Western Caro. WCU 8-13,1-5 SoCon

ETSU ETSU 16-6,3-3 SoCon

Western Caro. WCU

8-13,1-5 SoCon

Final

Jan. 26, 2023

ETSU ETSU

16-6,3-3 SoCon

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Western Caro. WCU	10	11	8	10	39
ETSU ETSU	18	16	20	16	70

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 1/27/2023 12:25:00 AM | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Catamounts Fall on the Road at ETSU

Mya Love led the Catamounts with 11 points

The Basics
Score: ETSU 70, Western Carolina 39
Records: Western Carolina 8-13, 1-5 SoCon; ETSU 16-6, 3-3 SoCon
Location: Brooks Gym; Johnson City, Tenn.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Western Carolina women's basketball fell on the road at ETSU 70-39 Thursday in Brooks Gym.

Turning Point:
ETSU opened the game on a 14-0 run and held Western Carolina to 18 points (eight in the third and 10th in the fourth) in the second half.

Individual Leaders

Junior Mya Love led Western Carolina with 11 points.
Reagan Trumm scored 10 points for the Catamounts hitting a pair of three-pointers.
Junior Joi Reid ripped down a team-leading seven rebounds.
ETSU's Jiselle Thomas scored a game-leading 21 points.

Inside the Box Score

After yielding 14 consecutive points to ETSU to open the game, Western Carolina battled back midway through the opening frame. WCU went on a 7-0 run to cut the Bucs' lead to five, 15-10 before Nevaeh Brown drained a three-pointer to push ETSU's lead back to eight at the end of the quarter.
For the game, ETSU shot 43.8 percent from the field and held Western Carolina to 29.5 percent.
ETSU ripped down 44 rebounds while WCU had 30.
ETSU connected on seven three-pointers and held the Catamounts to three.
ETSU struggled from the free throw line hitting 7-of-14.
The Catamounts shot 71.4 percent from the charity stripe (10-of-14).
The Buccaneers had seven blocks in the game.
The Catamounts were held to 18 points in the final two-quarters of the game with eight in the third and 10 in the fourth.
ETSU scored 24 points off the Catamounts' 19 turnovers.

News & Notes

Kyla Allison had her consecutive games scoring in double figures snapped at nine straight with seven points against ETSU.
Love has scored in double figures in the last three games.
Reid had her consecutive double-figure rebound streak halted at three with seven boards against the Bucs.
Western Carolina's 39 points in the game are the second-lowest scoring output this season. The Catamounts scored 34 points at LSU on Nov. 13.
Western Carolina's three-game losing streak is the longest of the season.

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