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Staff Photo by Angela Lewis -- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's LaCondra Mason, left, and Laura Hall celebrate their teams Southern Confernece championship victory over Western Carolina today in the North Charleston Coliseum.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Seniors Alex Anderson and Laura Hall combined for 47 points today as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga defeated Western Carolina 71-59 to win the Southern Conference women’s basketball tournament for the third year in a row.
The Lady Mocs (28-3) led by 11 at halftime and had to hold off a Western Carolina rally midway through the second half to earn the championship and accompanying automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
The win improves UTC’s record to 18-0 all-time when the conference tournament is played in the Charleston area, with the last two titles coming at the North Charleston Coliseum.
It was the Lady Mocs’ third win over the Catamounts (25-8) this season. Anderson had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Hall finished with a season-high 22 points and four assists.
See Tuesday’s Times Free Press for more coverage.
John Frierson is in his fifth year at the Times Free Press and fifth year covering University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletics. The bulk of his time is spent covering Mocs football, but he also writes about women’s basketball and the big-picture issues and news involving the athletic department. A native of Athens, Ga., John grew up a few hundred yards from the University of Georgia campus. Instead of becoming a Bulldog he attended Ole ...
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