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WCU vs Mars Hill
61
Winner Western Carolina WCU 5-7
52
SC State Lady Bulldogs SCSUW 0-9
Winner
Western Carolina WCU
5-7
61
Final
52
SC State Lady Bulldogs SCSUW
0-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Western Carolina WCU 14 15 14 18 61
SC State Lady Bulldogs SCSUW 10 13 10 19 52

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

Holliday Scores Career-High 21 as Catamounts Down Bulldogs

Catamounts take break for finals and return Dec. 20 hosting Davidson

THE BASICS
 Score: Western Carolina 61, South Carolina State 52
 Records: Western Carolina 5-7, South Carolina State 0-9
 Location: Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center, Orangeburg, S.C.
 
ORANGEBURG, S.C. – Junior Endia Holliday poured in a career-high 21 points as Western Carolina women's basketball picked up a 61-52 road victory at South Carolina State Sunday at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center. 
 
Turning Point:
Tied at 10, with 2:02 left in the first quarter, the Catamounts went on a 4-0 run to lead 14-10 after the first 10 minutes. WCU went on to outscore the Bulldogs in the second and third quarters to maintain the lead and capture the win. South Carolina State did outscore the Catamounts 19-18 in the fourth quarter. 
 
 Individual Leaders
  • Holliday scored a career-high 21 points adding four rebounds. She was also 5-of-7 from the free-throw line.  
  • Nadia Marshall just missed scoring in double figures with nine points and ripped down five rebounds.
  • Sophomore Joi Reid pounded the glass for a team-best eight rebounds. 
  • Mekayla Lumpkin led South Carolina State with 15 points. 
 
 Inside the Box Score
  • The Catamounts shot a scorching 50 percent from the field 24-of-48 from the field. South Carolina State was held to 35 percent. 
  • Western Carolina snagged 38 rebounds to the Bulldogs 24. 
  • The free-throw line was where the Catamounts earned 11 of its 61 points going 11-for-20. 
  • South Carolina State kept itself in the game hitting six three-pointers in the contest. 
  • Western Carolina got half its points inside the paint scoring 32. 
  • South Carolina State's 10 turnovers turned into 10 points for WCU. 
  • Western Carolina led for 36 plus minutes in the game. 
 
 News & Notes
  • Western Carolina's victory over South Carolina State halts a four-game losing streak. 
  • The Catamounts earned their first road victory of the season. 
  • Holliday is the third Catamount to score 20 or more points in a game this season joining teammates Nadia Marshall and Vanessa Oduah. 
  • Western Carolina scored 60 or more points, in a game, for the first time in four contests. 
  • Redshirt senior Tembre Moates has 497 career rebounds and needs three boards to become the 30th Catamount to join the 500 Rebound Club. 
  • Western Carolina is now 3-2 against South Carolina State and has won two straight over the Bulldogs. 
  • With the five wins this season, Western Carolina is one win from tying its total victories in the 2020-21 campaign.
 
Up Next
  • Western Carolina will take an eight-day break, for finals, before returning to the hardwood on Dec. 20 hosting Davidson. 
 
 
For the latest information on Western Carolina women's basketball, follow @catamounts on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.
 
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