ASHEVILLE, N.C. – It wasn’t so much that the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team lost its Southern Conference tournament quarterfinal game Thursday as that UNC Greensboro won.
Brandi Fier hit the go-ahead jump shot with 29 seconds to go, and the Spartans ended the Mocs’ 15-game SoCon tournament win streak with a 70-66 double-overtime defeat at the U.S. Cellular Center.
Despite a record scoring performance by freshman Brooke Burns, the Mocs end their 2017-18 season with a 17-12 record, while UNCG (13-17) moves on to face East Tennessee State in the semifinals today at 1:15. Mercer and Samford face off in the first game today at 11 a.m.
“I’m proud of our team’s resilience and understanding how to handle a really good team,” UNCG coach Trina Patterson said. “Chatt has an outstanding team and outstanding players.”
The Mocs played Thursday’s game without two all-conference starters: first-team selection Keiana Gilbert, who missed her third consecutive game with an ankle injury, and third-teamer Lakelyn Bouldin, whose father died from injuries sustained in a Monday car accident. Kevin Bouldin’s funeral was Thursday afternoon.