The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team lost for the seventh time in eight games Thursday night, falling 64-43 to Furman at McKenzie Arena.
The Mocs (7-21, 5-8 Southern Conference) will finish the regular season by hosting Wofford (15-12, 10-3) at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. UTC is tied for fifth place with East Tennessee State University (6-20, 5-8), which hosts Furman (16-11, 9-4) in another regular-season finale the same day. ETSU and UTC, which split their season series, are a game ahead of UNC Greensboro (8-18, 4-9), which hosts last-place Western Carolina (7-21, 0-13).
The SoCon tournament starts next Thursday in Asheville, North Carolina.
UTC couldn’t get into a rhythm offensively against the Paladins until it was too late. The Mocs were 7-for-42 from the field in the first three quarters, falling behind 45-22 in the process.
The Mocs shot 21% for the game, with their success better from 3-point range (23%) than on shots inside the arc. UTC was 5-for-26 on two-point attempts.