GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Mocs vs. East Tennessee State Bucs
Friday, February 10, 2017 | 7:00 p.m.
Johnson City, Tenn. | Brooks Gym

CHATTANOOGA vs. ETSU
The Mocs and Bucs have met 76 times since 1975 with UTC leading the series 56-21. Chattanooga came away with a 60-45 win earlier this season over ETSU at McKenzie Arena. In Johnson City, the Mocs lead the series 24-12.

ABOUT CHATTANOOGA
After falling at Furman in the final game of the first half of conference play, UTC claimed back-to-back victories over Mercer and Samford to retain its spot at the top of the league standings. Against the SoCon schools, the Mocs are averaging 64 points per game and allow just 53.8, both best in the league. Chattanooga is shooting 45.2 percent against Southern Conference schools and are the best in defending the shot. The Mocs average 3.9 more rebounds per game than its opponents and are stunning with an average of 6.9 blocked shots per game.
 
Jasmine Joyner is one of five Chattanooga players in the SoCon's Top 30 for scoring. She is sixth overall with 13.9 points per game and leads the conference with 10.6 rebounds per game while shooting 51.1 percent from the floor. Chelsey Shumpert is averaging 12.6 points per game against the league, leads the SoCon in free throw shooting and is ranked fifth in 3-pointers made.
 
Queen Alford is averaging 8.3 points per game against the SoCon and shooting 44.4 percent from the field. Keiana Gilbert, 18^th against the SoCon for scoring with 9.3 points per game, is 14^th against the league in rebounding and fifth for shooting with a .485 field goal shooting percentage. Lakelyn Bouldin is fifth on the team in scoring with 8.3 points per game against the league. She has 14 3-pointers and shooting 35.9 percent from beyond the arc.

ABOUT ETSU
ETSU ranks third among the league in scoring with 63.7 point per game and outscore league foes by an average of 1.7 points. The Bucs are shooting 40.3 percent from the field and 32.9 percent from the 3-point line. They are second against the SoCon in rebounding with 37.3 per game and outrebound opponents by 1.7 boards per game.
 
Tianna Tarter and Shamauria Bridges lead the team in scoring and are ranked second and third respectively against the SoCon. Tarter averages 17.9 ppg and Bridges comes in with 17.3 per game. Raven Dean is the Bucs' third player in double figures with 10.8 points per game. Dean is second in the SoCon for rebounding with 10.1 while Tarter averages 7.0 per game. Bridges averages 3.2 3-pointers per game, making a league-best 29 through nine conference contests.