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Jacey Justice
43
Western Caro. WCU 3-3,0-0 SoCon
77
Winner Alabama Bama 4-2,0-0 SEC
Western Caro. WCU
3-3,0-0 SoCon
43
Final
77
Alabama Bama
4-2,0-0 SEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Western Caro. WCU 9 10 15 9 43
Alabama Bama 22 15 17 23 77

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

Nadia Marshall Scores 15 in loss at Alabama

Returns home Monday to host Mars Hill

The Basics
 Score: Alabama 77, Western Carolina 43
 Records: Western Carolina 3-3, Alabama 4-2
 Location: Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
 
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Redshirt junior Nadia Marshall led Western Carolina with 15 points as the Catamounts dropped their road contest at Alabama 77-43 Friday in Coleman Coliseum.  
 
Turning Point:
Alabama outscored the Catamounts 22-9 in the first quarter and led the game in scoring in the ensuing next three quarters. 
 
 Individual Leaders
  • Marshall paced the Catamounts with 15 points going 7-of-14 from the field and ripping down a team-best six rebounds. 
  • Rookie Jacey Justice had her best game in her young career as a Catamount with nine points just missing scoring in double figures. 
  • Alabama's Megan Abrams led all scorers with 17 points. 
 
 Inside the Box Score
  • Western Carolina had 26 turnovers in the game as Alabama turned it into 25 points. 
  • Alabama just edged Western Carolina in the rebound column with 40 to WCU's 30. 
  • Alabama drained 10 three-pointers in the game and Western Carolina had two. 
  • WCU got 34 points from its bench. 
  • The Catamounts had a strong showing in the third quarter as Alabama just edged WCU in scoring 17-15.
  • The Crimson Tide scored 21 of its points from the free-throw line. Western Carolina was 9-of-10 from the charity stripe. 
 
 
 News & Notes
  • Western Carolina was outrebounded in a game for the first time this season.
  • The Catamounts recorded its sixth different lineup against the Crimson Tide. 
  • Justice notched a career-high in points (9) and assists (4) against Alabama.
  • Marshall has scored in double figures in four of the first six games of the year. 
  • Endia Holliday went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line and is 19-of-20 from the charity stripe this season shooting 95 percent. 
 
Up Next
  • Western Carolina returns home Monday hosting Mars Hill at 7 p.m. in the first of a two-game homestand. 
 
 
For the latest information on Western Carolina women's basketball, follow @catamounts on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.
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