Postgame Notes
Chattanooga 44, Mississippi State 69
Starkville, Miss. | Humphrey Coliseum
Sunday, November 17, 2024

TEAM
- This was the eighth-ever meeting between the Mocs and the Bulldogs.
- Mississippi State now leads the all-time series 5-3.
- The Mocs are now 1-4 when playing in Starkville.
- UTC's last and only road win over MSU came on Dec. 17, 1985 (Mocs won 62-54).
- The Mocs have now had five different leading scorers in each of the team's opening five games:
 vs. Shorter: Karsen Murphy (16)
vs. Tennessee Tech: Brooke Anya (12)
at NC Central: Gianna Corbitt (12)
vs. Troy: Caia Elisaldez (15)
at Mississippi State: Izzy McPherson (16)
- The Mocs were held to single-digits in the first (8) and third (7) quarters.
- Chattanooga out-scored the Bulldogs 16-13 in the second quarter.
- The Mocs out-shot MSU from three-point range with UTC going 7-for-29 (24.1 percent) and MSU going 3-for-17 (17.6 percent).
- UTC finished with just a -3 rebounding margin (MSU 40 rebounds, UTC 37 rebounds).
- The Mocs finished with more offensive rebounds (17) than the Bulldogs did (12).
- This led the Mocs to have 21 second-chance points in the game compared to Mississippi State's 13.
- Chattanooga shot a season-low 27.1 percent (16-for-59) from the floor.

INDIVIDUAL
Takia Davis, Sr., F/C
- Played in her 74th career game (53 with the Mocs).
- Came off the bench for the first time this season, scoring three points and logging one rebound for the Mocs.

Masa Buzic, Fr., G
- Appeared in her second career game.
- Logged only one minute of game time.

Sigrun Olafsdottir, Sr., G/F
- Made her 122nd career start (all with the Mocs).
- Played in her 125th career game (all with the Mocs).
- Olafsdottir is now 11 games away from tying Abbey Cornelius for the most game played in program history (136).
- Olafsdottir is also 27 appearances away from tying David Jean-Baptiste and AJ Caldwell for the most games played by a men's OR women's basketball player in UTC history (152).
- She needs to appear in one more game to officially move into the program's Top 10 all-time in career games played.
- Once again led the team in rebounds, finishing with nine.
- She has now tied her career-high in rebounding in back-to-back games.
- Added six points, all of which came from three-point range.
- Also led the Mocs in assists (2), steals (2) and blocks (1).
- Played in all 40 minutes of the game for the second consecutive contest.

Izzy McPherson, Fr., G/F
- Made her first collegiate start.
- Led the Mocs in scoring for the first time in her career after dropping a career-high 16 points.
- This marks her first career double-digit scoring performance.
- Finished 6-for-11 (54.5 percent) from the floor and 3-for-8 (37.5 percent) from three.
- Had an additional four rebounds in the game, a career-high as well.

Caia Elisaldez, So., G
- Made her eighth career start (all with the Mocs.)
- Played in her 38th career game (all with the Mocs).
- Led the Mocs with two assists.
- Finished with five points and three rebounds as well.

Frode Flos, van der Schans, RSo., F/C
- Made her first collegiate start.
- Appeared in her 14th career game for the Mocs. Fourth of the season.
- Had two points and two rebounds in the game.

Ava Card, Fr., G/F
- Appeared in her fifth career game.
- Notched four rebounds in the loss.

Gianna Corbitt, Fr., F
- Appeared in her fifth career game.
- Scored four points for the Mocs.
- Had an additional two rebounds and a steal.

Kailyn Farrell, Sr., F
- Played in her 90th career game (36th as a Moc).
- Has two rebounds and an assist in eight minutes of action.

Brooke Anya, Gr., F/C
- Appeared in her 110th career game (fifth as a Moc).
- Accounted for three points and three rebounds off the bench.

Karsen Murphy, Sr., F/C
- Made her 47th career start (all with the Mocs).
- Played in her 108th career game (96th as a Moc).
- Went for five points and five rebounds in the loss.
- Also had one assist, one block and one steal for the Mocs.
- Tied for a team-high in blocks.