Postgame Notes vs. Florida - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics

Postgame Notes
Chattanooga 58, (RV) Florida 64
Nov. 8, 2026 | McKenzie Arena

Quick Record/Series
Chattanooga: 1-2
(RV) Florida: 3-0
Series: Chattanooga drops to 3-4 all-time against Florida and 0-2 on its home court against the Gators... Today was the first meeting in McKenzie Arena since Nov. 14, 2017 (L, 61-72)... The Gators have won two in a row in the series.

Deandra Schirmer (USC Aiken, 2011)
Overall (8): 152-59 | Chattanooga (3): 38-28

Notables

Chattanooga moves to 3-9 in its last 12 games against SEC opposition... Last win came on Dec. 3, 2023 against Miss. State 59-53.
UTC had a +36 difference in the final score of this year's game agains Florida compared to last year's game at Florida where it lost 52-94.
Each of the first three quarters were decided by one point: 12-11 (1st, UF), 13-12 (2nd, UTC), 17-16 (3rd, UF)... Game was tied at halftime... Florida outscored Chattanooga 23-18 in the fourth quarter... Mocs drop to 0-2 when trailing after three quarters.
Mocs had 3,335 fans in attendance... Biggest home crowd in the Schirmer era and largest since 4,235 fans on Feb. 17, 2018 against Wofford.
Chattanooga used the starting lineup of Gabbie Grooms, Izzy McPherson, TaTianna Stovall, Sarah Owona, and Ava Card for the third straight game to start the year.
The six point defeat is the SoCon's closest loss to a power-conference opponent this year... SoCon has played six games against P4 opponents.. Previous closest loss was 19 points in the ETSU/Clemson game.
Florida outrebounded Chattanooga 46-42... Second game in a row that UTC has been outrebounded by four: 41-37 at WKU.
Chattanooga made five threes, shooting at a rate of 23.8% (5-21) while holding Florida to a 17.6% (3-17) rate... The Mocs are 29.2% (14-48) on the season from 3FG.
There were 15 lead changes and eight ties... Florida led for 30:11 of game time while UTC led for 5:35 of game time... Florida's largest lead was nine (2:02, 4th Q)... Chattanooga's was five (1:29, 2nd Q).
UTC committed a season-low 11 turnovers in the loss... Previously had 16 vs. UVA Wise and 19 at WKU... Forced 13 Florida turnovers.
Florida had a 17-7 advantage in fast-break points.
Chattanooga blocked three shots while Florida blocked just one shot.
The Mocs were 56.3% (9-16) at the free-throw line... Shooting 58.5% (31-53) on the year... Florida made 10 more fouls shots, knocking down 19 of its 28 attempts.

Individual Standouts

Izzy McPherson scored a season-high 15 points in the defeat... Was the only Moc to knock down two 3-pointers in the game... Second time scoring in double figures against an SEC team in her career: 17 at Miss. State on 11/17/24.... Drew a team-high seven fouls... Also had two rebounds and two assists.
Gabbie Grooms had her first double-digit scoring game as a Moc with 11 points... Was 5-of-12 from the field... Also had two rebounds.
TaTianna Stovall recorded her third straight game in double figures to begin her Chattanooga career with 11 points... Knocked down her first college 3-pointer in the fourth quarter... Also had four rebounds.
Freshman Lydia Ledford contributed nine points and a career-high seven rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench.
Ava Card led all rebounders with 10 on the day... Is a new career high for the junior.
Vivian Iwuchukwu (19 points) and Kiyomi McMiller (16 points) were Florida's leading scorers... McMiller came into the game as the country's leading scorer at 31.8 ppg.

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Players Mentioned

Ava Card

Gabbie Grooms

Lydia Ledford

Izzy McPherson

Sarah Owona

TaTianna Stovall

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