UNC Greensboro UNCG 10-9,3-2 SoCon

Western Caro. WCU 8-12,1-4 SoCon

UNC Greensboro UNCG

10-9,3-2 SoCon

Final

Jan. 19, 2023

Western Caro. WCU

8-12,1-4 SoCon

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
UNC Greensboro UNCG	19	24	13	27	83
Western Caro. WCU	7	12	22	18	59

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 1/19/2023 10:46:00 PM | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Three Catamounts Score in Double Figures in Loss to UNCG

Catamounts take six day break before back in action

The Basics
Score: UNCG 83, Western Carolina 59
Records: Western Carolina 8-12, 1-4 SoCon; UNCG 10-9, 3-2 SoCon
Location: Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center; Cullowhee, N.C.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Junior Mya Love led the game with 18 points in Western Carolina women's basketball's 83-59 loss to UNCG Thursday on Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center.

Turning Point:
UNCG scored the first 10 points of the game, holding Western Carolina to one point of the first eight-plus minutes. The Spartans outscored WCU 43-19 in the first two quarters of the game.

Individual Leaders

Love had 18 points going 6-for-12 from the field, drained a three-pointer and was 5-for-5 from the free throw line.
Kyla Allison scored 13 of her 15 points in the second half.
Zanoria Cruz added 11 points for WCU and ripped down five rebounds.
Joi Reid ripped down 11 rebounds with nine of the 11 defensive boards.
Khalis Cain led UNCG with 15 points while Isys Grady notched a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Inside the Box Score

The Catamounts scored seven points in the first quarter.
Western Carolina had a strong second half outscoring UNCG 22 to 13 in the third quarter.
UNCG led by as much as 26 with 9:31 left in the third quarter but the Catamounts battled back cutting the Spartan lead to 13, 56-43, with 9:45 remaining in the fourth quarter. UNCG reeled off seven consecutive points to pull away.
UNCG shot 42.6 percent from the field while WCU was 31 percent from the field.
The Spartans just edged Western Carolina in rebounds 46 to 42. Thirty of UNCG's 46 boards were defensive.
UNCG connected on eight three pointers while WCU had only two. The Catamounts did not hit their first three-pointer in the game until Love drained a trey with 4:43 left in the fourth quarter.
The Spartans scored 16 points off the Catamounts' 14 turnovers.
UNCG went to the free throw line 31 times hitting 17. The Catamounts made 28 trips to the charity stripe hitting 21 (75 percent).

News & Notes

Allison has scored in double figures in the last nine contests and 15 times on the year.
Reid's11 rebounds ties her season high and is the third-straight game she has ripped down double-figure rebounds.
Love has scored in double figures in three of the last four games.

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