The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team had some good moments on offense Thursday evening at UNC Greensboro.
But on the other end of the court?
The Mocs were solid throughout, following a pattern of defensive dominance that has taken them to the top of the eight-team Southern Conference standings early in league play.
UTC got some unexpected contributions from different players while improving to 4-0 in the SoCon with a 52-40 victory at Bodford Arena over the Spartans, who swept the conference’s regular-season and tournament titles last season.
UTC, which improved to 12-5 overall with its eighth straight win, beat UNCG (12-8, 2-3) for the first time in four tries under second-year head coach Deandra Schirmer. The Spartans — whose 64-57 overtime win last March handed the Mocs their first loss in 21 appearances in the SoCon tournament title game — had been the only team in the league Schirmer had yet to beat since taking over at UTC.