CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The Chattanooga women's basketball team will play host to Tennessee State Wednesday night at The McKenzie Arena. The Mocs are 1-2 on the year while the Tigers are 2-1.
 
GAME DAY INFORMATION
Mocs vs. Tennessee State
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Site: Chattanooga, Tenn. | The McKenzie Arena
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CHATTANOOGA vs. TENNESSEE STATE
UTC leads the series with Tennessee State 14-7. In Chattanooga, the Mocs are 8-3 against the Tigers. After ending the series in 2002, the two programs picked it back up in 2020 but cancelled that game in Chattanooga due to the pandemic. Last year, the Mocs won 63-57 in Nashville.
 
ABOUT CHATTANOOGA (1-2)
After starting the season with a win at home against Young Harris, the Mocs have fallen in the last two outings. After leading at Belmont by 14, the Mocs were edged out 56-54 by the Bruins. At home against Austin Peay, the Mocs overcame a nine-point late game deficit and grabbed a 51-50 lead with less than two minutes to play, but the Govs retook the lead for the win. Chattanooga is outscoring its opponents by more than six points per game and shooting 40.4 percent from the field. On the boards, UTC holds a 5.3 advantage. Yazz Wazeerud-Din leads the team with 16.3 points per game and a pair of 20-point games. Abbey Cornelius is second on the team in scoring with 10.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. She nearly pulled off a double-double against Austin Peay with 19 points and nine boards. Freshman Raven Thompson is third on the team in points with 9.0 points per game and leads the team with 7.7 rebounds per game. She has twice flirted with a double-double scoring 10 points twice and pulling down nine rebounds in the season opener and eight against Austin Peay.
 
THE LAST TIME THEY MET
The Mocs fought off a late game rally by TSU to take home a 63-57 win over the Tigers. Chattanooga was 18-of-47 from the field and shot 50 percent in the second quarter to take the lead and 60 percent in the fourth to hold on to it. The Mocs were near-perfect from the free throw line in the fourth  making 13-of-14.  Four Mocs scored in double figures led by Dena Jarrells with 14 and Abbey Cornelius' first double-double of the season with 13 points and a game-high 16 rebounds. Destiny McClendon added 12 points and Addie Grace Porter chipped in 10. Karsen Murphy added eight points and a career-best 10 rebounds. Porter led the Mocs on a second-quarter 11-0 run with eight of her points. Cornelius gave the Mocs their first lead on a pair of free throws with 4:55 remaining in the half. Chattanooga led 34-24 at the break. In the third quarter with 4:47 to go in the frame, Murphy hit a layup to give Chattanooga a 44-30 lead, its largest of the game. That, however, would be the last points UTC would score until the McClendon's drive in the paint, snapped a 14-0 run by TSU at the 7:53 mark of the fourth quarter. The Tigers forced 10 turnovers in the run that lasted 6:54 with six steals and saw scoring from six different players. Chattanooga scored the next six points and held off the Tigers who got to within one point with 52 seconds to play. UTC connected on seven free throws after that to hold on for the win. Jarrells, Porter and McClendon each had a pair of 3-pointers and the Mocs were 8-of-23 from the arc. From the free throw line, UTC shot 79.2 percent (19-of-24) and edged the Tigers 40-39 on the boards. Tennessee State's Tatyana Davis led all scorers with 20 points and Parker was the only other Tiger in double digits with 11 points. Dominique Claytor grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds to go along with seven points and seven steals.
 
LAST TIME OUT
mocs fall late at HOME TO AUSTIN PEAY
The Chattanooga women's basketball team fell 58-53 Saturday night to Austin Peay at The McKenzie Arena. The Mocs fall to 1-2 overall and Austin Peay picks up its second win in as many games to move to 2-0. After leading 27-24 at halftime, Austin Peay put together a 10-4 scoring advantage for its largest lead of the game, 37-28 with 2:48 remaining in the third. However, the Mocs would not go away so easily and put together its own scoring run to tie the game 43-43 over the next 5:21, outscoring the Govs 15-6. Austin Peay retook the lead, but the Mocs fight would not be quelled. After getting behind 50-45 to the Govs, Abbey Cornelius put in a layup and capped off a quick 6-0 run with a pair of free throws to give UTC its first lead since midway through the second quarter at 51-50. The Govs retook the lead and held off Chattanooga down the stretch for the win. Cornelius led Chattanooga with a season-high 19 points and just missed a double-double with nine rebounds. She was 7-of-9 from the charity stripe and had a team-best three steals. Raven Thompson matched her career-high with 10 points and was flirting once again with a double-double pulling in eight boards. Her 3-pointer in the first quarter, gave Chattanooga its first lead of the game. Yazz Wazeerud-Din added nine points and Amaria Pugh chipped in seven in just over 13 minutes on the floor. Chattanooga shot 38.3 percent (18-47) from the field and was 14-of-17 (82.4%) from the free throw line. Austin Peay, led by Miriah Adams with a game-high 20 points, shot 19-of-49 from the floor and was 19-of-25 from the free throw line. Adams made 8-of-10 of her free throws. Yamia Johnson, 5-of-5 from the line and 5-of-6 from the floor, had 15 points. Adams, Johnson and Gabby Smalls each pulled down eight boards.