CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The Chattanooga women's basketball team earned it's third straight win, beating King University 62-47 Saturday afternoon at The McKenzie Arena. The Mocs improve to 5-3 overall while King remains at 1-4 as this counted as an exhibition for the Division II Tornado.
 
The Mocs got off to a hot start with a 14-3 run bookended by sophomore point guard Addie Grace Porter who led the Mocs with six points. It included a pair of steals by the Mocs and a perfect 3-3 from the free throw line over the first six minutes.
 
King, however, responded with an 11-2 run of its own that stretched into the second quarter, cutting the Mocs lead to 18-14 at the 9:13 mark of the period. Chattanooga would lead 33-24 at intermission.
 
The second half saw the Mocs make a second run, outscoring the Tornado 11-2 over the first 3:30 of the third quarter and UTC's lead climbed to 44-26. The Mocs were 5-of-6 in the run with Abbey Cornelius dropping in six points and Yazz Wazeerud-Din added the other five.
 
Cornelius gave Chattanooga it's largest lead of the game with a layup at the 2:28 mark of the fourth quarter to make it 62-41. She finished the game with a double-double, scoring 12 points and snaring 12 rebounds.
 
Wazeerud-Din led the Mocs with a game-high 15 points, making three from deep and dishing out three assists. Porter pitched in 11 points and a career-high tying seven assists and pulled down five boards.
 
Raven Thompson just missed a double-double for the fourth time, but had a career-high 16 rebounds to go along with nine points and a game-best three steals.
 
Chattanooga will hit the road for nearly a month beginning with a trip to Atlanta to take on Georgia State. The game tips off at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Georgia State Convocation Center. Follow all the action online at GoMocs.com.
 
FROM THE HEAD COACH
"First and foremost, thanks again for coming out and showing support. Thanks for the fans. We look forward to as we get better, hopefully more and more people will come into McKenzie. We appreciate the support.
 
"I'm glad I'm able to stand her and celebrate a win while we have a lot of work to do. I thought King competed their butts off, gave it a valiant effort, tried to mix in a lot of defenses. They did a lot of things to bother us. A lot of room for improvement on our end. I love winning, working and getting better while we win."
 
TOP STATS
• The Mocs opened the first and third quarters on a combined 25-5 run against King.
• 42 rebounds is a single-game high for Chattanooga.
• Abbey Cornelius recorded 15^th double-double of her career with 12 points, 12 rebounds
• Raven Thompson pulled down a UTC single-game best 16 rebounds. A career high for the freshman.