University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
College of Charleston
Lady Mocs Survive Cougars 61-55 in Charleston
1/5/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
CHARLESTON, S.C. --- Chattanooga's Shanara Hollinquest and Erin Ogan teamed up for their third combined double-double this season to lead the Lady Mocs to a 61-55 Southern Conference women's basketball win over the College of Charleston Monday night at the new Carolina First Arena.
The win moves the Lady Mocs to 10-6 overall and 6-1 in league play while the Cougars fall to 8-5 and 2-4 in SoCon action.
Hollinquest led all scorers with 22 points and 11 rebounds including eight makes from the free throw line while Ogan, with a 7-for-8 performance from the charity stripe, had 15 points and a career high 14 boards on the night. Jenaya Wade-Fray went 4-for-9 from the 3-point line and was the third
After leading by six points at the half, the Lady Mocs increased its lead to 40-28 at the 16:17 mark in the second half on a pair of free throws from Tagan Hatchett. That was the best it would get for the Lady Mocs as
The Cougars would continue to chip away and got to within two with just 29 seconds to play on a 3-pointer from Jade Hughes. On the ensuing throw-in by
This marked the fouth time Hollinquest has scored 20 or more points in a game and her fifth double-double this season. It is Ogan's fourth double-double on the year while Wade-Fray tied her season-high for 3-pointers with four.
Gerty had a team-high 18 points for the Cougars and Hughes had 10 points. Sarah Moye had a team-high eight rebounds and Brooke Kotcella pulled down eight boards.
The
The Lady Mocs will remain on the road with a league contest at Western Carolina on Monday, Jan. 12 in
