Tennessee’s Bashaara Graves, right, works against Alabama’s Bri Huchen in the first half Sunday. Graves had a team-high 19 points and eight rebounds as the Lady Vols won 96-69.CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Two good things happened for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team Sunday afternoon at the Ramsey Center: The Lady Mocs crushed the Catamounts, 70-43, and coach Wes Moore got to rest his starters.
Point guard Alex Black played a team-high 26 minutes — she also made three 3-point shots — and the rest of the starters got to watch from the bench for a long stretch in the second half. Ashlen Dewart led UTC with 13 points, Kayla Christopher added 12 and all 12 Lady Mocs scored.
UTC and Elon are tied for first in the Southern Conference, and the Lady Mocs (14-3, 7-1) are now two games into a stretch of three road games in six days and five of six games on the road.
“It was nice to be able to play different people, in different combinations, and rest some people,” UTC coach Wes Moore said. “Every little bit helps.”
The Lady Mocs visit Samford (9-8, 6-2) on Wednesday. The Bulldogs had won four in a row before falling 63-51 at Davidson on Sunday.