Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Quotes
Chattanooga at Western Carolina
Ramsey Center – Cullowhee, N.C.
Saturday – March 2, 2019
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga beat Western Carolina 65-50 in Cullowhee, N.C., Saturday afternoon … UTC is now 13-16 overall and 8-6 in the Southern Conference … the Catamounts are 4-25 and 0-14 in the SoCon.
 
- The Mocs close the season tied with ETSU for third ... Chattanooga, by virtue of tiebreak, earned the No. 3 seed in the upcoming SoCon Tournament and will take on No. 6 seed UNCG in the final game on Thursday, March 7 ... see seedings below.

- 50 points by Western Carolina matches the fewest points scored against Chattanooga this season … four free throws by WCU is second fewest by an opponent this year
 
- Chattanooga was 23-of-57 (40.4%) from the field … 6-of-20 from the 3-point line … 13-of-18 from the free throw line.
 
- Western Carolina was 21-of-63 (33.3%) from the field … 4-of-23 from 3-point line … 4-of-6 from free throw line.
 
- UTC outrebounded the Catamounts 41-38 … 10^th game for the Mocs with 40 or more rebounds … 15^th game outrebounded an opponent this year.
 
- With the game tied 18-18, UTC went on an 11-0 run to take a 29-18 lead with 37 seconds to play in the second quarter.
 
- Western Carolina cut the Mocs lead to 42-39 with 34 seconds to play in the third quarter … Mocs went on another 11-0 run to stretch the lead to its then-largest at 14 points, 53-39.
 
- Chattanooga closed the game making 6-of-8 free throws in the final 1:04 for the final tally, 65-50.
 
- The Catamounts outscored UTC in the paint 32-26 … UTC had 15 points off 14 Western Carolina turnovers … Mocs scored eight second chance points on seven offensive rebounds.
 
- The Mocs' bench outscored Western Carolina's 31-3 led by Eboni Williams' team-high 15 points.
 
 
INGLES SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY GENERAL SHALE 
1) Mercer (14-0)
2) Furman (9-6)
3) Chattanooga (8-6)
4) ETSU (8-6)
5) Wofford (7-7)
6) UNCG (5-9)
7) Samford (5-9)
8) Western Carolina (0-14)
 
INDIVIDUAL
- Eboni Williams, Fr., F
15 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals
Seventh time to led UTC in scoring this season
 
- Bria Dial, So., G
11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals
 
- Arianne Whitaker, RJr., F
9 points, 8 rebounds,
 
Abbey Cornelius, Fr., F
6 points, 10 rebounds
 
Shelbie Davenport, RSr., G
8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists