2009-10 Western Carolina Women's Basketball Guide by Western Carolina University Athletics

2009-10 SCHEDULE N o v em b er

Nov. 7 Nov. 13 Nov. 15 Nov. 20 Nov. 24-25 Nov. 24 29 Nov.

TUSCULUM (EXHIBITION) at Richmond at East Carolina *WOFFORD Great Alaska Shootout vs. Cincinnati

CULLOWHEE Richmond, Va. Greenville, N.C. CULLOWHEE Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage, Alaska

7 PM 4 pm 2 PM 7 PM TBD 12 AM

JAMES MADISON

CULLOWHEE

2 PM

UNC ASHEVILLE *DAVIDSON at Charlotte at Western Kentucky *at Georgia Southern *at College of Charleston at Florida State

CULLOWHEE CULLOWHEE Charlotte, N.C. Bowling Green, Ky. Statesboro, Ga. Charleston, S.C. Tallahassee, Fla.

5 PM 2 PM 5:30 PM 4 PM 3 PM 7 PM 7 PM

*FURMAN *APPALACHIAN STATE *ELON *at UNC Greensboro *at Chattanooga *at Samford *at Davidson *GEORGIA SOUTHERN

CULLOWHEE CULLOWHEE CULLOWHEE Greensboro, N.C. Chattanooga, Tenn. Birminghanm, Ala. Davidson, N.C. CULLOWHEE

2 PM 7 PM 2 PM 7PM 12 PM 8 PM 7 PM 2 PM

Feb. 1 FEB. 6 Feb. 8 Feb. 13 Feb. 16 Feb. 20 Feb. 22 Feb. 27

*COLLEGE of CHARLESTON *at Furman *at Appalachian State *at Elon *UNC GREENSBORO *SAMFORD *CHATTANOOGA *at Wofford

CULLOWHEE Greenville, S.C. Boone, N.C. Elon, N.C. CULLOWHEE CULLOWHEE CULLOWHEE Spartanburg, S.C.

March 4-8

Southern Conference Tournament

Charlotte, N.C.

D ecem b er

Dec. 2 Dec. 5 Dec. 8 Dec. 12 Dec. 19 Dec. 21 Dec. 30

J an u ar y

Jan. 2 Jan. 4 Jan. 9 Jan. 11 Jan. 16 Jan. 18 Jan. 25 Jan. 30

F ebr u ar y

BOLD - denotes home games * - denotes Southern Conference games ALL TIMES LISTED ARE LOCAL TIMES

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7 PM 1:30 PM 7 PM 2 PM NOON 2 PM 7 PM 3 PM TBA

TABLE OF CONTENTS PLAYERS/COACHES/OUTLOOK

2009-10...................................................................................................... 1 Table of Contents......................................................................................... 2 2009-10 Roster........................................................................................... 3 Radio/TV Chart............................................................................................ 4 Q&A with Head Coach Karen Middleton...................................................... 5 Kristen Feemster......................................................................................6-7 Jessica Jackson.........................................................................................8-9 Heather Swayne...................................................................................10-11 Kendra Carrroll.....................................................................................12-13 Emily Clarke.........................................................................................14-15 TT Belcher............................................................................................16-17 Brittany Ferguson.................................................................................18-19 Diamond Hunnicutt.............................................................................20-21 Kaila’Shea Menedez.............................................................................22-23 Newcomers/Transfer............................................................................24-25 Head Coach Karen Middleton...............................................................22-23 Assistant Coach Tréka McMillian................................................................ 24 Assistant Coach Jonelle Streed.................................................................. 25 Assistant Coach Hillary Beck...................................................................... 26 Support Staff........................................................................................31-32

2008-09 IN REVIEW

2008-09 Season Stats/Highlights.............................................................. 33 2008-09 Results/Leaders.......................................................................... 34 2008-09 Game-by-Game.......................................................................... 35 2008-09 Game High/Low.......................................................................... 36 2008-09 Box Scores..............................................................................37-53 2008-09 Notes.......................................................................................... 54

CATAMOUNT HISTORY

Awards and Honors................................................................................... 55 All-Conference Selections......................................................................... 56 Letterwinners........................................................................................... 57 All-Time Results........................................................................................ 58 Year-by-Year Results............................................................................59-62 WCU All-Time Coaches.............................................................................. 62 Individual Season Top-10.......................................................................... 63 Career Top-10............................................................................................ 64 Top Team Performances............................................................................ 65 Top Individual Performances..................................................................... 66 Hall of Fame.............................................................................................. 67

WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center................................................ 68 Nike Ad..................................................................................................... 69 Western Carolian University.................................................................70-71 Cullowhee Experience............................................................................... 72 Chancellor John Bardo.............................................................................. 73 Athletic Director Chip Smith...................................................................... 74 WCU Home of Student Athletes................................................................. 75 Campus Recreation Center........................................................................ 76 First-Class Facilities................................................................................... 77

............................................................................................................................(pronounced KULL-uh-wee)

Founded:....................................................................................................1889 Enrollment:...............................................................................................9,300 Nickname:.......................................................................................Catamounts School Colors:............................................................................Purple and Gold Affiliation:..................................................................................NCAA Division I Conference:......................................................................................... Southern Chancellor:............................................................................. Dr. John W. Bardo Director of Athletics:.........................................................................Chip Smith Basketball Facility:..............................Ramsey Regional Activity Center (7,826)

C oaching S taff :

Head Coach:.............................................................................Karen Middleton Alma Mater/Year:.............................................................South Carolina / 1991 Record at WCU:.....................................................................................First Year Career Record:...........................................................................................Same Assistant Coach:.......................................................................... Tréka McMillian Alma Mater/Year:.............................................................South Carolina / 1991 Assistant Coach:...........................................................................Jonelle Streed Alma Mater/Year:......................................................................St. Cloud / 2003 Assistant Coach:.............................................................................. Hillary Beck Alma Mater/Year:.........................................................Miami University (2005)

T eam I nformation :

2007-08 Overall Record:........................................................................... 21-12 2007-08 SoCon Record/Finish:.......................................................... 14-6 / 3rd Starters Returning/Lost:..............................................................................2 / 3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:....................................................................9 / 3

M edia R elations I nformation :

Dir. of Media Relations/WBball Contact:...................................... Denise Gideon Alma Mater........................................................................................Tennessee Media Relations Phone:............................................................ (828) 227-2336 Media Relations Fax:................................................................. (828) 227-7688 Press Row Phone:...................................................................... (828) 227-2129 Cell Phone:................................................................................ (828) 506-2249 Email Address:.............................................................dgideon@email.wcu.edu Mailing Address:.....................................................Western Carolina University Ramsey Center-Athletics Cullowhee, NC 28723 The 2009-10 Western Carolina University Women’s Basketball Media Guide is a publication of the Catamount Media Relations Department for use by the print and electronic media, as well as friends of the University.

MEDIA INFORMATION

Media Information/ Opponent SID Contacts.........................................78-79 Catamount Sports Network....................................................................... 65

MISCELLANEOUS

G eneral I nformation :

Location:................................................................................... Cullowhee, N.C.

WCU Did You Know?.................................................................................. 67 Southern Conference................................................................................. 68

The guide was written, edited, and designed by Denise Gideon, Western Carolina University Director of Media Relations, with editorial assistance also provided by Daniel Hooker and Russell Luna. Also, thanks to the Western Carolina basketball staff and to the WCU sports information predecessors in compiling information. Photography provided by Mark Haskett and Ashley Evans of the Western Carolina University Office of Public Relations, with additional photos provided by Todd Drexler and a variety of unknown sources.

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2009-10 ROSTER

Numerical Roster

Name

2 Caitlin Hollifield 3 Heather Swayne 5 Janae’ McKinney 1 0 Jessica Jackson 11 Diamond Hunnicutt 13 Emily Clarke 21 Brittany Ferguson 22 Kaila’Shea Menendez 32 Richelle Price 33 Kristen Feemster 35 Kendra Carroll 40 Carolina Laughter 42 Tonquishae “TT” Belcher ead Coach: H

Ht.

Pos.

Cl.

Hometown (Previous School / High School)

6-1 6-0 5-10 5-6 5-10 5-10 5-10 5-8 6-1 6-0 5-8 5-9 6-1

F G G/F G F/G G/F F G F F G G F/C

SO SR R-FR SR SO JR SO SO FR SR JR FR SO

Knoxville, Tenn. (Alabama/Powell HS) Raleigh, N.C. (Wakefield HS) Columbus, Ga. (Kendrick HS) Roswell, Ga. (South Florida/Roswell HS) Jonesboro, Ga. (Landmark Christian HS) Snellville, Ga. (S. Gwinnett HS) Macon, Ga. (Westside) Raleigh, N.C. (Wakefield) Mechanicsville, Va. (Atlee) Clover, S.C. (Clover HS) Paintsville, Ky. (Paintsville Independent HS) Hickory, N.C. (Tabernacle Christian) Concord, N.C. (Concord)

Karen Middleton (South Carolina, 1991) Assistant Coaches: Tréka D. McMillian (South Carolina, 1991) Jonelle Streed (St. Cloud State, 2003) Hillary Beck (Miami University, 2005)

BY HEIGHT

6-1 TT Belcher Caitlin Hollifield Richelle Price 6-0 Kristen Feemster Heather Swayne 5-10 Emily Clarke Brittany Ferguson Diamond Hunnicutt Janae’ McKinney 5-9 Caroline Laughter 5-8 Kendra Carroll Kaila’Shea Menedez 5-6 Jessica Jackson

BY BIRTHDAY

JANUARY Emily Clarke (31) FEBRUARY Heather Swayne (8) MARCH Caroline Laughter (10) MAY Jessica Jackson (16) JUNE Kristen Feemster (2) JULY Kaila’Shea Menedez (9) SEPTEMBER Diamond Hunnicutt (9) Tonquishae Belcher (17) OCTOBER Caitlin Hollifield (14) NOVEMBER Richelle Price (20) DECEMBER Brittany Ferguson (20) Janae’ McKinney (20)

ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY ELIGIBILITY ALPHABETICALLY BY HOME STATE SENIORS Jessica Jackson Heather Swayne Kristen Feemster JUNIORS Kendra Carroll Emily Clarke SOPHOMORES TT Belcher Brittany Ferguson Caitlin Hollifield Diamond Hunnicutt Kaila’Shea Menedez FRESHMEN Caroline Laughter Janae’ McKinney Richelle Price

42 Tonquishae “TT” Belcher 4 Kendra Carroll 13 Emily Clarke 33 Kristen Feemster 21 Brittany Ferguson 2 Caitlin Hollifield 11 Diamond Hunnicutt 10 Jessica Jackson 40 Caroline Laughter 22 Kaila’Shea Menedez 5 Janae’ McKinney 32 Richelle Price 3 Heather Swayne

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GEORGIA (5) Emily Clarke Brittany Ferguson Diamond Hunnicutt Jessica Jackson Janae’ McKinney KENTUCKY (1) Kendra Carroll NORTH CAROLINA (4) Tonquishae “TT” Belcher Caroline Laughter Kaila’Shea Menendez Heather Swayne SOUTH CAROLINA (1) Kristen Feemster TENNESSEE (1) Caitlin Hollifield Virginia (1) Richelle Price

RADIO/TV CHART

Caitlin Hollifield F •6-1 • SO Knoville, Tenn. (Alabama/Powell)

Heather Swayne G • 6-0 • SR Raleigh, N.C. (Wakefield)

#5 #10 #11

Jana’e McKinney G/F • 5-10 • R-FR Columbus, Ga. (Kendrick)

Jessica Jackson Diamond Hunnicutt G • 5-6 • SR F/G •5-10 • SO Roswell, Ga. Jonesboro, Ga. (South Florida/Roswell) (Landmark Christian)

#13 #21 #22 #32 #33 Emily Clarke G/F • 5-10 •JR Snellville, Ga. (South Gwinnett)

Brittany Ferguson F • 5-10 • SO Macon, Ga. (Westside)

#35

Kendra Carroll G • 5-8 •JR Paintsville, Ky. (Paintsville Independent)

Kaila’Shea Menedez G • 5-8 • SO Raleigh, N.C. (Wakefield)

#40

Caroline Laughter G •5-9• FR Hickory, N.C. (Tabernacle Christian )

Richelle Price F • 6-1 • FR Mechanicsville, Va. (Atlee)

#42

Kristen Feemster F • 6-0 • SR Clover, S.C. (Clover)

Tonquishae “TT” Belcher F/C • 6-1 • FR Concord, N.C. (Concord)

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QUESTION AND ANSWERS WITH KAREN MIDLETON

Q&A WITH HEAD COACH KAREN MIDDLETON What appealed to you most about becoming the head coach much we enjoy playing with and for each other. We want to run at Western Carolina? For me it was the total package Western Carolina presents. I really feel YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL! We have a special combination of quality academics and basketball tradition. Western continues to provide the incredible academic opportunities a much larger university can give BUT with a personal touch. Academically our players are able to reach each of their your goals. On the court, I can’t say enough about the winning tradition that has been established and the hunger to go even further. I’ve been fortunate to have been to Elite Eights and Sweet Sixteens and won Conference Championships, and our team has the drive it takes to COMPETE and WIN. Honestly, what appealed to me most was the people at Western Carolina. From Dr. Bardo to Chip to Dr. Brown and everyone in the athletic department to the players and fellow coaches, there is a genuine support from everyone.

How has the transition been for yourself and the players? With any coaching change there is a transition and adjustment period. The process will continue throughout the season as we learn and get to know each other even better on and off the court. We have an incredible group of very mature and high character young ladies. They represent our program and University extremely well. Each of the players have been very receptive and open to our style of play and philosophy we are instilling. They have been focused and pick up all of the new concepts we are teaching very quickly. Anytime you have a team with such a great chemistry naturally everything else seems to fall into place. The team expects what our staff expects and that is EXCELLENCE in everything we do and competing for and winning championships. What is your coaching philosophy? I want each of the young women to enjoy their college experience. I want them to leave Western with a degree in a field they are excited about and be a PROUD Alum. The players will not remember scores of games but they will remember how they felt and the family they were a part of. Winning is important, but a positive overall experience is critical.

and push it offensively while at the same time making good decisions and not turning the basketball over. We will not beat ourselves. Our offense will have a lot of movement and allow our players freedom to take advantage of their versatility. Defensively, we want to create offense from our defense and make our opponents take difficult shots. Can you talk about the impact your three seniors (Heather Swayne, Kristen Feemster and Jessica Jackson) have made so far and what you see them doing for the team? I can’t say enough about our senior’s experience and leadership they provide. They have had an incredible career thus far and we want to make this year the best yet. They are the heart and soul of our team. We will depend on their leadership to help us remain consistent throughout the season and stay focused on each of our goals. The non-conference schedule is very challenging, and you are also taking the team to Alaska for a tournament. What are your goals for this team this year? We do have a challenging schedule, but we are competitors and want to be challenged. Our non-conference schedule will prepare us for an extremely tough and challenging SoCon. We have several teams that competed in post season play last year and will allow us to gauge where we are and what areas we need to improve. Our goal is to get better day by day and game by game. We have an extremely competitive team that holds each other accountable and when they put their mind to it will get it done. Talk a little about the balance you see on this years team. We lost 3 of the top 4 scorers from last years Championship team, but we also have great balance returning. We have players that are ready to step up and make a difference on both ends of the floor. It is going to be fun to see each of them step up and grab onto their new roles. We have players that will provide consistent productivity on the offensive end, but on any given night, a different player could have a breakout game.

What will be your teams identity? Our vision is to be a very disciplined, hard working team that does all the little things. We want to have FUN and show our fans how SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2005 / 2009

MEET THE CATAMOUNTS

33 KRISTEN FEEMSTER Senior • Forward • 6-0 • Clover, S.C. (Clover)

2008-09 (Junior): Played in all 33 games and started seven ... Led the team with a 48.9 field goal percentage ... Official blogger for the Catamount basketball and also maintains her own Twitter site ... Named Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week (02/17/09) ... Averaged 6.1 points per game besting her sophomore average of 4.0 ... First career double-double (13 points and 11 rebounds) against Wofford ... Hit a career-high three free throws against Elon ... Tied career-high with two blocks vs. College of Charleston and did it again vs. Clemson ... Picked up first start and had career-highs in scoring (16), rebounds (12) and field goals (8) vs. Elon, also recorded second double-double of her career ... Played career-high 32 minutes in three OT game vs. College of Charleston.

Career Highs

2007-08 (Sophomore): Saw action in all 34 games … Scored in double figures twice … Career-high 11 points against Furman … Career-high 11 rebounds against Wofford … Career-high two blocks against Davidson … Quadrupled point total from her freshman campaign going from 38 points her first year to 137 points her sophomore season … Also had season-high totals in field goals (63), free throws (11), rebounds (130), assists (18), blocks (13) and steals (17) … Also quadrupled scoring average going from 1.2 to 4.2 points per game.

Points: 14, 2x (last vs. UNC Greensboro, 01/17/09) Rebounds: 11, 2x (Wofford, 12/16/08) FG Made: 7 (Furman, 01/05/09) FG Attempts: 12 (Furman, 01 FT Made: 3 (Elon, 01/19/09) FT Attempts: 4, 2x (last vs. Elon, 01/19/09) Assists: 2, 3x (last vs. Elon, 02/11/08) Steals: 3 (Wofford, 02/16/08) Blocks 2, 5x (last vs. Clemson, 02/04/09) Minutes Played: 32 (College of Charleston, 03/09/09)

Career Totals Points: 376 Rebounds: 390 FG Made: 171 FT Made: 34 Assists: 30 Steals: 38 Blocks: 43

2006-07 (Freshman): Played in 32 games ... Tallied her season-high in points (4) a total of four times ... Pulled down a career-best 10 boards off the bench in the home win over Appalachian State (1/8/07) ... Recorded six rebounds in a SoCon career-high 15 minutes of action in the home win over Furman (2/17) ... Averaged 10 minutes of playing time over her last three games, slightly higher than her seasonal average of 8.6 minutes per game.

2008-09 Season Highs Points: 16 (Elon, 02/16/09) Rebounds: 12 (Elon, 02/16/09) FG Made: 8 Elon, 02/16/09) FG Attempts: 13 Elon, 02/16/09) 3-pt. Made: 3-pt. Attempts: FT Made: 3 (Elon, 01/19/09) FT Attempts: 4 (Elon, 01/19/09) Assists: 2, 2x (last vs. Tennessee, 11/25/08) Steals: 2 (Georgia Southern, 12/21/08) Blocks: 2, 7x (last vs.Elon, 02/16/09) Minutes Played: 28 (Chattanooga 02/21/09)

FUN FACTS

Favorite place on campus?: The Women’s Center Funniest moment about a teammate: Every time Brittany Ferguson is running late for practice/ weights/dinner. Where do you see yourself in five years?: Getting my doctorate and starting a family. What is playing on your iPod right now?: Floetry “If I was a Bird.”

High School: A two-time team MVP who scored 1,342 career points in leading Clover High to three region championships, an upper state championship and state title appearance during her career ... After making it to the state title game her junior year, CHS missed moving to the upper state championship last season by one point ... As a senior, averaged 18 points and 10.2 rebounds per game ... Scored a game-high 13 points and was named the Most Valuable Player in the Carolina’s Classic North-South All-Star game, leading her North squad to a three-point win ... Earned all-region honors all four years as a prep ... Led the Lady Blue Eagles to three-consecutive, 20-win seasons for head coach Sherer Hopkins ... Averaged 12.9 points and 7.1 rebounds during her junior year, improving upon her 10.4 points and 7.3 boards average as a sophomore in a season that the team won 20 and finished as region co-champions ... As a freshman, scored at a 7.2 points per game clip, pulling down an average of 6.2 rebounds, helping Clover to a 14-9 overall record ... In addition to her prowess on the court, was also a three-year, all-region selection in volleyball and was a South Carolina state qualifier in track & field in the high jump in 2003. Personal: Full name is Kristen Gabriel Feemster ... Daughter of Carl and Nina Feemster ... Her father, Carl, played collegiate basketball at Winthrop and her uncle, Collie, played at Wofford (1974-76), scoring 1,074 career points to rank inside the top 30 all-time for the Terriers.

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I learned to read music throughout middle and high school. During the summer of 2004, I had knee surgery and couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play basketball for months. I eventually got bored and taught myself to play the piano. Ever since then music has been my outlet. I can always find a song to fit my mood and if not, I can play my own.

