Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Quotes
Chattanooga at Mercer
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday – Jan. 25, 2020
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga fell 55-48 at Mercer … Mocs are 4-16 overall and 3-3 in SoCon … Mercer moves to 4-16 overall and won its first SoCon game of the year to improve to 1-4.
 
- Mercer extends its win streak against the Mocs to five straight games.
 
- Chattanooga did not allow a single 3-pointer from Mercer … last time that happened was November 24, 2017 against Georgetown in Nashville at the Challenge in Music City … five attempts was fewest by an opponent.
 
- Mercer had 10 blocked shots, most by an opponent this season … two blocks by UTC was second fewest this year.
 
- Mocs outscored Mercer 22-7 in the third quarter after trailing 35-16 at the half … Bria Dial scored 10 points in the quarter, NaKeia Burks and Abbey Cornelius combined for 10 and Eboni Williams added two.
 
- Mercer edged UTC on the boards 36-34 … both teams had 22 points in the paint and Mercer outscored the Mocs on turnover points, 18-12 … UTC had 18 turnovers to the Bears' 11.
 
- Neither bench scored any points.
 
INDIVIDUAL
- Bria Dial, Jr., G
20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists
FG: 8-14; 3FG: 2-5; FT: 2-2
Second game with 20 or more points.
Career-high for field goals made
 
- Abbey Cornelius, So., F
11 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists
FG: 4-9; 3FG: 1-2, FT: 2-2
 
- NaKeia Burks, RSr., G
10 points, 3 assists, 2 steals
Matched season-high for steals.
 
- Eboni Williams, So., F
5 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals
Eighth game with double-digit rebounding.