Winthrop Win 0-2,0-0 Big South

Western Caro. WCU 2-0,0-0 SoCon

Winthrop Win

0-2,0-0 Big South

Final

Nov. 10, 2022

Western Caro. WCU

2-0,0-0 SoCon

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Winthrop Win	11	10	18	8	47
Western Caro. WCU	10	12	13	13	48

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 11/10/2022 10:36:00 PM | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Reid Hits Game-Winning Free Throw to Seal Win Over Winthrop

Catamounts open season 2-0 for the first time since 2015-16

The Basics:
Score: Western Carolina 48, Winthrop 47
Records: Western Carolina 2-0; Winthrop 0-2
Location: Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center – Cullowhee, N.C.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – With the crowd holding their breath, junior Joi Reid drained her second free throw, after missing the first, to seal a 48-47 win over Winthrop on Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center Thursday.

Turning Point:
Western Carolina trailed 47-45 with nine seconds remaining when junior Mya Love hit a layup and was fouled. Love missed her free throw, but Reid was there for the rebound and was fouled. Reid hit the backend of two free throws to give WCU the 48-47 lead and eventual win. Winthrop's Jada Ryce attempted a last-second three-pointer but it was wide and the buzzer sounded as the game ended.

Individual Leaders

In her Catamount debut, Shayne Poirot-Allard led the game with 17 points hitting five of the Catamounts' six three-pointers in the game.
Love had 12 points for WCU.
Reid led Western Carolina with nine rebounds adding four points with her fourth point turning out to be the game-winner.
Paige Powell led Winthrop with 11 points.

Inside the Box Score

Down the stretch, Western Carolina hit three of its last four free throws.
Western Carolina just edged Winthrop with 33 rebounds to the Eagles' 30.
The Catamounts outscored Winthrop 13-8 in the fourth quarter.
WCU got 18 points off of the Eagles' 24 turnovers.
The game had nine lead changes and was tied six times.
Western Carolina ended the contest with six three-pointers.
Winthrop shot 41.7 percent from the field while WCU was 30.2.
Western Carolina connected on 10-of-19 from the free throw line hitting 4-of-8 in the fourth quarter.

News & Notes

Western Carolina opens the season 2-0 for the first time since the 2015-16 season.
The Catamounts are now 32-13 all-time against Winthrop.
Western Carolina has had at least two double-figure scorers in both games to open the year.
Love scored in double figures for the eighth time in her career dating back to her time with Arkansas State.
Newcomer Ewa Kielar hit the court for the first time as a Catamounts playing 12 minutes and scoring two points.
Western Carolina will hit the road for five-straight road games and will not be back home for the rest of November. WCU returns home on Dec. 1 hosting Queens in its annual Education Day game.
Poirot-Allard's five three-pointers in the game against Winthrop is tied for 10th in program history for three-pointers in a game.
The game Thursday was the first time in the history between Western Carolina and Winthrop the game has been decided by one point.