Lady Mocs ReClaim Share of SoCon Lead with Win Over Furman

2/11/2007 7:00:00 PM | By: GoMocs.com

Box Score and Play-by-Play

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The Chattanooga women's basketball team downed Furman 64-48 Monday evening at Timmons Arena and moved back into a share of first place in the Southern Conference standings.

The Lady Mocs improved to 19-7 overall and 12-3 in league play and climbed back into a tie for first with Western Carolina after the Catamounts fell 83-81 to Georgia Southern in Cullowhee, N.C. in overtime. Furman falls to 9-17 overall and 4-11 in the SoCon.

Alex Anderson led all scorers with 21 points, grabbed eight boards and was the only UTC player in double figures. Brooke Hand went 3-for-5 from the 3-point line with nine points in the game. Erin Ogan scored eight points and Shanara Hollingquest had seven points and four rebounds.

With a pair of 3-pointers from Sarah Baker in the first three minutes of the contest, Furman jumped out to its largest lead of the game at 10-4. Brooke Hand drained a 3-pointer cutting the lead in half. Anderson hit a layup and converted on the free throw to tie the game at 10-10 and the Lady Mocs never trailed again. Chattanooga went up by as much as six points in the first half and led by five at halftime shooting 10-for-23 in the period.

In the second half, Anderson scored 16 of UTC's 21 points to start the second half including an eight minute stretch where she outscored Furman 14-8 to put UTC up 49-33 with 8:51 to play. The Lady Mocs led by as much as 20 points twice in the second half and held off the Paladins for the win.

Chattanooga's 3-point game resurfaced Monday night with Tagan Hatchett adding two to Hand's three while Ogan and Amy Mohr each went 1-for-1 from beyond the arc. UTC was 7-for-12 on the night for a 58.3 percent performance. The Lady Mocs out rebounded the Paladins 32-25 and outscored Furman 30-16 in the paint. Kristen Spann and Tagan Hatchett each tossed in six points for Chattanooga.

The Lady Mocs will return home to host the College of Charleston Saturday at 5 p.m. on Trading Card Night. The game will be the first of a Mocs Double-Header as the men will host Jacksonville State in an ESPN BracketBuster game immediately following the women's game.

NOTES:
Alex Anderson has 1,035 points and is in sole possession of 17th place on the Lady Mocs' all-time scoring list. She is 43 points away from 16th.

Alex Anderson needs just 12 rebounds to enter the top 10 all-time charts at UTC.

Alex Anderson is ninth on the Lady Mocs single-season charts for points scored at 550 and 10th for rebounds with 267.

Laura Hall moved into sole possession of 10th place on the Lady Mocs' all-time list for assists with 276. She passed Kim Weems' career total of 274.

Brooke Hand has 211 career 3-pointers. She needs five to reach Katasha Brown's Southern Conference and Chattanooga career record of 216.

Brooke Hand's 69 three-pointers this season are the fourth most ever made in a single season at UTC.

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