Women's Basketball Southern Conference

Lady Mocs Post Exhibition Win

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Chattanooga displayed remarkable offensive balance
and a deft shooting touch as the Lady Mocs blistered Athletes in Action
87-57 in a women's exhibition basketball game Nov. 15 at McKenzie Arena.

Nneka Irons scored 14 points while hitting 4-of-5 3-pointers to lead the
Lady Mocs' attack, while freshman Katasha Brown made a smashing debut with
13 points on 3-for-5 3-pointers. Another freshman, Tiffani Roberson, scored
12 points, and Shamya Sermons, Angela Hunter and Katie Galloway each
tallied eight.

The Lady Mocs used a 3-point barrage in the first half to pull away from
Athletes in Action. UTC led 10-9 and scored 11 straight points on a 3's by
Galloway, Brown and Heather McDivitt and a deuce by Brown. Later in the
first half, with UTC ahead 38-28, Irons hit a pair of 3's sandwiched around
a Sermons layup to push UTC comfortably ahead 46-28.

UTC's lead was as much as 31 in the second half (69-38) and the 30-point
margin was the second largest against Athletes in Action during the
preseason. AIA is 4-9 and the worst defeat was a 94-61 setback at South
Carolina. AIA lost at No. 10 Vanderbilt 79-73 and at No. 13 North Carolina
77-74. Their wins have been at Murray State, Wright State, Georgia Southern
and UAB.

UTC's defense held AIA to 39.7 percent shooting and 3-for-13 on 3-pointers,
plus UTC forced 22 turnovers. The Lady Mocs, meanwhile, had 23 assists and
just 11 miscues. Hunter, another impressive freshman, had six assists and
one turnover and McDivitt had four assists without a miscue.

Chattanooga barely won the rebounding war 42-40 with Sermons and Jennifer
Wilson both pulling nine boards. Irons grabbed seven.

AIA was paced by Shea Mahoney with 15 points and 10 boards. Katrena Carr
scored 14 points and Katie Voigt dished out eight assists.

Chattanooga opens its regular season next Friday when ninth-ranked Georgia
comes to the Roundhouse for a 7 p.m. tip-off.