UK Hoops closed out their Tennessee matches last night with a 79-64 win against Tennessee-Chattanooga. It was a great 4 hours of basketball when first the Kentucky Wildcat men’s basketball team defeated northern border rival Indiana and then UK Hoops beat another border team to the south.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]
Victoria Dunlap had 26 points and seven rebounds to help No. 14 Kentucky hold off Tennessee-Chattanooga 79-64 on Saturday night.
Bernisha Pinkett added 11 points, including three 3-pointers, for the Wildcats (7-1).
Chattanooga (3-5) trailed 36-28 at the break, but the Lady Mocs rallied by hitting their first six shots of the second half. Kayla Christopher hit a 3-pointer to give Chattanooga its first lead at 42-41.
Christopher hit another 3 to put the Lady Mocs up 45-43 with 15:35 remaining, but Dunlap converted a three-point play and the Wildcats never trailed again.
Whitney Hood scored 19 points to lead Chattanooga. [URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/121110aaa.html”]Source[/URL].
