Lady Mocs beat Wofford

Kayla Christopher scored 17 points Saturday to lead the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga into the semifinals of the Southern Conference women's basketball tournament.

The third-seeded Lady Mocs missed their first nine shots before building a 21-point lead, but they had to hold off No. 11 Wofford in the closing minutes of their 68-58 win at McKenzie Arena.

Whitney Hood and Tenisha Townsend had 11 points each for UTC, which will face No. 2 seed Samford in the semis Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

For more SoCon tourney coverage, see tomorrow's Times Free Press. You can also follow beat writer John Frierson on Twitter at twitter.com/mocsbeatCTFP.

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