Box Score

The Basics
Score: Western Carolina 84 - UNCG 72
Records: Western Carolina 6-15, 2-5 SoCon, UNCG 8-14, 0-7 SoCon
Location: Ramsey Center - Cullowhee, N.C.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Five players scored in double figures as Western Carolina women's basketball, picking up its second straight Southern Conference victory, defeating UNCG 84-72 Saturday in the Ramsey Center.

Sophomores Sherae Bonner and Julia Brown along with freshman Raziyah Farrington each led the Catamounts with 14 points. Ace Easter followed with 12 and Lindsay Simpson poured in 10. UNCG's leading scorer, senior guard Lucy Mason, led all scorers with 20 points.

After the game was tied 16 times, Western Carolina took the advantage by outscoring the Spartans 18-6 in the final six minutes. With the game tied at 66, with 5:48 left, sophomore Julia Brown drained her second three-pointer of the fourth period to push the Catamounts to a 69-66 lead and WCU would never trail again.

The Catamounts were 5-of-6 from the free throw line in the last 42 seconds of the game to ice the game. Overall, Western Carolina was 12-of-24 from the free throw line.

Western Carolina outscored UNCG in three of the four periods and also scored 20 or more points in three of those four periods.

Turning Point
With 5:48 left in the game, tied at 66, Brown nailed her second three-pointer of the fourth period to give Western Carolina a 69-66 lead and the Catamounts never trailed again.

Individual Leaders
- Bonner, Brown and Farrington each led WCU with 14 points.
- UNCG's Mason led all scorers with 20 points.
- The Spartans' Jade Scaife recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
- Simpson nailed two three-pointers in the fourth period to end the game with 10 points.
- Kyia Hough dished out five assists and just missed scoring in double figures with nine points.
- Erika Joseph just missed a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds.

Inside the Box Score
- Western Carolina shot 48.3 percent from the field and held UNCG to 36.3.
- UNCG just outrebounded WCU 45-39.
- Western Carolina dished out 16 assists.
- The score was tied 16 times and the lead changed 13 times.
- Each team scored 36 points inside the paint.
- Western Carolina hit four of its five three-pointers in the fourth period.
- Western Carolina was 21-of-24 from the free throw line.

News & Notes
- With 12 points against UNCG, Easter has now scored in double figures in six straight games.
- Western Carolina is now officially on a winning streak having won two straight.
- Simpson hit a pair of three-pointers against UNCG and has now connected on at least one three-pointer in the last 10 games.
- Brown hit a career-high two three-pointers.
- In the last three home games, Western Carolina is averaging 78 points per game and is 2-1 ... Also in the last three games, Easter is averaging 20.3 points per game and shooting 47.8 percent from the field.
- Western Carolina has scored 70 plus points in the last three games.

Up Next
Western Carolina hits the road for a two-game road swing beginning with a 7 p.m. match-up at Mercer on Feb. 4.

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