UTC Women Finish Regular Season At Wofford
Friday, February 14, 2020
The Chattanooga women’s basketball team will close out its regular season road slate Saturday afternoon against Wofford at Richardson Indoor Stadium.
The Mocs and Terriers met earlier this season at the McKenzie Arena with Chattanooga winning the high-scoring game, 80-76. UTC is 50-3 against Wofford who snapped the Mocs’ 43-game win streak against Terriers.
Chattanooga posted a 69-63 win at Furman on Thursday to improve to 6-4 in the league standings. It was UTC’s first win in Greenville since 2016 and earned UTC a sweep of the Paladins.
The Mocs are averaging 55.5 points per game and shooting 35.7 percent from the field.
They are averaging 6.0 3-pointers per game and shooting 73.8 percent from the free throw line.
Lakelyn Bouldin leads the team with 12.3 points per game and moved to ninth all-time at UTC for scoring. She has 1,388 career points and 215 3-pointers, ranking fourth in that category. Eboni Williams leads the Mocs in steals, blocked shots and on the boards with 8.6 rebounds per game and is second on the team in scoring. Bria Dial has a team-best 42 from beyond the 3-point line and is third on the team in scoring with 9.5 points per game and second for steals. Abbey Cornelius leads the team in blocked shots, is second in rebounding with 6.0 boards per game and fourth in scoring.
Wofford leads the Southern Conference in scoring (70.2), 3-point shooting average (.365), turnover margin (+5.76), assist-turnover ratio (1.2) and 3-point shooting with 7.4 per game. The Terriers are shooting 40.8 percent from the field and 36.3 percent from the 3-point line.
Chloe Wanink has a SoCon-best 73 3-pointers and a team-high 16 points per game. De’Ja Green is second on the team in scoring with 13.2 points per game and has a team-high 127 assists along with 48 3-pointers. Jamari McDavid has a team-best 5.9 rebounds per game and Lilly Hatton is right next to her with 5.8 per game. Cario Booker has a team-best 50 steals.