MVP Guinn Scores 32, Carries Chattanooga Women To SoCon Title 69-60 Over UNCG – News18

ASHEVILLE, N.C.: Jada Quinn scored 18 of her 32 factors within the fourth quarter to guide Chattanooga to its twentieth Southern Conference Tournament championship and seventeenth NCAA Tournament berth with a 69-60 win over UNC Greensboro on Sunday.

The high-seeded Mocs (28-4) took the lead for good early within the second quarter however couldn’t put away the second-seeded Spartans (21-11), who handed Chattanooga its solely loss in 18 convention video games.

Both instances UNCG received inside a degree within the third quarter, Guinn answered after which she took over within the fourth quarter. Guinn had a pair of three-level performs down the stretch and had a basket in isolation that each one however clinched it with 39.2 seconds left. She added two free throws to shut out the Mocs’ second straight championship.

“The trust in my teammates, the confidence my coaches had in me. I wanted to do that for them,” Guinn mentioned. “I just went out and did it,”

Guinn, a graduate switch from Tennessee Tech who was the MVP within the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament final yr, had a profession-excessive 33 factors in Chattanooga’s semifinal win. After going 4 of 10 within the first half when the Mocs took a 32-29 lead, she was 9 of 13 within the second half and 6 of 8 with six free throws within the fourth quarter.

“She’s special. She doesn’t care how many points she scores as long as we win,” second-yr coach Shawn Poppie mentioned. “She’s so dynamic … she split a lot of gaps and put us on her shoulders. It’s what she came here for.”

Raven Thompson added 14 factors for Chattanooga, together with the one two factors not scored by Guinn within the fourth quarter. Thomson and Guinn mixed to present the Mocs a 13-for-13 sport on the foul line.

Caia Elisaldez’s buzzer-beating layup gave Chattanooga a 49-43 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Ayanna Khalfani had 15 factors, eight rebounds and 6 assists to guide the Spartans, who have been attempting to achieve the NCAA Tournament for the primary time since their solely look in 1998. Isys Grady added 12 factors. Jayde Gamble, who had 28 in UNCG’s semifinal win, was held to eight on 2-of-7 capturing.

Hannah Kohn went 3 of three from the three-level line within the first half to assist in giving Chattanooga the three-level lead. Thompson had a 3-pointer to start out the 11-0 run and Kohn’s 3 gave the Mocs the lead for good. Thompson transformed a 3-level play to make it 21-14.

A 7-0 run helped the Spartans lead 12-10 after one quarter when the groups mixed to shoot 7 of 26.

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