The Chattanooga women’s basketball team will look to keep its 23-game win streak intact against the Wofford Terriers who come to visit the Roundhouse Wednesday night.
The Lady Mocs (3-5, 1-1 SoCon) are 29-2 against the Terriers who are 1-6 overall this year and still looking for a league victory after two tries. After getting off to one of its worst starts and falling in back-to-back contests against Villanova and Samford, UTC rebounded getting a win over Furman at home over the weekend. The Lady Mocs will look to put its win streak at two against Wofford.
The Terriers’ lone win of the year came in their only home game thus far as they defeated Norfolk State in overtime at Benjamin Johnson Arena. Wofford is being outscored by its opponents by more than 15 points per game, but hold the advantage on the boards, outrebounding opponents 40.0-36.4. The Terriers average 12.7 assists per game and just 6.9 steals. With more than 24 turnovers per game, Wofford has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 0.5.
Junior Mahagony Williams leads the team with 11 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. She has a league-leading field goal percentage of 64.3 (36-of-56). She is ranked 11th in the league in scoring while Maddie Helms is ranked 21st with a 9.9 scoring average. Williams is ranked fourth in the league in rebounding and Kathlyn Varno is 10th.
Helms leads the team in 3-point shooting averaging two per game through seven games and is ranked sixth in the SoCon with a .424 (14-of-33) 3-point shooting percentage.
Chattanooga senior Shanara Hollinquest (Sylacauga, Ala.) has a league-leading 20.8 points per game and is ranked second in the league in rebounding with an average 8.6 per game. She is second in the SoCon in field goal percentage making 62-of-106 (.585) and has made 41-of-58 (.707) from the free throw line. She topped 1300 career points against the Lady Paladins and is 69 shy of UTC’s top 10 list.
Senior Jenaya Wade-Fray (Madison, Ala.) is second on the team in scoring with 10.6 points per game and has a team-leading 12 3-pointers. She became the 24th member of the Lady Mocs’ 1,000-Point Club Saturday against Furman and surpassed Katarika Banks (1997-01) and Heather Dykes (1998-02) on the all-time scoring chart and is ranked 22nd all-time. She needs three points to move past Marcheta Winton (1985-89) and five to surpass Shelly Carroll (1988-92).
Freshman Michelle Davis (Cleveland, Tenn.) has started four games for Chattanooga and is third on the team in scoring with 7.3 points per game with a pair of double-digit games. Kayla Christopher, who started the first seven games of the year, is fourth on the team in scoring with 6.9 points per game. Against Austin Peay, she grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds.
The game will tip-off at 7 p.m. at the McKenzie Arena. Tickets are available at the arena box office at 423.266-MOCS(6627) or online at the official website of Chattanooga Athletics, GoMocs.com. Larry Ward, the “Voice of the Lady Mocs”, will have all the action live on the flagship station of Mocs Athletics ESPN Radio 105.1 The Zone. Live stats, audio and video streaming are available online around the world at GoMocs.com.