Chattanooga 63, Wofford 53
Southern Conference Championship Game
Asheville, N.C. | Harrah's Cherokee Center
Sunday, March 5, 2023
Postgame Notes
 
TEAM
- Chattanooga beat Wofford 63-53 in the Southern Conference Championship Game … UTC improves to 20-12 overall … first 20-win season since 2016-17.
 
- The Mocs are 19-0 in the Southern Conference Tournament final.
 
- Chattanooga earns its 16^th NCAA Tournament automatic bid. The Mocs are 1-15 all-time in the NCAA Tournament … win was in 2004 against #7 Rutgers as the #10 seed.
 
- UTC had four named to the All-Tournament Team … first time since 2016.
 
- Raven Thompson is the Mocs' first freshman to be named SoCon Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
 
- Audrey Canter was named the SoCon Pinnacle Award winner as the student-athlete on the winning team with the highest GPA.
 
- Chattanooga trailed the Terriers 17-7 in the first quarter … UTC scored the last bucket of the first quarter and the first two of the second to cut the lead to 17-14 … Wofford's lead was only as large as six points in the second quarter.
 
- The Mocs went on a 7-0 run to close out the second quarter and gained its first lead 31-29 with a bucket from Abbey Cornelius at the buzzer … UTC continued its run to start the second half with six more points to lead 37-29 with 6:36 to play in the third quarter.
 
- Chattanooga outscored the Terriers 18-7 in the third quarter and closed the period on a 9-0 run to lead 49-36 heading into the final quarter.
 
-Wofford cut into the lead with six points to start the fourth making it a seven-point game, 49-42 less than two minutes into the game.
 
- The Mocs put it away with a 7-0 run late in the fourth for their largest lead of the game, 63-49, with 1:21 to play.
 
- Chattanooga shot 51.2 percent (22-43) compared to 33.9% (19-56) for the Terriers … UTC is 5-0 when shooting 50 percent or better.
 
- UTC was 7-of-20 from the 3-point line led by Addie Grace Porter's career-high
The Mocs were 12-of-16 from the free throw line led by Raven Thompson's 8-of-8 performance.
 
- Wofford was 5-of-7 from beyond the arc in the first quarter and made 4-of-18 the rest of the game.
 
- UTC held Wofford to 17.5 points below it's season average and .339, below its season average .408.
 
- The Mocs outscored the Terriers 22-14 in the paint … Wofford scored 21 points off 15 Chattanooga miscues and the Mocs had 14 points on nine Terrier turnovers.
 
- Chattanooga outrebounded Wofford 36-28 with four offensive boards … UTC had five second chance points … Wofford had two second chance points on five offensive boards.
 
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS
First Team
Isys Grady, UNCG
Rachael Rose, Wofford
Addie Grace Porter, Chattanooga
Raven Thompson, Chattanooga
Yazz Wazeerud-Din, Chattanooga
 
Second Team
Jakhyia Davis, ETSU
Jackie Carman, Wofford
Lilly Hatton, Wofford
Helen Matthews, Wofford
Abbey Cornelius, Chattanooga
 
TOURNAMENT MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER
Raven Thompson, Chattanooga
 
PINNACLE AWARD WINNER
Audrey Canter, Chattanooga
 
 
INDIVIDUAL
- Raven Thompson, Fr., F
19 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists
FG: 5-10; 3FG: 1-2; FT: 8-8
Just missed a third straight double-double in the tournament.
First UTC freshman to earn SoCon Tournament MOP.
Has 149 made free throws on the year. Third at UTC in a season. Seven out of second place.
Has made 8-of-8 three times this season.
Has 483 points this season. 215 rebounds.
 
- Yazz Wazeerud-Din, Gr., G
16 points, 2 rebounds
FG: 6-12; 3FG: 2-7; FT: 2-2
509 points this season at UTC.
 
- Addie Grace Porter, So., G
13 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists
FG: 4-8; 3FG: 4-7; FT: 1-4
Career-best four 3-pointers.
Second career double-double, both this year.
219 rebounds this season.