Chattanooga at Samford
Birmingham, Ala. | Pete Hanna Center
Wednesday, January 04, 2017
Postgame Notes
 
TEAM
• Chattanooga beat Samford 77-61 in the Southern Conference opener for both teams … Chattanooga is 7-8 … Samford falls to 6-9 … UTC is 19-7 against Samford, 14-6 in SoCon play and 7-5 on the road … the Mocs never trailed.
 
• 77 points by the Mocs is the second most points scored this year … 54.2 field goal percentage is second best this season.
 
• Mocs were 8-of-17 from 3-point line … 47.1 percent is best this season … eight made is third most by UTC this season … 10 3-pointers by Samford ties (at FGCU) for most by an opponent this year.
 
• UTC was 17-of-19 from free throw line … 17 ties most (at Rutgers) made by UTC this season … five free throws attempted by Samford is second fewest this season … Samford made all five.
 
• Seven fouls by the Mocs is second fewest by UTC this season … Mocs lead the nation in fewest personal fouls per game.
 
• Chattanooga started the game on a 15-5 run over the first 5:47 … stretched the lead to 27-12 with a 12-7 run over the next 6:07 … Mocs led 37-30 at halftime … Samford's 15-5 run in the third quarter cut the Mocs' lead to 46-45 with 3:17 to play in the period … Mocs' lead was 52-49 after three quarters … UTC started the fourth quarter on a 10-0 run with five points each from Johnson and Shumpert
 
• Chattanooga led wire-to-wire
 
• UTC outscored Samford 30-16 in the paint, 16-12 off turnovers, 8-5 on second chance points, 12-5 on fast breaks … the Mocs' bench outscored the Bulldogs 20-8
 
INDIVIDUAL
Jasmine Joyner – Sr., C
• 20 points, 9 rebounds, 5 blocks, 0 fouls
• 6-7 from free throw line … six ties for her most made this year
• tied for 18^th in NCAA for blocked shots with 373 for her career
• 20 points is season-high
 
Chelsey Shumpert – RJr., G
• 19 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals
• 19 points is season-high
•  8-of-8 from free throw line
 
Moses Johnson – Sr., G
• 12 points
• 5-of-5 from the field, 2-2 from 3-point line