Ohio Valley Conference

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The homestanding Chattanooga Mocs tied the game against Tennessee Tech with 1:37 remaining in the contest on Thursday and neither team was able to break the tie.

That was until Chloe Larry passed the ball off to Reghan Grimes inside, who then laid the ball up and in to put the Golden Eagles on top with just a second remaining on the clock with Tech taking a 48-46 victory at McKenzie Arena.

The Golden Eagles (2-0) return to action on Sunday as they take on North Alabama in the Hooper Eblen Center starting at 6 p.m.

Tech was determined to keep from repeating the tough result from a season ago when the Mocs topped the Golden Eagles 70-45 in Cookeville. This time around, it was a close battle through out with both teams nearly splitting the lead for the entire contest.

Anna Walker led all scorers as she ended the game against her former team with a double-double – the third of her career – as she scored 14 points and pulled down 13 rebounds. Larry and Keeley Carter both had the next highest Tech total with eight points.

Chattanooga (1-1) had two double-digit scorers as Brooke Anya scored 12 points on a 5-for-6 night and Caia Elisaldez had 10 points.

The Golden Eagles dominated on the glass, collecting 42 total rebounds and 16 offensive caroms. Chattanooga, meanwhile, had 24 total rebounds and six on the offensive end.

Turnovers hampered both teams as Tech turned the ball over 29 times, creating 27 Moc points. The Golden Eagles tried to counter with 21 forced turnovers for 13 points. Grimes led Tech with five steals.

The first quarter ended with Chattanooga leading 17-16, then the Mocs scored the first six points in the second to take a 23-16 lead. The Golden Eagles responded as Walker cut the deficit back down to one point with a layup at 1:55, then once more as Larry drained a 3-pointer with eight seconds left in the half to make it a 29-28 Chattanooga lead at halftime.

Tech outscored UTC 12-5 in the third quarter to take a 40-34 lead, but the Mocs held the edge in the final period with a 12-8 margin. Chattanooga trailed the entire fourth quarter until Elisaldez hit a driving layup with 1:37 remaining on the contest to tied the game at 46.

Larry couldn't get a driving layup to fall with 1:15 remaining, then Sigrun Olafsdottir and Karsen Murphy missed a pair of 3-point tries, but Larry's feed to Grimes led to the game-winning bucket with one tick left on the clock.

TENNESSEE 90, UT MARTIN 50
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Despite a valiant effort, perennial power Tennessee took down the UT Martin women's basketball team, 90-50, Thursday night at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center in Knoxville.

The Skyhawks shot the ball well both from the field and from 3-point range Thursday night. UT Martin outshot Tennessee in the game, 42.3-percent to 39.3-percent, on field goals and 31.3-percent to 23.1-percent from 3-point range.

Kenley McCarn led UT Martin in the game with 13 points, to go along with team-highs of five assists and two steals, as well as four rebounds. Morgan Borgstadt was a spark off the bench for the Skyhawks, scoring nine points, two steals, two rebounds, one assist and a 5-for-6 performance at the free throw line. Shae Littleford added eight points for UT Martin, while Anaya Brown had six points and a team-high six rebounds.

MURRAY STATE 104, SIUE 60
MURRAY, Ky. - Murray State (1-0, 0-0 MVC) took to lead over SIUE (0-1,0-0 OVC) Thursday night. The final score of the match was 104-60.
 
Brianna Wooldridge led the charge for the cougars scoring in doubt digits (15) and Macy Silvey followed with 14. Ava Gugliuzza had eight rebounds and nine points.
 
The Cougars scored 34 points in the paint, 26 points off the bench, and connected on 39 percent (23-58) of their shots from the field.
 
The Chargers were led by Katelyn Young (23 points) and Ava Learn (21 points).

NEW MEXICO 66, MOREHEAD STATE 56
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Morehead State women's basketball team suffered a scoring drought in the heart of the game and the Eagles (1-1) fell to New Mexico (1-1) 66-56 in The Pit in Albuquerque, N.M.

Senior guard Aileen Marquez scored 21 points (a D-1 career high) shooting 8-13 from the floor including 5-9 from three-point range. Guard Kate Novik finished with 14 points and Senior Harley Paynter added 10 points and pulled down a team-high seven rebounds.

In the first quarter New Mexico outscored Morehead State 24-15. The Eagles cut into the lead and senior guard Aileen Marquez cut the lead to 28-23 with a three-pointer at the 6:42 mark. Morehead State finished the half 0-9 from the field and trailed at the break 37-23.

The drought continued for the Eagles to begin the third quarter, the Eagles finally scoring on a free throw by Kuryn Brunson with 2:39 to go in the quarter; a scoring drought of 14:10. The Eagles were held to just seven points in the third quarter shooting just 2-15 from the floor. However, New Mexico suffered from the offensive chill scoring only nine points on 3-15 shooting from the field. Morehead State trailed 46-30 heading into the last stanza.

Both teams heated up in the final frame; Morehead State outscored the New Mexico 26-20 in the period on the strength of 58% shooting from the floor, while New Mexico made half of their field goal attempts. The Eagles out-scored the Lobos 16-6 in the final four minutes to trim the final margin to 10.

The Lobos were led by Viane Cumber with 23 points and 12 rebounds, both game highs. Hulda Joaquim added 12 points and 10 rebounds.