UTC’s Ashlen Dewart, right, goes around Jacksonville State’s Miranda Cantrell for two of her game-high 22 points in the Lady Mocs’ win on Wednesday night.The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga had plenty of reasons to come out flat against Jacksonville State on Wednesday night at McKenzie Arena: UTC finished exams last week, the Gamecocks were winless and the Lady Mocs were coming a road win at Alabama.
So how did the Lady Mocs do? They won 72-59, but it was not pretty.
“We kind of survived this game,” forward Taylor Hall said, later adding, “In a way it almost feels like a loss because we didn’t perform to our best ability — and we know that.”
With 9:27 left in the game and UTC up 53-45, coach Wes Moore could be heard yelling, “What’s wrong with y’all?” during a timeout. Moore’s mood post-game wasn’t much better.
“I didn’t [sense his team would come out flat], but I was afraid of it,” he said.