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UTC women drop regular-season finale, still clinch SoCon’s top seed

Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / The UTC women's basketball team lost Saturday's regular-season finale at Mercer but still clinched the No. 1 seed for the upcoming SoCon tournament after finishing tied for first in the standings with East Tennessee State and Wofford.
Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / The UTC women's basketball team lost Saturday's regular-season finale at Mercer but still clinched the No. 1 seed for the upcoming SoCon tournament after finishing tied for first in the standings with East Tennessee State and Wofford.

By Gene Henley 4 min read

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team walked away from Saturday’s regular-season finale against Mercer with the top seed in the Southern Conference tournament.

Walking away feeling good about the way they got to that result was another matter for the Mocs.

Since the end of a 12-game winning streak that began during nonconference play and helped UTC rise to the top of the SoCon standings to take control of the league race early, the Mocs are 2-4, including Saturday’s 68-55 loss to the Bears at Hawkins Arena in Macon, Georgia.

(READ MORE: UTC women fall at Samford, fail to secure SoCon regular-season title)

UTC still clinched the top seed, though, because minutes after the Mocs lost at Mercer, fellow contender Wofford lost 64-42 to rival Furman in another regular-season finale in Greenville, South Carolina.