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Women's Basketball Opens Three-Game Homestand against ETSU

Fans are encouraged to wear their Black WCU gear to Thursday’s game

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina women's basketball returns home to begin a three-game homestand on Thursday as the Catamounts welcome ETSU to Ingles Court at the Ramsey Center for a 7 p.m. tip-off. Thursday's action will be broadcast on ESPN+ (paid subscription required) with both live stats and live audio provided by the Catamount Sports Network available at CatamountSports.com. 

At the request of WCU students, every home matchup against ETSU in the "Beat the Bucs" series will be a Black Out with fans encouraged to wear their black WCU gear to the game – and where applicable, the WCU team will wear their black Nike uniforms. 

Matchup: ETSU (13-5, 2-1 SoCon) vs Western Carolina (5-14, 0-4 SoCon) 
Date: Thursday, January 25 
Time: 7 p.m.  
Site: Ingles Court at the Ramsey Center (Cullowhee, N.C.)  
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Live Video: Watch ESPN 
Radio: Catamount Sports Network
Twitter: @CatamountWBB
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Western Carolina plays five of its next seven SoCon games in Cullowhee which will carry the Catamounts through February and the home portion of their 2024 schedule. WCU looks to rebound from a 78-44 defeat on Saturday against Mercer. In the loss, Lonasia Brewer and Tyja Beans both tallied a team-high 10 points. 

Chelsea Wooten maintains her lead in the SoCon with 46 made 3-pointers on the season as the McKinney, Texas, native averages 2.6 threes per game and also paces the league. Wooten's 11.3 points per game average is 12th in the conference as she has posted eight double-figure scoring performances this year. Jada Burton sits third in the conference with 71 assists, ranking third in the SoCon with 3.7 assists per game. Burton also ranks eighth in the league with 26 steals to her stat line.

Lonasia Brewer is tied for ninth in the conference with 41 offensive rebounds with her 11 offensive boards putting her in a three-way tie for second in conference action. Brewer and Jada Burton enter the week tied for seventh in league play with nine assists each. Wooten ranks 11th in league play, averaging 10.8 points per game. As a team, WCU is third in the league during SoCon play with 43 assists, and the Catamounts rank second in team defensive rebounds with 87 boards. 

ETSU comes into Thursday's tilt with a 13-5 record, suffering a 52-50 defeat in Chattanooga on Saturday afternoon. The Bucs have claimed wins in nine of their last 11 games. ETSU holds a 3-4 record on the road in the 2023-24 season while recording a 9-1 mark in home action. 

Nevaeh Brown leads the Bucs – and ranks fifth in the SoCon – with a 13.1 points per game average as she's tallied 12 double-figure scoring outputs this season. Kendall Folley is averaging 10.0 points per contest as she's reached double figures in eight games over the 15 she's seen action in this season. Folley leads the way for ETSU with 42 assists. Jakhyia Davis has a team-high 6.5 rebounds per game, as she's the lone player for ETSU with 100+ rebounds on the season. 

The Bucs finished the 2022-23 season with a 25-10 record including a 9-5 mark in SoCon play. ETSU fell in the second round of the conference tournament to eventual champion Chattanooga last year. The Bucs were able to claim one of the eight spots in the postseason Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) as they claimed wins over FIU and Georgia Southern to finish third in the Invitational. 

ETSU was picked to win the league by the conference's coaches as four coaches picked them to win the league as they were tabbed second in the media poll with five votes to win the conference under the leadership of Brenda Mock Brown, who's in her second season at the helm for ETSU as she claimed the SoCon Coach of the Year last season. 

ETSU leads the all-time series over Western Carolina with a 57-23 record in the matchups between the two schools. The Bucs have claimed the last four meetings from the Catamounts which includes a thrilling 90-84 double overtime decision last February in Cullowhee. WCU is looking to claim its first home win over ETSU since December 1, 2013, when the Catamounts earned the 58-56 victory.

Kyla Allison led the way for WCU with 15.0 points per game in the two matchups last season as she scored 23 points in the double-overtime defeat, playing all 50 minutes. Mya Love averaged 13.5 points per game and Endia Holiday had 11.5 points per game and 8.0 rebounds per contest against ETSU.

Following Thursday's action in Cullowhee, the Catamounts continue their three-game home stand on Saturday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. on Ingles Court at the Ramsey Center against defending league champion Chattanooga. The matchup with the Mocs will be the front end of a doubleheader as the men's team battles VMI at 5 p.m. Saturday will be WCU Women's Basketball Alumni Day and "Pack the RAC" for both teams. The matchup with the Mocs will be shown on ESPN+ (paid subscription required), with live stats and live audio provided by the Catamount Sports Network available on CatamountSports.com.

Keep track of everything related to Catamount women's basketball and WCU Athletics through its social media outlets on Facebook (fb.com/catamountsports), Instagram (@wcu_catamounts), and Twitter (@catamounts, Catamountwbb). 

 


 
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Kyla Allison

#3 Kyla Allison

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6' 0"
Graduate Student
Wekiva HS / Middle Tennessee
Mya Love

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Lonasia Brewer

#1 Lonasia Brewer

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6' 0"
Graduate Student
Tyja Beans

#5 Tyja Beans

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5' 11"
Freshman
Jada Burton

#10 Jada Burton

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5' 8"
Junior
Chelsea Wooten

#11 Chelsea Wooten

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5' 9"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Kyla Allison

#3 Kyla Allison

6' 0"
Graduate Student
Wekiva HS / Middle Tennessee
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Mya Love

#4 Mya Love

5' 8"
Senior
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Lonasia Brewer

#1 Lonasia Brewer

6' 0"
Graduate Student
F/P
Tyja Beans

#5 Tyja Beans

5' 11"
Freshman
G/F
Jada Burton

#10 Jada Burton

5' 8"
Junior
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Chelsea Wooten

#11 Chelsea Wooten

5' 9"
Junior
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