CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team will wrap up a 15-day, eight-game start to the season with three games in the Challenge in Music City in Nashville, Tenn., over the Thanksgiving weekend. Admission is FREE.
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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
WHERE: Municipal Center | Nashville, Tenn.
WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 26 vs. Auburn | 5:30 p.m. EST
VIDEO: Not available
AUDIO: 96.1 FM | streaming at GoMocs.com
LIVE STATS: available at GoMocs.com
ADMISSION: FREE
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CHATTANOOGA vs. Â AUBURN
Chattanooga trails Auburn 10-3 all time. Â This will be the 14
th meeting between the Mocs and Auburn. Chattanooga has won three games in the series including the last meeting on November 24, 2013 at the McKenzie Arena. UTC came away with an 80-52 victory, its largest margin of victory over Auburn.
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ABOUT CHATTANOOGA
The Mocs are 4-3 overall and on a four-game win streak that includes victories over Indiana, Northwestern and Georgetown. UTC is averaging 57.7 points per game and shooting 42.3 percent from the field. UTC has 48 3-pointers this season and shooting 42.5 percent. The Mocs lead the league in 3-pointers per game and 3-point field goal percentage. Chattanooga is first in rebounding defense, holding oppoennts to 32 per game.
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Three Chattanooga players are averaging double figures led by senior
Keiana Gilbert with 14 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.
Aryanna Gilbert is second on the team in scoring with 12.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. The pair have combined for 18 of the Mocs' 30 blocked shots and 36 assists.
Lakelyn Bouldin is 14-of-29 from the 3-point line and averages 11.9 points per game.
Molly Melton has a team-high 20 assists and leads the SoCon in 3-point field goal percentage making 8-of-14 (.571) on the year.
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ABOUT AUBURN
The Tigers are 3-2 on the year after snapping a three-game win streak Saturday in a one-point loss to Northwestern. Auburn, trailing most of the game by double digits, made a late-game comeback, but fell short at the end. The Tigers are averaging 61.8 points per game and outscore their opponents by 7.2 points per game. On the boards, Auburn is outrebounding opponents 41.4-34.4 and have a +4.0 turnover margin.
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Janiah McKay leads Auburn with 14.2 points and 25 assists. Daisa Alexander is second on the team in scoring with 12.6 points per game and Unique Thompson is third on the team in scoring with 10.8 points per game. Thompson suffered an injury and left Saturday's game against Northwestern. She is the team's leading rebounder with 10 per game including 24 on the offensive glass.
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