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Schedule

Full
39
Western Caro. WCU 7-22,0-14 SoCon
67
Winner UNC Greensboro UNCG 9-18,5-9 SoCon
Western Caro. WCU
7-22,0-14 SoCon
39
Final
67
UNC Greensboro UNCG
9-18,5-9 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Western Caro. WCU 5 11 13 10 39
UNC Greensboro UNCG 21 11 18 17 67
Catamounts vs. ETSU

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Catamounts Drop Final Regular Season Game at UNCG Saturday

Will face No. 1 seed Mercer in SoCon Tourney

The Basics
Score: UNCG 67, Western Carolina 39
Records: Western Carolina 7-22, 0-14 SoCon, UNCG 9-18, 5-9 SoCon
Location: Fleming Gym, Greensboro, N.C.   
 
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Western Carolina women's basketball closed out the regular season with a 67-39 loss at UNCG Saturday in Fleming Gym.
 
The Catamounts will be the No. 8 seed in the upcoming 2022 Ingles SoCon Women's Basketball Championship facing No. 1 seed Mercer at 11 am Thursday at Harrah's Cherokee Center – Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina.
 
Turning Point:
UNCG opened the first quarter on a 17-0 run and built a lead Western Carolina could never recover from.
 
 Individual Leaders
  • Zanoria Cruz and Audrey Meyers each had nine points in the game to lead the Catamounts.
  • Nadia Marshall ended the game with seven points and six rebounds.
  • Pernilla Sorenson led UNCG with 12 points.
 
 Inside the Box Score
  • Western Carolina was held to 22 percent shooting from the field.
  • UNCG shot a scorching 49 percent.
  • The Catamounts hit three treys in the game while UNCG had six.
  • The Catamounts 19 turnovers in the game turned into 24 Spartan points.
  • The Catamounts outrebounded the Spartans 41 to 35.
 
 
 News & Notes
  • Western Carolina will face Mercer in the first round of the SoCon Championships for the second-straight year and four of the last five years.
  • Tembre Moates has 540 career rebounds and moves into sole possession of 21st place in the WCU record books for rebounds in a career.
  • Moates has 862 points and is 24th in the record books for points.
  • Marshall returned to the Catamount lineup after missing five games due to injury.
 
Up Next:
Western Carolina, as the No. 8 seed, will face No. 1 seed Mercer at 11 a.m. Thursday in the first round of the 2022 Ingles SoCon Women's Basketball Championship at Harrah's Cherokee Center – Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina.
 
 
For the latest information on Western Carolina women's basketball, follow @catamounts on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.
 
 
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