The struggles of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's basketball team this season continued Saturday, when the Mocs spotted Western Carolina an 18-point lead before rallying. But they were unable to make plays down the stretch t0 complete the comeback and suffered an 81-76 loss to the Catamounts at McKenzie Arena.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team dropped its second consecutive game Saturday, giving up a layup on an out-of-bounds play to East Tennessee State's Daniela Lopez with 1.6 seconds remaining in overtime of a 91-90 loss at McKenzie Arena.
UTC men's basketball coach Dan Earl had zero complaints about the Mocs' effort in Wednesday night's loss at East Tennessee State University.
In hindsight, success may have come too quickly for Matt McCall.
For a lot of people, college basketball season began in earnest on Monday, with both the college football and NFL seasons having ended in the past couple of weeks.
Not since November had the UTC women's basketball team lost a game anywhere, but Saturday in South Carolina, the streak came to an end for the Mocs.
The UTC men's basketball came up short in its bid for back-to-back wins Saturday, two days after an impressive performance on the same court.
UTC freshman guard Tate Darner is still relatively new to being a Division I athlete, but he's eager to show younger basketball players what that life is like.
UTC got a dominant performance from sophomore forward Gianna Corbitt on Thursday night, which helped the Mocs overcome an unsightly 29 turnovers to win at Furman.
UTC sophomore Houston Holland was rewarded with a starting assignment Thursday night, and the former Silverdale Baptist Academy standout didn't waste it.
