The 2017-18 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team went from experienced to youthful in a matter of weeks. Entering a season with usually high expectations, a team lacking on-court experience could use a bonding experience.
That opportunity has presented itself.
According to sources, the Mocs will travel to British Columbia in early August. Coach Jim Foster has alluded to such a trip on multiple occasions since UTC’s first-round loss in this year’s NCAA tournament, although the destination had not yet been announced.
Now the trip to Canada will come at a time in which gaining some chemistry will be paramount.
The Mocs graduated four seniors – guards Queen Alford and Moses Johnson and forwards Jasmine Joyner and Sydney Vanlandingham – from last season’s 21-win team. Since UTC’s season-ending 82-62 loss to Louisville, rising senior guard Chelsey Shumpert – who graduated in May – announced her intentions to transfer to NCAA Division II member Union University. Ansley Chilton, another rising senior, will not play this upcoming season.