CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Jan. 19, 2024) – The last two undefeated teams in SoCon play will match up on Saturday as the ETSU women's basketball team will travel to take on longtime rival Chattanooga. Tip-off between the Buccaneers and Mocs is set for 2 p.m.
  
GAME INFO
DATE: Saturday, January 20
TIME: 2 p.m. 
LOCATION: Chattanooga, Tenn. (McKenzie Arena)
TEAMS: ETSU at Chattanooga
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS:  SIDEARM Stats
RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 (Keith Brake)
TWITTER: @ETSU_WBB
 
ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU picked up a 77-71 win over Mercer last Saturday at Brooks Gym. With that victory over the Bears, the Bucs improved to 13-4 overall and 2-0 in SoCon play.
• ETSU's 77 points against Mercer is the second most the team has scored in a game this season (79 vs. Charleston Southern) and the fourth time it has scored 70 or more points. The Bucs have seen quite a bit of success when they get their offense clicking. When ETSU scores over 50 points this season it has a record of 12-1 with the lone setback coming in the season opener at Kentucky (74-66).
• The Buccaneers have the exact same overall record through 17 games as they did last season (13-4). However, ETSU dropped its first three conference games last season compared to the 2-0 mark in 2023-24.
• This season is the first since 2017-18 that the Bucs have started conference play 2-0. In 2017-18, ETSU reeled off five straight wins to start SoCon play on its way to an 11-3 record.
• Saturday will mark ETSU's first road game in nearly a month and just its second since the start of December. The Bucs are 3-3 on the road on the season.
• Nevaeh Brown has played the best for ETSU in road games so far this season. Brown is averaging 13.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game away from Johnson City. In the team's last road game at Clemson, Brown scored a team-high 20 points.
• Courtney Moore has led the Buccaneers on the scoresheet in the wins over Samford (17 points) and Mercer (16 points). Overall, ETSU has had six different leading scorers this season.
• Moore is also nearing a career milestone. She needs to make just eight more 3-pointers to reach 150 for her ETSU career. Moore has hit on multiple 3-pointers in nine games this season.
• Another milestone that was reached on Saturday was Breanne Beatty scoring her 1,000^th career point. Beatty, who has now scored 1,004 points in her collegiate career, netted 13 points in ETSU's win over Mercer on Saturday.
• Entering play this weekend, ETSU leads the SoCon in scoring defense (53.5 PPG). The Buccaneer scoring defense ranks 12^th nationally. Including ETSU's 13-4 record, the top 12 teams in the country in scoring defense have a combined record of 155-41 (.791 winning percentage).
• ETSU and Chattanooga have met 95 times over the years. The 95 games against one opponent are the most in the history of ETSU's program. Chattanooga won all three meetings between these two programs last season and hold a 69-25 advantage overall in the series. ETSU will be aiming for its first win over the Mocs since February 12, 2022, 65-62, and its 10^th all-time win in Chattanooga. 

ABOUT CHATTANOOGA

• Chattanooga enters this week's action with the best winning percentage of any team in the SoCon (.824). The Mocs are 14-3 on the season and have won three straight games entering Saturday's game with ETSU.
• The Mocs rank among the top 21 teams in the country in free throw percentage (22^nd – 77.8), scoring defense (16^th – 54.3) and 3-point percentage (16^th – 37.7).
• Hannah Kohn currently ranks third in the country in 3-point field goal percentage. Kohn has knocked down 50 percent of her attempts from beyond the arc.
• Chattanooga also has a pair of players averaging 14 or more points per game. Jada Guinn leads the way averaging 18.4 points per contest with Raven Thompson not far behind averaging 14.9.
• The Mocs are currently ranked No. 18 in the College Insider Mid-Major Poll.

UP NEXT 
Following Saturday's match with the Mocs, ETSU will have two-game road swing in North Carolina next week. First, the Bucs will face off against Western Carolina next Thursday at 7 p.m. After its trip to Cullowhee, ETSU will head to Greensboro to take on UNC Greensboro next Saturday at 2 p.m.
 
PURCHASE TICKETS
To purchase season or single game tickets for ETSU women's basketball, visit ETSUTickets.com or call 423-439-3878.
 
For more information on Buccaneer women's basketball, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's basketball tab.