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Western Caro. WCU 28 22 14 15 79

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

Catamounts Open 2022 With Win Over Montreat

Begins SoCon play Thursday at Wofford

The Basics
 Score: Western Carolina 79, Montreat 23
 Records: Western Carolina 6-8
 Location: Ingles Court at the Ramsey Center, Cullowhee, N.C.  
 
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina women's basketball rang in 2022 with a 79-23 victory over visiting Montreat Sunday on Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center. 
 
Turning Point:
Tied at 2-2 to open the game, Western Carolina went on a 16-0 run ending the first quarter outscoring Montreat 28-11 in the first quarter and 22-2 in the second quarter. 
 
 Individual Leaders
  • Sophomore Zanoria Cruz led all scorers with 18 points and just missed a double-double with nine rebounds.
  • Freshman Bailey Trumm connected on five three-pointers scoring 15 points. 
  • Audrey Meyers was the third Catamount in double figures with 10. 
  • Caleigh Raby led Montreat with seven points. 
 
 Inside the Box Score
  • Western Carolina shot 48.4 percent from the field and held the Cavaliers to 20 percent. 
  • The Catamounts drained seven three-pointers in the game – game-high for WCU. 
  • Western Carolina led by as much as 58 points, with 2:19 left in the game. 
  • Western Carolina ripped down 46 rebounds, 29 on the defensive end, and held Montreat to 24. 
  • The Catamount had season highs in steals (16) and assists (19) against Montreat. 
  • Western Carolina scored 36 points off Montreat's 26 turnovers. 
  • The Catamounts scored 40 points in the paint. 
  • Western Carolina held Montreat to single-digit scores in the second, third and fourth quarters. 
 
 News & Notes
  • The Catamounts' six wins on the season tie the most victories the team had in the 2020-21 campaign. 
  • Trumm hit a career-high five three-pointers – the most by a Catamount this season. 
  • Cruz's 18 points against Montreat is a season-high. She has scored in double figures in back-to-back games and three of the last four games. 
  • The 79 points scored by the Catamounts, against Montreat, is a season-best for WCU. It's the fourth time this season the team has scored 70 or more points in a game. 
  • Western Carolina returned to the hardwood after an 11-day break from contests due to the holiday break. 
  • Mykaylyn Davis returned to the lineup after missing six games due to injury. She dished out a season-best six assists in the contest against Montreat. 
 
 
Up Next
Western Carolina begins Southern Conference play Thursday traveling to Wofford for a 6 p.m. tip-off. 
 
 
For the latest information on Western Carolina women's basketball, follow @catamounts on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.
 
 
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