Staff photo by Robin Rudd / UTC’s KC Hankton passes the ball during Wednesday night’s game against UNC Asheville at McKenzie Arena.K.C. Hankton expected the nerves.
Making his University of Tennessee at Chattanooga debut not long after the NCAA announced Wednesday that all Division I transfers had been granted immediate eligibility, the 6-foot-7, 217-pound junior who began his college basketball career at Saint Louis entered at the 13:26 mark of the first half of Wednesday’s home game against UNC Asheville.
However, it wasn’t until his second stint of the first half – he returned to the court with 6:51 remaining – that Hankton got in a flow. So he took a shot, a 3-point attempt from the corner. Good.
“When you see that (first shot) go in, you’re just ready to hoop,” Hankton said.
So next it was a 3 from the left wing. Good. Then it was a 3 from the right wing. Same result.