Western Caro. WCU 7-10,0-2 SoCon

Mercer Mercer 5-10,1-1 SoCon

Western Caro. WCU

7-10,0-2 SoCon

Final

Jan. 07, 2023

Mercer Mercer

5-10,1-1 SoCon

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Western Caro. WCU	9	11	12	8	40
Mercer Mercer	12	22	18	24	76

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 1/7/2023 4:23:00 PM | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Catamounts Fall on the Road at Mercer

Love leads Catamounts with 17 points

The Basics
Score: Mercer 76, Western Carolina 40
Records: Western Carolina 7-10, 0-2 SoCon; Mercer 5-10, 1-1 SoCon
Location: Hawkins Arena– Macon, Ga.

MACON, Ga. – Western Carolina women's basketball fell at Mercer 76-40 Saturday in Hawkins Arena in Macon, Ga.

Turning Point:
Western Carolina enjoyed a short-lived 16-15 lead, with 7-53 left in the second quarter, but a 17-2 run by Mercer built a 34-20 lead, outscoring WCU 22-11 – a mark the Catamounts could not overcome.

Individual Leaders

Mya Love led the Catamounts with 17 points and just missed a double-double with seven rebounds.
Kyla Allison added 14 points for the Catamounts.
Joi Reid pulled down a team-leading eight boards.
Jaron Dougherty led four Bears in double figures with 16.

Inside the Box Score

Western Carolina shot an anemic 23 percent from the field and was held to only two field goals in the first quarter.
Mercer warmed up quickly from the field ending the game shooting a scorching 49 percent.
Western Carolina hit only one three-pointer in the game (1-of-8).
Love and Allison scored 31 of the Catamounts' 40 points.
The Catamounts were held to single-digit scoring in the first (9) and fourth (8) quarters.
Mercer just edged the Catamounts in rebounding ripping down 42 to WCU's 38.
The Bears got 30 points off WCU's 15 turnovers.
Mercer was 22-of-27 from the free throw line while WCU was 11-of-17.

News & Notes

Love has now scored in double figures in back-to-back games and the ninth time this season.
Allison has now scored in double figures in six-straight games and eight of the last nine games. She leads the team with 11 double-figure scoring performances on the year.
Mercer's win over Western Carolina halted a four-game losing streak for the Bears.
Western Carolina is now on a two-game losing streak and has lost three of its last five games.
The Catamounts have scored under 40 points in the first two conference games of the season.
The Catamounts have now lost eight-consecutive to Mercer and are 0-11 on the Bears' home court.

Up Next

Western Carolina returns home next week to begin a three-game Southern Conference home stand. First up is Wofford on Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. 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.

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