University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Tennessee
Lady Mocs Give Lady Vols Scare; Tennessee Wins by Three
11/21/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The Lady Mocs drained five of their nine 3-pointers in a 19-1 run sparked by junior Jenaya Wade Fray's trey at the 13:35 mark of the second half. Sophomore Bailey Dewart drained three of her career-best four 3-pointers in the run capping it off with 8:08 to play to give
The Lady Vols got a free throw from Glory Johnson and a layup from Shekinna Stricklen to get within five, but Megan Rollins nailed a 3 to push the lead back to eight. Seven unanswered points on a trio of layups and a free throw by
Foul trouble would get the better of the Lady Mocs who were whistled for 30 fouls to the Lady Vols 20. UTK struggled at the line making just 23-of-43 attempts while
The Lady Vols tied the game 63-63 on a wide-open 3 from Alicia Manning in front of the UTK bench. Dewart's jumper was blocked by Vicki Baugh and recovered by Glory Johnson. Baugh was fouled by Hollinquest with 52 seconds remaining to send her to the bench. Baugh missed the front end of her two free throws, but made the second to give UT its final lead.
The Lady Mocs missed a pair of jumpers that would have put them on top and Ogan fouled out on the
Following a UTC time out, Rollins, with the ball out of bounds, called a time-out when she couldn't find the open player to avoid a five-second call. However,
Cait McMahan made the first of her two free throws and a foul by Wade-Fray put Shekinna Stricklen at the line with 2.6 seconds on the clock. She made the first of her two shots but missed her second and time ran out as both teams fought for the rebound.
The Lady Mocs outdid UTK from the perimeter sinking 9-of-23 from 3-point land. Hollinquest made
Glory Johnson had a game-high 19 points and 13 rebounds for the Lady Vols while Alyssia Brewer was the only other UT player in double digits with 10 points. Shekinna Stricklen had nine points and seven boards for the Lady Vols while Cait McMahan, Amber Gray and Alicia Manning each chipped in seven.
The Lady Vols outrebounded
NOTES:
For the second time in two games, the Lady Mocs had six different players made at least one three-pointer.
Anelia Murray: Career-high six points
Tenisha Townsend: Career-high seven rebounds
Bailey Dewart: Career-high 12 points
Career-high four 3-pointers
Shanara Hollinquest: Second double-double of season (two games)
Andrea Neil: Career-high five points
Megan Rollins: Career-high seven points, two rebounds