(Oct 01, 2009) Individual Career History FEEMSTER, Kristen Season

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL

gp-gs

min/avg

32-0 270/8.4 34-0 562/16.5 33-7 588/17.8 99-7 1420/14.3

Total fg-fga

17-58 63-140 91-186 171-384

pct

.293 .450 .489 .445

3-Point fg-fga

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

pct

.000 .000 .000 .000

F-Throws ft-fta pct

4-11 11-27 19-33 34-71

off

Rebounds def tot

.364 26 58 .407 38 92 .576 62 114 .479 126 264

84 130 176 390

avg

2.6 27 3.8 63 5.3 63 3.9 153

1 0 0 1

ast

3 26 18 38 9 46 30 110

blk

5 13 25 43

stl

6 18 14 38

Scoring pts avg

38 137 201 376

1.2 4.0 6.1 3.8

MEET THE CATAMOUNTS

10 JESSICA JACKSON Senior• Guard • 5-6 • Roswell, Ga. (South Florida,/Roswell)

Career Season Highs Points: 12 (College of Charleston 12/19/08) Rebounds: 4 Lafayette, 11/21/08) FG Made: 4 (Furman 01/05/09) FG Attempts: 7, 2x (last vs. Furman, 01/10/09) 3-pt. Made: 3 (Georgia Southern, 12/21/08) 3-pt. Attempts: 5, 2x (last vs. Appalachian State, 02/07/09) FT Made: 6 (College of Charleston 12/19/08) FT Attempts: 7, 2x (last vs. College of Charleston, 12/19/08) Assists: 7 (Elon, 02/16/09) Steals: 5 (Tennessee, 11/25/08) Blocks: Minutes Played: 35 (College of Charleston, 01/31/09)

FUN FACTS

Favorite place on campus?: Forsyth Computer Lab Where do you see yourself in five years?: Out of graduate school and becoming a Division I basketball coach Pregame ritual?: On the road I go in everyone’s room and “get them crunk.” What’s playing on your iPod right now?: Lyfe Jennings

2008-09 (Junior): Co-hosted, with teammate Heather Swayne, of the Catamount Student-Athlete Roundtable Podcast, as well as the WCU Football Gameday radio staff for Power 90.5 ... Featured in article “Western Carolina Student Athletes Start Own Podcast” at NCAANews. com, as well as ESPN.com feature story by Graham Hays after the duo interviewed legendary Tennessee Head Coach Pat Summitt for their podcast ... Played in 33 games and started 32 ... Led team in assists with 3.5 per game ... Scored career-high 12 points against College of Charleston ... Connected on career-high three three-pointers vs. Georgia Southern ... Played career-high 35 minutes vs. College of Charleston (01/31) ... Careerhigh seven assists vs. Elon (02/16). 2007-08: Sat out 2007-08 season after transferring from South Florida. Prior to Western Carolina: Spent two seasons at South Florida ... Played in 22 of USF’s 33 games as a sophomore, averaging 1.8 points per game and dished out a total of 18 assists during the season ... Had her best outing against Stetson scoring a season-high 13 points and grabbing a season-best four rebounds ... As a freshman, Jackson saw action in 28 games and got the starting nod twice against Puerto Rico-Mayaguez and Georgetown ... Averaged 4.6 points per game and was fifth in assists, dishing out 1.3 per contest and was third on the team in three-point field goals made with 33 ... Second on the team in threepoint field goal percentage, hitting 33-92 (.359). High School: Was a McDonald’s All-American nominee following her senior year at Roswell High School ... She was tabbed first team All-Northside and first team All-Area every season of her scholastic career ... Was also tabbed a member of the All-Atlanta Tip-off Club team and played in the annual East-West Atlanta All-Star Game ... She was recognized as one of the top 20 players in the Metro Atlanta area by School Sports Magazine ... Finished her career with 1,408 career points, second on the school’s all-time list, and set a new career school mark for three pointers with 205 ... Netted 19.1 points, four assists, and three steals per game during her senior season ... Also holds the single-season record for trey’s made with 70 (2004-05) and the single-game mark with eight ... In addition to lettering for four years on the basketball team, she was a two-year letterwinner on the track and field team where she was a member of the state champion 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams. Personal: Full name is Jessica D. Jackson ... Daughter of Crystal and Andre Jackson ... Her father was a four-year member of the Samford University basketball team ... Has one sister, Haley ... Also excelled in the classroom at Roswell being named to the Who’s Who Among America High School Students (2004, 2005) and the Society of Honors ... Has worked out in the past with Naismith Award winner Saudia Roundtree who was an athletic mentor to Jackson in high school.

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I am a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. I love being a Delta because of the sisterhood and the relationships I have made. Being in the sorority has made me a better person and taught me the importance of community service and campus involvement. (Oct 01, 2009) Individual Career History JACKSON, Jessica Season

2008-09 TOTAL

gp-gs

33-32 33-32

min/avg

802/24.3 802/24.3

Total fg-fga

37-122 37-122

pct

.303 .303

3-Point fg-fga

19-74 19-74

pct

.257 .257

F-Throws ft-fta pct

42-58 42-58

.724 .724

off

5 5

Rebounds def tot

65 65

70 70

avg

2.1 2.1

61 61

ast

1 117 1 117

85 85

blk

0 0

stl

31 31

Scoring pts avg

135 4.1 135 4.1

MEET THE CATAMOUNTS

3 HEATHER SWAYNE Senior• Guard • 6-0 • Raleigh, N.C. (Wakefield)

2008-09 (Junior): President of Student-Athlete Advisory Committe (SAAC) ... Co-hosted, with teammate Jessica Jackson, of the Catamount Student-Athlete Roundtable Podcast, as well as the WCU Football Gameday radio staff for Power 90.5. Featured in article “Western Carolina Student Athletes Start Own Podcast” at NCAANews.com, as well as ESPN.com feature story by Graham Hays after the duo interviewed legendary Tennessee Head Coach Pat Summitt for their podcast ... Played in all 33 games and started three ... Scored in double figures six times ... Ranked first on the team in free throw percentage with 83.8 ... Continued her trend of consistently improving her scoring average going from 4.9 points as a sophomore to 5.6 as a junior ... Came off the bench to score 10 points in the win over Liberty ... Careerhigh five assists against UNC Asheville ... Earned first start of the season and connected on careerhigh three treys as well as had career-high three blocked shots against Wofford ... Career-high four steals vs. Furman (02/09) ... Tied career-high with five assists against Elon (02/16) ... Season-high 13 points against Chattanooga (02/21) ... Career-high 10 rebounds vs. Elon (03.07) ... Played season-high 27 minutes vs. College of Charleston (03/09).

Career Highs Points: 14 (Elon, 02/11/08) Rebounds: 10 (Elon, 02/07/09) FG Made: 5, 2x (last vs. Elon, 02/11/08) FG Attempts: 13 (UNC Asheville, 12/02/08) 3-pt Made: 3 (Wofford, 12/16/08) 3-pt Attempts: 4, 3x (last vs. Wofford,. 12/16/08) FT Made: 5, 2x (last vs. Chattanooga, 02/21/09) FT Attempts: 8 (Furman, 02/18/08) Assists: 5, 2x (last vs. Elon, 02/16/09) Steals: 4 (Furman, 02/09/09) Blocks: 3 (Wofford, 12/16/08) Minutes Played: 30 (Wake Forest, 12/08/07)

Career Totals

2007-08 (Sophomore): Played in all 34 games and colleted one start against Wake Forest … Scored in double figures four times … Had career night in four overtime game with Elon having career bests in scoring (14) and rebounds (7) - also tied careerhigh with two blocks … Tied her career-high of two blocks four times … Connected on a careerhigh five free throws and tied career-high with two blocks in the two overtime game with Furman … Doubled her scoring average from last season going from 2.0 points per game as a freshman to 4.9 points in her sophomore campaign … Also had a season-high 95 rebounds and doubled her steal total (14) and tripled her block total (15).

Points: 419 Rebounds: 289 FG Made: 155 3-pt Made: 39 FT Made: 70 Assists: 128 Steals: 37 Blocks: 27

2008-09 Season Highs Points: 13 (Chattanooga, 02/21/09) Rebounds: 10 (Elon, 02/07/09) FG Made: 4, 4x (last vs. Elon, 02/16/09) FG Attempts: 13 (UNC Asheville, 12/02/08) 3-pt. Made: 3 (Wofford, 12/16/08) 3-pt. Attempts: 4, 3x (last vs. UNCW, 12/30/08) FT Made: 5 (Chattanooga, 02/21/09) FT Attempts: 6 (Chattanooga, 02/21/09) Assists: 5, 2x (last vs. Elon, 02/16/09) Steals: 4 (Furman, 02/09/09) Blocks: 3 (Wofford, 12/16/08) Minutes Played: 25 (Elon, 0207/09)

FUN FACTS

2006-07 (Freshman): Saw action in all 34 games ... Named to the 2007 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team ... Scored a career-high seven points three times ... Recorded her first career points on a free throw at the 3:37 mark of the first half against Eastern Kentucky (12/2) ... Scored her first career field goal off an offensive rebound at the 4:45 mark of the second half versus EKU ... Pulled down a career-best six rebounds in the win at Wofford (12/17) ... Helped seal the win at Furman (1/20) down the stretch by hitting two free throws inside the final minute ... Swiped a career-best two against Georgia Southern (2/12).

Favorite place on campus?: Behind the softball field by the river Funniest moment about a teammate?: When Tuck (Kendra Carroll) referred to herself as the real romantic type. Best Karen quote or funny Karen moment?: When Karen ran from the bat that flew in during practice. What’s playing on your iPod right now?: Carrie Underwood’s new CD

High School: A four-year varsity letter-winner who was the team captain of her Wakefield High squad during her senior season ... A three-time, All-CAP 7 conference performer which included being named the CAP 7 Player of the Year as a senior ... Earned four Academic all-conference honors at Wakefield High School, where she averaged nearly 12 points per game for her career ... In her final year as a prep, averaged 11.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game while shotting 44-percent from the field and 84-percent from the free throw line ... As a freshman, averaged a career-best 14 points per contest, backing it up a year later with a sophomore season that saw the shooting guard average a dozen ... Swayne was also a stand-out on the volleyball court, earning all-conference both her freshman and sophomore seasons, earning the co-Most Valuable Player award in the latter ... Off the court, was on the honor roll all four years and was a National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society member as well as a North Carolina Scholar and earned the United States Army Reserve National Schloar Athlete Award as a senior. Personal: Full name is Heather Michelle Swayne ... Daughter of Richard and the late Deby Swayne.

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There are three pluses to riding (my bike) Barbara: (1) I love to be outdoors and active as much as possible! (2) No parking tickets! (3) You can hear her sweet horn all the way across campus! (Oct 01, 2009) Individual Career History SWAYNE, Heather Season

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL

gp-gs

min/avg

34-0 451/13.3 34-1 562/16.5 33-3 615/18.6 101-4 1628/16.1

Total fg-fga

24-96 63-151 68-197 155-444

pct

.250 .417 .345 .349

3-Point fg-fga

7-30 14-41 18-64 39-135

pct

.233 .341 .281 .289

F-Throws ft-fta pct

14-17 25-36 31-37 70-90

.824 .694 .838 .778

off

Rebounds def tot

18 48 27 69 29 98 74 215

66 96 127 289

avg

1.9 2.8 3.8 2.9

20 35 40 95

ast

0 25 36 0 43 42 0 60 68 0 128 146

blk

2 15 10 27

stl

7 14 16 37

Scoring pts avg

69 165 185 419

2.0 4.9 5.6 4.1

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35 KENDRA CARROLL Junior • Guard • 5-8 • Paintsville, Ky. (Paintsville Independent)

2008-09 (Sophomore): Played in all 33 games and started one ... Played career-high 22 minutes against Liberty and tied career-high in minutes against Tennessee ... Career-high 17 points against Montana State ... Picked up first start of career against UNC Asheville ... Connected on a career-high four free throws against Furman ... Season-high four rebounds against Chattanooga ... Career-high four assists against Elon ... Tied career-high with two steals vs. Elon (03/07) ... Played career-high 26 minutes vs. College of Charleston (03/09/09). 2007-08 (Freshman): Played in 31 of the 34 games ... Saw action in all 18 conference games and every game in the conference tournament ... Career-high 10 points in the win at home over Davidson ... Pulled down career-high six rebounds against Wofford ... Scored in 22 of the 31 games she played.

Career Highs Points: 17 (Montana State, 11/29/08) Rebounds: 6 (Wofford, 02/16/08 ) FG Made: 7 (Montana State, 11/29/08) FG Attempts: 12 (Montana State, 11/29/08) 3-pt Made: 1, 5x (ast vs. Samford, 01/05/09) 3-pt Attempts: 3 3, 2x (last vs. UNC Asheville, 12/02/08) FT Made: 4 (Furman, 01/05/09) FT Attempts: 4, 2x (last vs. Furman, 01/05/09) Assists: 4 (Elon, 01/19/09) Steals: 2, 2x (last vs. Elon, 03/07/09) Blocks: 0 Minutes Played: 25 (Montana State, 11/29/08)

High School: A four-year varsity letterwinner at Paintsville Independent High School ... Scored a school-record 1,671 points ... Named KABC Player of the Year as a senior ... Named to the Kentucky East All-Star Team and All-Mountain Team ... Averaged 20.3 points, 3.1 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game her senior year ... Also shot 48.1 percent from the field in her senior campaign ... 15th Region Champions her junior and senior year ... Reached the Class A State Final Four her junior year. Personal: Full name is Kendra Renee’ Carroll ... Daughter of Hoskins and Bernadette Carroll ... Mother and father were standout basketball players at Pikeville College and are in the Hall of Fame.

Career Totals Points: 270 Rebounds: 84 FG Made: 111 3-pt Made: 11 FT Made: 37 Assists: 40 Steals: 25

2008-09 Season Highs Points: 17 (Montana State, 11/29/08) Rebounds: 4 (Chattanooga, 01/12/09) FG Made: 7 (Montana State, 11/29/08) FG Attempts: 12 (Montana State, 11/29/08) 3-pt. Made: 1, 4x (last vs. Georgia Southern, 02/02/09) 3-pt. Attempts: 3, 2x (last vs. UNC Asheville, 12/02/08) FT Made: 4, 2x (last vs. UNCG, 02/14/09) FT Attempts: 4, 2x (last vs. UNCG, 02/14/09) Assists: 4, 2x (last vs. Clemson, 02/04/09) Steals: 2 (Elon, 03/07/09) Blocks: Minutes Played: 25 (Montana State, 11/29/08)

FUN FACTS

Favorite place on campus?: Human Identification Laboratory in McKee Where do you see yourself in five years?: Working for the FBI Pregame ritual?: Listening to the “Sultan’s of Swing” , play solitaire on my computer and wear my dad’s old high school shorts under my sweats. What’s playing on your iPod right now?: “Killing Me Too,” Sister Hazel

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I love to box. It is my second passion other than basketball. It is a stress reliever, a great workout, and an amazing inspiration. I just love to do it! (Oct 01, 2009) Individual Career History CARROLL, Kendra Season

2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL

gp-gs

31-0 33-1 64-1

min/avg

275/8.9 576/17.5 851/13.3

Total fg-fga

38-94 73-177 111-271

pct

.404 .412 .410

3-Point fg-fga

2-6 9-28 11-34

pct

.333 .321 .324

F-Throws ft-fta pct

7-12 30-39 37-51

.583 .769 .725

off

13 10 23

Rebounds def tot

24 37 61

37 47 84

avg

1.2 1.4 1.3

22 40 62

0 0 0

ast

5 35 40

24 49 73

blk

0 0 0

stl

7 18 25

Scoring pts avg

85 2.7 185 5.6 270 4.2

MEET THE CATAMOUNTS

13 EMILY CLARKE Junior • Guard/Forward • 5-11• Snellville, Ga. (South Gwinnett)

2008-09 (Sophomore): 2009 Southern Conference Tournament Second Team ... Played in all 33 games and started 32 ... Scored in double figures 13 times ... Led team shooting 43.4 percent from three-point range ... Ranked third on the team averaging 9.5 points per game ... Tallied her first career double double with 13 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against Montana State ... Scored career-high 25 points against Middle Tennessee ... Connected on careerhigh four three-pointers against UNC Wilmington ... Career-high two blocks vs. Elon (03/07) ... Played career-high 43 minutes in the three OT game vs. College of Charleston (03/09). 2007-08 (Freshman): 2008 SCSMA All-Freshman Team ... 2008 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team ... 2008 Southern Conference All-Tournament Second Team. Saw action in all 34 games ...Career-high 18 points in the March 19 game against Middle Tennessee ... Scored in double figures 11 times ... Ended the season scoring in double figures in four of last five games ... Career-high eight rebounds and career-high 25 minutes against Elon ... Led Lady Cats in scoring five times ... Recorded first block of her career against UNC-Wilmington.

Career Highs Points: 25 (Middle Tennessee, 12/07/08) Rebounds: 12 (Montanta State, 11/29/08) FG Made: 8 (Middle Tennessee, 12/07/08) FG Attempts: 15, 2x (last vs. Chattanooga, 01/12/09) 3-pt Made: 4 (UNCW, 12/30/08) 3-pt Attempts: 7 (Tennessee, 11/25/08) FT Made: 7, 2x (last vs. Middle Tennessee, 12/07/08) FT Attempts: 10 (Middle Tennessee, 12/07/08) Assists: 3, 4x (last vs. Wofford, 12/16/08) Steals: 3, 4x (last vs. Elon, 03/07/09) Blocks: 2 (Elon, 03/07/09) Minutes Played: 43 (College of Charleston, 03/09/09)

High School: A four-year varsity letterwinner at South Gwinnett High School ... Scored 1,516 points in her career ... As a senior averaged 14.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.8 steals per game ... Voted Third-Team All-State in her senior campaign ... Team Captain as a junior and senior ... Named to the All-County Team of the Year all four years ... Helped lead her team to three consecutive regular season championships and was twice Region 8 Champions ... Was the Class 5A State runner-up as a junior and senior. Personal: Full name is Emily Rose Clarke ... Daughter of Gary Clarke ... Has two sisters, Ashley and Crystal.

Career Totals Points: 561 Rebounds: 260 FG Made: 211 3-pt Made: 43 FT Made: 96 Steals: 51 Assists: 62 Blocks: 8

2008-09 Season Highs Points: 25 (Middle Tennessee, 12/07/08) Rebounds: 12 (Montanta State, 11/29/08) FG Made: 8 (Middle Tennessee, 12/07/08) FG Attempts: 15, 2x (last vs. Chattanooga, 01/12/09) 3-pt. Made: 4 (UNCW, 12/30/08) 3-pt. Attempts: 7 (Tennessee, 11/25/08) FT Made: 7 (Middle Tennessee, 12/07/08) FT Attempts: 10 (Middle Tennessee, 12/07/08) Assists: 3, 3x (last vs. Wofford, 12/16/08) Steals: 3, 3x (last vs. Elon, 03/07/09) Blocks: 2 (Elon, 03/07/09) Minutes Played: 31 (Tennessee, 11/25/08)

FUN FACTS

Favorite place on campus?: Starbucks Funniest moment about a team member?: Most of the things that Caitlin Hollifield says or does are hilarious. She keeps everyone entertained. Pregame ritual?: I always listen to music, focus on the game and what I need to do and always dress the same way. What’s playing on your iPod right now?: Most recently Trey Songz.

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I am a complete sneaker fiend! I love sneakers- any and all kinds- as long as I have something to wear that matches them! :) (Oct 01, 2009) Individual Career History CLARKE, Emily Season

2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL

gp-gs

min/avg

34-0 565/16.6 33-32 832/25.2 67-32 1397/20.9

Total fg-fga

100-228 111-265 211-493

pct

.439 .419 .428

3-Point fg-fga

10-34 33-76 43-110

pct

.294 .434 .391

F-Throws ft-fta pct

36-45 60-88 96-133

.800 .682 .722

off

Rebounds def tot

45 70 39 106 84 176

115 145 260

avg

3.4 45 4.4 56 3.9 101

0 0 0

ast

27 35 62

30 59 89

blk

5 3 8

stl

21 30 51

Scoring pts avg

246 7.2 315 9.5 561 8.4

MEET THE CATAMOUNTS

42 “TT” BELCHER Sophomore • Forward/Center • 5-11• Concord, N.C. (Concord)

2008-09 (Freshman): Played in 26 games ... Pulled down career-high eight rebounds against Wofford ... Careerhighs in points (8), field goals made (4) and minutes played (17) against Appalachian State .. Tied career-high in rebounds and assists (2) vs. Elon (02/16). High School: Helped lead Concord High School to a 3A state title and was also named MVP of the state championship game, voted all-state and North Carolina 3A Player of the Year ... Also during the season, she helped her team go undefeated in conference and win the conference championship ... Belcher was also named Conference MVP and Region Player of the Year Runner-up ... Earned all-conference honors her junior averaging 13.5 points per game.

2008-09 Season Highs Points: 8 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09) Rebounds: 8, 2x (last vs. Elon, 02/16/09) FG Made: 4 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09) FG Attempts: 6 , 2x (last vs. Appalachian State, 02/07/09) 3-pt Made: 3-pt Attempts: 1 (Appalachian State, 02/07/09) FT Made: 4 (Elon, 02/16/09) FT Attempts: 5 (North Carolina, 11/14/08) Assists: 2 (Elon, 02/16/09) Steals: 3 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09) Blocks: 1 (North Carolina, 11/14/08) Minutes Played: 17 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09)

Personal: Full name is Tonquishae Brazchell Belcher ... Goes by the nickname TT ... Daughter of James Belcher and Tonia Best.

FUN FACTS

Favorite place on campus?: My room Funniest moment about teammate?: Kaila jumping on the tackle dummy on the football field. Pregame ritual?: Listening to music. What’s playing on your iPod right now?: Li’ Wayne and Nick Manaj

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My world isn’t complete if I don’t have my cell phone!”

