UTC Women Open SoCon Tourney With 68-47 Win Over Mercer

March 6, 2025

Rick Nyman,

(gomocs.com)– The No. 2 seed Chattanooga Mocs women’s basketball team went wire-to-wire during a 68-47 convincing victory over No. 7 Mercer in the quarterfinal round of the 2025 Southern Conference Tournament held inside the Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina, on Thursday afternoon.

With the win, No. 2 Chattanooga (15-13) earned its seventh-straight SoCon Tournament victory and advances to the semifinal round for the third-straight season, awaiting the winner of No. 3 ETSU and No. 6 Furman (4 p.m. ET tip). The semifinal game is set for Friday, March 7, at 1:15 p.m. on ESPN+.

RECORDS – Chattanooga 15-13 ∙ Mercer 8-22

INSIDE THE BOX – Chattanooga 68, Mercer 47

Caia Elisaldez and Karsen Murphy combined for 17 first-quarter points to help Chattanooga jump out to a 23-11 lead after one. UTC earned a 14-3 rebounding edge in the opening quarter.
The Mocs outscored the Bears 14-3 in the second quarter to help build a sizable 38-15 halftime lead. The squad limited Mercer to a lowly 6-of-26 (23.1%) shooting mark from the field in the half.
Mercer fought back in the third quarter with a 17-9 scoring advantage to trim its deficit to 15, 47-32, after the Mocs went just 3-of-10 (0-of-6 3PT) from the field.
UTC went an efficient 12-of-13 (92.3%) from the free-throw line in the final period to help ice the quarterfinal victory and earn a spot in the semifinal round for the third-straight season.

THREE KEY GAME NOTES

Chattanooga has won its last seven SoCon Tournament games dating back to the streaks start in the 2023 quarterfinals.
The Mocs outscored the Bears 38-15 in the first half including a 15-4 second quarter effort… the +23-halftime advantage marked the largest (vs. DI) this season since a +25 (42-17) edge against N.C. Central back on November 11.
Brooke Anya finished with a game-high 17 points on 5-of-8 FG (7-of-8 FT)… largest scoring output in a Mocs uniform since a career-high 26 points against Samford on January 16.

UP NEXT

Chattanooga will await the winner of No. 3 ETSU and No. 6 Furman in the semifinal round tomorrow at 1:15 p.m. inside the Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville.