Basketball teams kick off season with Blue and Gold games
Mitchell Rankhorn
Issue date: 11/6/08 Section: Sports
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While everyone else was getting ready for Halloween, the Mocs and Lady Mocs were playing in a scrimmage against themselves. Needless to say, Chatttanooga won.
However, fans who were there caught a show between the games.
Athletic Director Rick Hart dressed up as a famous Star Wars character, Chewbacca, and danced along with the Sugar Mocs to the song "One-Eyed, One Horn, Flying Purple People Eater."
The Lady Mocs White team beat the Blue team, 43-22, and the Mocs Gold team beat the Blue team, 55-53.
Lady Mocs' basketball game
White beat Blue, Thursday at the McKenzie Arena, with a final score of 43-22.
Leading the White squad were sophomore Anelia Murray, Lithonia, Ga., and junior Jenaya Wade-Fray, Madison, Ala., combining for 34 points in the night.
Murray went eight for eight and had six rebounds. Wade-Fray was six for seven, notching four 3-pointers.
Leading the Blue team was LaCondra Mason, a Chattanooga senior, with six points and seven rebounds.
Also contributing to the Blue team was Megan Rollins, junior transfer from Monteagle, Tenn., throwing four points on the board.
Freshman Andrea Neil, a point guard from Memphis, helped with two assists and a 3-pointer, the only 3-pointer for the Blue team.
The Lady Mocs are picked as the Southern Conference favorites as they go after their 10th consecutive league title, according to a poll of the league's 11 head coaches.
Junior Shanara Hollinquest, Sylacauga, Ala., was the only Lady Moc representative on the 11-person Preseason All-Conference team. The forward posted a 58.2 field goal percentage and scored an average 11.6 points per game in the league.
The women will face off against Lee University, November 10th. The game will start at 7 p.m.
Also coming up for the Lady Mocs is the game against rival East Tennessee State University, Nov. 17. Last year the Lady Mocs beat them by one point in a 70-69 win.