(Oct 01, 2009) Individual Career History BELCHER, TT Season

2008-09 TOTAL

gp-gs

26-0 26-0

min/avg

191/7.3 191/7.3

Total fg-fga

12-32 12-32

pct

.375 .375

3-Point fg-fga

0-1 0-1

pct

.000 .000

F-Throws ft-fta pct

16-25 16-25

.640 .640

off

23 23

Rebounds def tot

35 35

58 58

avg

2.2 2.2

21 21

0 0

ast

4 4

16 16

blk

1 1

stl

8 8

Scoring pts avg

40 1.5 40 1.5

MEET THE CATAMOUNTS

21 BRITTANY FERGUSON Sophomore • Forward • 5-10 • Macon, Ga. (Westside)

2008-09 (Freshman): Played in 24 games and picked up the first start of her career against UNC Asheville ... First block of her career against Davidson ... Scored career-high seven points agianst Wofford ... Career-high two steals against Elon. High School: Westside team finished 17-10 and second in their region in Georgia her senior season ... Was named to the Georgia All-Star team and was also a top runner on her school’s cross country team ... As a junior she helped lead her squad to a final four appearance in the Region Championships and the team ended the season with a 26-7 record averaging 10 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game as a junior.

Career Highs

Personal: Full name is Brittany Michelle Ferguson ... Daughter of Deborah Hill ... Has two sisters, Shavone and Denisha.

Points: 7 (Wofford, 12/16/08) Rebounds: 5 (UNC Asheville, 12/02/08) FG Made: 3, 2x (Wofford, 12/16/08) FG Attempts: 6 (UNC Asheville, 12/02/08) 3-pt. Made: 3-pt. Attempts: FT Made: 2 , 2x (last vs. Montana State, 11/29/08) FT Attempts: 4 (Lafayette, 11/21/08) Assists: 2 (Liberty, 11/22/08) Steals: 2 (Elon, 01/19/09) Blocks: 1 (Davidson, 12/14/08) Minutes Played: 28 (UNC Asheville, 12/02/08)

FUN FACTS

Funniest moment about teammate?: Kristen and I have random moments when we think we’re the long-lost members of Destiny’s Child. Where do you see yourself in five years?: Parked in the “Teacher of the Year” parking spot. Pregame ritual?: Danicing, dancing, dancing What’s playing on your iPod right now?: “No Weapon,” Fred Hammond

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(Oct 01, 2009) Individual Career History FERGUSON, Brittany Season

2008-09 TOTAL

gp-gs

24-1 24-1

min/avg

131/5.5 131/5.5

Total fg-fga

13-30 13-30

pct

.433 .433

3-Point fg-fga

0-0 0-0

pct

.000 .000

F-Throws ft-fta pct

10-21 10-21

.476 .476

off

8 8

Rebounds def tot

16 16

24 24

avg

1.0 1.0

22 22

0 0

ast

4 4

14 14

blk

1 1

stl

7 7

Scoring pts avg

36 1.5 36 1.5

Because I have always had a tremendous amount of pride in any school that I have attended; however, I never had the opportunity to be an actual cheerleader due to demanding schedules with basketball, track and field, and cross-country. I took this opportunity to live the dream. . . . C-A-T-S GO CATS! GO!

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11 DIAMOND HUNNICUTT Sophomore • Forward/Guard • 5-10 • Jonesboro, Ga. (Landmark Christian)

2008-09 (Freshman): Played in 32 of 33 games ... Had a career-high in scoring (12), rebounds (8), minutes played (22) and free throws made (8) against Appalachian State ... Career-high four steals against Appalachian State (02/07). High School: Averaged 16.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.3 steals and 1.1 assists per game her senior season at Landmark Christian ... Was named to the Atlanta Tipoff Club All-Metro Team and First Team, All-Region and All-State in Georgia. She also ended her career 1,103 points in her career. Personal: Full name is Diamond Ametra Hunnicutt ... Daughter of Roy Lee and Aundrea Hunnicutt ... Has two sisters, La`Keidra and Christian.

2008-09 Season Highs Points: 12 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09) Rebounds: 8 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09) FG Made: 2, 3x (last vs. Samford, 01/10/09) FG Attempts: 7, 2x (last vs. Chattanooga, 01/12/09) 3-pt. Made: 3-pt. Attempts: 1 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09) FT Made: 8 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09) FT Attempts: 14 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09) Assists: 1 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09) Rebounds: 8 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09) Steals: 4 (Appalachian State, 02/04/09) Blocks: 1, 4x (last vs. Elon, 02/16/09) Minutes Played: 22 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09)

FUN FACTS

Favorite place on campus?: My room Funniest Moment about teammate?: When we were singing on the bus with the microphone on the way to the movies. Where do you see yourslef in five years?: Graduating from grad school or working in a news station. What’s playing on your iPod right now?: A little bit of everything.

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I love my harf (hat/scarf). It describes my warm, friendly, and unique personality. (Oct 01, 2009) Individual Career History HUNNICUTT, Diamond Season

2008-09 TOTAL

gp-gs

32-0 32-0

min/avg

306/9.6 306/9.6

Total fg-fga

22-57 22-57

pct

.386 .386

3-Point fg-fga

0-3 0-3

pct

.000 .000

F-Throws ft-fta pct

24-39 24-39

.615 .615

off

25 25

Rebounds def tot

34 34

59 59

avg

1.8 1.8

35 35

2 2

ast

3 3

23 23

blk

4 4

stl

14 14

Scoring pts avg

68 2.1 68 2.1

MEET THE CATAMOUNTS

22 KAILA’SHEA MENENDEZ Sophomore • Guard • 5-8 • Raleigh, N.C. (Wakefield)

2008-09 (Freshman): 2009 Southern Conference Coaches’ All-Freshmen Team ... Played in 32 of 33 games ... Ranked second the team in free throw percentage with 82.1 ... Scored in double figures four times ... Career-high in free throws (6), assists (3), and minutes played (23) vs. Appalachian State ... Career-high 20 points (first freshman to score 20 or more points since 2005) and field goals made (7) against Furman ... Career-high four rebounds against Chattanooga ... Career-high three steals against Elon ... Tied career-high with four rebounds vs. Samford (02/23). High School: Wakefield team went undefeated in the regular season her senior season ... They ended the year 31-1, losing in the East Regional Finals to Westover 66-53, after being ranked nationally in prominent polls including USA Today ... Was selected All-conference, First Team All-Regional Tournament, First Team All-District and was also named tournament MVP of the Glaxo Welcome National Tournament ... Earned First Team All-Conference honors as a junior and helped lead her team to a 26-2 record and a conference championship - averaging 13.8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.

2008-09 Season Highs Points: 20 (Furman, 01/10/09) Rebounds: 4, 2x (last vs. Samford, 02/23/09) FG Made: 7 (Furman, 01/05/09) FG Attempts: 9 (Furman, 01/05/09) 3-pt. Made: 2 (Lafayette, 11/21/08) 3-pt. Attempts: 3, 3x (last vs. Tennessee, 11/25/08) FT Made: 6 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09) FT Attempts: 6 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09) Assists: 3 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09) Steals: 3 (Elon, 01/19/09) Blocks: Minutes Played: 23 (Appalachian State, 01/03/09)

Personal: Full name is Kaila’Shea Menendez ... Daughter of Angel and Kirski Menendez ... Has one brother, Ryand Menendez.

FUN FACTS

Favorite place on campus?: My room. Funniest moment about teammate?: When Emily Clarke threw a cupcake in Coach Tre’ka McMillian’s face for her birthday. Pregame ritual?: Sleeping and listening to my iPod. What’s playing on your iPod right now?: Keri Hilson.

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Pizza is my favorite food - I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go a day without a slice. So, I thought this would be the perfect personality shot. (Oct 01, 2009) Individual Career History MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea Season

2008-09 TOTAL

gp-gs

32-0 32-0

min/avg

453/14.2 453/14.2

Total fg-fga

55-145 55-145

pct

.379 .379

3-Point fg-fga

9-36 9-36

pct

.250 .250

F-Throws ft-fta pct

46-56 46-56

.821 .821

off

22 22

Rebounds def tot

40 40

62 62

avg

1.9 1.9

53 53

0 0

ast

21 21

49 49

blk

0 0

stl

16 16

Scoring pts avg

165 5.2 165 5.2

CATAMOUNT NEWCOMERS

2 CAITLIN HOLLIFIELD

Sophomore • Forward • 6-1

5 JANAE’ MCKINNEY

R-Freshman • Guard/Forward • 5-10

Knoxville, Tenn. (Alabama/Powell) 2009-10(Sophomore): Transferred to Western Carolina in the spring of 2009. Prior to Western Carolina: Did not play her sophomore season at Alabama due to an injury ... Started in 14 of the 30 games as a true freshman for the Crimson Tide...Best performance came on Jan. 5 against Southeastern Louisiana when she shot 4-for-10, scoring 10 points and had seven rebounds... Also scored 10 points against Vanderbilt on March 2 going 4-for-6 from the floor...led the team five times in rebounds and four times in steals...averaged 5.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game... Tallied 109 points and grabbed 92 rebounds... Averaged 4.3 points per game during SEC play. HIGH SCHOOL: Led Powell to three state tournament appearances, including Final 4 berths in her freshman and sophomore seasons... Tennessee Sports Writers Association First Team All-State member as a junior and senior... Tennessee State Tournament All-Tournament team member three times...Four-time Street & Smith honorable mention All-American honoree...Ranked in the nation’s top 50 by Rivals. com...Led high school team to three district titles, two regional championships and three substate championships ... All-Region Tournament team member as a freshman and junior, earned Region MVP honors as a sophomore...Four-time PrepXtra honoree, earning first team honors twice and honorable mention honors three times...four-time All-District team member and District Tournament team MVP as a junior while earning AllDistrict Tournament honors as a sophomore. .. All-KIL first team honoree two times, second I love to fish! I enjoy spending my free team once and KIL Sophomore of the Year recipient...MVP of the time outdoors camping, hiking, and Landair Classic as a freshman fishing with my family! and member of the Greeneville Christmas All-Tournament team in her sophomore season...Averaged a double-double as a junior and scored 16.7 points per game as a senior... Also successful on the AAU circuit, winning two state titles, a national title in the 15-Under division FUN FACTS as a freshman ...Played for head coach Clay Young at Powell HS... Was also an Favorite place on campus?: My room All-District volleyball player. Where do you see yourself in five years?: Personal: Daughter of Tim and Sharon Hollifield...Voted Senior Superlative “Most Athletic” at PHS...Beta Club Member, 2004-06...Has two brothers, Jordan and Jeremy, and one sister, Kelsey.

Coaching basketball and teaching somewhere close to home. Pregame ritual?: I always take a nap before every game. What’s playing on your iPod right now?: Eric Church

Columbus, Ga. (Kendrick) 2008-09: Sat out season due to an injury. High School: Mckinney played for Kendrick High

School, under Coach Sterling Hicks, During her senior year she averaged18.6 points 6.3 rebounds, and 4.3 steals, and helped lead her team to a fifth consecutive Christmas Tournament, and Bi-city Regional championship. She helped also lead her team to a GHSA 3A State championship over Carrolton, which ended Kendrick in a perfect 32-0 season. Kendrick was the first female basketball team in her county to win a state championship. Her senior year she received Christmas Tournament MVP, Bi-City Region MVP, Ledger-Enquirer Player of the Year, and Ledger- Enquirer Female Athlete of the Year, and GHSA 3A Player of the Year. Her senior class graduated with a career record of 121- 5. She is third in schools history in steals with 432 steals and third in points with 1,603 points. She ended her career with 1,603 points, 75 assist, 666 rebounds, 432 steals, and 15 blocks.

Personal: Full name

is Janae’ Yvonne Mckinney…. Daughter of George Stickney, and Katrina Mckinney…..Has one Brother, Jeffery Stickney

This picture just shows how much I love life and love being silly!!! You can never take life for granted!!! FUN FACTS

Funniest moment about teammate?: Caroline Laughter doing the “Stanky Leg.” Where do you see yourself in five years?: Graduated, finishing up my master’s degree and with a succesful job. Pregame ritual?: Eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and listening to music. What’s playing on your iPod right now?: “PYT,” Michael Jackson

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40 CAROLINE LAUGHTER 32 RICHILLE PRICE Freshman • Guard • 5-9

Freshman • Forward • 6-1

Hickory, N.C. (Tabernacle Christian)

to the NCCSA volleyball - “2008 All-State Team” ... Tabernacle Christian School “2008 Best All-Around” ... As a junior, Laughter averaged 19.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 6.3 steals per game and helped lead her club to a record of 23-3 and a 2A State Championship and was also NACA Division IV National Champions ... Earned NACA National Player of the Year and Division IV Most Outstanding Player of the Year accolades ... Voted to the NCCSA All-State team.

High School: In senior year, averaged 22.2 points, 7.3 assists, 8.4 steals and 8.4 rebounds per game ... Scored 2,000th point in the NACA National Championship game ... Helped lead team to a 21-3 record and fourth straight 2A NCCSA State Championship ... 2009 NACA Division IV National Champions for third year in a row ... Tabernacle Christian School “2009 Most Valuable Player” ... North Carolina Christian School Association: “All State” ... Voted

Personal: Daughter of Michael and Susan Laughter ... Has four brothers: Matthew, John, Patrick, and Adam and one sister, Maria.

I love playing the guitar. Any time I need to relax I just find a place to myself and play

Mechanicsville, Va. (Atlee) High School: Four-year starter for Atlee High School leading the team in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots all four years ...Team compiled a record of 90-13 ... For her career; scored 1510 points, 744 rebounds and had 189 blocks ... As Co-Captain her Senior year, averaged 16.5 points, 10.6 rebounds, 2 steals, 1.6 assists and 3.2 blocks ... Led her team to four District titles, four Regional appearances, one State appearance. a Times Dispatch Tournament Championship and the Sweet South Tournament Championship ... Was the fourth player in school history to join the Atlee 1,000 point club, reaching the milestone during her Junior year ... Atlee’s All Time leading scorer and shot blocker ... Richmond Times Dispatch Athlete of the Week (2x), Capital District 1st Team (4x), Capital District POY, Central Region Honorable Mention, Central Region 2nd Team (2x), Central Region 1st Team, Honorable Mention All State, 2nd Team All State, Times Dispatch All Tournament Team, 1st Team All Metro (2x), 2nd Team All Metro, Wendy’s Heisman Female School Winner, Atlee Raiders MVP (2x), Digital Sports Winter Warrior (2x) and a McDonalds’s All American Nominee ... Selected to participate in the Virginia High School Coaches Association All Star Game ... Capital District and Regional All Academic (4x), a member of the National Honor Society and SODA (Student Organization for Developing Attitudes) ... Played AAU for the James River Blaze; receiving the I take my purse where ever I go even to Lenora Hastings Scholarship Award.

practice, I cant leave it because if i do i feel like im going to need something in it! Its just a part of me!

FUN FACTS

Favorite place on campus?: The gym. Funniest moment about teammate?: When Richelle Price thought an earthworm was a snakewhen we were walking to 6 a.m. practice. Pregame ritual?: I tend to mediatate by becoming quiet and focused. What’s playing on your iPod right now?: “Carolina,” Eric Church

FUN FACTS

Personal: Daughter of Ricky and Gayle Price... has 2 brothers; Jamall and RJ and niece; Ja’mia.

Favorite place on campus?: My bed Funniest moment about teammate?: Caroline Laughter doing the “Stanky Leg.” Pregame ritual?: Listening to music. What’s playing on your iPod right now?: Trey Songz

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HEAD COACH KAREN MIDDLETON

KAREN MIDDLETON

Head Coach/First Season

Karen Middleton was named the 10th head coach of Western Carolina Women’s Basketball on May 15, 2009. Prior to coming to WestMiddleton Notes e r n Ca ro lina, Education: South Carolina, 1991, BA Elementary Education/ Middleton spent 1993, MA Physical Eduction Coaching Experience two years as an • South Carolina, Volunteer Assistant Coach (1991-92) assistant at Uni• South Carolina, Assistant Coach (1992-94) versity of Illinois. • Eastern Washington University, Assistant Coach (1994-97) While at Illinois, • Stanford, Assistant Coach (1997-2007) Middleton helped • Illinois, Assistant Coach (2007-2009) coach the Illini to • Western Carolina, Head Coach (2009-present) 20 wins in 2007Championships: 2008. In addition to leading the Orange and Blue to-on-the court success, Middleton also helped sign the No. 3 recruiting • at South Carolina (Player, Metro Conf. Championship, 1988) class in the country, according to ESPN HoopGurlz, during the fall of 2008. She also played a role in player development • at Stanford (Asst. Coach, 8 PAC-10, 10 Titles - 1997-2007) working mainly with perimeter players. While working with the Illinois guards Middleton coached Lori Bjork who earned Playing Experience: honorable mention All-Big Ten honors and Rebecca Harris who was selected to the Big Ten All-Tournament team. • College: South Carolina, 1987-91 Notables: Before her stint at Illinois, Middleton spent 10 years as an assistant coach at Stanford University, where she handled off• Helped coach three Kodak All-Americans at Stanford campus recruiting and scouting for head coach Tara VanDerveer. She also played a role in player development, working • Helped coach two PAC-10 Players of the Year mainly with the perimeter players. • Helped coach over 24 players play professionally While at Stanford, she helped the Cardinal to eight Pac10 conference titles and 10 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, including four Sweet Sixteens and three Elite Eights. She also coached three Kodak All-Americans (Candice Wiggins, Nicole Powell and Kristin Folkl), two Pac-10 Players of the Year (Wiggins and Powell), and 11 players that went on to play in the WNBA. Prior to Stanford, Middleton served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Eastern Washington University (1994-97) and as an assistant coach the University of South Carolina (1992-94). She has also assisted with USA Basketball National Team Training Camps and served as an assistant coach at USA Basketball Olympic Festival Trials. Middleton attended and played at the University of South Carolina, where she was a four-year letterwinner from 1988-1991. She was a team captain, team MVP and a two-time All-Metro Conference selection during her career and finished as the fifth-leading scorer in school history with 1,714 points. Middleton is in the books as the best shooter in school history as she still holds school records for career 3FG made (317), career 3FG percentage (44.5), season 3FG made (115) and season 3FG percentage (46.9). Her 115 threes made in 1991 ranks as the sixth-most in NCAA history. In addition to playing in four NCAA Tournaments, which included a Sweet 16 appearance, Middleton was a two-time GTE Academic All-District selection at South Carolina and participated in the 1989 USA Basketball Olympic Festival in Oklahoma City. Middleton graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from South Carolina in 1991. She also earned an Interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Physical Education from South Carolina in 1993. Middleton, who was born in Monroe, N.C., graduated from McBee High School in McBee, SC, where she scored over 2,000 points, was the state’s player of the year twice (1986 and ’87) and had her jersey (#20) retired.

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Jolette Law, Illinois Head Coach “The administrators at Western Carolina have a keen eye for talent and for selecting winners. Like the coaches who’ve come before her, Karen will quickly earn the respect of the players and fan base. Karen patiently waited for the right opportunity to return to the Carolinas, landing at Western is like a homecoming of sorts. Without a doubt I can say that Karen’s knowledge, experience and respect for how the game should be played is certain to kee Western Carolina at the top of the Southern Conference. Great hire!” Tara VanDerveer, Stanford Head Coach “Karen Middleton is very knowledgeable, hardworking and a caring coach. Karen will be an exceptional mentor for her players. The women on the team will grow, improve and thoroughly enjoy playing for her. Karen will continue the outstanding tradition o women’s basketball excellence and will be a great representative of Western Carolina.” Debbie Antonelli, Women’s Basketball Analyst “Karen’s career path to becoming a head coach has been a diligent and detailed process. She has worked and prepared through each experience with some of the best coaches in the game. She will bring a well prepared game plan and will run a first-class program at Western Carolina.”

The Middleton family.

Nancy Wilson, College of Charleston Head Coach “Karen is one of the nicest people and one of the most dedicated players that I have coached. Because of this I chose her to be on my staff at South Carolina when she was just out of college. I have followed her career with interest because I knew she had the traits to be one of the best. Western Carolina has made a great hire and I am thrilled that she is back in the south.”

Karen Middleton coaching at Stanford with Head Coach Tara VanDerveer.

