University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball coach Jim Foster received key contributions from a couple of new sources in Friday’s 66-53 win at Rutgers.
One most people would expect. The other, maybe not.
Junior Chelsey Shumpert, the Mocs’ second-leading scorer two seasons ago, had a game-high 18 points in the victory over the Scarlet Knights in Piscataway, N.J. It was her first official game action since a knee injury sidelined her three games into the 2015-16 campaign.
She finished 5-for-11 from the field, added three rebounds and three assists and turned the ball over only one time in 39 minutes of action.
“She looked comfortable,” Foster said Saturday after the team got off the plane in Atlanta. “She will help us more down the road.”