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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. ? Sophomore forward Shanara Hollinquest (Sylacauga, Ala.) led all scorers with a career-high 23 points and pulled down 11 rebounds as the Lady Mocs (23-3, 15-0) downed Wofford (9-16, 2-12) 85-63 in Southern Conference action Monday night at the McKenzie Arena in front of 1,823 fans.
Hollinquest, with 16 first-half points, tallied her third double-double of the season, making 10-of-15 from the field. She scored the first five points of the game before senior Brooke Hand (Moulton, Ala.) drained a 3-pointer from the wing to become the first player ? male or female ? in Southern Conference history to drain 300 career treys. She passed Wofford's Ian Chadwick (1997-01) who holds the men's record with 299.
Early in the first half, neither team was able to pull away as the two battled out to a 12-12 tie at the 14:14 mark. Chattanooga used a three-pointer by Hand and a layup from junior Erin Ogan (Knoxville, Tenn.) to take a 17-12 lead with 12:37 to play.
The Terriers mounted an 8-2 run that put them up front 20-19, at the 9:35 mark before the Lady Mocs answered back with a 6-0 run over the next 2:28 to reclaim the lead at 25-20. A pair of free throws and a three-pointer from Wofford's Kristin Bradley then knotted the score at 25-25 with 5:58 left in the half.
At that point, Chattanooga took control of the game scoring 11 straight points as part of a 20-5 run to close out the half and take a 45-30 lead into the break. During that stretch, Hollinquest poured in nine of her 23 points.
At the start of the second half, Wofford closed to within 13 points at 49-36 before back-to-back three pointers by sophomore Jenaya Wade-Fray (Madison, Ala.) and Hand made it 55-36 with 16:30 to play. A 10-2 run, fueled by six points from the Terriers' Mahagony Williams, narrowed the gap to 57-46 before Chattanooga pushed its lead to 64-46 with seven unanswered points.
From there, the Lady Mocs never looked back as they closed out the 85-63 victory to extend their NCAA-leading win streak to 18 games. Wade-Fray had a pair of 3-pointers to close out the game with 13 points and senior Alex Anderson (Stone Mountain, Ga.) just missed a double-double scoring 12 points and grabbing eight boardsand Hand finished with a trio of 3-pointers for 302 over her four-year career. . Junior LaCondra Mason (Chattanooga) scored seven points and grabbed seven rebounds while senior Laura Hall dished out seven assists.
Williams led the way for the Terriers, posting a career-high 16 points and pulling down seven rebounds while sophomore guard Natalie Gramblin rounded out the double-figure scorers with 13 points. Sophomore forward Kathlyn Varno added eight points and six rebounds while junior guard Liz Miller posted six points, five rebounds and a team-high six assists. Junior guard Laura Depko finished with four points, four rebounds and four assists.
The Lady Mocs outrebounded the Terriers with a season-high 50 rebounds to Wofford's 32 and dominated second chance points to the tune of 20-8. Wofford finished the night shooting 90.9 percent from the foul line while the Lady Mocs hit for 81 percent.
The Lady Mocs begin their last road trip of the regular season on Saturday, Feb. 23 when they travel to the College of Charleston for a 2:00 p.m. contest at Kresse Arena.
