Lady Mocs Grab Share of Lead with Win over Elon

1/26/2007 7:00:00 PM | By: GoMocs.com

Box Score and Play-by-Play

ELON, N.C. -- The Chattanooga women's basketball team overcame a 10-point second-half deficit to claim its fourth straight win and a share of first place in the Southern Conference standings with a 58-50 victory over Elon Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium.

The Phoenix held Alex Anderson to just two points and four rebounds in the first half. The Stone Mountain, Ga., junior scored 15 points and had 12 rebounds in the second half to get her 12th double-double of the season with 17 points and 16 boards.

Jenaya Wade-Fray went 3-for-6 from the 3-point line and netted 12 points on the night. Brooke Hand just missed a double-double with eight points, four assists and a career-high 10 rebounds. Hand's pair of 3-pointers put her over the 200 mark for her career, leaving her 15 shy of the SoCon record of 216 set by former teammate Katasha Brown last season.

Ashley Huff's shot from beyond the 3-point line at the 4:32 mark gave the Lady Mocs a 23-18 lead, its largest of the first half. However, Elon would shut Chattanooga down for the remainder of the stanza, outscoring UTC 13-0 to take a 31-23 lead at the half.

Elon stretched its lead to 35-25 by scoring four of the second half's first six points, but the Lady Mocs responded with a 17-2 run to take a 42-37 lead with 11:19 to play. Anderson dropped in seven points in the run and Wade-Fray hit two crucial treys. Elon would bounce back and retake the lead at 50-48 with 3:21 to play, but it was the last the Phoenix would score.

Anderson hit a layup at the 2:55 mark to tie the game for the fourth time then hit Wade-Fray on a back-door layup at 1:51 to give the Lady Mocs the final lead at 52-50. Anderson hit another jumper and Laura Hall and Tagan Hatchett combined on four free throws to close out the game.

The game featured four ties and seven lead changes. Chattanooga won the battle of the boards by a 47-36 margin, but turned the ball over 21 times to the Phoenix 14. Rachel Hester led the Phoenix with 18 points, hitting five of her 10 shots from the floor ? five of eight attempts from behind the arc. Nikko King (11 rebounds, three steals), Tierra Bumbrey (six assists, four steals) and Amber Wall (10 rebounds) all turned in key performances for Elon.

The Lady Mocs will head to Greensboro, N.C., to take on the Spartans who knocked Davidson out of sole possession of first place in the league with a 78-55 win over the Wildcats at Fleming Gymnasium. Western Carolina defeated Wofford 79-65 in Cullowhee, N.C., to share in the conference lead. Game time is set to tip off at 5 p.m.

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