ETSU ETSU 5-19,4-7 SoCon

Western Caro. WCU 6-20,0-12 SoCon

ETSU ETSU

5-19,4-7 SoCon

Final

Feb. 17, 2022

Western Caro. WCU

6-20,0-12 SoCon

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
ETSU ETSU	13	19	12	14	58
Western Caro. WCU	8	12	13	18	51

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 2/17/2022 10:24:00 PM | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Catamounts Fourth Quarter Comeback Falls Short Against ETSU

Hosts Chattanooga Saturday on Senior Day

The Basics
Score: ETSU 58, Western Carolina 51
Records: Western Carolina 6-20, 0-12 SoCon, ETSU 5-19, 4-7 SoCon
Location: Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center, Cullowhee, N.C.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina women's basketball's comeback attempt fell short Thursday as the Catamounts fell at home to ETSU 58-51 on Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center.

Turning Point:
ETSU hit eight three-pointers, was 14-of-15 from the free-throw line, and held Western Carolina to 20 first-half points.

Individual Leaders

Zanoria Cruz led the Catamounts with 15 points and also dished out five assists.
Bailey Trumm followed Cruz with 11 points hitting three treys in the game.
Endia Holliday had a balanced attack of six points and eight rebounds.
ETSU's Courtney Moore led all scorers with 18 points.

Inside the Box Score

Western Carolina came to life in the fourth quarter outscoring the Buccaneers 13-3 over the first eight minutes. The Catamounts cut the ETSU lead to one, 47-46 with 3:07 remaining off a bucket by Andrea Martin Ruiz.
In the final three minutes, ETSU pulled away outscoring the Catamounts 12-5.
In the final three minutes, ETSU was 7-of-8 from the free-throw line.
The Catamounts were 6-of-12 from the free-throw line.
Western Carolina hit five three-pointers in the game.
Sophomore Joi Reid had five steals in the game.
The Catamounts committed 16 turnovers and ETSU turned it into nine points. ETSU had 18 turnovers.
ETSU led by as much as 18, 44-20, with three minutes left in the third.
Western Carolina got 26 of its 51 points from its bench.
The Catamounts just edged WCU in the rebound column ripping down 34 to the Bucs 32.

News & Notes

Cruz has led the Catamounts in scoring 10 times.
Cruz dished out a career-best five assists.
Trumm has scored in double-figures in four games this season.
Reid had a season-high four steals and just missed tying her career-high of five.
Moates has 841 career points and ranks 25th in the WCU record books.
Trumm leads the team with 24 made three-pointers.

Up Next
Western Carolina plays its final home SoCon home game of the season Saturday hosting Chattanooga at 5 p.m. The game is the second game of a doubleheader with men's basketball who hosts Mercer at 2 p.m. It will be senior day for the Catamounts as Nadia Marshall, Andrea Martin Ruiz and Grace Yocum will be honored.

For the latest information on Western Carolina women's basketball, follow @catamounts on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.

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