University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball head coach
Jim Foster announced the addition of Queen Alford to the roster Thursday
.
“We
are delighted to have a player of her abilities join our program,” Foster said.
“It is not often that you get a player of this caliber in this
fashion.”
Alford,
a 5-10 guard from Jacksonville University will sit out the 2014-15 season due to
NCAA transfer rules.
As a
freshman with the Dolphins, Alford made 10 starts in 27 appearances.
She was
named the Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year, the first for a JU player. In her
two seasons with Jacksonville, Alford was named to the All-Atlantic Sun
Second-team.
She
led JU in scoring over both seasons with 11.7 points per game as a freshman and
13.4 ppg in her sophomore campaign, ninth in the A-Sun. She averaged more than
six rebounds per season and was a two-time A-Sun Newcomer of the Week as a
freshman.
In
her career at Jacksonville, Alford scored 717 points and pulled down 358
rebounds. She shot 41.5 percent from the field and recorded 36 shots from beyond
the arc. Alford snared 66 steals as a sophomore and had 38 assists.
Season
tickets are on sale at the McKenzie Arena box office. Call 423-266-MOCS (6627)
or log onto GoMocs.com to purchase tickets.