Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
Chattanooga at Mercer
Hawkins Arena - Macon, Ga.
Thursday – Jan. 21, 2016
 
TEAM
 
- The Mocs fell 67-44 at Mercer tonight … UTC falls to 13-6 overall and 4-1 in SoCon action … the loss snaps a 52-game SoCon win streak by UTC … Mercer improves to 14-5 overall and 4-0 SoCon, becoming the only league team without a conference loss.
 
- Loss snaps a 52-game SoCon win streak by UTC … last loss was in overtime (70-60) at Elon on Jan. 7, 2013 … Head Coach Jim Foster is 36-1 in SoCon regular season in three seasons at UTC.
 
- Mercer was 10-of-13 (76.9%) in the second quarter to pull away from the Mocs and led 34-26 at halftime.
 
- Chattanooga got as close as six points (44-38) in the third quarter on a 3-point play by Keiana Gilbert with 3:37 to play … that's the closest it would for the Mocs.
 
- Mercer outscored UTC 16-5 in the fourth quarter.
 
- The Bears outrebounded UTC 38-23 … first time in five games that UTC was outrebounded … Mocs are 2-6 when outrebounded.
 
- Mercer outscored UTC 30-18 in the paint … 23-9 on turnovers … 17-4 on second chance points … 8-2 on fast breaks and 24-0 on bench points.
 
- 11-2 against Mercer … 2-1 in SoCon play … snaps a nine-game win streak against the Bears … 5-2 on the road.
 
INDIVIDUAL
Keiana Gilbert – So. – G
- 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocked shots
- 5-10 FG, 2-4 3-ptrs, 3-3 FT
- matches career-best for made 3-pointers
- 40 minutes
 
Jasmine Joyner – Jr. – C
- 11 points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocked shots
- Three blocked shots shy of second on SoCon all-time list
- 40 minutes
 
Alicia Payne – Sr. – G
- 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 points
- season-high for assists
- 297 for career … needs 24 to reach UTC all-time Top 10