N.C. Central NCCU 5-7,0-0 MEAC

Western Caro. WCU 6-7,0-0 SoCon

N.C. Central NCCU

5-7,0-0 MEAC

Final

Dec. 19, 2022

Western Caro. WCU

6-7,0-0 SoCon

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
N.C. Central NCCU	18	22	21	13	74
Western Caro. WCU	10	18	15	23	66

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 12/19/2022 10:49:00 PM | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Allison Scores Career-High 25 in Loss to NC Central

Catamounts back in action Wednesday

The Basics
Score: North Carolina Central 74, Western Carolina 66
Records: Western Carolina 6-7; N.C. Central 5-7
Location: Ingles Court | Ramsey Center – Cullowhee, N.C.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Kyla Allison scored a career-high 25 points as Western Carolina women's basketball's flurried comeback attempt against North Carolina Central fell short 74-66 Monday on Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center.

Turning Point:
North Carolina Central built as much as a 23-point lead, with 1:12 left in the third quarter, and weathered a comeback attempt from Western Carolina, as the Catamounts outscored the Eagles 23-13 in the fourth quarter. NC Central iced the game by hitting 5-of-6 from the free throw line, with 28 seconds left, after Western Carolina cut the Eagles' lead to five, 69-64.

Individual Leaders

Allison led all scorers with 25 points hitting nine field goals, draining a pair of three-pointers, and going 5-of-6 from the free-throw line.
Sophomore Shayane Poirot-Allard poured in 14 points connecting on a pair of three-poiners.
Mya Love scored eight second-half points to end the game with 10 points.
Freshman Tamori Plantin led the Catamounts with six rebounds.
Kimeira Burks had 23 points for NC Central hitting five of the team's eight three-pointers in the game.

Inside the Box Score

Western Carolina's slow start in the first three quarters of the game allowed NC Central to build an 18-point 61-43 lead.
The Catamounts found a spark in the fourth quarter holding the Eagles to three field goals and holding NC Central to 33.3 percent shooting. On the flip side, WCU shot a scorching 60 percent from the field (9-of-15).
For the game, NC Central shot 50 percent from the field.
NC Central led by as much as 23 points with 1:23 left in the third quarter.
The Catamounts went on an 11-point run midway through the fourth quarter and cut an 18-point, 61-42, NC Central lead to eight, 64-56 with 4:12 remaining.
Allison's bucket with 48 seconds remaining cut the NC Central lead to five, 69-64. The Eagles went 3-of-4 from the charity stripe to push its lead back to eight 72-64.
NC Central just edged Western Carolina in rebounds ripping down 34 to the Catamounts' 30.
The Eagles were 18-of-26 from the free throw line while WCU was 14-of-19.
The Catamounts scored 21 points off the Eagles' 18 turnovers.
Western Carolina had 11 steals in the game.

News & Notes

Allison's career-best 25 points best her mark of 24 she set twice in her career.
Allison is the second Catamount this season to score 20 or more points. She joins teammate Mya Love who scored 23 at Presbyterian on Nov. 15.
Allison has scored in double figures in back-to-back games and five of her last six.
WCU is now 5-2 at home this season.
Love has scored in double figures in back-to-back games.
Western Carolina has had double-digit assists in the last three games.
The Catamounts are 2-3 over the last five games.