Karen Middleton cutting down the nets at a PAC-10 Regular Season Title while an assistant coach at Stanford. SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2005 / 2009

ASSISTANT COACH

Tréka McMillian Assistant Coach / First Season

McMillian Notes Education: South Carolina, 1992, BA Physical Education and Athletic Training Minnesota,1998, MA Sports Management Coaching Experience • Minnesota, Assistant Coach (1993-97) • Concordia University, Assistant Coach (1997-99) • Minnesota Community and Technical College,Head Coach (1999-04) • Minnesota Lynx, Assistant Coach (2002) • Guilford Technical Community College, Head Coach (2008-09) • Western Carolina, Assistant Coach (2009-present) Championships • South Carolina (Player, Metro Conference Championship, 1988) • Minneapolis Community College (Head Coach, NJCAA Division National Championship)

Tréka McMillian begins her first season as an assistant coach with the Western Carolina University women’s basketball team. Hired on June 1, 2009, McMillian, will be reunited with fellow teammate from the University of South Carolina, Head Coach Karen Middleton. McMillian will play a big role in recruiting, scouting, scheduling and developing the Catamount post players as well as many other day-to-day duties. Prior to coming to Western, McMillian coached one season as the Head Coach at Guilford Technical Community College in North Carolina. In Guilford’s inaugural season, McMillian led the Lady Titans to a 22-8 record, was co-champs of the Carolinas/Virginia Conference and won the NJCAA Division I Region X Tournament. McMillian coached two players to the all-conference team and three to the all-regional tournament team. Before her stint at Guilford Tech, McMillian served as Head Coach at Minneapolis Community and Technical College in Minnesota. She revived a program that was dormant in 1999 and in 2004 led her team to a NJCAA Division III national championship. McMillian coached two MCCC Players of the Year and one National Player of the Year. She was national coach of the year and Region XIII coach of the year in 2004. She also snagged coach of the year honors in the Minnesota Community College Conference in 2001 and 2002. McMillian has an overall record of 103-39 as a head coach. During her time at Minneapolis CTC, McMillian spent three summers working with the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx, serving as the director of basketball operations and equipment manager. During her time with the Lynx McMillian worked with two Olympians, Andrea Lloyd-Curry and Katie Smith. In her final season with the Lynx, she served as an assistant coach working with scouting and post players. Prior to Minneapolis, McMillian coached for two years at Division II Concordia-St. Paul where she was responsible for budget, team travel, recruiting and post player development. She started her collegiate coaching career at the University of Minnesota in 1993 as an assistant working with recruiting, scouting, film exchange, post player development and travel. While at Minnesota, she helped the Gophers to their first ever NCAA tournament berth. She coached two All-Big Ten players and one Kodak All-American (Carol Ann Shudlick). McMillian played collegiately at the University of South Carolina (1988-1992) where she was voted team captain her last two years, a member of two Metro Conference championships and named to the SEC All-Academic team in her senior year. McMillian graduated with a dual degree in Physical Education and Athletic Training at South Carolina in 1992. She also earned her master’s degree in Sport Management from Minnesota in 1998. A native of Chadbourn, NC, McMillian graduated from West Columbus High School where she was all state and selected to play in the East/West All-Star game.

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JONELLE STREED

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Assistant Coach / First Season

Jonelle Streed enters her first season as an assistant coach for Western Carolina University. She is the recruiting coordinator for the Catamounts, will work with guard development, serve as academic and compliance liaison and assist in scouting reports. Streed comes to Catamount basketball after spending one season at Miami University where her coaching responsibilities included working with the forwards, assisting with recruiting and coordinating team travel. Prior to Streed’s stint at Miami she spent four seasons with the Arizona Wildcats. Two of her four years with Arizona were spent as the program’s graduate assistant video Streed Notes coordinator, before transitioning into an assistant coach position for the Wildcats. While at Education: St. Cloud State, 2003, BS Mass Communication/Minor in coaching Arizona, Streed was responsible for perimeter player development, recruiting, scouting and University of Arizona, 2006, MS Educational Psychology was the Camp Director for JB Hoop Camp. Coaching Experience • Stanford, Intern (2003-04) Before her time in Tucson, Streed spent the 2003-04 season as an intern with the • Arizona, GA/Assistant Coach (2004-08) Stanford Cardinal where she helped with film breakdown, organized film exchange and • Miami University, Assistant Coach (2008-09) assisted with numerous clinics and camps. • Western Carolina, Assistant Coach (2009-present) A native of Cambridge, Minn., Streed played collegiate basketball at St. Cloud State from 2000-03, where she played in every game over her four-year career and set a school record for three-pointers (87). During her senior campaign, Streed was voted team captain and team MVP. In her final game, she posted a career-high 32 points on a career-best seven three-pointers. Off the court, Streed graduated magna cum laude from St. Cloud State in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and a minor in coaching. She earned a master’s degree in educational psychology with a physical education emphasis from the University of Arizona in 2006, also graduating magna cum laude. In high school, Streed was a Minnesota Miss Basketball Finalist and set the Cambridge-Isanti High School record for career points with 1,799.

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ASSISTANT COACH

HILLARY BECK Assistant Coach/First Season

Hillary Beck comes to Western Carolina University with one conference ring as a player and one as a coach, having won a conference title as a player at Miami University in 2004 and then as an assistant, in 2009, at Beck Notes the University of Evansville. Education: Miami University, 2005, B.S. Health Education She will work with the point Arizona, 2008, M.S. Educational Leadership Coaching Experience guards for the Catamounts, • Miami University, Student Assistant Coach Coach (2005) handle team travel, do scout• Arizona, Graduate Assistant Coach(2006-08) ing and film exchange and • Evansville, Assistant Coach (2008-09) • Western Carolina, Assistant Coach (2009-present) oversee summer camps. Championships Beck spent one sea• Miami University (Player, MAC, 2005) son as an assistant with the • Evansville (Assistant Coach, Missouri Valley, 2009) UE coaching staff. While at Evansville, Beck worked with the UE backcourt players. While there she helped coach then senior point guard Ashley Austin, from Fort Collins High School in Atlanta, Ga., who was named MVC Tournament MVP scoring 62 points in four games. The MVC Tournament championship propelled Evansville to the school’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999. Beck began her collegiate coaching career in 2005, as a student assistant coach at her alma mater under head coach Maria Fantanarosa, who was a coach at Western Carolina in 1997. Beck then joined long-time University of Arizona coaching legend Joan Bonvicini for two seasons as a graduate assistant coach out west. While at Arizona, Beck was responsible for all video breakdown, scouting, highlights and film exchange as the Wildcats’ video coordinator. Beck received her bachelor’s degree in health education in 2005 from Miami University, while minoring in coaching. She also earned a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Arizona in 2008. A native of Kokomo, Indiana, Beck earned all-state honors in high school at point guard at Kokomo High School in 2001. She then took her playmaking skills east to Oxford, Ohio, where she played four seasons at Miami University. Beck helped the RedHawks to the 2004 Mid-American Conference championship as a junior, and served as team captain during her senior season in 2004-05. While in college, she also served as an assistant coach for the Cincinnati Royals AAU team in 2004, and assisted the coaches of the Indiana All-Stars in 2003.

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Lauren powell Volunteer Graduate Assistant

BRANDON KING

katie moore

Lauren Powell begins her first season as a volunteer graduate assistant for the women’s basketball team. Powell recently completed a stellar career for the Catamounts, leaving the program as the career threepoint leader with 214. She brings with her a tradition of winning, with three straight 20-win seasons as a Catamount player, as well as a 2007 Southern Conference Regular Season Title and a 2009 Southern Conference Tournament Title. Powell will forever be linked with “the play” drawing the charging foul against College of Charleston with 1.8 seconds left and the Lady Catamounts down by two, in the first of three overtimes, in the 2009 Southern Conference Tournament - draining two free throws to force a second overtime. She also hit a pair of free throws in the second overtime in the Southern Conference Tournament to force a second overtime. Powell is ranked seventh in scoring for a career with 1,378 points. She was thrice named to the Southern Conference Winter All-Academic Team and was also a member of the Catamount squads that was named to the WBCA Academic Top-25 the last three years. Powell graduated in 2009 with a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at Western Carolina and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Health Education at Western Carolina University. A native of Asheville, N.C., Powell played for Asheville High School prior to coming to Western Carolina, winning three consecutive North Carolina High School State Championships.

Brandon King begins his second year as the athletic trainer for women’s basketball. He comes to Western Carolina after completing his Master’s Degree at The Citadel in May, 2008. While working on his master’s degree at The Citadel, King worked as an athletic trainer for football, basketball and wrestling. He also worked with the club sports rugby and Lacrosse. King received his bachelor’s of science degree at Appalachian State. While there, he was the head student athletic trainer for baseball and men’s tennis. He also assisted with football, track and field/cross country and men’s basketball.

Katie Moore enters her third year as a student manager for Western Carolina women’s basketball. She will travel with the team and also assist with day-to-day operations for the team. A native of Lexingotn, N.C., Katie is majoring in Sport Management with a concentration in Athletic Administration. She also works with the Western Carolina Media Relations office, assiting with statistics and game day operations for volleyball and soccer. Moore aspires to be a recruiting coordinator for a collegiate women’s basketball program. She is the daughter of Jim and Debbie Moore, and has two older brothers - Brent and Chris.

ELLE PERKINS

Athletic Trainer

Volunteer Graduate Assistant Elle Perkins begins her first year as a volunteer graduate assistant. She comes to the Western Carolina women’s basketball program after graduating from North Carolina State in 2009 with a degree in History and a concentration in education. While at NC State Perkins was a manager for the Wolfpack volleyball team. She was also an assistant volleyball coach at Panther Creek High School in Wake Co. She also coached summer league YBOA basketball teams. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in History with a concentration in American History at Western Carolina. Perkins’ father and uncle, Scott and Willie Perkins, played football for Western Carolina.

BRYAN TATUM

Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coord. Bryan Tatum came to Western Carolina as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coordinator during the summer of 2008. He spent the last two years as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky. Tatum played football at West Liberty State College in West Liberty, West Virginia, earning his Bachelor’s of Science degree in Exercise Physiology, with a minor in Physical Therapy, in 2005. He was team captain his junior and senior seasons, and was also a part of the conference championship squad in 2000. In 2002, Tatum was also an All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection at defensive back. Following his graduation, Tatum stayed on staff at West Liberty, serving as the Strength and Conditioning Coach, while also working as an Assistant Football and co-Head Track and Field Coach for the Hilltoppers. Tatum completed his Master’s in Exercise Science Physiology in 2008 while working in the weight room at Western Kentucky. He was married to the former Allson Poe of Barboursville, W. Va. in December of 2007, and the couple had their first child, Christopher Jaxson, in early August, 2009.

Manager

Jennifer brazelton Manager

Jennifer Brazelton begins her first year as a student-manager for the Western Carolina women’s basketball team. She will handle all of the filming during practice and home games. She is majoring in Sport Management with a concentration in Athletic Administration. Brazelton played tennis for the Catamount women’s tennis team last season. She is the daughter of Misty and Don Brazelton and has one brother, Hugh, and a sister, Becca.

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SUPPORT STAFF

Denise Gideon Director of Media Relations Denise Gideon is in her third season as the Director of Media Relations at Western Carolina University. Her primary duties are handling communications on behalf of volleyball, women’s basketball, softball, women’s tennis, and assisting with football. In her first full year at Western Carolina, Gideon began the Catamount Tracks podcast, becoming the coordinator of the podcast and also initiating the Catamount Student Athlete Roundtable podcast, recruiting women’s basketball players Heather Swayne and Jessica Jackson as hosts. Gideon also initiated the Catamount Student-Athlete Blog site and had numerous student athletes contribute to the NCAA blog site Double-A Zone. She has also taken on the role of social media director, initia ing the Catamount Twitter site and updating its contents. Gideon helped bring Western Carolina University into the national spotlight by serving as the liaison between ESPN.com writer Graham Hayes and Catamount softball player Lauren Ross. In July of 2008, Hayes wrote a feature story on Ross, which ran in the ESPN U section of ESPN.com, making Ross became the first Catamount in the school’s history to be featured on ESPN.com. Gideon again brought the national spotlight on Western Carolina in March 2009 when she alerted Hayes on “the play” that all but secured the Lady Catamount baske ball team the 2009 Southern Conference Tournament crown; Hayes wrote a blog about the unusual play. Gideon joined the Catamount staff after spending time as an assistant media relations director at Middle Tennessee. Her primary duties with the Blue Raiders were co munications for volleyball, women’s basketball, women’s tennis and softball. Gideon was directly responsible for the initial publicity of Blue Raider women’s basketball player Chrissy Givens, who ended her storied four-year career as an All-American at Middle Tennessee. Gideon also assisted Givens in writing a blog for the NCAA-sponsored Web site Double-A Zone. Also while at Middle Tennessee, Gideon was the liaison for numerous blog postings by Middle Tennessee student-athletes on the Double-A Zone. Most notable was softball player Shelby Stiner, who was the first and only full-time blogger for the Double-A Zone, and was also one of the inaugural members of the Lowe’s Senior Class Award nominees for softball. Gideon is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in communications and a B.S. in education with a concentration in sports management. She received her master’s degree at UT in sports administration. Gideon is the host of the official One Tree Hill syndicated podcast. She is also works as the podcast host and producer for actress Hilarie Burton’s (who played Peyton Sawyer for six years on One Tree Hill) company Southern Gothic Productions.

Jennifer brown SWA/Director of Academic Services

During her tenure at WCU, Brown has garnered numerous accolades. She was named the Most Outstanding Academic Advisor during the 2002-03 academic year, as well as the Last Minute Productions Staff Supporter of the Year award during the same time. In 2003-04, Brown was awarded the John Fry Advising Award which honors excellent work in dealing with students. Prior to coming to Western, Brown worked with Academic Support Programs for Student-Athletes at both North Carolina and North Carolina State. She has also served as the program coordinator for the Youth Out of the Education Mainstream Project at the Center for the Prevention of School Violence, as well as worked with the North Carolina Association of Educators as the parent coordinator of the North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children. Brown earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from North Carolina State in 1992 and her Master of Arts in counselor education in 1996 from North Carolina Central University. She was awarded her Doctoral degree in counselor education in the spring of 2004 from N.C. State, and began instructing a counseling course in the fall of 2005 in Western’s college student personnel graduate degree program.

dr. gibbs knotts Faculty/Athletic Represenative Dr. Gibbs Knotts accepted the Chancellor’s appointment to become the Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for the Athletics Department in the spring of 2003. Knotts also serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Director of the Master of Public Affairs Program at Western Carolina University. Knotts assists the dean with graduate student recruitment efforts, marketing and promotion of graduate degree programs, curriculum development and review, graduate faculty reviews and academic policy development. Knotts represents Western and the Southern Conference in his role as FAR and serves on a number of conference committees. He is also a member of the NCAA Honors Committee, which selects winners of prestigious awards presented at the annual NCAA Honors Dinner. In the 2003-04 academic year, Knotts was honored by the University as recipient of the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the Graduate School’s Teaching-Research Award. Knotts has a very impressive academic and athletic background. He is originally from Shiloh High School in Lithonia, Ga., where he won seven individual state championships in AA and AAAA competition. He additionally was a member of two team state championship teams. Knotts attended North Carolina from 1989-1993, where he ran cross country and indoor/outdoor track, earning three varsity letters. He competed in the 1991 NCAA Cross Country Championships and his team won the 1992 Atlantic Coast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Knotts graduated Phi Beta Kappa at UNC and won several prestigious scholar athlete awards including the ACC’s James H. Weaver Post-Graduate Scholarship, the top academic honor given to a student-athlete in the ACC. He put his past running experience to use in December of 2001 when he was selected to be a Olympic Flame Torchbearer as the flame made its way through Asheville to Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Without his knowledge, Knotts’ wife, Stacy, submitted his name along with 210,000 hopefuls. Knotts was selected to be one of 11,500 to actually carry the torch as the Olympic committee picked him for his overcoming obstacles after being in a car accident. Knotts received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Emory University in Atlanta. He is often described by colleagues and students as an active student oriented faculty member who is an excellent teacher. Knotts and his wife Stacy are the parents of one daughter, Whitney.

Dr. Jennifer Brown was appointed Western Carolina’s fifth Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) on July 1, 2005. A native of Eden, N.C., Brown is in her eighth year at Western Carolina, coming to Cullowhee in August of 2001 as the Director of Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes. In that capacity, she was responsible for overseeing all of the academic support programs for Catamount athletics, which includes the academic enhancement programs (AEP). As the SWA, she will contine her oversight of AEP, with the addition of the administration of volleyball, women’s basketball, women’s tennis, men’s cross country/track & field, women’s cross country/women’s track & field, men’s and women’s golf, and softball. She also coordinates the CHAMPS/Life Skills program and serve as advisor for the Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC).

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Western Carolina Lady Catamounts Western Carolina Season Box Score (as of Oct 12, 2009) All games

2008-09 CUMULATIVE STATS 33

RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE

32 23 13 44 33 35 03 22 10 11 42 21

Player

JOHNSON, Brooke POWELL, Lauren CLARKE, Emily EATON, Kendra FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra SWAYNE, Heather MENENDEZ, Kaila'She JACKSON, Jessica HUNNICUTT, Diamond BELCHER, TT FERGUSON, Brittany Team Total.......... Opponents......

Score by Periods Western Carolina Opponents

OVERALL 21-12 14-6 7-6

gp-gs

Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%

33-33 33-30 33-32 32-26 33-7 33-1 33-3 32-0 33-32 32-0 26-0 24-1

858 824 832 549 588 576 615 453 802 306 191 131

33 33

6725 6725

1st 2nd 1027 1175 1020 1087

HOME 11-4 7-3 4-1

26.0 25.0 25.2 17.2 17.8 17.5 18.6 14.2 24.3 9.6 7.3 5.5

118-272 115-296 111-265 85-199 91-186 73-177 68-197 55-145 37-122 22-57 12-32 13-30

.434 .389 .419 .427 .489 .412 .345 .379 .303 .386 .375 .433

33-84 45-137 33-76 1-9 0-0 9-28 18-64 9-36 19-74 0-3 0-1 0-0

.393 .328 .434 .111 .000 .321 .281 .250 .257 .000 .000 .000

AWAY 7-7 7-3 0-4

F-Throw ft-fta ft%

91-123 68-86 60-88 51-94 19-33 30-39 31-37 46-56 42-58 24-39 16-25 10-21

.740 .791 .682 .543 .576 .769 .838 .821 .724 .615 .640 .476

off

87 40 39 89 62 10 29 22 5 25 23 8 69 800-1978 .404 167-512 .326 488-699 .698 508 781-2000 .391 175-514 .340 406-593 .685 420

NEUTRAL 3-1 0-0 3-1

Rebounds def tot avg

156 60 106 75 114 37 98 40 65 34 35 16 77 913 794

243 100 145 164 176 47 127 62 70 59 58 24 146 1421 1214

7.4 3.0 4.4 5.1 5.3 1.4 3.8 1.9 2.1 1.8 2.2 1.0

pf dq

55 41 56 62 63 40 40 53 61 35 21 22

0 54 0 39 0 35 1 24 0 9 0 35 0 60 0 21 1 117 2 3 0 4 0 4

to blk stl

58 44 59 52 46 49 68 49 85 23 16 14 26 43.1 549 4 405 589 36.8 623 12 355 511

57 5 3 6 25 0 10 0 0 4 1 1

24 17 30 18 14 18 16 16 31 14 8 7

pts

avg

360 343 315 222 201 185 185 165 135 68 40 36

10.9 10.4 9.5 6.9 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.2 4.1 2.1 1.5 1.5

112 213 2255 123 303 2143

68.3 64.9

OT OT2 OT3 Totals 28 9 16 2255 25 9 2 2143

2008-09 HIGHLIGHTS • 2009 Southern Conference Tournament Champions • THREE OVERTIME VICTORY IN CONFERENCE FINALS A TOURNAMENT RECORD • Drew a 13 Seed in NCAA Tournament, highest seed in school history • Third-straight 20-win season (with 21 wins in 2008-09 campaign) • SENIOR CENTER BROOKE JOHNSON NAMED TOURNAMENT MVP - SECOND TOURNAMENT MVP IN SCHOOL HISTORY • THIRD-STRAIGHT APPEARANCE IN WBCA ACADEMIC TOP-25, RANKED 8TH SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2005 / 2009

Western Carolina Lady Catamounts Western Carolina Season Schedule/Results & Leaders (as of Oct 12, 2009) All games

2008-09 RESULTS/LEADERS RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE

OVERALL 21-12 14-6 7-6

Date 11/14/08

Opponent at North Carolina

11/21/08 11/22/08 11/25/08

LAFAYETTE LIBERTY at Tennessee Lady Vols

11-29-08 12-02-08

at Montana State at UNC Asheville

HOME 11-4 7-3 4-1 Score 56-90 W W

68-51 73-53 56-83

82-90 71-90

L L

492 (16)EATON, Kendra 339 (18)CLARKE, Emily 11597 (14)POWELL, Lauren 158 (17)CARROLL, Kendra 498 (12)SWAYNE, Heather (12)POWELL, Lauren 452 (25)CLARKE, Emily 562 (26)JOHNSON, Brooke 167 (19)JOHNSON, Brooke 126 (21)CLARKE, Emily 346 (9)CLARKE, Emily (9)JACKSON, Jessica 259 (19)CLARKE, Emily 252 (17)MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea

MIDDLE TENNESSEE *at Davidson *at Wofford *COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON *GEORGIA SOUTHERN

12/30/08 1/3/09

UNC WILMINGTON *at Appalachian State

W W

73-63 92-55

01/05/09 01/10/09 01/12/09 01/17/09 01/19/09 01/26/09 01/31/09 02/02/09 02/04/09 02/07/09

*at Furman *SAMFORD *CHATTANOOGA *UNC GREENSBORO *at Elon *DAVIDSON *at College of Charleston *at Georgia Southern CLEMSON *APPALACHIAN STATE

