UTC’s Jasmine Joyner takes a shot as Belmont’s Ellie Harmeyer guards Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at McKenzie Arena.The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team has suffered multi-game losing streaks before, but this past week was different.
This time it was in conference play.
The Mocs suffered back-to-back losses against Southern Conference competition last weekend, dropping a 67-44 decision at Mercer that snapped the program’s 51-game win streak against SoCon foes and then falling 48-43 at Samford.
It was the first time since losses at Appalachian State and Davidson in January 2012.
The road doesn’t get any easier, as UTC (13-7, 4-2) faces East Tennessee State (12-9, 4-2) in Johnson City on Saturday at 2 p.m. That will end the first half of the conference schedule for the Mocs, who will have played five of their first seven on the road, including three straight against teams with a combined 14-4 record in league play.