UTC 80 Davidson 68

Final
Chattanooga beats Davidson for the 17th time in a row, and Davidson remains locked out of the tournament championship game. They have never gotten there in their program's history.
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3:23
This one is about over here in North Charleston. Davidson doesn't have the firepower to score that many points in three minutes. They are chucking up threes but nothing is going in.
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5:17
Brooke Hand now has a quiet twenty-three points for UTC, while Anderson has yet to score in the second half. Tia just hit a runner to keep it at ten. It's hard to find a theme to this second half. The Wildcats are fighting hard, but they just can't pull back. No team is really beating the other one, they are just trading runs and wasting time. Unfortunately, you can't do that when you are already in a deficit.
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6:54
Mocs just two big three-pointers to push the lead back out again. The small mo that we had seems broken.
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8:05
Cats are within nine after Kelly Gassie's first points of the game. If a run is going to come, it needs to happen soon. Anderson has yet to score in the second half.
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11:13
Davidson looked to be inching closer as Hamilton hit another three pointer, but Chattanooga forced a couple of turnovers and converted them into easy points. Whenever Davidson seems to make a mini-run, Chattanooga answers. That is definitely the sign of a team that knows how to win big games and put their opponents away.
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14:26
The sad part is that there is a distinct feel among the Davidson fanbase right now that it's OK if we lose this game as long as the men win in two hours. Davidson is the only school whose men's and women's teams both made the semifinals. This team's success has always seemed like a nice exclamation point to the men's success this season. Whereas for Chattanooga, this women's team is their basketball hope. It's win or go home.
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15:26
Davidson will have to start hitting threes if they want to get back into this one. Chattanooga is attacking the basket for some easy layups and Davidson doesn't have the height to stop the turnaround jumpers. Katie Hamilton just hit a three-pointer which might be a good sign. She now has 10 points on the game.
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16:30
Davidson has started the half on a 7-0 run as Chattanooga looks a little bit out of sync. Coach Watts must have said the right things in the locker room.
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Halftime
As these Wildcats walk into the locker-room, they are displaying signs of utter despair. Chattanooga knows that they belong in a championship showdown against Western Carolina, while Davidson seems to just be happy to be in this semifinal game. Coach Watts doesn't seem to have any gameplan to slow down Alex Anderson, who reminds me a lot of Adam Morrison. She is the tallest player on the team and yet she is driving the ball from the top of the paint. That creates a real speed mismatch for our forwards. She has 20 points so far in this game.
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2:15
Davidson cannot seem to secure defensive rebounds right now. Every carom lengthens the UTC possessions. Davidson needs to penetrate the paint every once in a while, but alas Kelly Gassie is still on the bench. If the Wildcats don't secure some rebounds and stop UTC, this game is going to get even uglier.
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3:29
The Wildcats are a second slow on their reads on offense. That has resulted in several travels and turnovers down the stretch. Hand now has 12 points to supplement Anderson's 17.
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4:53
Coach Watts finally puts Kelly Gassie in. She is one of our quickest defenders and players off the bench. In order to stop this attack, Davidson has to do a better job of denying the penetration. Right now, they are just too slow on defense.
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6:29
Anderson is back in the lineup. Another shot, another basket times two. She now has 15 points.
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7:52
Chattanooga has slowed a little right now offensively with Anderson on the bench. Danielle Hemerka now has six points for Davidson, while Brooke Hand has nine for UTC. Compared with yesterday, the foul situation is night and day. There have only been five total fouls in the first twelve minutes.
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9:38
Davidson fans are a little more quiet right now. The Wildcats are making everything too hard right now as Brynn just got called for a 3-second call and Honna Housley airballed a three.
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11:31
Before the game, ASU's DJ Thompson and Jeremy Clayton were hanging out in the staging area flirting with UTC's dance team. Boys will be boys.
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11:31
Davidson doesn't need to worry about height mismatches today. Alex Anderson is UTC's tallest player at 6-1 and she usually plays on the perimeter. Speaking of Anderson, she has 11 of UTC's 14 points. This feels like the NBA.
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12:00
Chattanooga is a smooth team. It seems like they really don't like to get their hands dirty with loose balls, or rebounds, or ...defense. Davidson has just gone a little cold from the field unfortunately.
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13:00
Chattanooga's defense seems really lax right now compared to last year's game. Anderson is the only offense that UTC has right now. She wants the ball on every possession.
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14:13
Davidson has jumped out to an early lead with easy inside baskets by Danielle Hemerka. Alex Anderson only has six points so far.

Sorry for the delay in posting. The Coliseum connection is really really slow.