Postgame Notes
Chattanooga 45, NC State 64
NCAA Tournament
Raleigh, N.C. | Reynolds Coliseum
Saturday, March 23, 2024
 
TEAM
- UTC's season comes to a close with the Mocs ending the year 28-5 (13-1 SoCon).
- This was Chattanooga's 17th NCAA Tournament appearance.
- This marked the first time the Mocs have ever been a 14 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
- UTC's all-time NCAA Tournament record moves to 1-17.
- UTC's NCAA Tournament record as a double-digit seed moves to 1-16.
- UTC's NCAA Tournament record under Shawn Poppie moves to 0-2.
- This was the fourth-ever meeting between the Mocs and NC State.
- The Wolfpack lead the all-time series 4-0.
- This was the first meeting between the two teams in the NCAA Tournament.
- The last time these two teams played came in 2019.
- The Mocs have now played the Wes Moore-led Wolfpack a total of three times.
- Today marked the first road loss of the season for UTC.
- The Mocs are now 12-1 on the road this season.
- UTC emds the year with 28 total wins. They are one of seven Chattanooga teams that have won 28+ games in a single season.
- The most wins in a season in program history is 29.
- Coach Poppie has led the Mocs to his second consecutive 20-win season, with UTC ending the year with a 28-5 record.
- Poppie is 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.
- Starters: Porter, Guinn, Olafsdottir, Thompson and Murphy. This starting five now is now 27-3 on the year.
- Guinn and Thompson have now accounted for 1,098 of Chattanooga's 2,120 total points on the year (51.8 percent of team's scoring output).
- Both teams ended the game shooting 33.3 percent from the floor.
- NCSU was held to a 27.6 percent three-point percentage (8-for-29) on the day.
- 45 points from the Mocs marked a season-low for the team this year.
- The Mocs out-scored NC State in the paint 22-10.
- UTC also had more bench points (11-7).
- Both teams finished with nine turnovers each.
- NC State finished 20-for-25 (80 percent) from the free throw line.


INDIVIDUAL
Hannah Kohn, Fr., G
- Finished with six points including one made three-pointer.
- Ends the season with 68 total three-pointers made, a UTC freshman record.
- She also now sits in a tie for seventh in program history for all-time single-season three-pointers made.
- Kohn also set the program record for single-season three-point percentage, ending the year shooting 46.3 percent (68-for-147) from behind the arc.
- Ends the year having made a three-pointer in 28 out of 33 games this season.

Sigrun Olafsdottir, Jr., G/F
- Made her 117th career start for the Mocs.
- Appeared in her 120th career game at UTC.

Addie Grace Porter, Jr., G
- Made her 77th career start for the Mocs.
- Appeared in her 96th career game at UTC.
- Finished with a team-high nine rebounds in the loss.
- Was the second-highest rebounder of the game, regardless of team.
- Has a plus/minus of 0 on the day in her 29 minutes played.

Jada Guinn, Gr., G
- Made her 33rd career start for the Mocs (123rd of her career).
- Appeared in her 153rd career game.
- Scored a team-best 13 points for the Mocs.
- Ends her season with 643 total points scored, the third-most in program history.
- Next highest: Regina Kirk (654) is second. First is Alex Anderson (677).
- Her 26th time leading the team in scoring this season.
- Has scored double-digits in 32 out of 33 games this season. 75 times in her career.
- Also led the team with two assists.
- Recorded an additional seven rebounds for UTC.
- Guinn wraps up her five-year playing career with the following career stats:
- 1,614 career points (643 with the Mocs).
- 829 career rebounds (229 with the Mocs).
- 478 career assists (82 with the Mocs).
- 205 career steals (32 with the Mocs).
- 62 career blocks (11 with the Mocs).

Raven Thompson, So., F
- Made her 63rd career start for UTC.
- Appeared in her 65th career game with the Mocs.
- Scored 11 points for UTC.
- Her 26th time scoring in double-digits this season. 51st time of her career.

Karsen Murphy, Jr., F/C
- Made her 42nd career start for the Mocs.
- Appeared in her 103rd career game (91 with the Mocs).
- Finished with six points, all of which came from three-point range.