ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Karsen Murphy scored 18 points and Chattanooga used an early fourth quarter run to take command on the way to a 63-55 victory over Furman in women's Southern Conference Tournament semifinal action Friday afternoon at Harrah's Cherokee Center.

The victory moved Chattanooga (16-13) into Sunday's noon championship game against regular season champion UNC Greensboro (24-6).  The loss concludes the season for Furman (16-16).

Leading 36-33 late in the third quarter, Chattanooga tallied the final three points of the period and got back to-back 3-pointers from Sigrun Olafsdotter and Murphy to fuel a combined 10-1 run and take a 46-34 lead following a Frode Flos van der Schans free throw with 7:09 to go.

Furman twice got to within six points, the final time at 54-48 following a Raina McGowens free throw at the 3:09 mark, but could get no closer the rest of the way.

Tate Walters led Furman with 19 points in her final game as a Paladin, but the purple and white couldn't overcome erratic shooting, finishing at 37.7 percent from the field and just 2-of-19 from 3-point range.

UTC was more successful shooting, hitting on 22-of-48 chances, including 6-of-15 from beyond the arc.

Caia Elisadez followed Murphy in the scoring column with 16 points.

Walters, a two-time All-SoCon performer, finished her career with 1,268 points, good for 14th in program history, and with 453 assists, which ranks second all-time at Furman.

Jada Session, a 2023-23 All-SoCon pick who tallied seven points and claimed 10 rebounds in the contest, completed her Paladin career with 902 points and 677 rebounds — the caroms tally placing her 10th on Furman's career ledger.

Furman senior forward Kate Johnson, a 2023-24 All-SoCon performer, finished her career with 725 points and 434 rebounds.