SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford women's basketball team put forth a fight Saturday afternoon in Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium, holding it close against Chattanooga before the Mocs pulled away in the second half for an 84-67 final. Wofford finishes the regular season at 16-12 (8-6 SoCon) with Chattanooga finishing 25-7 (13-1 SoCon).
 
The contest served as senior day for the Terriers, as pregame the program honored its three seniors: guards Ja'Rae Smith and Annabelle Schultz and student manager Lauren Scalise.
 
Chattanooga shot 57.7 percent in the game and 50.0 percent from three with Wofford boasting a 40.0 percent overall mark but 25.0 percent from distance. The Terriers held a 30-29 edge on the boards with double the offensive rebounds, 12-6, for 12 second-chance points. Wofford forced 11 Moc turnovers while committing nine.
 
The Terriers were led by Rachael Rose with 21 points, stretching her 20-point scoring streak to 11 games and her double-digit scoring streak to 47 in a row. Rose now owns 620 points on the season, topping the program record for single-season scoring. The mark was previously set by Jenny Nett in the 2001-02 campaign. Rose added five rebounds, two assists and a steal.
 
Indiya Clarke continued her hot streak as a starter, netting 15 points with seven boards and a pair of assists. Annabelle Schultz made the most of her senior day with 13 points, adding three rebounds. Evangelia Paulk is the fourth and final double-digit scorer with 13 points, also securing three rebounds.
 
Ja'Rae Smith made her first-career start on her senior day and added three points with three rebounds and an assist. She swiped a pair of steals. Maddie Heiss rounds out the Wofford scoring with two points and three boards. Sara Deidda added three rebounds of her own off the bench.
 
Wofford opened on the gas pedal, as Indiya Clarke secured a three-point play with Evangelia Paulk adding her own and-one on the following possession. Clarke added a three, and an 11-point Terrier run had Wofford up 20-4 halfway through the first quarter. But after the media timeout, the Mocs embarked on their own 11-point run, and the teams traded points to end the quarter with Wofford up 22-17.
 
The Mocs continued to push back and ultimately tied the game before claiming a lead at the 7:34 mark in the second quarter, 29-26. A three by Annabelle Schultz tied the game, but Chattanooga scored five-straight points to take the lead back. After a pair of Paulk free throws, Clarke buried a trey before Rachael Rose did the same, and that eight-point swing pushed Wofford back in front by a point. However, a Chattanooga and-one gave it the lead back before a Schultz lay-in tied the game. But the Mocs got a three in the closing seconds to lead 43-40 at the break.
 
Chattanooga scored four-straight points out of halftime, but the Terriers kept fighting with back-to-back buckets by Paulk and Rose. The teams traded blows, but Chattanooga ultimately made more shots with a 23-13 scoring advantage in the third quarter. Rose scored in the final seconds of the frame to make the margin 66-53 entering the final frame.
 
Clarke hit a three early in the fourth to keep a comeback hope alive, especially with Rose's paint score that drew a foul, resulting in an and-one. Nine-straight Chattanooga points thereafter would stretch the Chattanooga lead to 21 points, 80-59, and despite Wofford's best efforts the Mocs would secure the 84-67 victory.
 
The Terriers will now set their sights on the Southern Conference Tournament, which begins Thursday, March 7, in Asheville, North Carolina. The event is held at the Harrah's Cherokee Center. Wofford enters as the No. 3 seed and will first face the No. 6 seed Samford in the quarterfinals at 3:30 p.m.