The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team lost 71-65 at Eastern Kentucky on Sunday, with the Mocs’ sixth straight defeat dropping them to 1-8, but coach Katie Burrows saw signs of life in her team that might reap benefits moving forward.
UTC overcame a slow start to take the lead in the second half before the Colonels (5-2) made more plays in the final minutes to escape, but Burrows focused on the fight her Mocs displayed.
“That’s the most fire and grit I’ve seen from my team all season,” Burrows, who was not pleased with her team’s passion in Wednesday’s loss to Northern Colorado, said in a UTC release. “They gave us everything they had tonight but came up short.”
Eboni Williams recorded her fifth double-double of the season with a season-best 23 points and 11 rebounds. Also in double digits in points for the Mocs were Lakelyn Bouldin with 12 and NaKeia Burks with 10.
Eastern Kentucky’s De’ayra Davis matched Williams for the game high in points, Bria Bass added 17 and I’Liyah Green pulled down a game-best 14 boards.