2019-20 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Samford Bulldogs Saturday, February 22, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. (DH) Chattanooga, Tenn. | McKenzie Arena TV: ESPN3 | WFLI 1070 AM • 97.7 FM G27 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. SAMFORD 14 PURDUE L, 34-66 19 at Cincinnati L, 53-72 Chattanooga and Samford met six times before the Bulldogs joined the 21 at #8 Louisville L, 37-86 Southern Conference in 2008 with UTC winning five of the meetings. The 24 AUSTIN PEAY L, 49-50 Mocs lead the series 24-8 and 17-6 in SoCon play. Samford beat the Mocs 27 NORTHERN COLORADO L, 42-59 earlier this season in Birmingham. December 1 at Eastern Kentucky L, 65-71 CHATTANOOGA MOCS SAMFORD BULLDOGS 8 at UT Martin L, 51-78 11 at South Dakota State L, 56-71 Head Coach: Katie Burrows (Chattanooga, 2004) Head Coach: Carley Kuhns (Valdosta State, 2008) 15 TROY (DH) L, 51-90 Overall: 9-18, 8-4 Southern Conference Overall: 13-13, 8-3 Southern Conference 19 at #9 N.C. State L, 38-74 Overall Record: 23-34 | second season Overall Record: 79-42 | fourth season 29 OHIO (DH) L, 58-70 Chattanooga Record: same Samford Record: 13-13 | first season January 9 • at Western Carolina W, 59-52 CHATTANOOGA FAST BREAK NOTES 11 • at UNCG L, 41-49 16 • WOFFORD W, 80-76 • Bria Dial drained a last second 3-pointer to secure a SoCon win over Wofford. She had the Mocs last 18 • FURMAN W, 60-52 six points on a pair of 3-pointers in the final 1:34 of the game. 23 • at Samford L, 46-60 • The Mocs beat ETSU 91-82 in triple overtime, just the third 3OT game for the Mocs in program 25 • at Mercer L, 48-55 history. UTC is 24-23 in all overtime games and 3-0 in triple overtime games. February • Lakelyn Bouldin moved into the Mocs’ Top 10 all-time for scoring, moving past Julie Copeland (‘91) 1 • at ETSU W3OT, 91-82 6 • UNCG W, 74-59 for eighth all-time. Last season she became the 29th member of the 1,000-point club. This year she 8 • WESTERN CAROLINA L, 53-61 became just the fifth UTC player to record more than 200 career 3-pointers. She ranks third in that 13 • at Furman W, 69-63 category with 220. Bouldin is the Mocs’ all-time leader for free throw percentage. 15 • at Wofford W, 51-49 • Bria Dial was named the Player of the Week for the SoCon by College Sports Madness. She joins 20 • MERCER W, 58-52 Abbey Cornelius and Eboni Williams for the honor this season. 22 • SAMFORD (DH) 2:00 p.m. • Eboni Williams was named the SoCon Player of the Week by the Southern Conference and College 29 • ETSU (DH) senior day 2:00 p.m. Sports Madness for her performance at ETSU. March • Eboni Williams and Abbey Cornelius each recorded double-doubles against ETSU. First time since 5-8 ^ SoCon Tournament TBD Mocs at Florida in the 2017-18 season by Aryanna Gilbert and Arianne Whitaker. Schedule is tentative and subject to change. All times eastern. • Lakelyn Bouldin is ranked 41st in the country for free throw percentage - 84.3%. All home games at The McKenzie Arena. • denotes Southern • Eboni Williams is ranked 80th in the NCAA for rebounds per game - 8.7 ... she had a career-high Conference opponent. DH denotes double header. ^ SoCon 16 at ETSU besting her previous high mark set against Wofford (15) ... she has hit double figures for Tournament in Asheville, N.C. rebounding nine times this season. • Bria Dial was perfect against Wofford making all seven shots, including five 3-pointers, and was 4-4 from the free throw line with a career-high 23 points and entered UTC’s Top 10 for career blocks. 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. Chris Goforth and Todd Agne begin another season calling the game for the Mocs on the ESPN Networks. Chris works with softball and football with ESPN and Todd is the Mocs’ analyst for football with Jim Reynolds on WFLI radio. 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 Run Past Mercer for SoCon Win The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Preferred Name ................................ Chattanooga NaKeia Burks drove to the basket and avoided her defender, but the ball missed the bucket and fell to the other Short Name ..................................................... UTC side. She was there to pick it up and her put back retook the lead for the Mocs with 57 seconds to play. That Location ..................................Chattanooga, Tenn. put back gave UTC a 54-52 lead and was the start of the final eight points for the Mocs in a 13-2 run to close Founded .............. 1886 at Chattanooga University out the game and grab a 58-52 win over Mercer in Southern Conference women’s basketball action. The Mocs Enrollment ..................................................11,328 (9-17) improve to 8-4 in conference play and the Bears (6-20) fall to 3-8 against the SoCon. Mercer put together Colors (PMS) ....... Navy Blue (295), Old Gold (124) a 6-0 run midway through the fourth quarter for its largest lead of the game, 50-45, with 6:34 to play, but the Nickname ...................................................... Mocs Mocs held strong and came back with a run of their own. Lakelyn Bouldin made 2-of-3 free throws to get the Mascot ...................................................... Scrappy Facility (Cap) ............The McKenzie Arena (10,526) scoring started for UTC with 6:20 remaining in the game. That cut the Mercer lead to 50-47. Eboni Williams Affiliation........................................NCAA Divsion I connected on a 3-point play, drawing the foul while sinking a layup to tie the game at 50 apiece with 3:42 on the Conference ..............................................Southern clock. Summer Pahl resonded with her 14th point on the game on a layup to put the Bears back out front 52- Time Zone ..................................................Eastern 50, but that would be the final scoring drive for Mercer. Bria Dial scored six of the Mocs’ final eight points for a Press Row Phone ..............................423.756.5476 team-best 17. She drew the foul for a pair of free throws at the 2:49 mark to tie the game 52-52. Burks put back gave UTC the lead for the first time in more than seven minutes with 57 seconds to play. After a missed shot ADMINISTRATION by Mercer, Burks grabbed her ninth rebound of the game, a career-best, and headed down the court. Williams Interim UT System President...............Randy Boyd got the ball in to Dial for the layup, stretching the lead to 56-52 with 20 seconds remaining. A turnover on the Chancellor ....................................Dr. Steven Angle Mercer end put the ball back into Dial’s hands. She was sent to the free throw line with 14 seconds to play and Vice Chancellor/AD ........................Mark Wharton sealed the win with a pair of free throws to end the game. “I’m so proud of them for gutting it out,” Burrows Faculty Athletics Rep .................Dr. Debbie Ingram said. “Mercer did such a good job of crowding us and denying the ball. Props to them for playing a heck of a Assistant Vice Chancellor ........ Dr. Emily Blackman game.” Dial led three Chattanooga players in double figures with 17 points and eight rebounds. Williams had 14 Deputy Athletics Director ....................Scott Altizer points and six boards and Bouldin added 10 points in the win. Bouldin moved up one more spot on the Mocs’ Sr. Associate AD/SWA ........................Laura Herron all-time scoring list with 1,409 points, passing Julie Copeland (‘91) for eighth. Through 56 games, Williams now Sr. Associate AD .............................Andrew Horton has 513 points and 366 rebounds. The Mocs shot 40 percent (4-10) in the final quarter and made 7-of-8 from Sr. Associate AD ...........................Dr. JAy Blackman the free throw line after having just three chances the previous three quarters. They were 22-of-56 from the McKenzie Arena Box Office ..............423.266.6672 field and 6-of-19 beyond the arc while making 8-of-11 from the stripe. Mercer’s Shannon Titus had a double- COACHING STAFF double with a game-high 20 points and 11 rebounds. Pahl also recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 boards and Jill Harris dished out a game-best five assists. Titus also added two assists, three steals and four COACHING STAFF Head Coach ....................................