With the UTC women's basketball team hosting Samford again Saturday, just two days after losing to the Bulldogs at McKenzie Arena, there wasn't much time for the Mocs to dwell on their lackluster effort in Thursday's defeat.

Even as the UTC men's basketball team goes through another roster makeover, a concerning trend continued for the Mocs in a home loss to UNC Greensboro.

Samford's fast start forced the UTC women's basketball to battle from behind Thursday night at McKenzie Arena, and it ultimately was too much for the Mocs as they took a second straight loss in Southern Conference play.

Lamont Paris didn't have to provide much encouragement for A.J. Caldwell to work on his free throws.

Tony Ingle, the Dalton, Georgia, native who coached two men's college basketball programs from his home state to national championships, has died at the age of 68.

According to multiple media outlets the University of Tennessee has fired head football coach Jeremy Pruitt. Athletic Director Phillip Fulmer, who hired Pruitt three years ago, is expected to retire.

In a normal school year, members of the UTCfootball team would have just returned to campus to begin the spring term, with a little time to rest up after a fall semester full of football games and a renewed focus on the winter workouts coming up.

Former UTC linebacker Jimmy Lindsey, who also had two separate coaching stints with the Mocs, was announced Sunday as South Carolina's defensive line coach.

The UTC women's basketball team limited its mistakes when it came to maintaining possession during Friday night's Southern Conference victory at Furman. That wasn't the case in Sunday's loss to the same opponent.

The UTC men's basketball team overcame a bad first half to beat Mercer on Wednesday night, and the Mocs appeared to use some of that momentum to build a 13-point lead Saturday against Wofford.

In defeating Furman on Friday, the UTC women's basketball team may have had a revelation: If you don't turn the ball over, the game gets easier.

UTC has hired Nick Davison as its defensive line coach to replace Landius Wilkerson, who left recently for a similar position at Football Bowl Subdivision member South Alabama.

As it turns out, adding a three-year starter who scored more than 1,000 points for his previous college basketball program can make your team better.

The UTC women's basketball team has won six of eight games since an 0-2 start, and the Mocs have developed an identity in the process, led by the combination of senior Bria Dial and junior Eboni Williams, who combined for 38 points and 19 rebounds in Saturday's win over East Tennessee State.

The undefeated start to the UTC men's basketball team's season ended before December was over. Now even the remnants of that 9-0 run by the Mocs, unprecedented in program history, are gone.

For many people, Jim Frost's legacy in the fastpitch softball universe is obvious: the stadium that bears his name at Warner Park in downtown Chattanooga.

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offensive line coach Chris Malone has been relieved of his duties after he posted a tweet attacking Georgia voting rights activist Stacey Abrams.

Where the scoreboard was concerned, the UTC wrestling team's season opener wasn't a challenge. That distinction will be reserved for next weekend.

Whether it's perceived as an excuse or a reason, a limited roster has caused problems for the UTC men's basketball team this season. Saturday was no different.

At some point, the UTC men's basketball program will have a full roster again.

Barnes' bunch is beastly, and if they can find ways to avoid long offensive droughts, especially against zone defenses, they will be there to the very end.

The UTC women improved to 3-4 this season with Sunday's victory in the first of two days at the Georgia State Classic in Atlanta.

In a season when all hands have had to be on deck for the UTC men's basketball team, walk-on player Jamaal Walker was just the latest to make an imprint on the Mocs' perfect start.