On Jan. 12, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team managed to grind out a seven-point win at Furman, overcoming a poor shooting night and battling back from a double-digit deficit in the second half.
What a difference 12 days makes.
With freshman forward Keiana Gilbert leading the way with 19 points, the Mocs rolled to a comfortable 67-45 Southern Conference win Saturday in front of 2,322 fans in the first game of a doubleheader with the UTC men’s team at McKenzie Arena.
Gilbert scored only six points in the first meeting between the two teams, a 47-40 UTC win, but she was ready to handle the loose coverage the Paladins employed to try to force her to take low-percentage shots.
“When we went up there on the road, it kind of caught me off guard when they didn’t guard me,” she said. “During practice we went over what I should do to make them guard me and how I could score, and it worked here.