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The Basics
Score: Western Carolina 74 - Wofford 72
Records: Western Carolina 5-15, 1-5 SoCon, Wofford 7-12, 1-4 SoCon
Location: Ramsey Center -- Cullowhee, N.C.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Sophomore guard Kyia Hough drained the game-winning bucket as Western Carolina women's basketball picked up its first Southern Conference win of the season with a 74-72 victory over Wofford Monday in the Ramsey Center.

Sophomore guard Ace Easter scored a career-high 27 points and connected on a career-best six three-pointers. Fellow sophomore Sherae Bonner recorded her fourth double-double on the year with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

With the game tied at 72, Western Carolina forced a Wofford turnover with four seconds remaining when the Terriers' Jordan Frazier coughed up the ball. Hough scooped it up and drove to the basket laying it in for her 10th point of the game and the winning bucket.

It was a long-ball affair as the teams shot a combined 16 three pointers in the game with WCU nailing nine to Wofford's seven. The Terriers also benefitted from 29 trips to the free throw line hitting 23. However, it was Western Carolina's tenacious defense and never say die attitude that resulted in a "W" for the Catamounts.

Western Carolina was down by as much as 11 points in the second period. WCU trailed in the game until 3:59 left in the third period when Easter drained a three. The Catamounts led by seven, 58-51, at the end of the third period and led until 3:42 left in the fourth. After that, it was a back-and-forth affair leading to the score being tied at 72 and setting up the game-winning shot by Hough.

Turning Point
Wofford turned the ball over with four seconds left in the game, tied at 72, and the Catamounts' Hough drove the lane hitting the game-winning shot with three seconds left.

Individual Leaders
- Easter scored a career-high 27 points.
- Bonner recorded her fourth double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
- Hough's game-winning shot pushed her into double figures with 10 points.
- Wofford's Kentra Washington led the Terriers with 24 points and was 9-of-9 from the free throw line.

Inside the Box Score
- Western Carolina shot a season-high 50.8 percent from the field.
- The Catamounts hit the second-most three pointers of the season with nine.
- Western Carolina out-rebounded Wofford 37-27.
- The Catamounts were 5-of-5 from the free throw line.
- Western Carolina out-scored Wofford 29-16 in the third period.
- Wofford hit seven three-pointers. - Western Carolina shot 52.9 percent from the three point line.

News & Notes
- Western Carolina picked up its first Southern Conference win of the season with the 74-72 win over Wofford.
- The victory over Wofford halts a five-game losing streak and a two-game slide to the Terriers.
- With 27 points against Wofford, Easter has scored 20 or more points four times this season. - Western Carolina has scored 70 or more points in the last two games.
- The game against Wofford was the third attempt to play the Terriers in a three-day span as the game was twice postponed due to winter storm Jonas.
- Along with her 10 points, Hough also had six rebounds and four assists.

Up Next
Western Carolina completes a three-game home stand welcoming UNCG to the Ramsey Center at 2 p.m. Saturday. The game is designated as"Play4Kay" as the team will be wearing pink T-Shirts in honor of former legendary NC State Coach Kay Yow, and the Kay Yow Foundation, who died of breast cancer in 2009.

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