Chattanooga at Furman
Greenville, S.C. | Timmons Arena
Chattanooga , Furman
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Postgame Notes
 
TEAM
• Chattanooga beat Furman 51-44 in double-overtime at Timmons Arena Saturday afternoon … UTC improves to 11-9 overall, 3-2 SoCon … Furman falls to 9-11 on the year and 1-4 in league play.
 
• Mocs improve to 57-31 all-time against the Paladins, snapping a five game losing streak.
 
• The teams went into overtime last year at the SoCon Tournament with Furman winning 70-63 in the quarterfinal round.
 
• This was just the third overtime game between the two programs and the Mocs first win in extra time.
 
• Chattanooga was 2-of-4 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter and 0-10 from the field after leading 36-28 at the end of the third quarter.
 
• In the first overtime, both teams made one basket and two free throws for four points, sending the game into double overtime.
 
• In the second overtime, UTC outscored Furman 9-2 and was 5-of-9 from the free throw line in the period.
 
• UTC's first free throw of the game was with 50 seconds to play in regulation.
 
• Chattanooga was 18-of-61 (29.5%) from the field – it's worst field goal percentage of the year … Furman was 16-of-57 (28.1%), matching Belmont's shooting effort.
 
• Both team had 45 rebounds, the most for UTC this season and for a UTC opponent … the Mocs did not have a single second chance point on 10 offensive boards while Furman scored seven on 10 offensive rebounds.
 
• The teams were matched in the paint with 22 points each.
 
• Chattanooga scored 13 points on 22 Furman turnovers while the Paladins had seven points on 19 Mocs miscues.
 
• 95 points is not the fewest combined by these two programs … fewest was 87 (47-40) at Furman on Jan. 12, 1995. UTC won the game.
 
INDIVIDUAL
• Addie Grace Porter, So., G
11 points, 20 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 assists
Career-high for rebounds (previous 13). First time a UTC player has had at least 20 rebounds since Jasmine Joyner had 20 against Furman on Jan. 9, 2016.
 
• Raven Thompson, Fr., F
13 points, 5 rebounds
FG: 5-10, FT: 3-5
 
• Yazz Wazeerud-Din, Gr., G
11 points, 4 rebounds
FG: 3-19; 3FG: 2-10; FT: 3-4