UTC forward Queen Alford lays the ball up during a Lady Mocs’ basketball practice.Even with the fall signing period opening Wednesday, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball program already had one key piece of its 2015 class on campus and working with the team.
Junior guard Queen Alford transferred to UTC during the summer from Jacksonville University and is sitting out this season per NCAA transfer rules. Coach Jim Foster’s Mocs added two high school players who signed their letters of intent Wednesday.
Guards Molly Melton of the Webb School in Knoxville and Nakeia Burks of Huntsville (Ala.) High School sent in their paperwork to complete the signing class for this season.
“We’ve already had our biggest signing, and that’s Queen,” Foster said of next season’s additions. “She’s already here, and we are adding a couple of guards that I think have big upside.
“Molly’s tough and knows how to run a team, and Nakeia has a good skill set and can be a really good college player.”