Women's Basketball Southern Conference

Chattanoogas Katasha Brown Named TIAA/CREF SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week

SPARTANBURG, SC -- Chattanooga basketball player Katasha Brown has been named the TIAA-CREF SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week for December 1.

Brown, a 5-11 guard from Tazewell, TN, averaged 14 points in two contests as the Mocs defeated Northwestern State and Washington State to win the Hilton Concord Thanksgiving Classic in Moraga, CA. In the game against NSU Brown went 4-of-5 from three-point land and poured in 16 points as the Mocs defeated the Lady Demons, 83-59. The next day against the Cougars, Brown accounted for 14 points as UTC crushed Washington State, 84-36.

In the classroom Brown carries a 3.7 GPA majoring in biology.

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