Postgame Notes
Chattanooga 59, #21 Mississippi State 53
Chattanooga, Tenn. | McKenzie Arena
Sunday, December 3, 2023
 
TEAM
- First career ranked win for Coach Shawn Poppie.
- Sixth ranked win for the Mocs in program history.
- Last ranked win came December 17, 2014 in a 54-46 victory over #7 Stanford.
- The Mocs also defeated #4 Tennessee in 2014 that same season.
- The last Power 5 win for the Mocs was on December 20, 2017 when UTC took down SEC foe Florida, 65-60.
- All-time series between the Mocs and the Bulldogs now moves to 4-3 in favor of Mississippi State.
- Mississippi State had won their past three matchups with the Mocs.
- The last UTC win over Mississippi State came on December 17, 1985 in a 62-54 Chattanooga victory in Starkville.
- Chattanooga has now won six games in a row, the team's longest win streak since the team won six straight back in the 2017-18 season.
- The last time Chattanooga started 8-1 or better in their first seven games? The 2012-13 season in which UTC started the year 9-1.
- UTC has now earned its eighth non-conference win of the 2023-24 season, matching the team's non-conference win total from a season ago.
- Today's game marked the first time that UTC trailed a team at halftime this season.
- The Mocs at one point faced an 11-point deficit to the Bulldogs, marking the largest deficit overcome to win for UTC this season.
- This is only the third time this year that the Mocs have won by single digits.. The other non-10+ point wins for UTC were against Austin Peay (5 points) and Kennesaw State (6 points).
- Jada Guinn has scored 10+ points in all nine games for Chattanooga this season, while Raven Thompson has done so in eight games for Chattanooga.
- Guinn and Thompson have now accounted for 284 of Chattanooga's 599 total points on the year.
- UTC shot 43.8 percent (21-for-48) from the field. The Mocs have shot 40 percent or above from the floor in every game this season.
- The Mocs also shot 47.1 percent (8-for-17) from three-point range today. This is the seventh time this season the team has shot above 40 percent from three. UTC won all seven of those games.
- This is the highest team three-point percentage for UTC this season since shooting 52.6 percent (10-for-19) in the season-opener against King.
- Chattanooga has now finished with a higher three-point percentage than field goal percentage for the third consecutive game, all three of which were wins.
- UTC out-scored the Bulldogs on points off turnovers (19-12), points in the paint (24-20) and bench points (18-9).
- A season-low 11 turnovers for Chattanooga today.
 
INDIVIDUAL
Hannah Kohn, Fr., G
- Finished 4-for-8 from three to net 12 points for the Mocs.
- Marks her fourth career game with 10+ points.
- Also the sixth time this season that she's made 2+ threes in a single game. Third game in a row.
- Finished with 26 minutes played on the day, a new career-high.

Sigrun Olafsdottir, Jr., G/F
- Made her 93rd career start for the Mocs.
- Appeared in her 96th career game at UTC.

Caia Elisaldez, Fr., G
- Went perfect from the floor: 2-for-2 FG, 1-for-1 3PT.

Addie Grace Porter, Jr., G
- Made her 53rd career start for the Mocs.
- Brought down a team-high nine total rebounds.
- Her fifth game this season with 6+ boards for the Mocs.
- Also her second time this year leading the team in rebounding.
- Had another team-high in assists, tallying four in the win.
- Has led the team in assists in seven out of nine games this year.

Jada Guinn, Gr., G
- Made her ninth career start for the Mocs.
- Has started in a total of 99 games in her career spanning between UTC and Tennessee Tech.
- Led the team in scoring for the sixth consecutive game, dropping 14 points to tie herself with Thompson.
- Has finished every game this season with 10+ points. 52nd time of her career.

Raven Thompson, So., F
- Made her 42nd career start for the Mocs. Has started every game of her career with the team.
- Netted a team-high 14 points in the win, including going 5-for-10 from the floor and 1-for-1 from three.
- Has now scored 10+ points in eight out of nine games this season.
- Has been a double-digit scorer for the Mocs 33 times in her career.
- Brought down an additional five boards for UTC.
- Has had 5+ rebounds in every game this season.

Karsen Murphy, Jr., F/C
- Made her 18th career start for the Mocs.
- Swatted away a team-high three blocks on the day, marking a new season-high for her.
- Also marks the most blocks by a UTC player in a single game this year.