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Tembre Moates
Ashley Evans - WCU Communications and Marketing
53
Western Caro. WCU 5-24,2-12 SoCon
70
Winner Samford SU 15-14,10-4 SoCon
Western Caro. WCU
5-24,2-12 SoCon
53
Final
70
Samford SU
15-14,10-4 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Western Caro. WCU 19 14 16 4 53
Samford SU 24 11 19 16 70

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

Catamounts Lose Battle at Samford

Will be No. 8 seed in upcoming SoCon Championship

The Basics
Score: Samford 70, Western Carolina 53
Records: Western Carolina 5-24, 2-12 SoCon, Samford 15-14, 10-4 SoCon
Location: Pete Hanna Arena, Birmingham, Ala.   
 
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – Western Carolina women's basketball had three players score in double figures falling in a dog and cat fight to the Samford Bulldogs 70-53 Saturday in the Pete Hanna Center in the final regular-season game of the season. 
 
Up Next
Western Carolina will be the No. 8 seed heading into the 2020 Southern Conference Championship. The Catamounts will face the No. 1 seed Samford, at 11 a.m. Thursday, Mar. 5 at the Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville in Asheville, N.C. It will be the second meeting between the two teams in six days. 
 
Turning Point:
It was a game of runs and in the end, Samford got the upper hand with the last run of the game. With western Carolina leading by one, 40-39, the Bulldogs went on a 10-0 run to retake the lead and never relinquish it. The Bulldogs also benefitted from outscoring Western Carolina 16-4 in the fourth quarter. 
 
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Inside the Box Score
  • Western Carolina suffered through 19 turnovers during crucial times in the contest. Those Catamount turnovers turned into 26 points for the Bulldogs. 
  • The two teams hit a combined 19 three-pointers in the game with the Bulldogs connecting on 10 and the Catamounts hitting nine.
  • Western Carolina had a better shooting percentage than the Bulldogs shooting 47 percent to Samford's 41 percent. 
  • Samford ripped down 32 rebounds while Western Carolina had 25. 
  • The game was tied four times and the lead changed five different occasions. Western Carolina had the lead a total of three minutes. 
  • The Bulldogs benefited from being awarded trips to the charity stripe going 16-of-17. 
  • Western Carolina battled all the way even going on a 10-0 run in the second quarter before giving up the lead 35-33 right before the half.
News & Notes
  • With 1-of-2 free throws in the game, LaPlant secured her eighth straight double-figure scoring performance. She has scored in double figures in 14 of the last 15 games. 
  • Smalls' 11 points mark the 18th time this season she has scored in double figures.
  • Andrea Martin Ruiz has scored in double figures in the last three games. 
  • Smalls has 280 rebounds sitting in fifth place in the WCU record books for most rebounds in a season. She needs three rebounds to take over fourth place. 
  • Western Carolina extends its seasonal record lead for three-pointers in a season with 205. 
  • This will be the fourth-straight year Western Carolina will be the No. 8 seed in the SoCon Tournament. 
 
For the latest information on Western Carolina women's basketball, follow @catamounts on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.
 
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