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Farasia Hodge Free Throw
49
Western Caro. WCU 4-19,1-7 SoCon
76
Winner ETSU ETSU 8-15,3-5 SoCon
Western Caro. WCU
4-19,1-7 SoCon
49
Final
76
ETSU ETSU
8-15,3-5 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Western Caro. WCU 8 19 16 6 49
ETSU ETSU 28 17 20 11 76

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

Catamounts Fall to ETSU on the Road

LaPlant leads Catamounts with 14 points

The Basics
Score: ETSU 76, Western Carolina 49
Records: Western Carolina 4-19, 1-7 SoCon, ETSU 8-15, 3-5 SoCon
Location: Brooks Gym, Johnson City, Tenn.   
 
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Western Carolina women's basketball fell on the road at ETSU 76-49 Thursday in Brooks Gym. 
 
Turning Point:
ETSU came out hitting on all cylinders in the first quarter outscoring the Catamounts 28-8 and that was all the Bucs needed to coast to a win. 
 
 
Individual Leaders:
  • Redshirt junior Lauren LaPlant led the Catamounts with 14 points. 
  • Senior Farasia Hodge had a good night on the boards coming off the bench to rip down eight rebounds. 
  • E'Lease Stafford led ETSU with 29 points hitting six of the Bucs' 10 three-pointers in the game. 
 
Inside the Box Score:
  • ETSU's big 28-point first quarter was aided by four three-pointers in the opening 10 minutes of the game. 
  • After giving up four three-pointers to the Bucs in the first quarter, Western Carolina gave up six in the final three quarters for a total of 10 treys. 
  • ETSU benefitted from being allowed to go to the line 23 times in the game hitting 20. 
  • The Catamounts ended the game coughing up the ball 21 times watching ETSU turn those miscues into 17 points. 
  • ETSU held Western Carolina to single-digit scoring in the first and fourth quarters. 
  • Despite being held to 49 points, Western Carolina had a decent shooting night at 40 percent with ETSU shooting 42 percent. 
  • ETSU ripped down 38 rebounds and held the Catamounts to 29 boards on the night. 
  • The Catamounts scored just three second-chance points. 
 
News & Notes:
  • LaPlant kept her three-point streak alive hitting at least one three-pointer in all 23 games on the season. 
  • LaPlant hit a pair of three-pointers against ETSU moving into a tie for sixth place with 61 three-pointers in the WCU record books for most three-pointers in a season. She needs seven three-pointers before the end of the season to break the program record. 
  • The Catamounts five three-pointers against the Buccaneers give WCU 160 three-pointers on the season as the team continues to rank fourth in the record books. Western Carolina needs eight for third place. 
  • LaPlant has scored in double figures in eight of the last nine games. 
  • In conference play, LaPlant is averaging 12.4 points per game and has hit 21 three-pointers. 
  • Jewel Smalls has 298 points on the season and is 32 points from equaling her seasonal point total from her freshman campaign, 
 
Up Next:
Western Carolina travels to Chattanooga for a match-up with the Mocs at 2 p.m. Saturday in McKenzie Arena. 
 
For the latest information on Lady Catamount women's basketball, follow @catamounts on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.
 
 
 
 
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