BOX SCORE AND PLAY-BY-PLAY
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The Chattanooga women's basketball team used an 14-0 run late in the second half to propel themselves to a 58-48 Southern Conference win over UNC Greensboro Saturday afternoon at Fleming Gym.
The win moves the Lady Mocs to 16-6 overall and 12-1 in SoCon action to remain tied with Samford atop the conference leader board. The Spartans fall to 7-15 overall and 4-9 in theSoCon.
The Spartans scored 10 unanswered points to cut Chattanooga's lead from 11 points down to 40-39 with 9:17 to play in the game. However, the Lady Mocs would respond with a 14-0 run sparked by back-to-back 3-pointers from Jenaya Wade-Fray and Erin Ogan to put the game nearly out of reach at 54-39 with 4:41 to play.
Ogan tallied her fifth double-double of the season with 14 points and a career-high tying 14 rebounds. Shanara Hollinquest led all scorers with 16 points on the night and had eight boards. Jenaya Wade-Fray was the third Chattanooga player in double figures with 12 points.
After trailing briefly in the first few minutes of the game, Hollinquest hit one of two free throws to tie the game at 5-5 and Wade-Fray would follow with a 3-pointer to put the Lady Mocs on top for good. Hollinquest's free throw would start a 10-0 run that lasted 4:22 and stretch Chattanooga's lead to 14-5 at the 9:29 mark of the first half. The two teams would play it even the rest of the way through the half and UTC carried a 27-18 lead into half time.
In the second half, the Lady Mocs shot 41.7 percent and were 4-for-9 from the 3-point line making six on the night. Chattanooga struggled again from the free throw line making just 12-of-24.
Wade-Fray and Tagan Hatchett each dished out five assists, Hollinquest grabbed three steals and Ogan added two blocked shots to raise her team-high total to 17.
UNC Greensboro was led in scoring by Gini Grimsley's 11 points, all in the second half. She had nine rebounds and two blocked shots. Lakiah Hyson had a team-best 10 rebounds and six points and TaShama Banner had seven points.
The Lady Mocs will remain on the road to take on Elon Monday night at Alumni Gym. The game is slated to tip at 7 p.m. Larry Ward will have all the action live on WDOD-AM 1310 or online around the world at the official website of Chattanooga Athletics GoMocs.com.
