Western Caro. WCU 9-13,2-5 SoCon

Chattanooga UTC 12-10,4-3 SoCon

Western Caro. WCU

9-13,2-5 SoCon

Final

Jan. 28, 2023

Chattanooga UTC

12-10,4-3 SoCon

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Western Caro. WCU	15	16	11	14	56
Chattanooga UTC	6	14	16	12	48

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 1/28/2023 4:48:00 PM | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Allison's 20 Points and Catamounts' Stifling Defense Earn Road Win at Chattanooga

Head Coach Kiley Hill first head coach in program history to earn two road wins at Mocs

The Basics
Score: Western Carolina 56, Chattanooga 48
Records: Western Carolina 9-13, 2-5 SoCon; Chattanooga 12-10, 4-3 SoCon
Location: McKenzie Arena; Chattanooga, Tenn.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Graduate student Kyla Allison scored 20 points and Western Carolina women's basketball shot a scorching 59.5 percent from the field as the Catamounts knocked off Chattanooga 56-48 Saturday in McKenzie Arena.

Turning Point:
Western Carolina led from the opening tip to the final buzzer holding Chattanooga to single-digit scoring in the first quarter using stifling defense to force the Mocs to 35.3 percent from the field.

Individual Leaders

Allison scored 14 second-half points to post a game-leading 20 points. She also ripped down seven rebounds.
Mya Love came off the bench to score 11 points for the Catamounts.
Yaz Wazeerud-Din was the only Moc who scored in double figures with 11.

Inside the Box Score

The Catamounts opened the game by outscoring Chattanooga 15-6 in the first quarter and topping the Mocs 16-14 in the second to lead 31-20 at the half.
Chattanooga came roaring back to start the third quarter using a 14-4 run to pull within one of the Catamounts, 35-34, with 3:35 left. The Catamounts answered back with a 7-2 run to close out the quarter.
The Mocs trimmed WCU's lead to four, 42-38, to open the fourth quarter but Chattanooga would never draw any closer the remainder of the game.
A jumper by Allison allowed Western Carolina to build its largest lead of the game of 13, 54-41, with 4:21 remaining capping off a 9-3 run.
The Catamounts weathered a comeback attempt by the Mocs but it was too little too late for Chattanooga.
Western Carolina shot a season-high 59.5 percent from the field.
The Catamounts turned the ball over 30 times as Chattanooga turned that into 20 points.
Western Carolina won the rebound battle ripping down 32 boards with 31 being on the defensive end.
Each team hit five three-pointers and missed just one free throw.

News & Notes

Allison has scored 20 more points four times this season.
Love has scored in double figures in the last three games.
The win at Chattanooga was the seventh victory for WCU on the Mocs home court.
Head Coach Kiley Hill is the only head coach in program history to record two wins, in their tenure, at Chattanooga.
The win at Chattanooga halted a four-game losing streak to the Mocs.
The Catamounts earn their first conference road win since Feb. 23, 2021, earning a 62-48 win at ETSU.
The win at Chattanooga halted a three-game losing streak for the Catamounts.
Western Carolina held Chattanooga to its second-lowest scoring output of the season. The 48 points scored by the Mocs were just over the 39 points Chattanooga scored in the loss at Tennessee.