr.-G
- 10 points on 3-6 shooting, 1-1 from 3-pt. range and 3-4 from the FT line.
- Added three assists, four boards, three blocks and three steals.
- 3-4 from 3-pt. range last three games.
- 11-18 (61.1%) from the field last three games.
Chelsey Shumpert – So.- G
- Game-high 15 points.
- Shot 6-10 from the field and 3-6 from 3-pt. range.
- Career-high nine assists … nine assists tied for the most by a Moc this season.
