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Lady Mocs head coach Wes Moore is guiding his squad toward another successfull year in the Southern Conference.After opening its season last Friday with a historic 80-71 upset of then-No. 20 Tennessee, the UT-Chattanooga women’s basketball team received votes in this week’s Associated Press Top 25, released Monday.
It was the program’s first win over the legendary Lady Vols program in the Division I era, and the challenge for the Lady Mocs this week, starting tonight at Belmont (1-1), is keeping the win from going to their heads.
“No doubt about it,” UTC coach Wes Moore said. “I’ve talked to them about not letting that game be the highlight of our year. We showed them the film and showed them a lot of things we could have done better and we have to improve on. Hopefully they understand that.”
Moore said he also referenced the Alabama football team, which lost to Texas A&M last week after fighting for a big win the week before at LSU.
“You’ve got to put that big game behind you or it’s going to come back to bite you,” said Moore, whose team is No. 24 in this week’s RealTime RPI.com ranking.