Postgame Notes vs. UVA Wise - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics

Postgame Notes
Chattanooga, Tenn. | McKenzie Arena
Nov. 2, 2026
Chattanooga 85, UVA Wise 44

Quick Record/Series
Chattanooga: 1-0
UVA Wise: 0-0* (game was an exhibition for the D2 program)
Series: Chattanooga moves to 2-0 all-time against UVA Wise... Defeated the Cavs 75-62 at home in the only other meeting between the two programs on 11/18/23.

Deandra Schirmer (USC Aiken, 2011)
Overall (8): 152-57 | Chattanooga (3): 38-26

Notables

Chattanooga moves to 30-23 all-time in season openers... Have won its first game of the year in five consecutive seasons.
The Mocs had 10 blocks which is their most in a game since Feb. 9, 2019 vs. ETSU.
Tonight's starting lineup was Ava Card, Izzy McPherson, Gabbie Grooms, TaTianna Stovall, and Sarah Owona.
Chattnaooga had 10 different players score a basket... three players in double figures.
Chattanooga outshot UVA Wise 58.2% (32-55) to 22.9% (14-61)... The Mocs were 50% (6-12) from 3FG while the Cavs were 25% (5-20).
The Mocs won the rebound battle 42-31.
Chattanooga's bench scored 34 points, accounting for 40% of tonight's scoring.
Four players made their UTC debuts: Stovall, Grooms, Lydia Ledford, and Aaliyah Story... Ledford and Story made their collegiate debuts as well.
The game was tied at 13 at the end of the first quarter.
Chattanooga outscored UVA Wise by 17 points in both the second and fourth quarters... 25-8 in the second quarter... 30-13 in the fourth quarter.
Mocs opened the second quarter on a 13-0 run where five different Mocs contributed offensively... Also had a 13-0 run in the fourth quarter.
The Mocs scored 22 points off turnovers while the Cavs scored just seven... Chattanooga had 16 turnovers... UVA Wise had 20 turnovers.
Chattanooga had double the amount of assists as UVA Wise: 16-8.

Individual Standouts

Stovall had 15 points to lead all scorers across both teams in her UTC debut... Was 70% (7-10) from the free-throw line... Is the sophomore's seventh game of 10 or more points in her college career.
Owona posted 12 points in the win... Was the only UTC player with two made threes on the night... Just the second game of her career at UTC with 10 or more points... Also had four rebounds.
Ledford reached 10 points in her first college game... Hit her first college three in the third quarter.
London Weaver, Evie Bruce, and McPherson all had nine points... Bruce also grabbed a career-high seven rebounds... Weaver was a perfect 3-for-3 from the field and 2-for-2 from the free-throw line... McPherson tallied two blocks.
Grooms stuffed the stat sheet posting a career-high nine rebounds along with seven points, four assists, a career-high four steals, and a career-high two blocks.
Card started her junior year with eight points and four rebounds.
Story scored six points and recorded a team-high three blocks in eight minutes during her collegiate debut... Scored all six points in the fourth quarter.

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Players Mentioned

Evie Bruce

Ava Card

Gabbie Grooms

Lydia Ledford

Izzy McPherson

Sarah Owona

Aaliyah Story

TaTianna Stovall

London Weaver

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