Postgame Notes
Chattanooga 56, ETSU 41
Johnson City, Tenn. | Brooks Gymnasium
Saturday, February 17, 2024
TEAM
- Today marked the 93rd meeting between Chattanooga and ETSU in WBB.
- UTC now leads the series 68-25.
- The Mocs are now 28-14 when playing in Johnson City.
- The last time the Buccaneers defeated the Mocs in Brooks Gymnasium: February 9, 2019.
- With the win, the Mocs now secure the 2-0 regular season sweep against the Bucs.
- UTC has won each of their last five meetings against ETSU, all of which have come under Coach Poppie.
- Coach Poppie is undefeated (5-0) versus ETSU in his coaching career.
- Poppie becomes just the second coach in program history to win his first five 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's win streak has now reached 11 straight victories.
- This matches the longest win streak for the Mocs since stringing together 11 straight wins during the 2015-16 season.
- 13th straight win over a SoCon opponent (10 regular season wins). Longest since 16 from Jan. 30-Jan. 26, 2017.
- The Mocs have now hit 22 wins on the season. This is the 16th time in program history the Mocs have had 22+ wins in a season.
- 22 wins in first 25 games are most since same total in the 29-4 2015 SoCon Championship campaign.
- Coach Poppie has now led the Mocs to his second consecutive 20-win season, with UTC sitting at a 22-3 record overall this season.
- Poppie is now just the second coach in program history to have 20-win seasons in each of his first two seasons with the team.
- The other coach was Jim Foster, who had 29-win seasons in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
- The team remains undefeated in the 2024 calendar year.
- The Mocs also remain undefeated in SoCon play at 10-0.
- The last time Chattanooga started 10-0 in conference action: 2014-15 season (the Mocs went on to finish a perfect 14-0 in SoCon play that year).
- UTC has started 10-0 in SoCon action a total of eight times in program history including this season.
- The team has finished undefeated in the SoCon regular season a total of fives times: 2014-15, 2013-14, 2007-08, 2005-06 and 2003-04.
- Chattanooga moves to a perfect 9-0 record in true road games this season.
- The last time UTC started 9-0 in road games in a season: 1999-2000 season (went on to finish 12-0 on the road that year).
- The last time UTC won nine straight true road games in a season: 2014-15 season (10 straight road wins).
- Starters: Porter, Guinn, Olafsdottir, Thompson and Murphy. This starting five now is now 20-2 on the year.
- UTC has now led 22 out of 25 games this season at the half.
- Guinn and Thompson have now accounted for 810 of Chattanooga's 1,608 total points on the year (50.4 percent of team's scoring output).
- The Mocs shot 33.3 percent (18-for-54) from the floor, just the fourth time the team has shot below 40 percent from the floor in a game this year.
- UTC held ETSU to a 28.9 percent (13-for-45) shooting percentage from the floor.
- This marks the third time UTC has held its opponent to a sub-30 percent shooting percentage this season.
- Have held their opponents to a sub-30 percent shooting split in two of their past three games.
- 39 rebounds for the Mocs marks the third-highest rebound total for the team this year.
- This was the seventh time that UTC has held an opponent to fewer than 50 points this season.
- Marks the fourth time this season that the Mocs have failed to record a block.
INDIVIDUAL
Hannah Kohn, Fr., G
- Finished with five points, three of which came behind the three-point arc.
- Has made a three-pointer in 20 out of 25 games this season.
Sigrun Olafsdottir, Jr., G/F
- Made her 109th career start for the Mocs.
- Appeared in her 112th career game at UTC.
- Scored six points for the Mocs, all coming from three-point range.
- Has made multiple three-pointers in eight games this season.
- Tied for the team-high in assists (1).
Addie Grace Porter, Jr., G
- Made her 69th career start for the Mocs.
- Appeared in her 88th career game at UTC.
- Finished with nine points and seven boards in the win.
- Saw six points come from the free throw line, marking a new season-high.
- Led the team with three steals as well.
- Has recorded multiple steals in nine out of 25 games this season.
- Has grabbed 4+ rebounds in 19 out of 25 games this season.
Jada Guinn, Gr., G
- Made her 25th career start for the Mocs (115th of her career).
- Appeared in her 145th career game.
- Earned her sixth double-double of the season, ninth of her career, with a 19-point 16-rebound effort.
- Her 16 rebounds tied her career-high in the category, which she set earlier this season against Wofford.
- Has scored double-digits in 24 out of 25 games this season. 67 times in her career.
- Her 11th time leading the team in rebounding this year.
- Finished 9-for-16 (56.3 percent) from the floor.
- Also came up with two steals in the win.
- Has recorded multiple steals five times this season.
- Tied for the team-high in assists (1).
Raven Thompson, So., F
- Made her 55th career start for UTC.
- Appeared in her 57th career game with the Mocs.
- Scored 15 points for the Mocs in the win.
- This marks her 19th time scoring double-digits this season. 44th time in her career.
- Went a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line, tying her season-high.
- Also came up with seven rebounds for UTC.
- Has recorded 5+ rebounds in 21 out of 25 games this season.
Karsen Murphy, Jr., F/C
- Made her 34th career start for the Mocs.
- Appeared in her 95th career game (83 with the Mocs).
