Wade-Fray Sinks Greensboro with Career Night

1/28/2007 7:00:00 PM | By: GoMocs.com

Box Score and Play-by-Play

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Freshman Jenaya Wade-Fray scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Chattanooga women's basketball team to an 83-66 Southern Conference win over UNC Greensboro Monday night at Fleming Gymnasium.

The loss drops the Spartans to 14-8 overall and 7-4 in league action. The win moves the Lady Mocs to 16-6 on the year and 9-2 in SoCon play. UTC remains locked in a tie for first place with Western Carolina who defeated Elon 77-66 today in Cullowhee, N.C. Davidson had the day off.

“I told this team they just amaze me,” Lady Mocs head coach Wes Moore said. “This was a great win for us. We shot the lights out of the ball tonight. What can you say about Jenaya [Wade-Fray]? She did it against Davidson too and these are definitely our two biggest games.”

Wade-Fray came off the bench hitting a career-high 6-for-6 from beyond the arc and was 8-of-9 from the floor. Alex Anderson just missed a double-double with 23 points and nine boards. She dished out five assists on the night and was 8-for-13 from the field.

After leading by a narrow 39-35 margin at halftime, the Lady Mocs pushed its lead to as much as 18 twice in the second half. Both teams combined for five free throws to start the latter period over the first 4:34. While Chattanooga never relinquished its lead, the Spartans pulled to within two at 49-47 at the 11:07 mark on a jumper by Irene Otamiri who had 14 points on the night.

Two 3-pointers from Ogan coupled with a three-point play from Amy Mohr pushed the Lady Mocs lead to 58-49. Kristen Boone hit a jumper to cut the lead to 58-51 with 8:23 play, but an 11-0 run by the Lady Mocs put UTC up by a near-insurmountable 69-51 with 5:50 to play.

“At halftime I told Erin [Ogan] and Kristen Spann they're doubling on Alex [Anderson] so knock ?em down. They can both bury the three,” Moore said. “Amy Mohr did a great job as well. She did a good job of handling the ball and running the team against probably the league's toughest guard in Kristen Boone.”

Greensboro would only get as close as 10 for the remainder of the game, but a Wade-Fray bomb sparked a 10-2 run to push the lead back to 18 with 32 seconds remaining. The Lady Mocs converted 17 Spartan turnovers into 22 points and outrebounded UNCG 35-34. Chattanooga's bench outscored Greensboro 45-15.

Chattanooga will return home for a two-game stint beginning with a Thursday matchup against Appalachian State at the Roundhouse. The game will tip off at 7 p.m.

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