With Chattanooga trailing 12-9, Shumpert grabbed an offensive rebound and kicked it out. The ball came back around to the point guard and she let it fly for the first points of her Chattanooga career, a 3-pointer, to tie the game 12-12 with 8:19 to play in the first.

After a quick score by the Blazers, Towns made a steal and fed the ball down the court to a streaking Shumpert who knotted the score a second time, making it 14-14 with a fast break layup. She would score five more points in the half and was the difference at intermission with UTC leading 30-20.

In the second half, Chattanooga built up a 17-point lead, it’s largest of the game with 14:13 to play on a pair of free throws from senior Faith Dupree. The two teams would share the next two buckets to make it 48-31 with 13:22 to play.

From there the momentum shifted toward UAB who went on a 16-4 run over the next 7:28 to make it a four-point game, 51-47, with 5:54 on the clock. UTC’s points in the run came from its two centers Dupree with a short jumper and senior Ashlen Dewart with a pair of free throws. The two combined for 17 points and eight rebounds.

Down the stretch, UTC went 6-of-6 from the free throw line, including four straight from senior Taylor Hall and outscored UAB 12-9 for the final 63-56 margin.

Shumpert was 5-of-7 from the field with a pair of 3-pointers while grabbing four rebounds in 19 minutes. Towns scored a career-best 12 points with a pair of long range bombs and had five rebounds and three steals.

Hall was 6-of-7 from the free throw line and posted her ninth career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds while dishing out a career-high tying seven assists in 38 minutes. Dewart was the fourth UTC player in double figures with 10 points and four rebounds.

Chattanooga shot 36.2 percent (21-of-58) from the field and was 6-of-18 from the 3-point line. At the charity stripe, led by Hall, the Lady Mocs made 15-of-20 (75%). UTC outrebounded the Blazers 41-34 and its bench outscored UAB’s 31-6.

The Blazers’ Karisma Chapman scored a game-high 15 points and recorded a double-double with 10 rebounds and had six assists. She was joined in double figures tonight by Ashley Grimes with 12 points, Chelsee Black with 11 and Kayla Anderson whit 10. UAB shot 40.7 percent (24-59) from the field and was 2-of-9 from the 3-point line. The Blazers shot 75 percent from the free throw line making 6-of-8, all in the second half.

The Wildcats fell to 2-3 on the year, dropping their third in a row after opening the season with road wins at Clemson and Mount Saint Mary’s. N.C. A&T won its third straight to run its early season record to 3-1.

In addition to shooting just 18-of-54 from the field, the Wildcats hit only five of their 19 three-point attempts. Their defense did hold the Aggies to 36.7 percent shooting, but N.C. A&T scored 32 points in the paint and capitalized on 21 Wildcat turnovers by turning those into 18 points.

For the first time this year, Davidson failed to put three players in double figures. Laura Murray scored a game-high 21 points, getting all but two of those points in the second half when she tried to bring the Wildcats back.

Dakota Dukes followed with 10 points and eight rebounds.

Ariel Bursey led the Aggies with 18 points, getting 12 of them in the first half, and Christina Carter (13) and Tracy King (12) also hit double figures.

Murray nearly brought the ‘Cats back from a 12-point deficit over an eight-minute span. After the Aggies used a 15-4 run to take a 45-33 lead, the senior guard would score 14 of the Wildcats’ next 17 points in making the score 55-50 with just over a minutes left to play.

It’s as close as the Wildcats would get though. The Aggies hit seven free throws in the last minute to seal up the win.

Both teams never got in a flow early thanks to costly turnovers. Davidson coughed up the ball 10 times halfway through the half and finished with 13, but still grabbed a lead of 17-12 after Shneeka Center converted a three-point play with 9:25 on the clock.

Davidson then went ice cold, not scoring again until a pair of free throws by Lillian McCabe with 46 seconds remaining. North Carolina A&T took advantage, going on a 14-4 run to close the half and grab a 26-21 lead. Bursey scored nine points in the run, including a buzzer-beating three-ball to close the half out.