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2023 SoCon Basketball Championships
Todd Drexler
56
Western Caro. WCU 9-21,2-12 SoCon
71
Winner Wofford WOF 21-8,10-4 SoCon
Western Caro. WCU
9-21,2-12 SoCon
56
Final
71
Wofford WOF
21-8,10-4 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Western Caro. WCU 14 15 17 10 56
Wofford WOF 20 19 17 15 71

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Catamounts Battle Top-Seeded Wofford; Fall in SoCon Tourney

Rookie Regan Trumm scores team-leading 15

The Basics
Score: No. 1 seed Wofford 71, No. 8 seed Western Carolina 56
Records: Western Carolina 9-21; Wofford, 21-8
Location: Harrah's Cherokee Center - Asheville | Asheville, N.C.  
 
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – No. 8 seed Western Carolina women's basketball gave No. 1 seed Wofford all it could handle and more before bowing out of the Ingles Southern Conference Championship first round 71-56 Thursday at Harrah's Cherokee Center – Asheville.
 
Turning Point:
Wofford went on an 8-0 run and a 7-0 run, in the first half, and hit six first-half three-pointers.
 
 Individual Leaders
  • Rookie Reagan Trumm led the team with 15 points hitting a pair of three-pointers. She was 3-of-4 from the free throw line.
  • Mya Love added 14 points and pulled down seven rebounds.
  • Kyla Allison added 10 points, hitting a pair of three-pointers, and ripped down six boards.  
  • Endia Holliday had eight points and nine rebounds.
 
 Inside the Box Score
  • Western Carolina committed 21 turnovers in the game equating to 12 Wofford points.
  • After Wofford hit six three-pointers in the first half, Western Carolina held the Terriers to just one in the second half.
  • It was a 10-point Wofford lead, 56-46, at the end of the third quarter but Western Carolina could not climb back in the game. In the final 10 minutes the Terriers outscored WCU 15-10 and was 9-for-9 from the free throw line.
  • Western Carolina shot 39.2 percent from the field while Wofford shot 42.9.
  • The Catamounts outrebounded the Terriers by seven, 36-29.
  • Western Carolina was 10-of-13 from the free throw line while Wofford was 16-of-18.
  • The Catamounts had 12 offensive rebounds and scored 10 second-chance points.
 
News & Notes
  • Allison ends the season with 370 points which is good for 22nd in the Catamount record books for points in a season. Her 370 points is the most scored by a Catamount women's basketball player since the 2014-15 season when Justin Taylor had 486.
  • Trumm was two points shy of tying her career-high of 17.
  • Love ended the season scoring in double figures in nine of the last 11 games.
  • Allison scored in double figures in seven of her last nine games.
  • Combined with her time at Middle Tennessee, before transferring to Western Carolina, Allison ends her career with 819 points.
 
For the latest information on Western Carolina women's basketball, follow @catamounts on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com. Follow the Catamount women's basketball Twitter (@catamountWBB) for in-game updates.
 
Gallery: (3-2-2023) SoCon Tourney - Catamounts vs. Wofford

 
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