83-74 41-69 71-84 57-49 78-50 72-66 56-61 62-67 64-73 75-50

02/09/09 02/14/09

*FURMAN *at UNC Greensboro

W Wot

57-42 66-58

02/16/09 02/21/09

*ELON *at Chattanooga

W W

77-61 56-52

653 (16)FEEMSTER, Kristen 2405 (13)SWAYNE, Heather

02/23/09 02/28/09 03/07/09 03/08/09 03/09/09 3/21/09

*at Samford *WOFFORD vs Elon vs Samford vs College of Charleston vs Vanderbilt

55-53 77-55 71-52 66-53 101-87 44-73

913 856 1206 2268 943

W W W

W W W W Wo3

L L

Lot L L

262 427 678 189 233 734 1014 1018 578 804

(20)MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea (7)FEEMSTER, Kristen (14)CLARKE, Emily (15)JOHNSON, Brooke (17)EATON, Kendra (22)JOHNSON, Brooke (26)POWELL, Lauren (13)POWELL, Lauren (20)POWELL, Lauren (12)JOHNSON, Brooke

358 (15)EATON, Kendra 358 (13)POWELL, Lauren

(13)POWELL, Lauren (17)CLARKE, Emily (12)CARROLL, Kendra (25)JOHNSON, Brooke (21)JOHNSON, Brooke (8)JOHNSON, Brooke (8)POWELL, Lauren

* = Conference game

Attendance Summary

Home Away Neutral Total

Games

Attend

Avg/Game

15 14 4 33

7291 22459 4417 34167

486 1604 1104 1035

NEUTRAL 3-1 0-0 3-1

Att. High Points 3022 (13)JOHNSON, Brooke

12/07/08 12/14/08 12/16/08 12/19/08 12/21/08

W W

68-59 66-84 91-66 80-68 50-62

AWAY 7-7 7-3 0-4

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High Rebounds (6)CLARKE, Emily (6)SWAYNE, Heather (9)JOHNSON, Brooke (8)JOHNSON, Brooke (5)JOHNSON, Brooke (5)FEEMSTER, Kristen (12)CLARKE, Emily (8)JOHNSON, Brooke (10)FEEMSTER, Kristen (6)CLARKE, Emily (11)FEEMSTER, Kristen (7)EATON, Kendra (5)FEEMSTER, Kristen (5)JOHNSON, Brooke (13)JOHNSON, Brooke (8)HUNNICUTT, Diamond (8)JOHNSON, Brooke (11)JOHNSON, Brooke (6)JOHNSON, Brooke (6)HUNNICUTT, Diamond (9)JOHNSON, Brooke (12)JOHNSON, Brooke (11)JOHNSON, Brooke (11)JOHNSON, Brooke (11)JOHNSON, Brooke (11)EATON, Kendra (6)EATON, Kendra (6)FEEMSTER, Kristen (8)EATON, Kendra (9)CLARKE, Emily (9)JOHNSON, Brooke (12)FEEMSTER, Kristen (6)HUNNICUTT, Diamond (6)JOHNSON, Brooke (8)CLARKE, Emily (9)EATON, Kendra (10)SWAYNE, Heather (6)JOHNSON, Brooke (13)JOHNSON, Brooke (7)JOHNSON, Brooke

Western Carolina Lady Catamounts Western Carolina Team Game-by-Game (as of Oct 12, 2009) All games TEAM STATISTICS

Opponent

at North Carolina LAFAYETTE LIBERTY at Tennessee Lady Vols at Montana State at UNC Asheville MIDDLE TENNESSEE at Davidson at Wofford COLLEGE OF CHARLEST GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNC WILMINGTON at Appalachian State at Furman SAMFORD CHATTANOOGA UNC GREENSBORO at Elon DAVIDSON at College of Charleston at Georgia Southern CLEMSON APPALACHIAN STATE FURMAN at UNC Greensboro ELON at Chattanooga at Samford WOFFORD vs Elon vs Samford vs College of Charleston vs Vanderbilt Western Carolina Opponents

Games played: 33 Points/game: 68.3 FG Pct: 40.4 3FG Pct: 32.6 FT Pct: 69.8

Date

11/14/08 11/21/08 11/22/08 11/25/08 11-29-08 12-02-08 12/07/08 12/14/08 12/16/08 12/19/08 12/21/08 12/30/08 1/3/09 01/05/09 01/10/09 01/12/09 01/17/09 01/19/09 01/26/09 01/31/09 02/02/09 02/04/09 02/07/09 02/09/09 02/14/09 02/16/09 02/21/09 02/23/09 02/28/09 03/07/09 03/08/09 03/09/09 3/21/09

Score

56-90 L 68-51 W 73-53 W 56-83 L 82-90 L 71-90 L 68-59 W 66-84 L 91-66 W 80-68 W 50-62 L 73-63 W 92-55 W 83-74 W 41-69 L 71-84 L 57-49 W 78-50 W 72-66 W 56-61 Lot 62-67 L 64-73 L 75-50 W 57-42 W 66-58 Wot 77-61 W 56-52 W 55-53 W 77-55 W 71-52 W 66-53 W 101-87 Wot 44-73 L 2255 2143

Total fg-fga

20-64 20-49 27-59 17-57 33-71 27-71 23-51 22-63 34-69 26-56 16-50 27-56 32-67 29-56 15-57 26-61 20-55 31-66 24-61 18-50 22-58 25-68 28-60 21-62 21-58 28-63 21-56 21-50 28-75 26-66 23-47 33-69 16-57

800-1978 781-2000

3-Pointers pct 3fg-fga pct

.313 .408 .458 .298 .465 .380 .451 .349 .493 .464 .320 .482 .478 .518 .263 .426 .364 .470 .393 .360 .379 .368 .467 .339 .362 .444 .375 .420 .373 .394 .489 .478 .281

6-14 5-14 7-22 7-23 4-15 4-17 3-15 5-20 6-12 8-18 6-19 8-22 8-17 5-12 4-19 7-11 3-13 4-13 6-14 1-13 6-19 3-12 7-17 2-11 4-18 4-9 4-9 2-14 6-17 5-22 3-10 10-19 4-12

.404 167-512 .391 175-514

.429 .357 .318 .304 .267 .235 .200 .250 .500 .444 .316 .364 .471 .417 .211 .636 .231 .308 .429 .077 .316 .250 .412 .182 .222 .444 .444 .143 .353 .227 .300 .526 .333

2008-09 GAME-BY-GAME 35

Free throws ft-fta pct

10-18 23-31 12-22 15-19 12-15 13-25 19-31 17-21 17-26 20-24 12-16 11-17 20-32 20-23 7-15 12-16 14-19 12-17 18-24 19-26 12-20 11-19 12-20 13-23 20-29 17-23 10-12 11-14 15-17 14-20 17-19 25-35 8-11

.326 488-699 .340 406-593

.556 .742 .545 .789 .800 .520 .613 .810 .654 .833 .750 .647 .625 .870 .467 .750 .737 .706 .750 .731 .600 .579 .600 .565 .690 .739 .833 .786 .882 .700 .895 .714 .727 .698 .685

off

21 9 16 13 16 16 16 15 18 16 15 13 22 14 18 10 15 12 14 14 13 20 15 20 18 18 16 9 23 17 9 15 12

508 420

Rebounds def tot

22 33 27 21 30 28 29 23 36 24 18 26 21 29 18 23 29 35 26 30 28 26 20 35 30 39 30 29 30 33 24 38 23

43 42 43 34 46 44 45 38 54 40 33 39 43 43 36 33 44 47 40 44 41 46 35 55 48 57 46 38 53 50 33 53 35

avg

43.0 42.5 42.7 40.5 41.6 42.0 42.4 41.9 43.2 42.9 42.0 41.8 41.8 41.9 41.5 41.0 41.2 41.5 41.4 41.5 41.5 41.7 41.4 42.0 42.2 42.8 42.9 42.8 43.1 43.3 43.0 43.3 43.1

15 16 15 25 22 27 20 25 15 6 18 19 12 16 11 18 11 17 12 16 22 17 15 15 21 13 16 18 14 16 15 14 17

a t/o blk stl

12 13 20 12 12 17 12 9 12 10 6 15 21 18 7 12 12 11 10 7 11 8 12 13 12 21 6 8 14 16 11 19 6

32 17 14 25 20 18 19 21 19 15 17 22 18 18 20 14 18 15 12 23 17 18 14 15 23 12 18 17 12 17 13 18 18

pts

avg

5 7 56 56.0 1 7 68 62.0 1 5 73 65.7 5 8 56 63.2 3 8 82 67.0 4 5 71 67.7 3 5 68 67.7 3 5 66 67.5 5 6 91 70.1 1 3 80 71.1 2 5 50 69.2 4 9 73 69.5 3 12 92 71.2 5 3 83 72.1 2 4 41 70.0 2 7 71 70.1 4 6 57 69.3 4 11 78 69.8 3 8 72 69.9 4 6 56 69.2 0 6 62 68.9 3 6 64 68.6 1 13 75 68.9 4 9 57 68.4 7 9 66 68.3 7 2 77 68.7 0 6 56 68.2 4 5 55 67.7 3 8 77 68.0 8 5 71 68.1 3 7 66 68.1 5 3 101 69.1 3 4 44 68.3

913 1421 43.1 549 405 589 112 213 2255 68.3 794 1214 36.8 623 355 511 123 303 2143 64.9

Rebounds/game: 43.1 Assists/game: 12.3 Turnovers/game: 17.8 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.7 Steals/game: 6.5 Blocks/game: 3.4

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2008-09 GAME HIGHS/LOWS Western Carolina Lady Catamounts Western Carolina Team High/Low Analysis (as of Oct 12, 2009) All games

WCU - TEAM GAME HIGHS

Western Carolina - TEAM GAME HIGHS POINTS

101 vs College of Charleston (03/09/09) 92 at Appalachian State (1/3/09) 91 at Wofford (12/16/08) 83 at Furman (01/05/09) 82 at Montana State (11-29-08) FIELD GOALS MADE 34 at Wofford (12/16/08) 33 vs College of Charleston (03/09/09) 33 at Montana State (11-29-08) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 75 WOFFORD (02/28/09) 71 at UNC Asheville (12-02-08) 71 at Montana State (11-29-08) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .518 (29-56) at Furman (01/05/09) .493 (34-69) at Wofford (12/16/08) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 10 vs College of Charleston (03/09/09) 8 at Appalachian State (1/3/09) 8 UNC WILMINGTON (12/30/08) 8 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (12/19/08) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 23 at Tennessee Lady Vols (11/25/08) 22 vs Elon (03/07/09) 22 UNC WILMINGTON (12/30/08) 22 LIBERTY (11/22/08) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .636 (7-11) CHATTANOOGA (01/12/09) .526 (10-19) vs College of Charleston (03/09/09) FREE THROWS MADE 25 vs College of Charleston (03/09/09) 23 LAFAYETTE (11/21/08) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 35 vs College of Charleston (03/09/09) 32 at Appalachian State (1/3/09) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .895 (17-19) vs Samford (03/08/09) .882 (15-17) WOFFORD (02/28/09) REBOUNDS 57 ELON (02/16/09) 55 FURMAN (02/09/09) ASSISTS 21 ELON (02/16/09) 21 at Appalachian State (1/3/09) STEALS 13 APPALACHIAN STATE (02/07/09) 12 at Appalachian State (1/3/09) BLOCKED SHOTS 8 vs Elon (03/07/09) 7 ELON (02/16/09) 7 at UNC Greensboro (02/14/09) TURNOVERS 32 at North Carolina (11/14/08) 25 at Tennessee Lady Vols (11/25/08) FOULS 27 at UNC Asheville (12-02-08) 25 Western Carolina at Davidson Lady(12/14/08) Catamounts 25 Carolina High/Low at Tennessee Lady (11/25/08) Western Analysis (asVols of Oct 12, 2009) All games

WCU - GAME LOWS

Western Carolina - GAME LOWS

POINTS

FIELD GOALS MADE

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE FREE THROWS MADE FREE THROW ATTEMPTS FREE THROW PERCENTAGE REBOUNDS

ASSISTS

STEALS

BLOCKED SHOTS TURNOVERS

FOULS

41 44 50 55 56 56 56 56 15 16 16 47 49 .263 .281 1 2 2 9 9 .077 .143 7 8 11 12 .467 .520 33 33 33 6 6 6 2 3 3 3 0 0 12 12 12 6 11 11

(15-57) (16-57)

(1-13) (2-14)

(7-15) (13-25)

SAMFORD (01/10/09) vs Vanderbilt (3/21/09) GEORGIA SOUTHERN (12/21/08) at Samford (02/23/09) at North Carolina (11/14/08) at Tennessee Lady Vols (11/25/08) at College of Charleston (01/31/09) at Chattanooga (02/21/09) SAMFORD (01/10/09) GEORGIA SOUTHERN (12/21/08) vs Vanderbilt (3/21/09) vs Samford (03/08/09) LAFAYETTE (11/21/08) SAMFORD (01/10/09) vs Vanderbilt (3/21/09) at College of Charleston (01/31/09) FURMAN (02/09/09) at Samford (02/23/09) ELON (02/16/09) at Chattanooga (02/21/09) at College of Charleston (01/31/09) at Samford (02/23/09) SAMFORD (01/10/09) vs Vanderbilt (3/21/09) vs Vanderbilt (3/21/09) at Chattanooga (02/21/09) SAMFORD (01/10/09) at UNC Asheville (12-02-08) GEORGIA SOUTHERN (12/21/08) CHATTANOOGA (01/12/09) vs Samford (03/08/09) GEORGIA SOUTHERN (12/21/08) at Chattanooga (02/21/09) vs Vanderbilt (3/21/09) ELON (02/16/09) COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (12/19/08) at Furman (01/05/09) vs College of Charleston (03/09/09) at Georgia Southern (02/02/09) at Chattanooga (02/21/09) DAVIDSON (01/26/09) ELON (02/16/09) WOFFORD (02/28/09) COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (12/19/08) SAMFORD (01/10/09) UNC GREENSBORO (01/17/09)

Western Carolina Lady Catamounts Western Carolina High/Low Analysis (as of Oct 12, 2009) All games

OPPONENT - TEAM GAME HIGHS Opponent - GAME HIGHS

POINTS

FIELD GOALS MADE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS

3 PT FG PERCENTAGE FREE THROWS MADE FREE THROW ATTEMPTS FREE THROW PERCENTAGE REBOUNDS ASSISTS

STEALS

BLOCKED SHOTS TURNOVERS FOULS

90 90 90 87 84 84 36 35 88 78 .521 .500 11 10 25 23 23 23 .625 .478 31 27 38 37 1.000 .864 55 47 26 18 18 19 15 15 10 9 30 27 29 25

(25-48) (35-70)

(10-16) (11-23)

(6-6) (19-22)

at UNC Asheville (12-02-08) at Montana State (11-29-08) at North Carolina (11/14/08) vs College of Charleston (03/09/09) CHATTANOOGA (01/12/09) at Davidson (12/14/08) vs College of Charleston (03/09/09) at North Carolina (11/14/08) vs College of Charleston (03/09/09) at Montana State (11-29-08) SAMFORD (01/10/09) at North Carolina (11/14/08) CHATTANOOGA (01/12/09) at North Carolina (11/14/08) at Samford (02/23/09) at UNC Greensboro (02/14/09) CHATTANOOGA (01/12/09) at Montana State (11-29-08) at North Carolina (11/14/08) CHATTANOOGA (01/12/09) at Davidson (12/14/08) at UNC Asheville (12-02-08) at Davidson (12/14/08) at UNC Asheville (12-02-08) COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (12/19/08) at Montana State (11-29-08) at UNC Asheville (12-02-08) CLEMSON (02/04/09) at North Carolina (11/14/08) vs College of Charleston (03/09/09) at Montana State (11-29-08) at North Carolina (11/14/08) at Davidson (12/14/08) at Tennessee Lady Vols (11/25/08) WOFFORD (02/28/09) at North Carolina (11/14/08) at Appalachian State (1/3/09) APPALACHIAN STATE (02/07/09) MIDDLE TENNESSEE (12/07/08) at Appalachian State (1/3/09)

Western Carolina Lady Catamounts Western Carolina High/Low Analysis (as of Oct 12, 2009) All games

OPPONENT - TEAM GAME LOWS Opponent - GAME LOWS

POINTS

FIELD GOALS MADE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE

FREE THROWS MADE

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE REBOUNDS ASSISTS

STEALS BLOCKED SHOTS

TURNOVERS FOULS

42 49 50 50 51 16 16 44 48 .271 .277 1 1 1 7 9 .077 .100 .100 5 5 5 6 8 8 .385 .435 20 25 3 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 5 9 12 13

(16-59) (18-65)

(1-13) (1-10) (1-10)

(5-13) (10-23)

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FURMAN (02/09/09) UNC GREENSBORO (01/17/09) at Elon (01/19/09) APPALACHIAN STATE (02/07/09) LAFAYETTE (11/21/08) FURMAN (02/09/09) vs Elon (03/07/09) vs Samford (03/08/09) SAMFORD (01/10/09) FURMAN (02/09/09) at Elon (01/19/09) UNC GREENSBORO (01/17/09) at Elon (01/19/09) APPALACHIAN STATE (02/07/09) UNC WILMINGTON (12/30/08) LIBERTY (11/22/08) UNC GREENSBORO (01/17/09) at Elon (01/19/09) APPALACHIAN STATE (02/07/09) APPALACHIAN STATE (02/07/09) FURMAN (02/09/09) ELON (02/16/09) COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (12/19/08) UNC GREENSBORO (01/17/09) APPALACHIAN STATE (02/07/09) ELON (02/16/09) at UNC Greensboro (02/14/09) vs Samford (03/08/09) at Furman (01/05/09) LIBERTY (11/22/08) UNC GREENSBORO (01/17/09) at Elon (01/19/09) FURMAN (02/09/09) ELON (02/16/09) vs Elon (03/07/09) ELON (02/16/09) WOFFORD (02/28/09) LAFAYETTE (11/21/08) MIDDLE TENNESSEE (12/07/08) CHATTANOOGA (01/12/09) vs Elon (03/07/09) ELON (02/16/09) at Furman (01/05/09) at Chattanooga (02/21/09) at Montana State (11-29-08)

2008-09 BOX SCORES 37 Game 1 (Preseason WNIT) November 8, 2008

EXHIBITION November 8, 2008

WESTERN CAROLINA Totals -- Final Statistics 56 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Western Carolinacarolina vs North Carolina #4 NOrth 90 11/14/08 7:00 PM at Smith Center, Chapel Hill

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game WESTERN CAROLINA Totals -- Final Statistics 75 Brevard vs Western Carolina brevard 45 11/08/08 7:00 PM at Cullowhee, NC (Ramsey Center) Brevard 45 • 0-0 ##

Player

Wharton, Millie Winn, Samantha Flippo, Holli Roberts, Amber Whitaker, Amanda LaJoie, Micah Bridgers, Paige Schlobohm, Anna Brendle, Lindsay Hudler, Kelly Team Totals

11 13 24 33 03 12 15 22 40

FG % 1st Half: 5-23 3FG % 1st Half: 3-13 FT % 1st Half: 11-13

Western Carolina 56 • 0-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

* * * * *

0-2 3-11 2-5 1-8 1-6 0-1 0-1 3-11 2-8 0-1 12-54

21.7% 23.1% 84.6%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

0-2 2-7 0-3 0-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-6 2-7 0-0

2-2 6-6 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-3 1-2 0-0

6-30

15-17

7-31 3-17 4-4

22.6% 17.6% 100.0%

1 3 4 1 2 2 4 2 0 5 5 3 0 5 5 4 2 4 6 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 5 8 29 37 19

Game: 12-54 Game: 6-30 Game: 15-17

A TO Blk Stl

2 14 6 2 4 0 0 10 7 0

1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0

4 3 4 3 4 1 0 2 4 0 1 5 26

Min

Player

23 38 20 31 30 1 1 20 26 10

13 32 44 10 23 03 11 21 22 33 35 42

CLARKE, Emily JOHNSON, Brooke EATON, Kendra JACKSON, Jessica POWELL, Lauren SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond FERGUSON, Brittany MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT Team Totals

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0

5 200

22.2% 20.0% 88.2%

Deadball Rebounds 1

Western Carolina 75 • 0-0 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily POWELL, Lauren JOHNSON, Brooke EATON, Kendra SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond FERGUSON, Brittany MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT Team Totals

13 23 32 44 03 11 21 22 33 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 14-37 3FG % 1st Half: 1-7 FT % 1st Half: 5-11

* * * * *

37.8% 14.3% 45.5%

1-4 3-9 4-10 2-6 4-8 5-9 4-10 2-5 3-6 2-3 1-4 1-2

1-3 0-2 0-3 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-4 1-1 0-0 1-3 1-2 0-3 0-0 4-6

32-76

1-14

10-21

2nd half: 18-39 2nd half: 0-7 2nd half: 5-10

46.2% 0.0% 50.0%

0 2 2 0 5 2 7 2 1 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 3 1 3 5 8 1 2 4 6 0 0 2 2 1 2 8 10 0 0 2 2 4 0 4 4 3 2 1 3 20 35 55 15

Game: 32-76 Game: 1-14 Game: 10-21

42.1% 7.1% 47.6%

1st

2nd

Total

24 34

21 41

45 75

38.7% 50.0% 60.0%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

8-33 1-4 7-13

24.2% 25.0% 53.8%

Game: 20-64 Game: 6-14 Game: 10-18

TP 6 13 5 2 12 9 0 1 2 2 0 4

A TO Blk Stl 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 0 1 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 56 12 32 5 7

31.3% 42.9% 55.6%

Min 19 23 15 23 26 23 8 7 17 11 14 14 200

Deadball Rebounds 2

North Carolina 90 • 1-0 TP

A TO Blk Stl

3 8 8 4 9 11 8 5 7 4 2 6

3 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1

1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 1

75 17 12

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 1

Min

20 18 18 17 14 18 16 15 17 16 18 13

0 13 200 Deadball Rebounds 6

Officials: Technical fouls: Brevard-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 555 Score by periods Brevard Western Carolina

FG % 1st Half: 12-31 3FG % 1st Half: 5-10 FT % 1st Half: 3-5

f f f g g

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 2 4-9 2-4 3-4 1 1 2 2 2-8 0-0 1-3 4 1 5 3 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 3 5-12 2-4 0-0 3 0 3 0 3-9 2-3 1-2 2 4 6 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 0 0-7 0-2 2-2 1 2 3 1 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 1-2 0-0 2-5 0 2 2 2 5 3 8 20-64 6-14 10-18 21 22 43 15

Player

21 32 51 22 50 01 03 05 11 14 20 30 33

McFarland, Iman McCants, Rashanda Breland, Jessica DeGraffenreid, Ceter Lucas, Italee White, She'la Bursey, Trinity Powell, Nicole Miller, Alex Claytor, Heather Shegog, Chay Wood, Martina Broomfield, Laura Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 22-38 3FG % 1st Half: 8-10 FT % 1st Half: 5-8

f f f g g

57.9% 80.0% 62.5%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 6 6 0 3-9 1-1 2-6 5 2 7 3 5-8 1-1 1-1 1 2 3 3 5-14 2-4 2-5 1 1 2 1 6-10 2-3 0-0 1 3 4 3 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 2-3 2-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 1 3-4 0-0 3-4 2 1 3 1 3-7 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 5 1 6 35-70 10-16 10-18 17 29 46 18

2nd half: 13-32 2nd half: 2-6 2nd half: 5-10

40.6% 33.3% 50.0%

Game: 35-70 Game: 10-16 Game: 10-18

50.0% 62.5% 55.6%

TP 2 9 12 14 14 2 2 2 6 6 6 9 6

A TO Blk Stl 2 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 7 0 0 8 3 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 3 1

90 26 22

9 19

Min 14 17 19 24 16 17 10 6 19 14 17 14 13 200

Deadball Rebounds 4

Officials: Mark Hardcastle, Tony Lippa, Kren Gruca Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. North Carolina-None. Attendance: 3022 North Carolina ranked No. 4 Score by periods Western Carolina North Carolina

CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Western Carolina women’s basketball defeated the Brevard College Tornados 75-45 in the Lady Catamounts lone exhibition game to tip-off the 2008-09 season in the Ramsey Center Saturday night. Junior guard Heather Swayne came off the bench and scored 11 points connecting on 5-of-9 from the field and also had three rebounds and two steals. Fellow junior Kristen Feemster attacked the boards, leading the club with 10 rebounds. All 12 players saw time on the court for Western Carolina and everyone got in the scoring column. Western Carolina had just 12 turnovers in the contest and forced Brevard to give up the ball 26 times. The Lady Catamounts, however, struggled at the free throw line connecting on just 10-of-21 from the charity stripe. It was just a 10 point difference after the first 20 minutes of the contest as the Lady Catamounts had a 34-24 lead heading into the locker room. Western Carolina had a 15 point lead, 34-19, with five minutes left in the half but Brevard went on a 5-0 run to close out the half and narrow the Lady Catamount advantage. It was a different story in the second half. After Western Carolina settled down, the Lady Catamounts scored 41 points in the second half and allowed just 21 points from Brevard. Western Carolina also shot 46.2 percent from the field in the final 20 minutes as the Tornados shot just 22.6 percent.

1st

2nd

Total

32 57

24 33

56 90

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Western Carolina women’s basketball (0-1) lost in the first round of the Preseason WNIT 90-56 to No. 4 North Carolina (1-0) Friday in the Smith Center. The Lady Catamounts fall into the consolation bracket of the tournament and will find out their opponent and competition site late Saturday. A pair of Western Carolina seniors led the Lady Catamounts in scoring - Brooke Johnson paced the team with 13 points and Lauren Powell followed with 12. Johnson also had two blocks and two assists in the game but the telling stat was just two rebounds, as she didn’t get her first board until two minutes into the second half. North Carolina used quickness and long-range shooting to put Western Carolina on its heels early in the game and then never looked back. The Tarheels scored the first eight points of the game before sophomore guard Emily Clarke hit the first Lady Catamount basket of the game almost three minutes into the game. The Tarheels then reeled off 15 unanswered points to balloon their lead to 23-2 before the Lady Catamounts could answer again with just their second basket of the game as junior Heather Swayne came off the bench to drain a three after the first media timeout. It was back-to-back threes for Western Carolina as Powell followed with a trey of her own. However, Western Carolina couldn’t stop North Carolina from hitting three pointers of its own as the Tarheels hit 10 three-pointers in the game. The fleet of foot UNC players also had 19 steals in the game and scored 34 points off turnovers - the margin of victory in the game.

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Game 2 (Preseason WNIT) November 21, 2008

WESTERN CAROLINA Totals -- Final Statistics 73 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game LIBERTY vs Western Carolina lIBERTY (rv) 53 11/22/08 7 PM at Cullowhee, N.C. (Ramsey Center)

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game WESTERN CAROLINA Totals -- Final Statistics 68 LAFAYETTE vs Western Carolina Lafayette 51 11/21/08 7:30 PM at Cullowhee, N.C. LAFAYETTE 51 • 0-2 ##

Player

12 14 15 21 22 01 03 11 13 23 24 25 42 43

Garner, Emily Zavocki, Cristin Spicer, Jessica Wright, LaKeisha Smith, Amanda Downey, Melissa Virgin, Elizabeth Cullen, Laura Leone, Amanda Malone, Meaghan Jackson, Lauren Niquette, Brooke Serowoky, Alexandra McGorry, Sarah Team Totals

LIBERTY 53 • 1-2

* * * * *

FG % 1st Half: 14-30 46.7% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% FT % 1st Half: 3-3 100.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF 1-5 0-0 1-1 1 6 7 3 2-6 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 2-10 0-5 5-8 2 4 6 2 4-7 0-0 1-3 3 1 4 3 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 3-7 2-2 0-2 0 3 3 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 4-10 1-3 1-2 0 2 2 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 1 2 3 19-55 4-15 9-18 9 24 33 24

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

5-25 1-4 6-15

20.0% 25.0% 40.0%

Game: 19-55 Game: 4-15 Game: 9-18

TP 3 5 9 9 0 1 8 0 0 2 10 0 0 4

A TO Blk Stl 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 2 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Min 17 13 37 21 24 2 16 2 0+ 17 27 5 12 7

8 17

200

34.5% 26.7% 50.0%

Deadball Rebounds 3

Western Carolina 68 • 1-1 ##

Player

10 13 23 32 44 03 11 21 22 33 35 42

* * * * *

38.7% 14.3% 66.7%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF 1-7 0-4 1-2 0 4 4 3 3-4 2-2 2-3 0 1 1 1 2-6 0-2 2-2 0 1 1 1 2-8 1-2 1-2 0 9 9 2 5-8 0-0 6-6 4 4 8 1 1-5 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 2 2-2 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 0 1-1 0-0 2-4 1 0 1 0 2-4 2-3 3-4 0 3 3 4 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 1 1-4 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 20-49 5-14 23-31 9 33 42 16

2nd half: 8-18 2nd half: 4-7 2nd half: 17-22

44.4% 57.1% 77.3%

Game: 20-49 Game: 5-14 Game: 23-31

40.8% 35.7% 74.2%

A TO Blk Stl 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0

68 13 17

Min 25 22 24 25 20 19 7 5 15 9 18 11 200

Deadball Rebounds 4

Officials: Mark Hardcastle, Bonnie Pettus, Lori Jones Technical fouls: LAFAYETTE-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 492 Score by periods LAFAYETTE Western Carolina

1st

2nd

Total

34 31

17 37

51 68

Player

MAYS, Amber HAMMOND, Rachel WARLEY, Avery McLEOD, Rachel FRAZEE, Moriah DALE, Danika BEECHER, Kylee CAMPBELL, Brittany MAINE, Kittery Team Totals

22 23 32 42 12 15 30 43

FG % 1st Half: 7-21 3FG % 1st Half: 2-6 FT % 1st Half: 3-6

33.3% 33.3% 50.0%

4-9 6-14 3-4 2-8 5-9 0-1 1-3 1-5 0-2

0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0

0-0 3-4 0-0 0-0 2-4 0-2 0-0 2-3 0-0

22-55

2-9

7-13

2nd half: 15-34 2nd half: 0-3 2nd half: 4-7

44.1% 0.0% 57.1%

0 4 4 2 0 3 3 2 2 3 5 5 1 1 2 3 4 3 7 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 9 23 32 20

Game: 22-55 Game: 2-9 Game: 7-13

A TO Blk Stl

8 15 6 4 13 0 2 5 0

2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 2 4 1 0 1 1 1

0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3

2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0

3 13

8 200

40.0% 22.2% 53.8%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

23 32 44 03 11 21 22 33 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 12-30 3FG % 1st Half: 2-13 FT % 1st Half: 4-7

Min

26 33 17 28 33 7 22 24 10

Deadball Rebounds 3

* * * * *

40.0% 15.4% 57.1%

2-5 6-8 2-11 3-10 2-4 5-8 0-0 0-0 0-2 3-6 3-4 1-1

2-4 3-4 2-8 0-3 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

2-4 3-4 0-0 3-6 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0

27-59

7-22

12-22

2nd half: 15-29 2nd half: 5-9 2nd half: 8-15

51.7% 55.6% 53.3%

1 1 2 2 2 4 6 0 2 1 3 1 4 4 8 2 4 1 5 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 3 3 2 0 2 2 2 1 5 6 16 27 43 15

Game: 27-59 Game: 7-22 Game: 12-22

45.8% 31.8% 54.5%

A TO Blk Stl

8 18 6 9 6 10 0 0 1 7 6 2

6 2 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0

Min

1 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 1

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0

26 27 17 30 20 20 4 2 8 16 22 8

73 20 14

5 200 Deadball Rebounds 3

Officials: Joe Cunningham, Mark Hardcastle, Timothy Bryant Technical fouls: LIBERTY-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 339 Score by periods LIBERTY Western Carolina

CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Western Carolina women’s basketball (1-1) scored 37 points in the second half and held Lafayette (0-2) to just 17, in the final 20 minutes, to defeat the Leopards, 68-51, in the first round of the Preseason WNIT Consolation Bracket Friday in the Ramsey Center. Eaton was a force under the basket for Western Carolina. She ended the contest with a season-high 16 points and also had eight boards and was a perfect 6-for-6 from the charity stripe. Sophomore Emily Clarke was the only other Lady Catamount to score in double figures with 10 points and was 2-for-2 from behind the arch. Lafayette did manage to trim the Western Carolina lead to four, 45-41, which was the closest the Leopards would get in the second half. A pair of free throws by Kristen Feemster and a three-pointer by Clarke pushed the Lady Catamount lead to 10 and WCU didn’t relinquish a double-digit lead the rest of the game. The Lady Catamount freshmen saw plenty of quality minutes in the game against Lafayette. Kalia’Shea Menendez showed her calm as the clock wound down to end the game as with a second left she buried a three-pointer from the left side as the buzzer sounded. Menendez ended the contest with a career-high nine points and was 2-for-3 from the three point line.

* * * * *

Western Carolina 73 • 2-1

TP 3 10 6 6 16 4 5 4 9 2 2 1

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

1st

2nd

Total

19 30

34 43

53 73

CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Emily Clarke tied her career-high with 18 points to help pace Western Carolina women’s basketball to a 73-53 win over Liberty in the Preseason WNIT Consolation Winner’s Bracket Finals Saturday in the Ramsey Center. The Lady Catamounts improve to 2-1 on the season and even their record to 3-3 in WNIT sponsored events. Liberty, who was receiving a vote in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll, falls to 1-2 on the season. Clarke opened the game with a three-pointer from the top of the key and that ensured Western Carolina would never trail in the game. However, WCU took some time to find its footing against the flame, and after the game was tied at 16 with 8:28 left in the first half, the Lady Catamounts went on a 14-3 run to lead 30-19 at the half. Western Carolina built as much as a 19 point lead to start the second half, with a 12-6 run, with was capped off by a jumper by Brooke Johnson with 16:10 to go. However, WCU left the door open for a possible Liberty comeback when the club went on a scoring drought, only a pair of field goals and one free throw in the span six minutes to the Flame claw within 10 with 10 minutes to go in the game. Clarke nailed down the Liberty threat when she drained a three-pointer, her second of three in game, to push the lead back to 13. Liberty would never get closer in the game and twice more Western Carolina tied its largest lead of 19 to ensure a victory. Western Carolina shot a season-high 45.8 percent from the field and also connected on seven three-pointers in the game. The club, however, was out-rebounded by Liberty with the Flames winning the board advantage with 32 to Western Carolina’s 32.

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2008-09 BOX SCORES 39 Game 5 November 29, 2008

Game 4 November 25, 2008

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game WESTERN CAROLINA Totals -- Final Statistics82 Western Carolinastate vs Montana State Montana 90 11-29-08 7:05 p.m. at Worthington Arena, Bozeman, MT

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game WESTERN CAROLINA Totals -- Final Statistics56 Western Carolina vs Tennessee Lady Vols #9/12 tennessee 81 11/25/08 7:00 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.

Western Carolina 82 • 2-3

Western Carolina 56 • 2-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

CLARKE, Emily EATON, Kendra JOHNSON, Brooke JACKSON, Jessica POWELL, Lauren SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond FERGUSON, Brittany MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT Team Totals

44 32 10 23 03 11 21 22 33 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 9-29 3FG % 1st Half: 4-13 FT % 1st Half: 4-5

f f c g g

31.0% 30.8% 80.0%

4-10 0-6 3-7 0-2 5-9 1-2 0-1 0-2 1-4 0-2 2-9 1-3

2-7 0-2 1-4 0-1 2-4 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-1 0-0

1-2 1-2 5-5 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 0-0 1-2 2-2

17-57

7-23

15-19

2nd half: 8-28 2nd half: 3-10 2nd half: 11-14

28.6% 30.0% 78.6%

0 4 4 3 2 0 2 3 2 3 5 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 5 5 0 1 2 3 3 2 2 4 2 4 0 4 13 21 34 25

Game: 17-57 Game: 7-23 Game: 15-19

A TO Blk Stl

11 1 12 0 14 3 0 0 6 0 5 4

3 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0

Player

31 17 26 21 19 23 3 3 11 14 22 10

JOHNSON, Brooke FEEMSTER, Kristen EATON, Kendra JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond FERGUSON, Brittany MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea POWELL, Lauren CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT Team Totals

4 1 1 4 0 5 0 0 2 3 3 2

0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

56 12 25

8 200

29.8% 30.4% 78.9%

Deadball Rebounds 2

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

JOHNSON, Glory FULLER, Alex BAUGH, Vicki MCMAHAN, Cait STRICKLEN, Shekinna BASS, Briana GRAY, Amber SMALLBONE, Sydney BREWER, Alyssia Team Totals

44 21 02 40 01 10 20 33

FG % 1st Half: 18-39 3FG % 1st Half: 3-6 FT % 1st Half: 10-11

46.2% 50.0% 90.9%

33 44 10 13 03 11 21 22 23 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 16-30 3FG % 1st Half: 0-3 FT % 1st Half: 10-12

53.3% 0.0% 83.3%

f f c g g

3-10 1-3 6-10 0-1 5-15 1-5 0-0 2-3 3-5 5-7 7-12 0-0

0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 1-3 0-0

0-0 1-2 3-3 1-2 3-4 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0

33-71

4-15

12-15

2nd half: 17-41 2nd half: 4-12 2nd half: 2-3

41.5% 33.3% 66.7%

1 7 8 3 2 1 3 2 3 1 4 1 0 1 1 5 3 9 12 2 1 5 6 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 5 16 30 46 22

Game: 33-71 Game: 4-15 Game: 12-15

A TO Blk Stl

6 3 15 1 13 2 0 6 6 13 17 0

3 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Min

2 1 1 6 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 2

2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0

82 12 20

8 200

46.5% 26.7% 80.0%

30 13 20 16 26 23 1 5 8 29 25 4

Deadball Rebounds 1

Montana State 90 • 3-2

Tennessee Lady Vols 83 • 4-1 ##

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

f f c g g

7-12 2-4 4-7 4-6 4-14 2-4 1-4 2-4 2-4

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-1 2-3 1-1 1-3 0-0

5-5 0-0 3-3 1-1 5-6 4-4 0-0 4-4 1-4

28-59

4-10

23-27

2nd half: 10-20 2nd half: 1-4 2nd half: 13-16

50.0% 25.0% 81.3%

1 4 5 3 1 1 2 1 5 10 15 3 0 2 2 4 2 5 7 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 3 3 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 3 12 29 41 21

Game: 28-59 Game: 4-10 Game: 23-27

47.5% 40.0% 85.2%

A TO Blk Stl

19 4 11 9 13 10 3 9 5

0 0 2 2 3 3 1 0 1

2 1 2 1 5 3 1 3 1

83 12 19

1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0

4 0 0 1 4 0 2 3 1

Min

Player

20 20 32 18 37 21 18 17 17

GARCIA, Nubia HOEFER, Mara PERRY, Erica PHIPPARD, Anne HERINGER, Jenny BUSSEY, Katie STRAND, Sarah SEIDENSTICKER, Lyndi THORNTON, Jamie Team Totals

7 15 200 Deadball Rebounds 2

33 01 03 12 10 20 21 42

FG % 1st Half: 14-42 33.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f c g g g

4-9 4-7 3-11 8-14 7-14 3-15 2-5 0-2 0-1

0-1 0-0 0-0 2-4 5-9 2-5 0-2 0-2 0-0

2-2 0-0 6-6 2-2 1-2 4-4 4-6 0-0 0-0

31-78

9-23

19-22

2nd half: 17-36 2nd half: 6-13 2nd half: 17-20

47.2% 46.2% 85.0%

Officials: Scott Yarbrough, Eddie Novak, Erica Bradley Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. Tennessee Lady Vols-None. Attendance: 11597

Officials: Jeneane Pence, Rick Thorne, Wallis Bryan Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. Montana State-None. Attendance:

Score by periods Western Carolina Tennessee Lady Vols

Score by periods Western Carolina Montana State

1st

2nd

Total

26 49

30 34

56 83

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Three Western Carolina players scored in double figures but it just wasn’t enough to stop No. 9/12 Tennessee as the Lady Catamounts dropped a 81-56 decision to the Lady Vols Tuesday in Thompson Boling Arena. Western Carolina falls to 2-2 on the season and Tennessee improves to 4-1. The Lady Catamounts enjoyed two brief leads in the first 10 minutes of the contest. The first was thanks to a three-pointer from the left side by freshman Kalai’Shea Menendez to give WCU a 17-16 advantage. Tennessee quickly re-took the lead, 18-17, but Western Carolina answered when Emily Clarke dropped in a bucket to make it 1918 with 9:23 left in the first half. Tennessee, however, quickly answered with a three pointer by Sydney Smallbone which began a 21-7 run by Tennessee and all but took the Lady Catamounts out of their game. In that nine plus minute span, Western Carolina hit just two field goals, a two-pointer by Clarke and a three-pointer by Brooke Johnson, and also a pair of free throws by Johnson. Senior Lauren Powell gave a bit of a spark to the Lady Catamounts scoring 12 points in the second half after sitting out the last 15 minutes of the first half with two quick fouls. Powell led the club with 14 points.

1st

2nd

Total

42 33

40 57

82 90

5 6 11 4 1 2 3 3 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 3 5 8 1 3 1 4 0 3 3 6 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 19 24 43 13

Game: 31-78 Game: 9-23 Game: 19-22

39.7% 39.1% 86.4%

A TO Blk Stl

10 8 12 20 20 12 8 0 0

2 1 3 5 3 1 3 0 0

2 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 0

90 18 11

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

1 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 0

Min

28 23 31 29 34 24 27 2 2

2 10 200 Deadball Rebounds 1

BOZEMAN, MONT. -- Sophomore guard Kendra Carroll poured in a career-high 17 points and was one of four Lady Catamounts in double figures but it wasn’t enough to stop a second-half push by Montana State, as the Bobcats defeated Western Carolina 90-82 Saturday in Worthington Arena. Carroll had already bested her career-high of 10 points with 11 points in the first half and ended the game 7-of-12 from the field and 1-of-3 from the three point line. She was closely followed by senior Kendra Eaton who had 15 points in the game, with 13 coming in the first half; however Eaton could only produce two points in the second half. The stat stuffing continued for the Lady Catamounts with sophomore Emily Clarke’s first double-double of her career with 13 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. She also continued her streak having scored in double figures in her last four games. Senior Lauren Powell had 13 points in the contest. For all the points and milestones, it doesn’t erase the fact that Western Carolina built a 14 point lead twice in the first three minutes of the second half, leading 42-33 after the first 20 minutes, and watched it erode when Montana State went on a 13-0 run to tie the game at 51 with 15:36 left to go in the game. The Bobcats scored 56 points in the second half.

