University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Louisville
Lady Mocs Fall to Louisville in Panera Bread Championship Game
11/24/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Tournament MVP, Angel McCoughtry, bookended a 30-2 run that turned a one-point
McCoughtry scored 15 of the 30 Cardinal points in the run to finish with a game-high 26 on 10-of-15 from the floor. She had a team-best six rebounds and 10 steals with a pair of assists in 27 minutes. Chauntise Wright went 7-for-9 for 14 points as the only other
Brooke Hand found her shot early in the game making back-to-back 3-pointers to start the game. She had five in the first half and ended with six on 15 attempts for a team0high 18 points. Alex Anderson had 11 points and seven rebounds for the Lady Mocs while Erin Ogan hit the double-digit mark with 10 points. Laura Hall, with 11 assists, nearly tied her career-high mark of 12.
Chattanooga jumped out to an early 13-4 lead as the 3-pointers were falling early, but saw that slip away when Louisville scored 11 straight points to take a 15-13 lead three minutes later. The Cardinals advantage would climb as high as 10 points, but the Lady Mocs battled back into the contest with a 17-7 run to close out the final 5:19 of the half.
Hand hit three of her treys in the run and Jenaya Wade-Fray drained her second at the buzzer to tie the game at 35-35 at halftime. The Lady Mocs found the perimeter shot making 13 three-pointers on the night, nine in the first half, after making just four last night.
All-Tournament Team
Tournament MVP
