March 23, 2003

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South Carolina vs. UT-Chattanooga
NCAA Tournament First Round
University Park, Pa.

• South Carolina is the No. 5 seed and UT-Chattanooga is the No. 12 seed in the Mideast Region.
• The #5 South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the #4 Chattanooga Lady Mocs, 68-54.
• The Gamecocks will play the winner of No. 4 Penn State and No. 13 Holy Cross in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.
• South Carolina improves its record to 8-7 in NCAA Tournament games and 5-3 in the NCAA First Round.
• South Carolina is 2-2 all time in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.
• The Gamecocks led the Lady Mocs 35-32 at the half.
• South Carolina is 4-2 at a neutral site this season.
• Seven different Gamecocks scored for South Carolina with Jocelyn Penn (15), Cristina Ciocan (18) and Sarah Burgess (11) recording double-digit points.
• Petra Ujhelyi grabbed 14 rebounds, one shy of her career high.
• Sarah Burgess tied her career high in steals with five
• South Carolina’s 28 3-point attempts was a South Carolina NCAA Tournament Record
• USC hits at least one three-pointer in its 60th consecutive game.
• Gamecocks improve to 21-1 when leading at the half.
• On South Carolina’s only other time as a five seed in the NCAA Tournament, USC defeated #4 Northwestern, 76-67, on March 17, 1990 (Mideast Region).