Postgame Notes
Chattanooga 52, ETSU 50
Chattanooga, Tenn. | McKenzie Arena
Saturday, January 20, 2024
TEAM
- Today's game marked the 92nd meeting all-time between UTC and ETSU.
- After today's game, the Mocs lead the series 67-25.
- The Mocs are now 35-9 all-time at home against the Buccaneers.
- Chattanooga has now won its past four meetings against ETSU.
- Coach Poppie is undefeated (4-0) versus ETSU in his coaching career.
- Poppie becomes just the second coach in program history to win his first four matchups against ETSU. The other was Jim Foster, who won his first eight against the Bucs.
- Only Grace Keith (3-0) has ended her career undefeated when coaching against East Tennessee State. Keith won all three meetings with ETSU as UTC's head coach.
- Chattanooga has now won its last eight home games in a row.
- This active streak marks the longest home win streak for the Mocs since the 2015-16 season when they strung together nine consecutive home victories.
- Coach Poppie has a record of 8-3 in SoCon home games in his career.
- Starters: Porter, Guinn, Olafsdottir, Thompson and Murphy. This starting five now is now 13-2 on the year.
- UTC has now led 15 out of 18 games this season at the half.
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Jada Guinn has scored 10+ points in every game this season for the Mocs (18 games).
- Guinn and Thompson have now accounted for 574 of Chattanooga's 1,158 total points on the year (49.6 percent of team's scoring output).
- UTC shot 40 percent (18-for-45) from the floor. The team has shot 40 percent or better from the field in 17 out of 18 games this season.
- This matches the third-fewest points scored by the Mocs in a game this year.
- The lowest is 49 points, which has happened twice in UTC's win over Kennesaw State and in UTC's loss against Coastal Carolina.
- This is the second consecutive game that the Mocs have gone 100 percent from the free throw line (10-for-10).
- Prior to those two games, UTC had never shot 100 percent from the free throw line in a game at McKenzie Arena.
- The Mocs only had four points off the bench in the win, the lowest in a game for the team since they had three bench points against Austin Peay.
- Chattanooga held ETSU to shoot just 1-for-9 from three-point range in the victory.
- That marks a season-low for made three-pointers in a game by a UTC opponent.
- The Bucs' three-point percentage (11.1 percent) stands as the second-lowest allowed by UTC this season. Lowest: 9.1 percent against Kent State.
INDIVIDUAL
Hannah Kohn, Fr., G
- Tied her career-high for assists (2), leading the team in the process.
- Just her second time this season being held scoreless. First came against Eastern Kentucky.
Sigrun Olafsdottir, Jr., G/F
- Made her 102nd career start for the Mocs.
- Appeared in her 105th career game at UTC.
- Tied her career-high in points with 16.
- This marks her 18th double-digit scoring performance of her career. Fourth of the season.
- Also set a new career-high for three-pointers made, going 4-for-4.
- Finished a perfect 6-for-6 from the floor in the game.
- Was tied for the team-high in assists with two.
- Came up with four boards in the win, matching her season-high.
Caia Elisaldez, Fr., G
- Finished 2-for-2 from the floor in the win.
Addie Grace Porter, Jr., G
- Made her 62nd career start for the Mocs.
- Appeared in her 81st career game at UTC.
- Set a new season-high in steals with four on the day, just one shy of tying her career-high of five from 2021.
- Finished with four rebounds.
- Has logged 4+ rebounds in a total of 14 out of 18 games this season.
Jada Guinn, Gr., G
- Made her 18th career start for the Mocs (108th of her career).
- Appeared in her 138th career game.
- Hit two clutch free throws with 1.3 seconds remaining to seal the Mocs' two-point victory.
- Continues her streak of having scored 10+ points in every game this season (18 games).
- Has scored in double-digits 60 times in her career.
- Went 6-for-16 (37.5 percent) from the floor and a perfect 5-for-5 from the free throw line.
- Has led the team in scoring in 14 out of 18 games this season.
- Brought down a team-high seven rebounds, her eighth time this season leading the team in the stat.
- Has logged 5+ rebounds in 14 out of 18 games this season.
- Tied for the team-high in assists (2), her 10th time this year leading the team in the stat.
- Also notched a team-leading two blocks in the game, tying her season-high in the process.
Raven Thompson, So., F
- Made her 48th career start for UTC.
- Appeared in her 50th career gme with the Mocs.
- Finished with seven points and five boards in the win.
- Went a perfect 5-for-5 from the free throw line.
- Has logged 5+ rebounds in 16 out of her 17 appearances this season.
Karsen Murphy, Jr., F/C
- Made her 27th career start for the Mocs.
- Appeared in her 88th career game (76 with the Mocs).