Furman Furman 12-9,5-2 SoCon

Western Caro. WCU 6-16,0-8 SoCon

Furman Furman

12-9,5-2 SoCon

Final

Feb. 03, 2022

Western Caro. WCU

6-16,0-8 SoCon

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Furman Furman	12	15	26	10	63
Western Caro. WCU	10	12	15	21	58

Summary
Box Score

Mark Haskett

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 2/3/2022 10:04:00 PM | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Catamounts' Comeback Against Furman Falls Short

Hosts Wofford Saturday

The Basics
Score: Furman 63, Western Carolina 58
Records: Western Carolina 6-16, 0-8 SoCon, Furman 12-9, 5-2 SoCon
Location: Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center, Cullowhee, N.C.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina women's basketball dropped a heartbreaker to Furman 63-58, after overcoming a 16-point deficit in the third quarter, Thursday on Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center.

Turning Point:
Furman outscored Western Carolina 26-15 in the third quarter and survived a fourth-quarter Catamount surge to come away with the win.

Individual Leaders

Sophomore Joi Reid led all Catamounts with 12 points including dishing out six assists and ripping down four rebounds.
Nadia Marshall posted 11 points and added five rebounds.
Sophomore Zanoria Cruz was the third Catamount to score in double figures with 10 points.
Furman had two players score 20 points led by Tate Walters 22 points and Tierra Hodges' 20. Hodges also posted a double-double with 10 rebounds.

Inside the Box Score

The Catamounts trailed by just seven at the break, 27-22.
Western Carolina was only down two, 27-25, after a Marshall field goal, with 8:42 left in the third. Furman went on to an 18-4 run to build its 16-point lead over WCU with 4:28 left in the third.
The Catamounts made the game interesting in the fourth quarter outscoring the Paladins 21-10.
With Furman leading by 10, 61-51, with 2:07 remaining, Western Carolina went on an 8-0 run to cut the Paladin's lead to three, 61-58 with seven seconds remaining.
WCU was forced to foul, and Walters iced the game on two free throws.
Western Carolina shot 50 percent from the field and held Furman to 35.6 percent.
Furman's seven three-pointers kept the Paladins ahead in the game. WCU hit three treys including two by Madison Pack.
The Paladins made the most out of their trips to the free-throw line going 14-of-18. WCU was 7-for-10.
Furman ripped down 37 rebounds to Western Carolina's 28.
Western Carolina had 16 turnovers in the game which Furman turned into 17 points.
Western Carolina scored 34 of its 58 points inside the paint.

News & Notes

Reid scored a career-high 12 points and also hit a career-best five field goals.
After going two games without a player in double figures, Western Carolina had three players in double figures against Furman.
Marshall and Cruz each scored in double figures for the ninth time this season.
Tembre Moates has 831 points in her career and moved into 26th place in the WCU record books for points in a career.
Moates had two rebounds against Furman and now has 516 moving into a tie for 26th place with former Catamount Emily Clarke (2007-11).
Western Carolina's 58 points are the most scored by the Catamounts since the Catamounts scored 58 points against Mercer on Jan. 15.
Moates got her second-consecutive start against Furman.

Up Next
Western Carolina hosts Wofford at 2 p.m. Saturday on Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center.

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

Print Friendly Version