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Team Huddle
65
Winner Wofford WOF 15-13,8-5 SoCon
58
Western Caro. WCU 5-22,2-10 SoCon
Winner
Wofford WOF
15-13,8-5 SoCon
65
Final
58
Western Caro. WCU
5-22,2-10 SoCon
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wofford WOF 21 11 17 16 65
Western Caro. WCU 15 20 14 9 58

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

Catamounts Drop Close One to Wofford on Senior Day

WCU hits the road next week for final pair of games of the season

The Basics
Score: Wofford 65, Western Carolina 58
Records: Western Carolina 5-22, 2-10 SoCon, Wofford 15-13, 8-5 SoCon
Location: Ramsey Center, Cullowhee, N.C.    
 
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina women's basketball came up short Saturday on Senior Day falling to Wofford 65-58 in the Ramsey Center in the Catamounts final home game of the season. 
 
Turning Point:
Western Carolina led Wofford 53-52 with 8:20 remaining, however, the Catamounts were scoreless over the next five-plus minutes. WCU hit just one field goal in the final eight minutes of the contest and was 1-of-13 in that span. 
 
Individual Leaders
  • Redshirt junior Lauren LaPlant led the Catamounts with 15 points hitting a pair of three-pointers and was 3-of-3 from the free-throw line.
  • Jewel Smalls poured in 11 points draining three three-pointers and ripping down seven rebounds.
  • Rookie Andrea Martin Ruiz added 10 points with three assists. 
  • Wofford's Nyah Lutz led the Terriers with 19 points and added seven rebounds. 
  • Terrier Lawren Cook ripped down 11 rebounds.
 
Inside the Box Score
  • The Terriers were tenaciously crashing the boards for 45 rebounds – 26 on the defensive end. The Catamounts were held to 23 rebounds only four on the offensive side. 
  • Western Carolina outshot Wofford hitting 43.1 percent from the field while the Terriers were just under 40 percent at 39.1.
  • Wofford was sent to the line 25 times in contrast to Western Carolina's eight trips. The Terriers were 14-of-25 from the charity stripe. 
  • The Catamounts had a season-low eight turnovers in the game while Wofford had just two. 
  • Each team connected on seven three-pointers. 
  • Both teams enjoyed points inside the paint as each had 24 points. 
  • The tale of the game was in the fourth quarter as Wofford outscored Western Carolina 16-9. 
 
 
 
News & Notes
  • LaPlant added to her career record for most three-pointers in a season with a pair against Furman. She now has 73 on the season. 
  • With two three-pointers against Wofford, LaPlant has 124 and needs two to move into sixth place.
  • As a team, the Catamounts have hit 187 three-pointers on the season. The 2019-20 squad needs three three-pointers before the end of the season to take over first place held by the 2013-14 team who ended the season with 189. 
  • LaPlant has scored in double figures in six consecutive games and 17 of the last 19 contests. 
  • Sophomore Jewel Smalls has scored 331 points besting her mark from her freshman campaign of 330. She has a total of 661 points on the season. 
  • Smalls has 260 rebounds on the season moving her into a tie for seventh place for most rebounds on the year. She needs two rebounds to move into sixth place. Her 260 rebounds are the most by a Catamount women's basketball player since former player Chevon Keith had 282 in the 2006-07 season. That mark earned Keith SoCon Defensive Player of the Year honors. 
 
 
Up Next
Western Carolina hits the road for the final pair of SoCon games of the season. The Catamounts travel to Mercer Thursday and close out the regular season at Samford on Saturday.  
 
For the latest information on Western Carolina women's basketball, follow @catamounts on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.
 
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