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Middle Tennessee vs Western Carolina WESTERN CAROLINA 12/07/08 4:00 at Cullowhee, N.C. Middle tennessee (RV)

71 90

Middle Tennessee 59 • 5-3

Western Carolina 71 • 2-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

FERGUSON, Brittany EATON, Kendra JOHNSON, Brooke POWELL, Lauren CARROLL, Kendra SWAYNE, Heather JACKSON, Jessica HUNNICUTT, Diamond CLARKE, Emily MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea FEEMSTER, Kristen BELCHER, TT Team Totals

44 32 23 35 03 10 11 13 22 33 42

FG % 1st Half: 13-33 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 FT % 1st Half: 8-12

f f c g g

39.4% 28.6% 66.7%

3-6 1-2 2-6 4-9 3-7 4-13 1-5 1-1 2-6 1-4 5-11 0-1

0-0 0-0 0-1 2-5 1-3 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-0

0-1 1-2 0-1 2-3 1-2 3-4 4-7 0-2 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

27-71

4-17

13-25

2nd half: 14-38 2nd half: 2-10 2nd half: 5-13

36.8% 20.0% 38.5%

1 4 5 3 0 4 4 1 3 5 8 1 1 2 3 4 0 1 1 3 2 3 5 4 0 0 0 3 2 1 3 2 4 3 7 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 16 28 44 27

Game: 27-71 Game: 4-17 Game: 13-25

A TO Blk Stl

6 3 4 12 8 12 6 2 6 2 10 0

0 0 0 4 0 5 5 1 0 1 1 0

Player

28 15 20 24 17 21 21 10 17 11 12 4

Lymon, Chelsia Queen, Emily Pickel, Jackie Clark, Alysha Lanning, Anne Marie Stewart, Tina Brown, Brandi Garrett, Dana Davis, Shytoria Team Totals

1 1 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 1

0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

71 17 18

5 200

38.0% 23.5% 52.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

MONTGOMERY, Lindsey MONROE, Jessica SHEPARD, Kendall OKOLI, Chioma BAKER, Ana MOORE, Arescia THOMPSON, Lindsey DERICI, Ipek AUGHBURNS, Linda RAINEY, Kiana Team Totals

24 04 05 23 10 12 15 22 35

FG % 1st Half: 13-36 3FG % 1st Half: 3-9 FT % 1st Half: 10-13

f f g g g

36.1% 33.3% 76.9%

4-9 3-4 2-7 3-14 9-14 0-0 1-4 7-15 1-5 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-2 0-3 1-2 0-0 0-2 2-2 0-0 0-0

5-5 3-4 1-1 6-10 7-8 1-2 3-4 0-0 0-1 1-2

30-72

3-11

27-37

2nd half: 17-36 2nd half: 0-2 2nd half: 17-24

47.2% 0.0% 70.8%

1 4 5 3 9 4 13 3 0 0 0 3 2 6 8 1 0 10 10 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 3 2 5 7 4 1 1 2 0 2 3 5 19 36 55 21

Deadball Rebounds 5

Game: 30-72 Game: 3-11 Game: 27-37

41.7% 27.3% 73.0%

A TO Blk Stl

13 9 5 12 26 1 5 16 2 1

0 2 2 2 6 0 1 1 1 0

0 0 2 3 6 0 1 5 0 1

90 15 18

1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 2 1 4 0 0 2 1 1

1st

2nd

Total

36 39

35 51

71 90

10 22 30 20 21 32 40

FG % 1st Half: 9-27 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 FT % 1st Half: 2-4

JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily POWELL, Lauren JOHNSON, Brooke EATON, Kendra SWAYNE, Heather FERGUSON, Brittany FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra Team Totals

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball dropped its third consecutive game, and is still looking for its first road win of the season, after falling 90-71 to rival UNC Asheville Tuesday in the Justice Center. The Lady Catamounts fall to 2-4 on the season and the Bulldogs improve to 2-5. Free throws, free throws, free throws: it was one of the differences in the game. Western Carolina shot an anemic 13-of-25 from the charity stripe and only connected on 4-of-13 in the second half including missing four front ends of one-and-ones. For the second straight game, Western Carolina allowed a team to score 50 or more points on the club in the second half. Montana State posted 57 points in the final 20 minutes and UNC Asheville had 51 points in the second half. The Bulldogs 90 points against Western Carolina is the second straight team to put up 90 or more points on Western Carolina and the third overall in just six games. The Lady Catamounts had its largest lead of the game, up by six 23-17 with 10 minutes left in the first half. After the fifth tie of the game, at 31, Lindsey Montgomery hit the second of two free throws to give UNCA the lead and the Bulldogs never trailed again. Western Carolina trailed by three, 39-36, at the half and trimmed the Bulldog lead to one, 53-52, with 12 minutes left but UNCA had an answer for every Western Carolina bucket. The Lady Catamounts also shot just 38 percent from the field and was out rebounded by 11, 55-44. Three players did score in double figures in the losing effort with Lauren Powell and Heather Swayne leading the way with 12 points a piece. Powell also tied the school record for three-pointers in a career, with two treys in the game, and now has 180. She needs just one three-pointer to break the record.

1-7 5-9 2-7 4-7 7-12 1-1 2-9 1-3 0-1

0-3 1-3 1-3 0-1 1-4 1-1 2-4 0-0 0-0

0-0 4-5 0-0 1-3 1-1 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-0

23-56

6-19

7-13

2nd half: 14-29 2nd half: 4-11 2nd half: 5-9

48.3% 36.4% 55.6%

1 0 1 5 4 9 13 5 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 5 1 5 6 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 3 6 11 23 34 29

Game: 23-56 Game: 6-19 Game: 7-13

A TO Blk Stl

2 15 5 9 16 4 6 2 0

2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0

1 9 4 3 2 0 2 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0

7 22

7 200

41.1% 31.6% 53.8%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

Deadball Rebounds 4

33.3% 25.0% 50.0%

21 28 19 35 34 4 11 23 20 5

3 11 200

* * * * *

Min

34 31 34 24 37 6 24 8 2

Deadball Rebounds 0

Western Carolina 68 • 3-4

Min

Officials: Dan Outlaw, Dawn Marsh, Brian Miller Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. UNC Asheville-None. Attendance: 498 Score by periods Western Carolina UNC Asheville

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

UNC Asheville 90 • 2-5 ##

68 59

44 03 21 33 35

FG % 1st Half: 14-26 3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 FT % 1st Half: 6-9

* * * * *

53.8% 22.2% 66.7%

0-3 8-13 3-10 3-5 4-7 1-4 0-0 0-2 4-7

0-2 2-3 1-6 0-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1

1-3 7-10 1-2 4-4 1-3 2-2 0-0 0-1 3-6

23-51

3-15

19-31

2nd half: 9-25 2nd half: 1-6 2nd half: 13-22

36.0% 16.7% 59.1%

0 3 3 3 2 6 8 3 1 1 2 4 2 4 6 0 5 3 8 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 10 4 0 0 0 1 2 5 7 16 29 45 20

Game: 23-51 Game: 3-15 Game: 19-31

45.1% 20.0% 61.3%

A TO Blk Stl

Min

1 25 8 10 9 4 0 0 11

4 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 0

34 30 27 32 22 14 0+ 20 21

6 2 2 1 3 3 0 1 1

0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0

1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0

68 12 19

5 200 Deadball Rebounds 0

Officials: Douglas Cloud, Billy Smith, Bonnie Pettus Technical fouls: Middle Tennessee-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 452 Score by periods Middle Tennessee Western Carolina

1st

2nd

Total

22 36

37 32

59 68

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Sophomore guard/forward Emily Clarke poured in a career-high 25 points and Western Carolina women’s basketball halted a three-game losing skid with a 68-59 victory over Middle Tennessee Sunday in the Ramsey Center. The Lady Catamounts improve to 3-4 on the season while the Blue Raiders fall to 5-3. Clarke was on fire for the Lady Catamounts as she was 8-of-13 from the field, 2-of3 from behind the three-point arch and was also 7-of-10 from the charity stripe. The Snellville, Ga. native also had eight rebounds and one steal. It is the second time this season Western Carolina has posted a win over an opponent receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll. Middle Tennessee was receiving six votes in the Coaches poll that was released on December 1. The win also evens the two schools overall record against each other to 2-2. Middle Tennessee jumped out to an early 10-5 lead to start the game and Western Carolina clawed to within one point, 10-9, thanks to a jumper by Heather Swayne. Clarke gave the Lady Catamounts the lead for the rest of the game when she drained a three-pointer with 12:37 left in the first half to give WCU a 12-10 advantage. Western Carolina held onto a five point lead, 23-18, with five minutes remaining in the half and went on a 13-4 run to build a 14-point lead at the half. Clarke scored 19 points in the first half to break her career-record for points in a game after the first 20 minutes. The Lady Catamounts clung to their lead over the Blue Raiders tenuously, in the second half, and Middle Tennessee made its run cutting Western Carolina’s lead to, 5046 when Anne Marie Lanning hit a three-pointer with 7:09 left in the game. Western Carolina answered with a free throw by Lauren Powell and a lay-up by Brooke Johnson. It was the start of a 10-0 run that ballooned Western Carolina’s lead back to 14, 60-46, with 3:38 left. Middle Tennessee cut it to single digits three times but could never go below an eight point deficit.

2007-08 REVIEW SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2005 / 2009

2008-09 BOX SCORES 41 Game December 2008 Official8Basketball Box14, Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics

Game December 2008 Official9Basketball Box16, Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics

Western Carolina vs Davidson WESTERN CAROLINA 66 12/14/08 2:00 p.m. at Davidson, N.C. - John M. Belk Arena davidson 84

Western Carolina vs Wofford WESTERN CAROLINA 12/16/08 6:00 p.m. at Spartanburg, S.C. wofford

Western Carolina 66 • 3-5, 0-1 SoCon

Player

JOHNSON, Brooke EATON, Kendra JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily POWELL, Lauren SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond FERGUSON, Brittany MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT Team Totals

44 10 13 23 03 11 21 22 33 35 42

Western Carolina 91 • 4-5, 1-1 SoCon

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f g g g

FG % 1st Half: 12-35 34.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0%

8-14 3-6 1-5 3-9 0-9 0-6 1-1 0-1 1-3 2-3 3-6 0-0

3-6 0-1 1-5 0-1 0-4 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

7-9 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-2 1-2 2-2 1-2 2-2 0-0

22-63

5-20

17-21

2nd half: 10-28 2nd half: 3-12 2nd half: 13-17

35.7% 25.0% 76.5%

2 3 5 4 2 2 4 3 0 4 4 4 3 3 6 4 4 1 5 1 0 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 15 23 38 25

Game: 22-63 Game: 5-20 Game: 17-21

Player

30 17 31 30 28 12 3 7 8 11 17 6

CLARKE, Emily EATON, Kendra JOHNSON, Brooke SWAYNE, Heather JACKSON, Jessica HUNNICUTT, Diamond FERGUSON, Brittany MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea POWELL, Lauren FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT Team Totals

A TO Blk Stl

26 7 3 6 1 0 4 1 5 5 8 0

2 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 5 3 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 0

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

9 21

5 200

34.9% 25.0% 81.0%

HALBERSLEBEN, Mandy f 1-1 ROBINSON, Mercedes f 6-15 PAQUETTE, Julia f 3-4 THOMPSON, Alex g 5-11 LAX, Ashley g 7-15 LAUNE, Monica 0-2 OTTAWAY, Amanda 0-0 JOHNSEN, Kristen 0-0 HARTMAN, Logan 1-1 Team Totals 23-49

24 02 33 42 44

FG % 1st Half: 11-26 3FG % 1st Half: 4-10 FT % 1st Half: 14-18

42.3% 40.0% 77.8%

0-0 1-2 0-0 4-7 2-6 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

4-6 6-8 2-2 6-6 4-4 4-4 4-6 1-2 0-0

7-17

31-38

2nd half: 12-23 2nd half: 3-7 2nd half: 17-20

52.2% 42.9% 85.0%

1 3 4 3 2 9 11 3 2 4 6 4 0 3 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 8 28 36 21

Game: 23-49 Game: 7-17 Game: 31-38

A TO Blk Stl

03 10 11 21 22 23 33 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 17-31 3FG % 1st Half: 5-7 FT % 1st Half: 9-11

54.8% 71.4% 81.8%

1-6 3-4 8-12 3-11 3-5 1-2 3-3 1-5 3-5 6-9 2-6 0-1

0-2 0-0 2-2 3-4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 2-4 1-3 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 3-4 5-6 1-1 0-0 2-4

34-69

6-12

17-26

2nd half: 17-38 2nd half: 1-5 2nd half: 8-15

44.7% 20.0% 53.3%

0 5 5 0 0 2 2 3 4 5 9 0 1 4 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 6 5 11 3 0 1 1 2 2 6 8 1 2 1 3 18 36 54 15

Game: 34-69 Game: 6-12 Game: 17-26

A TO Blk Stl

2 8 19 9 8 2 7 5 12 13 4 2

3 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0

Min

4 3 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 0

0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

91 12 19

6 200

49.3% 50.0% 65.4%

27 11 20 20 25 14 6 14 18 11 19 15

Deadball Rebounds 6

6 19 8 20 20 4 4 1 2

2 1 0 6 2 6 0 0 0

4 3 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 84 17 16

1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 5 3 3 1 3 0 0 0

Player

25 37 30 38 38 20 8 2 2

WILLIAMS, Mahagony VARNO, Kathlyn NICHOLS, Summer GRAMBLIN, Natalie DWYER, Kelly BRADLEY, Kristin HELMS, Maddie KROKER, Ashley DEPKO, Laura MOORHOUSE, April DEMPSEY, Kate Team Totals

1st

2nd

Total

Deadball Rebounds 2

30 40

36 44

66 84

Last FG - WCU 2nd-00:11, DAV 2nd-00:00. Largest lead - WCU by 14 1st-15:08, DAV by 20 2nd-01:51.

Points WCU DAV

In Paint 26 24

Off T/O 17 31

42 20 21 22 12 14 23 24 32

3 15 200

46.9% 41.2% 81.6%

2nd Fast Chance Break 10 2 9 9

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

Officials: Dan Outlaw, John Almarode, Karen Gruca Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. Davidson-None. Attendance: 562 Score by periods Western Carolina Davidson

f f c g g

Wofford 66 • 1-8, 0-3 SoCon

Player

Deadball Rebounds 2

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

Davidson 84 • 4-6, 3-0 SoCon

91 66

Bench 23 11

Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 1 time.

DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Senior center Brooke Johnson scored a career-high 26 points but it wasn’t enough to push Western Carolina past Davidson as the Lady Catamounts dropped their Southern Conference opener 84-66 Sunday in the John M. Belk Arena. Western Carolina falls to 3-5 and 0-1 in the Southern Conference while Davidson improves to 4-6 and 3-0 in the SoCon. Johnson, from Seymour, Tennessee, finally had her breakout game, this year, after playing only 11 games in 2007-08 due to a season-ending injury. She had been flirting with a “big game” with three double figure performances, 13, 12 and 10 points, this season and almost scored that combined in the contest against the Wildcats. Johnson’s 26 points was 33 percent of the Lady Catamounts offense and she also connected on 36 percent of the team’s field goals, as she had eight of the club’s total 22 field goals in the game. She also keeps her streak alive with a block against the Wildcats - she has had at least one block in the first eight games of the season. Western Carolina came out on fire in the first two plus minutes of the game going on an 11-0 run. The Lady Catamounts held Davidson without a field goal for the six minutes of the game until Ashley Lax connected on a field goal with 13:10 left in the first half. Davidson scored its first four points of the game on free throws and that note would be what kept Davidson in the game, and what would eventually be the key stat for the Wildcats.

FG % 1st Half: 15-42 3FG % 1st Half: 4-9 FT % 1st Half: 1-2

f f g g g

35.7% 44.4% 50.0%

1-4 4-6 2-10 2-9 2-9 1-4 3-10 1-1 2-2 3-7 4-9

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-4 1-4 3-6 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-1 0-0 4-5 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 3-4 1-2

25-71

7-17

9-14

2nd half: 10-29 2nd half: 3-8 2nd half: 8-12

34.5% 37.5% 66.7%

1 1 2 3 4 2 6 3 4 3 7 1 0 3 3 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 5 15 20 35 21

Game: 25-71 Game: 7-17 Game: 9-14

A TO Blk Stl

2 8 4 8 5 3 10 3 5 9 9

0 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 1 0

0 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 5 1

66 10 17

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1

Min

11 20 19 25 25 11 23 13 18 21 14

3 10 200

35.2% 41.2% 64.3%

Deadball Rebounds 0

Officials: Kim Crabtree, Karen Preato, Scott Whitt Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. Wofford-DEPKO, Laura. Attendance: 167 Score by periods Western Carolina Wofford

1st

2nd

Total

48 35

43 31

91 66

Last FG - WCU 2nd-00:59, WOF 2nd-02:37. Largest lead - WCU by 27 2nd-05:10, WOF by 2 1st-19:29.

Points WCU WOF

In Paint 40 22

Off T/O 19 10

2nd Fast Chance Break 14 0 15 0

Bench 45 39

Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 1 time.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Junior forward Kristen Feemster recorded her first career double-double and Western Carolina women’s basketball picked up its first road win of the season, with a 91-66 Southern Conference victory over Wofford, Tuesday in the Benjamin Johnson Center. The Lady Catamounts improve to 4-5 and even their SoCon record to 1-1 while Wofford falls to 1-8 and 0-3 in the conference. Feemster had a big game, coming off the bench to score a career-high 13 points and tie her career-high with 11 rebounds. She scored nine of her points in the first half. Senior center Brooke Johnson led all scorers with 19 points and just missed a doubledouble of her own with nine rebounds. Fellow senior Lauren Powell was the third Lady Catamount to score in double figures with 12 points. In the game, all 12 Western Carolina players saw action and everyone got in the scoring column. Western Carolina opened the game slow trailing early, 2-0, and tied the game at four before going on a 22-4 run, in a seven minute span, that was capped off by a threepointer by Johnson - who was 2-of-2 from the three-point line and has hit two or more treys in her last two games. Western Carolina nearly doubled Wofford in the rebounding column, crashing the boards for a season-high 54 rebounds and only giving up 35 to the Terriers. The Lady Catamounts scored 40 of their points in the paint and got 45 points from the bench.

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2005 / 2009

2008-09 BOX SCORES Game December 19, 2008 Official10 Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics College of Charleston vs Western Carolina WESTERN CAROLINA 12/19/08 7:00 pm at Ramsey Center Cullowhee, N.C. college of charleston

Game December 21, 2008 Official11 Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics

80 68

Georgia Southern vs Western Carolina WESTERN CAROLINA 12/21/08 4 PM at Cullowhee, N.C. (Ramsey Center) georgia southern

College of Charleston 68 • 6-3 (1-2)

Player

KOTCELLA, Brooke WILLIAMS, Nikki MOYE, Sarah GERTY, Tonia McLAURIN, NeShonda WILLIAMS, Ericka HUGHES, Jade HATCHER, Ariel MUDD, Indya JONES, Deidra Team Totals

10 20 33 42 03 04 12 30 41

Georgia Southern 62 • 7-4, 3-1 SoCon

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

* * * * *

6-13 3-10 2-6 8-20 1-1 3-5 2-5 1-1 0-1 1-3

2-6 2-6 0-0 2-6 0-0 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

27-65

FG % 1st Half: 16-34 47.1% 3FG % 1st Half: 6-15 40.0% FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0%

0-0 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

8-21

6-6

2nd half: 11-31 35.5% 2nd half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd half: 2-2 100.0%

3 3 6 2 1 4 5 4 3 3 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 4 0 3 3 14 17 31 19

A TO Blk Stl

14 12 4 18 2 8 6 2 0 2

4 1 1 2 0 2 4 0 0 0

2 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 68 14 10

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Game: 27-65 41.5% Game: 8-21 38.1% Game: 6-6 100.0%

2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3

Min

Player

34 29 36 34 7 13 26 1 3 17

NAVARRO, Jamie OGBURN, J'Lisia RIVENS, Ashley MELSON, Ashley GEIGER, Jessica NELSON, Brittney TATE, Krista IVY, Candice Team Totals

9 200 Deadball Rebounds 0

Western Carolina 80 • 5-5 (2-1) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

SWAYNE, Heather JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily JOHNSON, Brooke EATON, Kendra HUNNICUTT, Diamond FERGUSON, Brittany MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea POWELL, Lauren FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT Team Totals

10 13 32 44 11 21 22 23 33 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 11-28 3FG % 1st Half: 4-8 FT % 1st Half: 3-5

39.3% 50.0% 60.0%

* * * * *

1-6 2-5 7-13 4-5 2-4 1-3 0-0 2-4 3-4 2-3 2-8 0-1

0-2 2-4 2-5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 3-3 0-0 0-2 0-0

0-0 6-7 5-6 4-5 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

26-56

8-18

20-24

2nd half: 15-28 2nd half: 4-10 2nd half: 17-19

53.6% 40.0% 89.5%

1 3 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 6 4 3 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 4 4 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 5 16 24 40

Game: 26-56 Game: 8-18 Game: 20-24

0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6

46.4% 44.4% 83.3%

A TO Blk Stl

2 12 21 13 6 3 0 4 11 4 4 0

0 1 2 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

0 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 80 10 15

1st

2nd

Total

42 29

26 51

68 80

15 24 33 34 10 11 12

Player

3 200 Deadball Rebounds 1

CULLOWHEE N.C. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball rallied back from a 13-point halftime deficit to defeat College of Charleston 80-68 Friday in the Ramsey Center. The Lady Catamounts reach the .500 mark for the first time this season evening their record to 5-5. The Cougars of College of Charleston had Western Carolina on its heels in the first 20 minutes of the game quickly building a 10-point lead, 13-10, in the first five minutes of the contest and held a double digit lead for most of the first half. The Cougars also burnt the Lady Catamounts for six three-pointers and shot 47.1 percent from the field. Trailing 42-29 at the half, Western Carolina came out in the second half and went on a 7-0 run to cut the College of Charleston lead to six, 42-36, in a two minute span. The Lady Catamounts kept chipping away and took the lead for the first time in the game, 51-50, when senior Lauren Powell drained a three-pointer from the left corner with 13:44 left in the game. Western Carolina and College of Charleston traded baskets for the next seven minutes but the Lady Catamounts never relinquished the lead. The Cougars did tie the game at 63 with 6:02 remaining but senior Brooke Johnson answered with a lay-up, which would spur a 10-0 run by WCU and give the club its first double digit lead of the game. Western Carolina had four players score in double figures and was led by junior Emily Clarke who led all scorers with 21 points. She had just seven points in the first half and rallied to score 14 of her points in the second half. She was also 5-of-6 from the free throw line and 2-of-5 from the three-point line. Johnson made the most of her shooting attempts as she was 4-of-5 from the field, 1-of-1 from the three-point line and 4-of-5 from the charity stripe for 13 points. Jackson scored a career-high 12 points draining a pair of three-pointers and was 6-of-7 from the free throw line. For the second straight game, senior Powell came off the bench to score in double figures with 11 points.

