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39
Emory & Henry EHC 11-12,0-0 DII Independent
42
Winner Western Caro. WCU 7-21,0-13 SoCon
Emory & Henry EHC
11-12,0-0 DII Independent
39
Final
42
Western Caro. WCU
7-21,0-13 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Emory & Henry EHC 11 9 8 11 39
Western Caro. WCU 9 7 11 15 42
WCU vs. Wofford
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Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Catamounts Defeat Emory & Henry in Final Home Game of the Season

Travels to UNCG Saturday

The Basics
Score: Western Carolina 42, Emory & Henry 39
Records: Western Carolina 7-21, Emory & Henry 12-12
Location: Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center, Cullowhee, N.C.   
 
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina women's basketball closed out the home portion of its schedule, for the 2021-22 season, with a 42-39 win over Emory & Henry Tuesday on Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center. 
 
Turning Point:
Western Carolina and Emory & Henry were tied at 39 with 2:31 remaining. The Catamounts took the lead on a pair of free throws by Endia Holliday, with 2:10 left, and Andrea Martin Ruiz hit 1-of-2 in WCU's 3-0 run to close out the game. 
 
 Individual Leaders
  • Holliday led the Catamounts with 11 points and added seven rebounds. 
  • Joi Reid had seven points, five rebounds, and three blocks.
  • Emory & Henry's Brylee Jones led all scorers with 15 points. 
 
 Inside the Box Score
  • Emory & Henry led for 25 minutes in the game.
  • Western Carolina outrebounded the Wasps pulling down 40 boards to Emory & Henry's 37. 
  • Western Carolina hit one three-pointer to Emory & Henry's four. 
  • For the game, the Catamounts shot 32 percent from the field but in the fourth WCU was able to pull ahead of Emory & Henry shooting 50 percent. 
  • The Catamounts had a season-high eight blocks in the game. 
  • Western Carolina got 28 of its points inside the paint. 
 
 News & Notes
  • Western Carolina won its seventh game on the season marking the most wins by a Catamount team since the 2016-17 campaign. 
  • Holliday scored in double figures for the eighth time this season. 
  • Moates now has 538 career rebounds and is tied for 21st in the WCU record books. 
  • Reid leads the team with 15 blocks on the year. 
  • Bailey Trumm has hit at least one three-pointer in the last four games and six of the last seven. 
 
Up Next
Western Carolina concludes the 2021-22 regular season traveling to UNCG Saturday for the final Southern Conference game of the season. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. 

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

 
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