2019-20 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL at Furman Paladins Thursday, February 13, 2020 | 7:00 p.m. EST Greenville, S.C. | Timmons Arena TV: ESPN+ | WFLI 1070 AM • 97.7 FM G24 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. FURMAN 14 PURDUE L, 34-66 19 at Cincinnati L, 53-72 The Mocs beat the Paladins in the first meeting this season at the 21 at #8 Louisville L, 37-86 Roundhouse 60-52. The Mocs lead the series 54-26 and are 47-24 against 24 AUSTIN PEAY L, 49-50 the Paladins in the regular season. On the road, Chattanooga is 21-14 27 NORTHERN COLORADO L, 42-59 against Furman and have lost the last three meetings in Greenville. December 1 at Eastern Kentucky L, 65-71 CHATTANOOGA MOCS FURMAN PALADINS 8 at UT Martin L, 51-78 11 at South Dakota State L, 56-71 Head Coach: Katie Burrows (Chattanooga, 2004) Head Coach: Jackie Carson (Furman, 2001) 15 TROY (DH) L, 51-90 Overall: 6-16, 5-3 Southern Conference Overall: 14-9, 5-4 Southern Conference 19 at #9 N.C. State L, 38-74 Overall Record: 20-33 | second season Overall Record: 158-147| 10th season 29 OHIO (DH) L, 58-70 Chattanooga Record: same Furman Record: same January 9 • at Western Carolina W, 59-52 CHATTANOOGA FAST BREAK NOTES 11 • at UNCG L, 41-49 16 • WOFFORD W, 80-76 • The Mocs beat ETSU 91-82 in triple overtime, just the third 3OT game for the Mocs in program 18 • FURMAN W, 60-52 23 • at Samford L, 46-60 history. UTC is 24-23 in all overtime games and 3-0 in triple overtime games. 25 • at Mercer L, 48-55 • Lakelyn Bouldin became the fifth UTC player to record 200 or more 3-pointers ... she is the 29th February member of the 1,000-Point Club and moved past Jenaya Wade-Fray (‘10) for 13th on the all-time list 1 • at ETSU W3OT, 91-82 with 1,373 career points ... she tied Wade-Fray for career 3-pointers for fourth with 214 and is the 6 • UNCG W, 74-59 Mocs’ all-time leader in free throw percentage. 8 • WESTERN CAROLINA 2:00 p.m. 13 • at Furman 7:00 p.m. • Eboni Williams was named the SoCon Player of the Week by the Southern Conference and College 15 • at Wofford 2:00 p.m. Sports Madness for her performance at ETSU ... she joins Abbey Cornelius as the only other player to 20 • MERCER 7:00 p.m. earn the honor from College Sports Madness. 22 • SAMFORD (DH) 2:00 p.m. • Eboni Williams and Abbey Cornelius each recorded double-doubles against ETSU. First time since 29 • ETSU (DH) senior day 2:00 p.m. Mocs at Florida in the 2017-18 season by Aryanna Gilbert and Arianne Whitaker. March 5-8 ^ SoCon Tournament TBD • Lakelyn Bouldin is ranked 41st in the country for free throw percentage - 84.3%. • Eboni Williams is ranked 80th in the NCAA for rebounds per game - 8.7 ... she had a career-high Schedule is tentative and subject to change. All times eastern. 16 at ETSU besting her previous high mark set against Wofford (15) ... she has hit double figures for All home games at The McKenzie Arena. • denotes Southern rebounding nine times this season. Conference opponent. DH denotes double header. ^ SoCon • Bria Dial was perfect against Wofford making all seven shots, including five 3-pointers, and was 4-4 Tournament in Asheville, N.C. from the free throw line with a career-high 23 points and entered UTC’s Top 10 for career blocks. • The Mocs scored a season-high 80 points in win over Wofford, shot season-high 59.6% from the field Mocs on the Air and season-high 57.1% from the 3-point line. Five players had season/career-high marks in the win. 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. Follow the women’s basketball game on ESPN + Thursday at Furman. 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’ Second Half Rally Not Enough The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Preferred Name ................................ Chattanooga The Chattanooga women’s basketball team rallied late to pull within two points of Western Carolina but fell Short Name ..................................................... UTC 61-53 in SoCon action on a snowy Saturday afternoon at the McKenzie Arena. “I told you guys my kids are Location ..................................Chattanooga, Tenn. never going to quit,” Chattanooga head Katie Burrows said. “We just decided to amp it up a little bit too late. Founded .............. 