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UTC Mocs to face Pittsburgh at NCAA women’s tournament in Knoxville

Mocs team members celebrate Monday at Jefferson's as they discover their seventh seed in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in Knoxville. From bottom center clockwise are, Alicia Payne, Jasmine Joyner, Chelsey Shumpert, Ka'Vonne Towns, mascot Scrappy, Ashlyn Wert and Kayla Freeman.
Mocs team members celebrate Monday at Jefferson's as they discover their seventh seed in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in Knoxville. From bottom center clockwise are, Alicia Payne, Jasmine Joyner, Chelsey Shumpert, Ka'Vonne Towns, mascot Scrappy, Ashlyn Wert and Kayla Freeman. Mocs team members celebrate Monday at Jefferson's as they discover their seventh seed in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in Knoxville. From bottom center clockwise are, Alicia Payne, Jasmine Joyner, Chelsey Shumpert, Ka'Vonne Towns, mascot Scrappy, Ashlyn Wert and Kayla Freeman.

By Jim Tanner 3 min read

They've really come up from being nobody to being somebody being ranked 17th."

While there’s the matter of a first-round game to be dealt with in the NCAA women’s tournament, the possibility of a big matchup is on the horizon for the No. 17 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team.

The Mocs received a No. 7 seed — the school’s highest ever in an NCAA tournament — in the Spokane Regional.

UTC will play Saturday at 11 a.m. against 10th-seeded Pittsburgh at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville. If UTC advances to the second round, it is likely to face No. 2 seed Tennessee in a rematch of the Mocs’ 67-63 upset win Nov. 26 at McKenzie Arena.

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UTC Mocs women’s basketball team heads to NCAA tournament as No. 7 seed