2019-20 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL at ETSU Bucs Saturday, February 1, 2020 | 1:00 p.m. EST Johnson City, Tenn. | Brooks Gym TV: ESPN3 | WFLI 1480 AM • 95.7 FM G21 2019-20 Schedule/Results 9 We Are CHATTANOOGA October On first reference it is acceptable to refer to us as “The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga”. 29 Lee (Exh) W, 71-55 After that, our preferred name is “Chattanooga” or “UTC”. November 6 at Belmont L, 50-63 Please DO NOT use “Tennessee-Chattanooga”, UT-Chattanooga” or any variation. 9 HAMPTON (DH) L, 55-84 11 at Liberty W, 71-54 CHATTANOOGA vs. EAST TENNESSEE STATE 14 PURDUE L, 34-66 19 at Cincinnati L, 53-72 The Mocs and Bucs first met on the court in 1975 before both became 21 at #8 Louisville L, 37-86 members of the Southern Conference and the NCAA in 1982. UTC leads 24 AUSTIN PEAY L, 49-50 the series 57-24 but ETSU has won three of the last four meetings 27 NORTHERN COLORADO L, 42-59 including the last in Johnson City last season. December 1 at Eastern Kentucky L, 65-71 8 at UT Martin L, 51-78 CHATTANOOGA MOCS ETSU BUCS 11 at South Dakota State L, 56-71 Head Coach: Katie Burrows (Chattanooga, 2004) Head Coach: Brittney Ezell (Alabama, 1999) 15 TROY (DH) L, 51-90 19 at #9 N.C. State L, 38-74 Overall: 4-16, 3-3 Southern Conference Overall: 7-14, 2-4 Southern Conference 29 OHIO (DH) L, 58-70 Overall Record: 18-33 | second season Overall Record: 162-194 | 12th season January Chattanooga Record: same ETSU Record: 99-109 | seventh season 9 • at Western Carolina W, 59-52 11 • at UNCG L, 41-49 CHATTANOOGA FAST BREAK NOTES 16 • WOFFORD W, 80-76 18 • FURMAN W, 60-52 • Lakelyn Bouldin is ranked 57th in the country for free throw percentage - 82.9%. 23 • at Samford L, 46-60 • Bria Dial was perfect against Wofford making all seven shots, including five 3-pointers, and was 4-4 25 • at Mercer L, 48-55 February from the free throw line with a career-high 23 points and entered UTC’s Top 10 for career blocks. 1 • at East Tennessee State 1:00 p.m. • Lakelyn Bouldin became the fifth UTC player to record 200 or more 3-pointers ... she is the 29th 6 • UNCG 7:00 p.m. member of the 1,000-Point Club and moved past Jasmine Joyner (‘17) for 15th on the all-time list with 8 • WESTERN CAROLINA 2:00 p.m. 1,328 career points ... she is fifth for career 3-pointers and is the Mocs’ all-time leader in free throw 13 • at Furman 7:00 p.m. percentage. 15 • at Wofford 2:00 p.m. 20 • MERCER 7:00 p.m. • The Mocs scored a season-high 80 points in win over Wofford, shot season-high 59.6% from the field 22 • SAMFORD (DH) 2:00 p.m. and season-high 57.1% from the 3-point line. Five players had season/career-high marks in the win. 29 • ETSU (DH) senior day 2:00 p.m. • Abbey Cornelius was named the College Sports Madness Player of the Week for the Southern March Conference for the week ending Nov. 17 ... she recorded her first career double-double with 11 points 5-8 ^ SoCon Tournament TBD and a career-high 11 rebounds at UT Martin. Schedule is tentative and subject to change. All times eastern. • Chattanooga has two foreign-born student-athletes on the team this season ... Pare Pene, from New All home games at The McKenzie Arena. • denotes Southern Zealand, is in her second season with the Mocs ... Ruona Uwusiaba transferred to Chattanooga from Conference opponent. DH denotes double header. ^ SoCon UCF after one season ... she is from Nigeria but attended high school in Southwest Dekalb High School. Tournament in Asheville, N.C. • The Mocs schedule is not one for the timid. Two Top 10 foes highlight Katie Burrows’ second season along with a multitude of powerhouse Mid-Major programs. Mocs on the Air Larry Ward is in his 22nd season calling MOCS PROBABLE STARTERS games for the Mocs. He started with three seasons with Craig Parrott, 12 seasons with Wes #3 Eboni Williams #12 Bria Dial #13 NaKeia Burks #25 Abbey Cornelius #33 Lakelyn Bouldin Moore, all five of the Jim Foster era and both seasons with Katie Burrows. SOCON Follow all the action at Brooks Gym on the DIGITAL SoCon Digital Network. NETWORK Athletics Communication ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ....................Anne C. Wehunt EMAIL [email protected] 6-0 | So. | Forward 6-0 | Jr. | Guard 5-10 | RSr. | Guard 6-2 | So. | Forward 5-8 | Sr. | Guard Hoover, Alabama Murfreesboro, Tenn. Huntsville, Alabama Knoxville, Tennessee Spencer, Tenn. PHONE (OFFICE) ................................ 423-425-4618 PHONE (CELL) .................................... 