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58
Winner Western Caro. WCU 3-2,0-0 SoCon
48
USC Upstate USCU 1-3,0-0 Big South
Winner
Western Caro. WCU
3-2,0-0 SoCon
58
Final
48
USC Upstate USCU
1-3,0-0 Big South
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Western Caro. WCU 12 17 17 12 58
USC Upstate USCU 11 13 8 16 48
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Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Catamounts Get Road Win at USC Upstate

Three score in double figures in the victory

The Basics
Score: Western Carolina 58, USC Upstate 48
Records: Western Carolina 3-2; USC Upstate 1-3
Location: Hodge Center – Spartanburg, S.C.   
 
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Shayane Poirot-Allard scored a career-high 19 points leading three Catamounts in double figures as Western Carolina women's basketball picked up its first road win of the season defeating USC Upstate 58-48 Friday at Hodge Center. 
 
Turning Point:
Western Carolina found a second gear after leading only by one, 12-11, after the first quarter. The Catamounts outscored the Spartans 34-21 in the second and third quarters and benefitted from three second-quarter three-pointers by Poirot-Allard. 
 
 Individual Leaders
  • Poirot-Allard led all scorers with 19 points hitting five three-pointers.
  • Rookie Reagan Trumm tied her career-high with 15 points.
  • Junior Mya Love added 12 points, scoring 10 of her 12 in the second half.
  • Junior Ewa Kielar ripped down a career-high 10 rebounds.
  • Junior Audrey Meyers swiped a career-best seven steals. 
  Inside the Box Score
  • Western Carolina shot 35.3 percent from the field including 54.5 percent in the third quarter.
  • The Catamounts did not allow USC Upstate to connect on a three-pointer in the second half as the Spartans were 0-for-9.
  • WCU hit six three-pointers and USC Upstate had just two.
  • Western Carolina forced USC Upstate to turn the ball over 28 times turning it into 23 points.
  • The Spartans outrebounded the Catamounts 42-29 including 30 offensive rebounds but could only turn that advantage into six second-chance points.
  • Western Carolina has 13 steals in the game while the Spartans had six. 
  • The Catamounts were 12-of-21 from the free throw line and 8-for-12 in the fourth quarter. WCU was 4-for-4 from the charity stripe in the final 52 seconds of the game.
 News & Notes
  • Meyers' seven steals is the second-highest single-game mark in program history. 
  • Western Carolina has hit six three-pointers in back-to-back games and three of the last four.
  • Poirot-Allard has hit five three-pointers in a game in two of the first five games.
  • The win over USC Upstate halts a two-game slide and is the Catamounts' first road win of the season.
  • Western Carolina is now 2-1 over teams from the Big South. 
  • Kielar is the second Catamount this season to pull down double-figure rebounds. Endia Holliday had 12 in the season opener against Bluefield on Nov. 7.
  • Trumm and Love have scored in double figures in back-to-back games. Love has scored double digits in three of her last four.
  • Trumm has hit at least one three-pointer in the last three games.
 Up Next
  • Western Carolina will have four days off before traveling to Charleston Southern for an 11 a.m. brunch meeting with the Buccaneers Wednesday, Nov. 23. 
 For the latest information on Western Carolina women's basketball, follow @catamounts on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.
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