Basketball
The latest Basketball coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Sports section.
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Cooper-led Lady Vols rout Western Carolina
Talaysia Cooper scored a game-high 20 points to lead five players in double figures as the Tennessee Lady Vols routed Western Carolina 102-50 Tuesday night at Food City Center.
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NBA fines Hawks $100,000 for holding Trae Young out of game
The NBA fined the Hawks $100,000 for holding Trae Young out of a recent game, a violation of its player participation policy, the league announced in a news release Tuesday.

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Backcourt duo leads Mocs to fourth straight win
Led by a combined 47 points from the backcourt duo of Trey Bonham and Honor Huff, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga used a strong second-half performance to defeat Tennessee State 85-78 in the first game of the Coke Classic at McKenzie Arena.

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UTC women’s basketball team overcomes thin roster to defeat Lipscomb
With injuries piling up for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team, there didn't need to be a conversation between head coach Deandra Schirmer and senior forward Karsen Murphy about the possibility of playing an entire game.

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Estrella to miss the rest of the season for Vols
Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes announced Monday that sophomore forward J.P. Estrella will be out for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

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Strong third quarter for Baylor leads to impressive coaching debut win for Quinn McDowell
Two of Chattanooga's top boys' basketball programs tipped off the 2024-25 season with Baylor pulling away in the second half to come away with a 62-42 win at Tyner in Quinn McDowell's coaching debut for the Red Raiders.

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Cleveland’s Lauren Hurst adds to Tennessee’s basketball recruiting haul for 2025
The state's top 2025 high school girls basketball prospect will make Rocky Top her next home.

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‘Inside the NBA’ will air on ESPN and ABC as part of settlement with NBA
"Inside the NBA" will continue, even though games will no longer be airing on TNT at the end of this season.

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Kansas remains No. 1 in AP poll, top 10 shuffled with losses by 3 teams; Wisconsin joins rankings
Kansas strengthened its grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25.

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AP Top 25: TCU earns best ranking in 16 years in women’s basketball poll as top 12 remain unchanged
No. 19 TCU entered The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll with its best ranking in 16 years Monday while the first 12 teams, led by No. 1 South Carolina, were unchanged.
