Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
East Tennessee State at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday – Feb. 29, 2020
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga beat ETSU 69-65 to claim a share of its 22^nd Southern Conference regular season title. UTC improves to 11-17 overall and 10-4 in SoCon. ETSU is 9-20 on the year and 4-10 in SoCon.
 
- UTC shares the title with UNCG and Samford. Samford earns the No. 1 seed due to a split with Chattanooga and a sweep of UNCG. The Mocs split with both teams. UTC is the No. 2 seed and UNCG is the No. 3.
 
- Chattanooga will take on No. 7 Mercer on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Asheville.
 
- This was UTC's 59^th win over ETSU … Mocs now 59-24 all-time vs. the Bucs.
 
- UTC's largest lead of the game was six points in the fourth quarter and led just 15:26.
 
- Chattanooga was down 46-42 with 3:23 to play in the third quarter … Lakelyn Bouldin scored the next six points to give the Mocs a 48-46 lead headed into the final quarter. She had a 4-point play to give UTC the lead.
 
- The Mocs never trailed again, but ETSU did tie the game at 63-63 with 1:17 to play.
 
- UTC was 25-of-33 from the free throw line … most FT's this season. Last time UTC had 20+ free throws was on 2/1/20 at ETSU in triple overtime (21).
 
- 33 is the most free throws by the Mocs this season. Last time UTC attempted 30+ was 2/16/04 vs. UT Martin (36).
 
- Mocs were 2-of-18 from 3-point line compared to ETSU's 9-of-14.
 
- Seniors Lakelyn Bouldin and NaKeia Burks were honored after the Mocs' win. Burks is a five-year senior who graduated in May 2019 and returned for a fifth season. Bouldin graduated early, Dec. 2019.
 
INDIVIDUAL
- Bria Dial, Jr., G
19 points, 7 rebounds
7-of-15 FG, 4-4 FTs
 
- Abbey Cornelius, So., F
16 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocked shots
4-6 FG, 8-8 FTs
 
- Lakelyn Bouldin, Sr., G
12 points, 2 rebounds
1,439 career points, 224 career 3-pointers
 
- Eboni Williams, So., F
12 points, 4 rebounds
4-8 FG, 4-7 FT