Chattanooga 88, King (TN) University 32
Chattanooga, Tenn. | The McKenzie Arena
Monday, November 6, 2023
Postgame Notes
 
TEAM
- The Mocs are now 27-23 all-time in season-openers ... 2-0 in season-openers under Shawn Poppie.
- The Mocs are also 32-18 all-time in home-openers ... 2-0 in home-openers under Shawn Poppie.
- This is the first time that UTC has won back-to-back season-openers since the Mocs won six season-openers in a row from 2011-16.
- The all-time series between UTC and King now moves to 2-0 in favor of the Mocs, with Chattanooga having won this season and last season.
- Seventh time in program history that the Mocs have posted a win margin of 50+. Last time UTC won by 50 or more points in a game came in a December 6, 2008 victory over Alabama A&M (87-29).
- 88 points for the Mocs marks the most in a game for the team since they scored 96 against Georgia Southern on December 20, 2020.
- 32 points allowed to the Tornado marks the fewest in a game for the team since they allowed just 31 to Tennessee State on November 16 of last season.
- First time with double-digit three-pointers made in a single game since the team hit 10 in a 60-55 victory at Samford last season on February 11, 2023.
- UTC's team field goal percentage finished at 60.7 percent. The last time the team shot above 60 perent from the field came on January 22, 2022 when the Mocs shot 30-for-47 (63.8 percent) from the floor in an 85-65 blowout of UNCG.
- Chattanooga finished shooting 52.6 percent from three-point range in the game. The last time the team shot above 50 percent from three came when the Mocs shot exactly 50 percent (6-for-12) from three in the SoCon Tournament Semifinals against ETSU.
 
INDIVIDUAL
Hannah Kohn, Fr., G
- Made her collegiate debut.
- Finished with a team-high 17 points.
- Most points in a UTC debut (including transfers) since Yazz Wazeerud-Din scored 20 against Young Harris in her first game with the team last year.
- Most points by a freshman in a game since Raven Thompson scored 19 in the SoCon title game last year against Wofford.
- Finished shooting 66.7 percent from the floor (6-for-9) and 62.5 percent from three (5-for-8).
- Most three-pointers made in a game for one UTC player since Yazz Wazeerud-Din connected on five three-pointers in Chattanooga's opening round win over Furman last year in the SoCon Tournament.

Takia Davis, Jr., F/C
- Finished with six points. Most points scored by her in a UTC jersey since she dropped her UTC career-high of eight last year at home against UNCG.
- Also posted a UTC career-high of four total rebounds.

Sigrun Olafsdottir, Jr., G/F
- Made her 85th career start. Has started in all but three games for the Mocs since arriving to Chattanooga.
- Olafsdottir has recorded 3+ steals a total of seven times with the Mocs.

Lamiah Walker, Jr., G
- Made her UTC debut.
- Tied her career-high of six points. Last time came when she posted six points while playing at Austin Peay before transferring to Chattanooga.
- Also grabbed her first career steal against the Tornado.

Caia Elisaldez, Fr., G
- Made her collegiate debut.
- Finished with two points, three assists, one rebound and one steal.
- Her three assists were tied with three other Mocs for the team-high.

Frode Flos van der Schans, R-Fr., F/C
- Made her collegiate debut.
- Scored her first career points, finishing one-for-one from the floor.
- Also logged two rebounds and a block for the Mocs, both of which marked career-highs.

Addie Grace Porter, Jr., G
- Made her 45th start with the Mocs.
- Finished with four points, three assists, three rebounds, three steals and a block.
- This marks just the seventh game in which Porter has recorded a block for the Mocs. The last came against ETSU on February 4 of last season.
- Porter has recorded 3+ steals a total of eight times with the Mocs.

Jada Guinn, Gr., G
- Made her UTC debut.
- Made her first start for the Mocs in the contest.
- Finished with 16 points, marking her 44th time as a double-digit scorer in her career. First as a Moc.
- Scored her 1000th career point in the matchup, as she entred the game needing exactly 16 to hit the milestone.
- Also finished tied for the team lead in assists (3) and steals (3).

Kailyn Farrell, Jr., F
- Made her UTC debut.
- Finished with a team-high nine rebounds in the game, one shy of recording her 12th collegiate double-digit rebounding performance.
- Also scored her first bucket with the Mocs, finishing the game with four points.
- Tied for the team lead in assists (3) and blocks (1).

Raven Thompson, So., F
- Started in her 34th game for the Mocs. She has started in every game she has played in for UTC.
- Finished with 16 points, going 5-for-6 from the floor, 2-for-2 from three and 4-for-4 from the charity stripe.
- Has now tied herself as the third-fastest player in program history to reach 500 career points, doing so in just 34 total games played. Only Regina Kirk and Damita Bullock have reached 500 points in less games. Thompson tied with Kim Brown and Denise Powers, who each reached 500 points in their 34th games as well.
- This marks Thompson's 26th career game having scored 10+ points.

Karsen Murphy, Jr., F/C
- Made her 10th ever start for the Mocs.
- Finished with seven points, as well as one rebound and one assist.