The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team has had a successful start to the 2014-15 season. Wins over two Top 10 teams and a 12-3 record have earned the Mocs national recognition and honors from the NCAA, ESPN and other national commentators.
But UTC sophomore forward Moses Johnson has just one word to describe the past two months: “Preseason.”
Johnson said at practice this week that the real season starts today for the Mocs as they open Southern Conference play at Wofford at 2 p.m.
“We’re feeling pretty confident,” she said. “We’re excited, but we’re not taking anything for granted. We’re going to go into all our conference games like it’s a brand-new start.”
UTC is the defending regular-season and tournament champion in the SoCon, going unbeaten in league play last season, but this is a very different team from last year’s squad dominated by senior leadership from Ashlen Dewart, Taylor Hall, Faith Dupree, Alex Black and Meghan Downs.