The Spartans, however, made a charge, outscoring Chattanooga 11-3 over the final 6:38 of the second period and cut the Mocs’ lead to 31-23 at the break. Aryanna Gilbert forced a turnover and picked up the ball, sending it to Joyner on a fast break to make it 28-12 with 6:58 to go in the half. Sophomore Keiana Gilbert (Pulaski, Tenn.) had 12 points with three assists, four rebounds and two blocks.Ĭhattanooga got out to a 22-10 lead in the first quarter and led by as much as 16 points in the second frame. She tallied three assists and game-high four blocked shots. But this one will hurt for a long time.Also in double digits was sophomore Aryanna Gilbert (Pulaski, Tenn.) with 14 points and five rebounds. This program prides itself on winning, so every loss hurts. Our players are great and talented and they can do that stuff individually." Sometimes your shot clock interrupts that so we try and take what we can get. We try to get the best shot that we can get. So obviously we were a little frustrated in the second half, frustrated that we didn't get these guys to the NCAA tournament." I thought we were a little worn down and tired there on those possessions. I thought our guys really clawed back into it and gave us a chance making some great plays and then we give up two straight uncontested layups, we give up the 3 and we worked on trying to sustain defensive effort. He made some really tough plays around the rim and we thought we could take advantage of using our length and athleticism and that's something he did tonight. David Jean-Baptiste was 8-for-10, he was phenomenal. But the six offensive rebounds were significant. We were going to live with playing him one-on-one in the post and we knew he might make some, miss some, but we would live with him getting 20-plus. You look at the stat sheet and get outrebounded 40-31, it's something we pride ourselves on and we knew Vila would have a decent night. It's been a phenomenal season with a phenomenal group. I'm really fortunate that I've been able to coach this group. We lose the second half 43-26 and they outrebound us and outplayed us in a lot of ways. We got our tails kicked in the second half. I thought we were really good on the boards. I thought we did some nice things in the first half. They're playing really good basketball and we saw that in the last week and the last two games. "Just want to tip my cap to Chattanooga and Lamont's team. And if they double-team me, we have excellent shooters." So if they do not want to double-team me, they have to stop me one-on-one in the post. That is a decision the other team has to make. "Some teams double-team me a lot, and I am not a selfish teammate, so I kick it out and my teammates make 3s. We just need to keep playing hard and keep being aggressive." We were finishing plays and finishing possessions. "For us as a team, we were competing to the end. That is what I did today."Ĭhattanooga redshirt junior guard David Jean-Baptiste And that is competing and getting going and providing energy. "All year I struggled to find a role, but in these last couple of games I have found what I am good at and what does best for the team. But the bulk of it will be us and getting our product as good as it can possibly be because if we do that, and we compete at a high level, then the rest normally takes care of itself."Ĭhattanooga senior guard/forward Jonathan Scott We will do that in the framework of what we need to do in order to have success against Wofford. We will work the hardest on us doing the things we need to do: blocking out, rebounding, defending at the level we need to. We do not change 1,000 things when we play. The biggest thing for us tomorrow is that it is 75 percent us and 25 percent who we are playing. "You are only guaranteed 40 minutes, and we earned 40 more minutes. I can't be happier for our guys and prouder for our guys with the way they competed, and I thought that was the biggest difference in the game." I thought they did a really good job at some of the little things and competing and being very aggressive against a very good team. We thought we could regroup and compete hard in the second half and play better basketball. I did not think we played well in the first half, and we did a good job just to stay where we were at halftime. "I thought the guys battled extremely hard throughout the game.
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