1886 at Chattanooga University They really gave great effort in the second half. We had so many missed layups and I don’t know if that’s Enrollment ..................................................11,328 mechanical or what, but that hurt us.” Chattanooga rallied from an 11-point deficit at the half to get to within Colors (PMS) ....... Navy Blue (295), Old Gold (124) Nickname ...................................................... Mocs two points with just more than two minutes remaining in the game. The third quarter saw the Mocs get Mascot ...................................................... Scrappy back into the game, cutting the WCU lead to single digits. That push continued into the fourth but UTC could Facility (Cap) ............The McKenzie Arena (10,526) never get the lead. Bria Dial scored 13 points in the third quarter making the Mocs’ first 10 points and was Affiliation........................................NCAA Divsion I 3-of-4 from the arc in the period. Lakelyn Bouldin closed out the frame draining three free throws with half a Conference ..............................................Southern second on the clock. The Mocs started the fourth quarter trailing 47-39. Abbey Cornelius capped off an 11-2 Time Zone ..................................................Eastern run with a pair of free throws to pull the Mocs to within three points, 51-48 with 4:57 on the clock. Western Press Row Phone ..............................423.756.5476 Carolina stretched its lead back to five points twice before NaKeia Burks connected on a 3-pointer to make ADMINISTRATION it a 55-53 game with 2:06 remaining. Cornelius got a block on the other end and the defensive rebound, but a steal by the Catamounts resulted in a 3-pointer from Alyssa Walker, pushing the lead back to five, 58-53. Interim UT System President...............Randy Boyd Chattanooga put WCU on the line twice at the end that resulted in three more points for the Cats. Dial led Chancellor ....................................Dr. Steven Angle all scorers with 20 points, making 4-of-8 from beyond the arc. Eboni Williams was the other Chattanooga Vice Chancellor/AD ........................Mark Wharton player in double figures with 12 points and a team-high tying seven rebounds. Cornelius added seven points, Faculty Athletics Rep .................Dr. Debbie Ingram seven boards and a career-high five blocked shots. The Catamounts shot 51.1 percent from the field and Assistant Vice Chancellor ........ Dr. Emily Blackman were 7-of-17 from the arc and were 6-of-8 from the free throw line. The Mocs shot 30.9 percent (17-55) Deputy Athletics Director ....................Scott Altizer Sr. Associate AD/SWA ........................Laura Herron from the field and were 6-of-24 from range. “When we spread the floor and made them guard us out there, Sr. Associate AD .............................Andrew Horton we were able to get to the rim and get fouled,” Burrows said. “Free throws kept us in the game because Sr. Associate AD ...........................Dr. JAy Blackman we did make those.” Chattanooga made 13-of-15 from the free throw line, 10 coming in the second half. McKenzie Arena Box Office ..............423.266.6672 Tembre Moates led four Catamounts in double figures with 14 points and seven rebounds. Lauren LaPlant and Judith Martin Ruiz each added 13 and Adrea Martin Ruiz had 10 points and six assists for WCU. Both COACHING STAFF teams had 31 rebounds with UTC scoring 14 points on 11 offensive boards and 14 on turnovers. Western COACHING STAFF Carolina improved to 5-19 on the year and 2-7 against the league. The Mocs (6-17) will travel to Furman for Head Coach ..................................... Katie Burrows a Thursday night matchup in Greenville, S.C. The teams are tied for fourth in the SoCon standings at 5-4. Alma Mater ........................... Chattanooga, 2004 Career Record/Years ..............................first year MOCS PROBABLE STARTERS UTC Record/Years ....................................... same Assistant Coach .................................Debbie Black Pos. No. PLAYER HT Min PPG RPG APG SPG BPG Alma Mater .............................St. Joseph’s, 1984 F 3 Eboni Williams 6-0 28.5 9.5 8.6 1.8 1.5 0.8 Assistant Coach ...........................Brittany Johnson G 12 Bria Dial 6-0 34.1 9.3 4.0 1.3 1.2 0.7 Alma Mater .............................