UTC women’s basketball coach Jim Foster and guard Alex
Black are getting ready to take on Syracuse on Saturday.A season ago, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women saw their season come to a close in unspectacular fashion. Holding as much as a nine-point lead on Nebraska in the second half of their first-round NCAA tournament game, the Mocs faltered down the stretch in dropping a 73-59 decision.
The Mocs led by as many as nine in the second half before letting the game slip away.
“It’s stinks,” senior Alex Black said Wednesday.
It’s a feeling that they want to make sure doesn’t happen again.
The Mocs (29-3) started preparation for their 12th NCAA tournament appearance with a 7 a.m. practice on Wednesday. They will hold a practice at 6:30 this morning before departing at 2 for Lexington, Ky. Game time is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday against 11 seed Syracuse (22-9) at Memorial Coliseum, where the Kentucky women — who face 14 seed Wright State prior to UTC’s game — play their home games.