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UTC Mocs unable to escape first-half hole at Radford
RADFORD, Va. — Fresh thoughts and observations from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s 89-78 basketball loss at Radford on Monday:
The opening tip
UTC’s Will Wade earned his first career victory in his first game as an NCAA Division I head coach last Friday in beating the Scots of Covenant College. He suffered his first loss against Radford’s Highlanders, whose live mascot wears a kilt as if he were in Scotland.
The Covenant game was an ice-breaker, an introduction, a celebration of Wade’s “Chaos” and all that comes with it. The Radford game meant business.
It pitted two teams from one-bid Division I leagues against each other in early November — a measuring-stick game. The Mocs didn’t measure up on the scoreboard for all 40 minutes.