423-933-5764 MOCS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SOCIAL MEDIA WEB .....................................................GoMocs.com Facebook Twitter Instagram #GoMocs TWITTER ................................. @GoMocs @GoMocsWBK @GoMocsWBK @GoMocsWBK 2 CHATTANOOGA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GENERAL INFORMATION Last Time Out: Mocs Fall Short at Mercer Despite Third Quarter Rally The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga outscored Mercer 22-7 in the third quarter but it wasn’t enough as the Mocs fell 55-48 to the Bears at Hawkins Preferred Name ................................ Chattanooga Short Name ..................................................... UTC Arena Saturday afternoon in SoCon women’s basketball action. Both teams move to 4-16 overall while the Mocs even out Location ..................................Chattanooga, Tenn. its SoCon record at 3-3 and Mercer enjoys its first victory in league play to improve to 1-4. Bria Dial was 4-of-4 in the third Founded .............. 1886 at Chattanooga University with two 3-pointers, scoring half of her team-high 20 points in the frame. She was 8-of-14 for the game. Abbey Cornelius Enrollment ..................................................11,328 added 11 points and eight rebounds and NaKeia Burks had 10 points with three assists. Eboni Williams had 12 rebounds, Colors (PMS) ....... Navy Blue (295), Old Gold (124) three assists and two steals. “I don’t know where that fire was in the first half,” Chattanooga head coach Katie Burrows Nickname ...................................................... Mocs said. “It is discouraging that I have to try to press in order to get that fire out of us. We looked pretty darn good with it. It’s Mascot ...................................................... Scrappy just a shame that we dug ourselves that big of a hole in the first half.” Chattanooga trailed Mercer 35-16 at the half but Facility (Cap) ............The McKenzie Arena (10,526) put together a stellar third quarter to cut the lead to one point in the final minutes of the period. Cornelius drew a foul to Affiliation........................................NCAA Divsion I Conference ..............................................Southern start the quarter and got a 12-0 run started with a pair of free throws just seconds into the third. Her defensive rebound Time Zone ..................................................Eastern on the other end resulted in a 3-pointer by Burks and the Mocs were running. Dial scored the Mocs’ next five points with Press Row Phone ..............................423.756.5476 a layup and one from range to make it 35-26 with less than two minutes played in the quarter. Mercer called a timeout to stop the carnage, but Burks played the ball up high and snagged a steal that resulted in a fast break basket to cap the run ADMINISTRATION at 35-28 with 7:56 remaining in the period. The team traded baskets before UTC put together another run, this time eight Interim UT System President...............Randy Boyd points, to cut the lead to 39-38 with 3:18 left in the third. Williams hit a layup at the 5:31 mark. The Mocs’ bench erupted Chancellor ....................................Dr. Steven Angle on back-to-back 3-pointers from Cornelius and Dial making it a one-point game. Mercer pushed the lead back to four points Vice Chancellor/AD ........................Mark Wharton with a free throw and a jumper and led 42-38 with 10 minutes to play. Chattanooga forced a turnover to start the fourth Faculty Athletics Rep .................Dr. Debbie Ingram and cut the lead to 42-40 on a layup from Cornelius. The Bears, however, got scoring from Jaron Dougherty and Shannon Assistant Vice Chancellor ........ Dr. Emily Blackman Titus and never lost the lead. “When you are scoring points, you put more pressure on them on the other end,” Burrows Deputy Athletics Director ....................Scott Altizer said. “They start to tighten up and that is what happened in the second half. Normally, we get a good start. This time we Sr. Associate AD/SWA ........................Laura Herron didn’t.” Doughtery led all scorers with 29 points, including 12 in the second quarter alone, and had a double-double with 12 Sr. Associate AD .............................Andrew Horton rebounds and added four blocked shots. Titus had 18 points on 8-of-20 and had eight rebounds and three blocks. UTC was Sr. Associate AD ...........................Dr. JAy Blackman 19-of-56 (33.9%) for the game and 5-16 from the 3-point line. In the third the Mocs were 8-of-16 from the field and 4-of-6 McKenzie Arena Box Office ..............423.266.6672 from long range. They had just six attempts from the free throw line, making five. The teams were even in the paint with COACHING STAFF each scoring 22 points, but Mercer had an 18-12 advantage on points off turnovers and 4-3 on second chance. UTC had six fast break points to the Bears’ one. Neither bench scored in the game and Mercer edged the Mocs on the boards 36-34. COACHING STAFF Head Coach ....................................