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- ↑ "2014 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships". Southern Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
- ↑ "2015 SoCon Women's tournament bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Chattanooga Survives in Overtime to Win SoCon Championship". Southern Conference. March 8, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.