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Coach Kiley Hill
Ashley Evans, WCU Communications and Marketing
43
South Carolina St. SCST 1-9,0-1 MEAC
53
Winner Western Carolina WCU 5-10,2-3 SoCon
South Carolina St. SCST
1-9,0-1 MEAC
43
Final
53
Western Carolina WCU
5-10,2-3 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
South Carolina St. SCST 5 19 7 12 43
Western Carolina WCU 19 12 10 12 53

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

Marshall Records Double-Double in Win over South Carolina State

Catamounts on a two-game winning streak

The Basics
 Score: Western Carolina 53, South Carolina State 43
 Records: Western Carolina 5-10, 2-3 SoCon; South Carolina State 1-9, 0-2 MEAC
 Location: Ramsey Center, Cullowhee, N.C.
 
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Redshirt sophomore Nadia Marshall recorded a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds in Western Carolina women's basketball's 53-43 win over South Carolina State Tuesday in the Ramsey Center. 
 
Turning Point:
Western Carolina scored the first 14 points of the game and staved off South Carolina State in the second quarter, outscoring the Catamounts 19-12 and cutting the WCU lead to seven, 37-24 at the half. The Bulldogs cut the Catamount lead to seven two more times, in the third quarter, 12-0 run from the end of the third to the start of the fourth – WCU never led by less than double-figure points the remainder of the game. 
 
 Individual Leaders
  • Freshman Zanoria Cruz scored a game-leading 19 points hitting 8-of-12 from the field.
  • Marshall's double-double, 12 points, and 11 rebounds – her second double-double of the season. 
  • Kyla Allison just missed a double-double with eight points and eight rebounds.
  • Trinity Klock led South Carolina State with 12 points. 
 
 Inside the Box Score
  • Western Carolina shot a scorching 61.5 percent from the field in the first quarter.
  • The Catamounts held South Carolina state to five points in the first quarter. Western Carolina also held the Bulldogs to single-digit scorings in the third quarter – seven points. 
  • WCU was 8-of-9 from the free-throw line. The Bulldogs hit just three in 10 trips. 
  • The Catamounts doubled up the Bulldogs in rebounds ripping down 41 to South Carolina State's 24. 
  • Western Carolina scored 30 of its 53 points inside the paint. 
  • WCU shot 41.2 percent from the field while South Carolina State hit an anemic 31.5 percent. 
 
 News & Notes
  • The Catamounts extended its three-point streak as a team – WCU has hit at least one three-pointer in 348 straight games dating back to 2009. 
  • Western Carolina has scored 50 or more points in the last two games. 
  • Lauren LaPlant has 156 career three-pointers, ranking fifth in the WCU record books, and needs two to move into fourth. 
  • Western Carolina's fifth win on the season equals its win total from the 2019-20 season. 
  • Marshall has scored in double figures in the last three games.
  • Marshall is averaging 12 points and 9.3 rebounds in the last three games. 
  • The win against South Carolina State halts a two-game losing streak to the Bulldogs. 
  • The 53 points scored by WCU against the Bulldogs is the most points the Catamounts have scored in the last two games against each other. 
  • Cruz has scored in double figures in eight games this season. 
 
 Up Next
Western Carolina hits the road for a pair of Southern Conference games at ETSU Friday, Jan. 29, and Sunday Jan. 31. 
 
For the latest information on Western Carolina women's basketball, follow @catamounts on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.
 
Gallery: (1-26-2021) Catamounts vs. South Carolina State
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