Postgame Notes
Chattanooga 55, Samford 39
Birmingham, Ala. | Pete Hanna Center
Thursday, February 8, 2024
TEAM
- Tonight's game was the 41st meeting all-time between the Mocs and the Bulldogs.
- UTC now leads the series 30-11.
- The Mocs hold a 12-6 record when playing Samford in Birmingham.
- With the win, the Mocs now secure the 2-0 regular season sweep against the Bulldogs.
- UTC has won its past three meetings against Samford. The last win for the Bulldogs came on January 12, 2023.
- The last time UTC lost in Birmingham came on January 23, 2020. Since then the Mocs are 3-0 on the road against Samford.
- Chattanooga's win streak has now reached nine straight victories.
- This matches the team's longest win streak of the season, which came prior to the turn of the New Year from Nov. 12 to Dec. 20.
- This marks the 23rd 20-win season in program history.
- Coach Poppie has now led the Mocs to his second consecutive 20-win season, with UTC sitting at a 20-3 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 8-0 at the halfway point of the SoCon season.
- The last time Chattanooga started 8-0 in conference action: 2014-15 season (the Mocs went on to finish a perfect 14-0 in SoCon play that year).
- Chattanooga moves to a perfect 7-0 record in true road games this season.
- The last time UTC started 7-0 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 seven 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 18-2 on the year.
- UTC has now led 20 out of 23 games this season at the half.
- Guinn and Thompson have now accounted for 732 of Chattanooga's 1,491 total points on the year (49.1 percent of team's scoring output).
- UTC shot 41.8 percent (23-for-55) from the floor on the day.
- The Mocs have shot above 40 percent as a team 21 times this season.
- The Mocs held the Bulldogs to single-digit scoring in each of the first three quarters of the game.
- This was the sixth time that UTC has held an opponent to fewer than 50 points.
- The 39 Bulldogs points is the best defensive effort in SoCon play for the Mocs and fewest since Jan. 6, 2018 in a 47-32 home win over Western Carolina.
- It's the fewest allowed in a SoCon road game since a 51-39 win over Wofford in Spartanburg, S.C., on Feb. 5, 2012.
- 42 rebounds by the Mocs mark the second-most for the team this season, and just the second time the team has recorded 40+ this year.
- The Bulldogs were held to shooting just 22.8 percent (13-for-57) from the floor on the night.
- The last time the Mocs held their opponent to that low of a shooting percentage: March 7, 2008 when UNCG shot just 20.4 percent (11-for-54).
- Every Moc that checked into the game scored at least once for the team on the night.
- UTC finished with a season-low six turnovers. This is the fewest the team has had in a game since the team had six on the road against Samford on January 26, 2019.
INDIVIDUAL
Hannah Kohn, Fr., G
- Finished with three points, making one of her five three-point attempts in the game.
- Has made a three-pointer in 19 out of 23 games this season.
Takia Davis, Jr., F/C
- Finished +6 in her 5:28 of play on the night.
Sigrun Olafsdottir, Jr., G/F
- Made her 107th career start for the Mocs.
- Appeared in her 110th career game at UTC.
Caia Elisaldez, Fr., G
- Set a new career-high for herself in rebounds, grabbing four.
Addie Grace Porter, Jr., G
- Made her 67th career start for the Mocs.
- Appeared in her 86th career game at UTC.
- Finished with eight boards for the team.
- This is her seventh 8+ rebound performance of the season.
- Has grabbed 5+ rebounds in 14 out of 23 games this season.
Jada Guinn, Gr., G
- Made her 23rd career start for the Mocs (113th of her career).
- Appeared in her 143rd career game.
- Returned to her double-digit scoring ways, dropping a team-high 14.
- Has scored double-digits in 22 out of 23 games this season. 65 times in her career.
- Has led the team in scoring 17 times this season.
- Also brought down eight rebounds for the Mocs.
- This is her eighth time recording 8+ rebounds in a game this season.
- Recorded the lone block of the night for UTC.
- Finished a team-best +21 on the night.
Raven Thompson, So., F
- Made her 53rd career start for UTC.
- Appeared in her 55th career game with the Mocs.
- Earned her third double-double of the season, seventh of her career, with a 12-point, 11-rebound outing.
- This marks her 17th time scoring double-digits this season. 42nd time in her career.
- Has led the team in rebounding 10 times this season.
- Finished +18 on the night.
- Also led the team in steals with two.
Karsen Murphy, Jr., F/C
- Made her 32nd career start for the Mocs.
- Appeared in her 93rd career game (81 with the Mocs).
- Finished a perfect 100 percent from the floor (3-for-3) and from three (2-for-2).
- Ended up with eight points on the night.
