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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (March 6, 2025) – The No. 2 seed Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team went wire-to-wire during a 68-47 convincing victory over No. 7 Mercer in the quarterfinal round of the 2025 Southern Conference Tournament held inside the Harrah's Cherokee Center – Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina, on Thursday afternoon.
 
With the win, No. 2 Chattanooga (15-13) earned its seventh-straight SoCon Tournament victory and advances to the semifinal round for the third-straight season, awaiting the winner of No. 3 ETSU and No. 6 Furman (4 p.m. ET tip). The semifinal game is set for Friday, March 7, at 1:15 p.m. on ESPN+.
 
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RECORDS – Chattanooga 15-13 ∙ Mercer 8-22  
 
INSIDE THE BOX – Chattanooga 68, Mercer 47

• Caia Elisaldez and Karsen Murphy combined for 17 first-quarter points to help Chattanooga jump out to a 23-11 lead after one. UTC earned a 14-3 rebounding edge in the opening quarter.
• The Mocs outscored the Bears 14-3 in the second quarter to help build a sizable 38-15 halftime lead. The squad limited Mercer to a lowly 6-of-26 (23.1%) shooting mark from the field in the half.
• Mercer fought back in the third quarter with a 17-9 scoring advantage to trim its deficit to 15, 47-32, after the Mocs went just 3-of-10 (0-of-6 3PT) from the field.
• UTC went an efficient 12-of-13 (92.3%) from the free-throw line in the final period to help ice the quarterfinal victory and earn a spot in the semifinal round for the third-straight season.

THREE KEY GAME NOTES ∙ MORE

• Chattanooga has won its last seven SoCon Tournament games dating back to the streaks start in the 2023 quarterfinals.
• The Mocs outscored the Bears 38-15 in the first half including a 15-4 second quarter effort… the +23-halftime advantage marked the largest (vs. DI) this season since a +25 (42-17) edge against N.C. Central back on November 11.
• Brooke Anya finished with a game-high 17 points on 5-of-8 FG (7-of-8 FT)… largest scoring output in a Mocs uniform since a career-high 26 points against Samford on January 16.

POSTGAME QUOTES ∙ MORE
HC Deandra Schirmer's opening statement after Thursday's quarterfinal win.
"Coming into this tournament, we were looking to rely on our defense. We always talk about how defense wins championships, and we talked about whether shots are falling or not, and sometimes in a tournament atmosphere it's tough to hit shots, we wanted our defense to carry us. I thought we did that today. We held them scoreless for seven minutes in the second quarter and that's where we kind of busted it open and controlled things from there. Mercer deserves a lot of credit, they were fighting to the very end. That's tournament basketball and I'm just proud of this group and the poise that we showed when things weren't going our way." 

F Karsen Murphy on tournament basketball feelings.
"No matter what the score is, it's a tournament game. It's win or go home. I think that's the mindset we have to have going into every game, no matter if we're up by 20 or down by 20, no matter what it is. In that moment, it's like Chattanooga is here and we're ready to roll. We have two more games in front of us."

UP NEXT
Chattanooga will await the winner of No. 3 ETSU and No. 6 Furman in the semifinal round tomorrow at 1:15 p.m. inside the Harrah's Cherokee Center – Asheville. Please check the schedule page for all game links and information HERE.

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