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A Martin Ruiz
72
Winner UNC Greensboro UNCG 18-7,7-3 SoCon
61
Western Caro. WCU 5-20,2-8 SoCon
Winner
UNC Greensboro UNCG
18-7,7-3 SoCon
72
Final
61
Western Caro. WCU
5-20,2-8 SoCon
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UNC Greensboro UNCG 12 16 26 18 72
Western Caro. WCU 18 15 13 15 61

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

LaPlant Breaks Single-Season 3-Point Record in Catamount Loss

WCU hosts Furman Thursday

The Basics
Score: UNCG 72, Western Carolina 61
Records: Western Carolina 5-20, 2-8 SoCon, UNCG 18-7, 7-3 SoCon
Location: Ramsey Center, Cullowhee, N.C.    
 
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Redshirt junior Lauren LaPlant broke the program record for most three-pointers in a season, with 68, as Western Carolina women's basketball battled but fell short in the 72-61 loss to UNCG Saturday in the Ramsey Center. 
 
Turning Point:
UNCG battled from trailing 13 to Western Carolina tying the game at 46 with four minutes left in the third. In that stretch between the middle of the third and 7:05 left in the fourth, the Spartans reeled off 14-consecutive points. 
 
Individual Leaders
  • Freshman Andrea Martin Ruiz scored a career-high 19 points to lead the Catamounts and was a perfect 7-for-7 from the free-throw line.
  • Sophomore Jewel Smalls her 10th double-double of the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds nailing four three-pointers. 
  • LaPlant's record-breaking performance against the Spartans was aided by four-three-pointers in the contest ending the game with 16 points. 
  • UNCG's Nadine Soliman led all scorers with 26 points. 
 
Inside the Box Score
  • Western Carolina opened the game on fire shooting 58.3 percent from the field. The Catamounts ended the contest shooting 41.5 percent.
  • The Catamounts hit seven three-pointers in the first half and had only one in the second half. It was the reverse for UNCG as the Spartans had two three-pointers in the first half and six in the second. 
  • Western Carolina was a perfect 9-for-9 from the free-throw line. UNCG was also perfect from the charity stripe going 10-for-10. 
  • The Catamounts just edged the Spartans in the rebounding department as WCU ripped down 30 to UNCG's 29. 
  • Western Carolina turned in its second-lowest turnovers of the season with 11. 
  • UNCG scored 30 points inside the paint while WCU got 22. 
  • UNCG scored 26 points in the third quarter aiding them in their comeback and eventual victory. 
  • Walker, Andrea Martin Ruiz, and Smalls each played 40 minutes in the game. 
 
 
News & Notes
  • LaPlant's 68 three-pointers in a season is a new program record snapping a mark that had stood since the 2002-03 season and was a tie between Yoneko Allen (202-03) and Amy Baker (1995-96). LaPlant has 68 three-pointers in 25 games – the quickest in program history to reach this mark. 
  • Smalls has 251 rebounds on the season moving her into 10th place in the Western Carolina record books for most rebounds in a season. She has the most rebounds by a Catamount women's basketball player since the 2007-08 season when former WCU standout Chevon Keith had 294. 
  • For her career, LaPlant has 119 three-pointers ranking eighth in the WCU record books. She needs three three-pointers to move into seventh place. 
  • For the season, Western Carolina has drained 175 three-pointers as a team. This mark ranks this Catamounts squad second in the record books for most three-pointers by a team in a season. The team is now chasing the No. 1 spot held by the 2013-14 squad who drained 189 treys in the season. 
 
Up Next
Western Carolina welcomes Furman to the Ramsey Center at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 in the Ramsey Center.
 
For the latest information on Western Carolina women's basketball, follow @catamounts on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.
 
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