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The Basics
Score: Western Carolina 68 - Brevard 60
Records: Western Carolina 1-0, Brevard 0-1
Location: Ramsey Center - Cullowhee, N.C.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- The Stephanie McCormick era of Western Carolina women's basketball began with a 68-60 win over Brevard Friday in front of a crowd of over 1,000 in Western Carolina's annual Education Day Game. Area school children were invited to the noon game to experience the university setting and a collegiate game.

The Catamounts open the 2015-16 season 1-0 as the game will also go down as McCormick's first win as a head coach at Western Carolina.

Three players scored in double figures paced by sophomore guard Ace Easter with 13. Sophomore forward Julia Brown added 12 and sophomore Kyia Hough added 10 as well as dishing out six assists.

Brevard was paced by Madison Lenox who led all scorers with 22 points and just missed a triple double with nine assists and nine rebounds.

The Catamounts secured the win on the glass ripping down 50 rebounds to Brevard's 37. Thirty-six of Western Carolina's 50 rebounds were on the defensive end.

Turning Point
Tied at 53 with 5:57 left in the fourth period, Western Carolina pulled away from Brevard going on a 15 to seven scoring run to end the game. The Catamounts went on the scoring run thanks to a pair of steals and key defensive rebounds.

Individual Leaders
- Brown scored a career-high 12 points.
- Hough tied her career-high with 10 points.
- JonTay Mitchem had a career-high seven rebounds.

Inside the Box Score
- Western Carolina was pulled down 50 rebounds.
- The Catamount bench scored 35 of the team's 68 points.
- Western Carolina out-scored Brevard 22 to 11 in the fourth period.
- Western Carolina had 10 steals in the game.
- The Catamounts shot 43.5 percent from the field and holding Brevard to 33.3 percent.

News & Notes
- Twelve of Western Carolina's 13 players saw action in the game with 10 of the 12 scoring. - Western Carolina shot 50 percent in the first half.
- The game against Brevard is the first of three games in six days for WCU.

Up Next
Western Carolina hosts Anderson University Sunday at 2 p.m. the first game of a doubleheader with the men playing UNC Asheville at 4:30 p.m.

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