UTC’s Keiana Gilbert (20) makes a shot against Tennesee Wednesday at McKenzie Arena.Sometimes lightning does strike twice in the same place.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team came into Wednesday night’s game against fourth-ranked Tennessee ready to play, and the Mocs dominated the Lady Vols in the first half, held on in the second half and defeated the Lady Vols 67-63 in front of 4,160 fans at McKenzie Arena.
Senior Ka’Vonne Towns hit two free throws with 2.7 seconds remaining to seal the biggest win of the UTC portion of coach Jim Foster’s Hall of Fame career.
Lady Vols coach Holly Warlick dropped to 0-2 on UTC’s home court, having also lost her head coaching debut to the then Wes Moore-directed Mocs in 2012.
“I thought UTC was on top of their game, and I thought our offense affected our defense,” Warlick said. “We missed layup after layup after layup and decided not to defend anybody.”