2-5 3-6 2-7 6-17 5-12 4-6 1-4 0-0

2-4 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-1 4-5 0-1 0-0

2-2 2-2 2-2 2-4 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0

23-57

6-13

10-14

2nd half: 13-28 2nd half: 3-5 2nd half: 8-12

46.4% 60.0% 66.7%

2 3 5 3 3 4 7 3 1 3 4 3 4 1 5 4 3 5 8 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 17 22 39 15

Game: 23-57 Game: 6-13 Game: 10-14

A TO Blk Stl

8 8 6 14 11 13 2 0

2 1 1 0 3 3 4 0

1 4 2 2 0 3 2 0

62 14 14

0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 1 2 3 2 0 2 0

Min

36 24 31 31 32 21 23 2

3 10 200

40.4% 46.2% 71.4%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

15 23 27 26 22 10 6 13 24 13 17 4

0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

* * * * *

Deadball Rebounds 2

Western Carolina 50 • 5-6, 2-2 SoCon

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

FG % 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0%

Min

Officials: Wesley Dean, Bonnie Pettus, Brian Miller Technical fouls: College of Charleston-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 126 Score by periods College of Charleston Western Carolina

50 62

32 44 11 21 22 23 33 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 6-27 3FG % 1st Half: 1-8 FT % 1st Half: 7-8

22.2% 12.5% 87.5%

* * * * *

0-3 3-6 2-4 1-9 1-5 1-1 0-0 1-3 2-10 2-4 2-3 1-2

0-2 3-4 1-3 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 4-6 1-2 3-4 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0

16-50

6-19

12-16

2nd half: 10-23 2nd half: 5-11 2nd half: 5-8

43.5% 45.5% 62.5%

1 2 3 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 4 4 1 5 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 4 1 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 15 18 33 18

Game: 16-50 Game: 6-19 Game: 12-16

32.0% 31.6% 75.0%

0 9 9 3 5 4 0 2 6 4 6 2 50

A TO Blk Stl

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0

1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 3 6 17

Min

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0

12 25 24 28 16 12 7 11 26 16 18 5

5 200 Deadball Rebounds 2

Officials: Bruce Adams, Brad McMillion, Donny Moore Technical fouls: Georgia Southern-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 346 Score by periods Georgia Southern Western Carolina

1st

2nd

Total

25 20

37 30

62 50

CULLOWHEE N.C. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball had its two-game winning streak snapped falling to Georgia Southern 62-50 Sunday in the Ramsey Center. The Lady Catamounts fall to 6-5 and 2-2 in the Southern Conference while the Eagles improve to 7-4 and 3-1 in the SoCon. Anemic shooting from the field doomed Western Carolina. The club didn’t hit a field goal the first seven minutes of the first half, the drought being quenched by sophomore guard Kendra Carroll how drained a jumper at 12:59 left on the clock. Western Carolina’s first four points of the game came at the free throw line. Western Carolina took its only lead of the game, 18-17, with 4:57 left in the first half off a jumper by Emily Clarke. Georgia Southern quickly answered with a three-pointer by Brittney Nelson going on an 8-2 run to close out the half to take a 25-20 lead into halftime. The Lady Catamounts were never able to find their rhythm on the court and Georgia Southern capitalized in the first three minutes of the second half going on a 7-0 run to build a 12 point lead, 32-20. Western Carolina would trim the lead back down to five, 32-27, off a layup by Kristen Feemster but it would be the closest the club would get again in the game. Western Carolina struggled on the court, shooting just 32 percent from the field and watched as its top scorers, Clarke and Brooke Johnson, were held to single digits. Clarke came close to double figures with nine points but Johnson was held to just one field goal, three points total, and was 0-of-4 from behind the three-point line. Jessica Jackson also had nine points and was 3-of-4 from the three-point line.

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2008-09 BOX SCORES 43 Game January 3, 2009 Official13 Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics

Game December 30, 2008 Official12 Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics UNC WilmingtonCAROLINA vs Western Carolina WESTERN 12/30/08 7 PM at Cullowhee, N.C. (Ramsey Center) unc wilmington

Western Carolina vs Appalachian WESTERN CAROLINA State 1/3/09 2 p.m. at Boone, N.C. appalachian state

73 63

Western Carolina 92 • 7-6, 3-2 SoCon

UNC Wilmington 63 • 6-4 ##

Player

Luksyte, Greta Simmons, Whitney Walker, Candace Taylor, Sahsha Blackwell, Brittany Finlay, Julia Hanzer, Kristen Johnson, Treasure McLean, Sheronda Reitz, Kelsy White, Martha Team Totals

10 24 34 45 03 21 31 32 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 12-23 3FG % 1st Half: 2-5 FT % 1st Half: 9-15

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

* * * * *

52.2% 40.0% 60.0%

4-9 1-4 1-5 4-12 8-14 1-2 0-1 1-3 2-4 0-0 1-4

0-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

1-5 2-4 3-5 2-2 7-12 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

23-58

2-7

15-30

2nd half: 11-35 2nd half: 0-2 2nd half: 6-15

31.4% 0.0% 40.0%

2 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 4 5 9 0 3 4 7 4 4 4 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 4 2 6 20 20 40 18

Game: 23-58 Game: 2-7 Game: 15-30

A TO Blk Stl

9 5 5 10 23 3 0 2 4 0 2

0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0

3 3 2 1 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 9 18

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0

Min

26 23 32 27 33 5 6 18 17 1 12

JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily POWELL, Lauren JOHNSON, Brooke EATON, Kendra SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond FERGUSON, Brittany MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra Team Totals

13 23 32 44 03 11 21 22 33 35

FG % 1st Half: 17-31 3FG % 1st Half: 5-12 FT % 1st Half: 1-2

54.8% 41.7% 50.0%

* * * * *

0-3 6-7 3-11 4-10 2-2 4-7 1-1 0-0 2-4 2-5 3-6

0-3 4-5 1-6 1-2 0-0 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2

0-0 3-4 2-2 3-4 0-2 0-1 2-2 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0

27-56

8-22

11-17

2nd half: 10-25 2nd half: 3-10 2nd half: 10-15

40.0% 30.0% 66.7%

0 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 0 1 1 1 6 7 13 1 0 7 7 4 1 0 1 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 13 26 39 19

Game: 27-56 Game: 8-22 Game: 11-17

48.2% 36.4% 64.7%

10 13 23 03 11 21 22 33 35 42

39.7% 28.6% 50.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

1 14 200 Deadball Rebounds 4

Western Carolina 73 • 6-6 ##

92 55

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player EATON, Kendra JOHNSON, Brooke JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily POWELL, Lauren SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond FERGUSON, Brittany MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT Team Totals

f c g g g

2-8 5-7 0-2 2-6 5-8 3-6 2-4 0-4 5-6 2-3 2-7 4-6

0-0 3-4 0-1 1-3 2-4 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0

32-67

8-17

0-1 2-3 1-2 1-2 2-2 0-0 8-14 0-2 6-6 0-0 0-0 0-0

4 1 5 0 3 5 8 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 8 1 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 20-32 22 21 43 12

FG % 1st Half: 17-34 50.0% 2nd half: 15-33 45.5% 3FG % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5% FT % 1st Half: 5-14 35.7% 2nd half: 15-18 83.3%

A TO Blk Stl

0 19 9 12 4 10 4 0 5 4 6

6 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1

Min

5 3 3 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 2

0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1

27 27 24 25 16 24 15 1 8 20 13

73 15 22

9 200 Deadball Rebounds 2

## 10 34 42 12 14 15 20 21 24 25

EDWARDS, Canesha MIXON, Brittany HACKETT, Haley SPENCER, Brittney RAMIREZ, Sam HERNANDEZ, Frances MEANS, Sade MILL, Karina MEANS, Charmene WILLIAMS, Catherine Team Totals

f f f g g

1-4 4-7 2-4 3-6 5-8 1-2 1-9 1-2 3-10 0-2

0-0 1-1 0-0 1-3 3-5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

1-2 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-2 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-2

21-54

5-11

8-13

FG % 1st Half: 10-24 41.7% 2nd half: 11-30 36.7% 3FG % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd half: 4-7 57.1% FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd half: 4-7 57.1%

63 73

0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 3

12 13 16 16 16 13 22 15 23 16 21 17

3 12 200 Deadball Rebounds 6

CULLOWHEE N.C. -- Sophomore Emily Clarke scored 19 points and Brooke Johnson recorded her first double-double of the season to push Western Carolina women’s basketball to the .500 mark, 6-6, and close out 2008 with a victory, defeating UNC Wilmington (6-4) 73-63 Tuesday in the Ramsey Center. Clarke was on fire in the first half completing the first 20 minutes of the game with 13 points and was a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and also 3-for-3 from behind the three point line. She carried over her perfection to start the second half, hitting a threepointer to start the second 20 minutes, going 6-for-6 before missing a three-pointer from the left side. Clarke ended the game 6-of-7 from the field, 4-of-5 from the threepoint mark and 3-of-4 from the free throw line. Johnson, as stated above, notched her first double-double of the season with 12 points and a season-high 13 rebounds; it is the fifth double-double of her career. She also had three blocks, just one shy of her season-high. She now has 20 blocks on the season and needs just 11 blocks to move into second place in the Lady Catamount record books for blocks in a career. UNC Wilmington won the rebounding battle pulling down 40 boards to Western Carolina’s 39. The Lady Catamounts made it count in the field shooting 48.2 percent and was also 11-17 from the free throw line. UNC Wilmington struggled at the free throw line, as the club who normally shoots 75 percent from the charity stripe shot just 50 percent; 15-of-30. After failing to post a double digit scorer in its last game, Western Carolina had three against UNC Wilmington. Clarke of course paced the club with 19 points and was followed by Johnson with 12. Heather Swayne rounded out the double figure scoring coming off the bench to score in double figures for the third time this season with 10 points against the Seahawks.

1st 2nd

Total

44 48 25 30

92 55

Last FG - WCU 2nd-00:07, ASU 2nd-05:24. Largest lead - WCU by 37 2nd-00:07, ASU by 2 1st-19:21.

5 4 9 4 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 6 4 1 1 2 3 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 2 1 3 4 15 19 34 25

A TO Blk Stl Min

3 10 4 7 14 4 3 2 6 2

1 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 0

6 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 6 2 2 55 12 30

3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0

8 200

Game: 21-54 38.9% Game: 5-11 45.5% Game: 8-13 61.5%

Score by periods Western Carolina Appalachian State

Total

28 33

2 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 2 3 1 2 92 21 18

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

Score by periods UNC Wilmington Western Carolina

2nd

2 1 5 0 2 3 1 1 3 0 3 0

Appalachian State 55 • 1-11, 0-4 SoCon TP

Officials: Dan Outlaw, Bill Keaton, Kim Crabtree Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. Appalachian State-None. Attendance: 252

35 40

A TO Blk Stl Min

4 15 1 6 14 7 12 0 17 4 4 8

Game: 32-67 47.8% Game: 8-17 47.1% Game: 20-32 62.5%

Officials: Maj Forsberg, Marissa Whaley, Scott Whitt Technical fouls: UNC Wilmington-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 259 1st

Points WCU ASU

22 20 19 23 26 9 21 18 27 15

Deadball Rebounds 2

In Paint 40 24

Off T/O 30 14

2nd Fast Chance Break 19 8 9 8

Bench 52 17

Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 1 time.

BOONE, N.C. -- Western Carolina freshman Kaila’Shea Menendez led all scorers with a career-high 17 points to pace Western Carolina women’s basketball to a 92-55 win at Appalachian State Saturday in the Holmes Center. The Lady Catamounts improve to 7-6 and 3-2 in Southern Conference play while the Mountaineers fall to 1-11 and 0-4 in SoCon. Western Carolina moves above .500 for the second time this season with its second Southern Conference road win of the year. It is also the third time this season the Lady Catamounts have won two consecutive games. Appalachian State scored the first bucket of the game for an early 2-0 lead - the Mountaineers only lead of the game. Seniors Lauren Powell and Brooke Johnson quickly answered as Powell hit a jumper and Johnson connected on a three-pointer for the first five points of the game. Western Carolina would never trail in the game again. The only Lady Catamount miscue in the first half was shooting just 5-of-14 from the free throw line. The club did bounce back at the charity strip in the second half, missing just three free throws 15-of-18, to end the game 20-of-32. Western Carolina shot a scorching 50 percent from the field in the first half, which afforded the Lady Catamount youngsters to see quality playing time. The starting lineup for WCU played at most 16 minutes in the game allowing Western Carolina’s youth to show their talents on the court. The 19 point lead at the half, 44-25, was the largest of the season for the Lady Catamounts this season. Western Carolina’s 92 points against Appalachian State was the most by the team this season as well. The 37-point margin of victory is also the largest of the year. Western Carolina ended the game shooting 47.8 percent from the field and scored 30 of its points off Mountaineer turnovers. The Lady Catamounts also got 54 of its 92 points from their bench.

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Game January 5,Score 2009-- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official14 Basketball Box Western Carolina vs Furman WESTERN CAROLINA 01/05/09 7:00 pm at Greenville, S.C. (Timmons Arena) furman

Samford vs Western Carolina WESTERN CAROLINA 01/10/09 4:00 PM at Cullohwee, N.C. (Ramsey Center) samford

83 74

Samford 69 • 11-3, 6-1 SoCon

Western Carolina 83 • 8-6, 4-2 SoCon Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

CLARKE, Emily EATON, Kendra JOHNSON, Brooke JACKSON, Jessica POWELL, Lauren SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra Team Totals

44 32 10 23 03 11 22 33 35

FG % 1st Half: 12-32 3FG % 1st Half: 2-6 FT % 1st Half: 5-6

37.5% 33.3% 83.3%

f f c g g

1-7 0-0 2-3 4-5 4-11 3-5 1-2 7-9 7-12 0-2

0-2 0-0 1-1 1-2 2-4 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1

3-4 1-2 0-0 0-0 7-8 0-0 0-0 5-5 0-0 4-4

29-56

5-12

20-23

2nd half: 17-24 2nd half: 3-6 2nd half: 15-17

70.8% 50.0% 88.2%

1 3 4 0 1 0 1 3 3 8 11 2 0 3 3 3 3 2 5 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 3 3 3 6 2 0 2 2 0 1 3 4 14 29 43 16

Game: 29-56 Game: 5-12 Game: 20-23

A TO Blk Stl

5 1 5 9 17 6 2 20 14 4

1 1 7 2 2 2 0 1 0 2

Player

25 7 32 28 31 15 10 18 20 14

OKOLI, Chika WILDEROTTER, Megan MAXWELL, Monica LONDON, Emily HILL, Savannah POWERS, Jazmine ANDERSON, Paige CROW, Alex NUXOL, Sara SMITH, Karmen BABINEAUX, J'Quita ELKINS, Jennifer Team Totals

2 1 4 2 0 3 1 3 2 0

0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0

83 18 18

3 200 Deadball Rebounds 2

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

BAKER, Sarah JOHNSON, Katie STEPHENS, Lee LIEBSCHWAGER, M HOLTFRETER, Kali O'CONNOR, Kelly BERRY, Kendra TROUTMAN, Susan BOOKER, Shana Team Totals

44 11 12 21 01 23 24 32

FG % 1st Half: 13-27 3FG % 1st Half: 5-12 FT % 1st Half: 4-7

48.1% 41.7% 57.1%

f 2-7 f 3-8 g 11-19 g 2-11 g 5-9 3-5 0-0 0-0 1-4

1-2 0-0 3-5 0-2 2-6 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 1-3 9-12 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

27-63

9-19

11-17

2nd half: 14-36 2nd half: 4-7 2nd half: 7-10

38.9% 57.1% 70.0%

4 5 9 4 0 0 0 3 2 1 3 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 4 1 5 11 14 25 17

Game: 27-63 Game: 9-19 Game: 11-17

A TO Blk Stl

5 7 34 4 12 10 0 0 2

0 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0

74 11

2 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9

Min

1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2

33 25 38 35 34 13 4 2 16

9 200

1st

2nd

Total

31 35

52 39

83 74

Last FG - WCU 2nd-02:17, FUR 2nd-00:17. Largest lead - WCU by 11 2nd-02:17, FUR by 7 2nd-18:46.

Points WCU FUR

13 14 45 11 21 22 25 32

42.9% 47.4% 64.7%

Deadball Rebounds 2

In Paint 28 24

Off T/O 9 16

2nd Chance 19 8

FG % 1st Half: 11-25 3FG % 1st Half: 4-13 FT % 1st Half: 1-2

Fast Break 13 15

Bench 46 12

Score tied - 7 times. Lead changed - 8 times.

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball shot 70.8 percent from the field in the second half, and freshman guard Kaila’Shea Menendez scored a career-high 20 points, as the Lady Catamounts defeated Furman 83-74 Monday in Timmons Arena. The Lady Catamounts improve to 8-6 overall and 4-2 in the Southern Conference while the Paladins fall to 8-7 and 2-4 in the SoCon. Down by as much as seven in the second half, Western Carolina battled Furman for the first 14 minutes until it cut the lead by one, 45-44, with a three-pointer by Lauren Powell. But just like most of the game, Furman had an answer with Lee Stephens hitting one of two free throws to put the Paladins up by two. Menendez came down the other end of the court and was fouled, draining two free throws for the fourth tie of the game. Western Carolina would tie the game three more times, before Menendez struck again hitting a bucket and getting fouled. She connected on the old fashioned three-point play to give the Lady Catamounts a one point lead, 63-62. The lead was all Western Carolina needed, going on a 7-0 run to build a five point lead. Furman cut the Lady Catamount’s lead to two, when Kelly O’Conner hit a threepointer with 4:46 remaining, but WCU started to answer buckets as well, and reeled off nine straight points to enjoy an 11-point lead, it’s largest of the night. Furman got no closer then seven points the rest of the game. Menendez scored 18 of her career-high 20 points in the second half. She shot 7-of-9 from the field, 1-of-1 from the three-point line and was a perfect 5-of-5 from the free throw line. She bested her former career-high of 17 points which she set against Appalachian State January 3.

44.0% 30.8% 50.0%

* * * * *

6-9 2-4 4-8 5-7 6-13 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-4 0-0 1-1

0-2 2-4 3-5 3-5 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0

2-2 0-0 1-2 4-4 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2

25-48

9-21

10-12

2nd half: 14-23 2nd half: 5-8 2nd half: 9-10

60.9% 62.5% 90.0%

0 3 3 4 2 2 4 2 0 6 6 1 0 7 7 3 3 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 5 28 33 16

Game: 25-48 Game: 9-21 Game: 10-12

A TO Blk Stl

14 6 12 17 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 3

0 3 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

3 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 69 14 16

Min

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

8 200

52.1% 42.9% 83.3%

24 24 33 31 34 17 5 2 2 18 2 8

Deadball Rebounds 1

Western Carolina 41 • 8-7, 4-3 SoCon Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

13 23 32 44 03 11 21

Officials: Erica Bradley, Carla Fountain, Lisa Ruggs Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. Furman-None. Attendance: 262 Score by periods Western Carolina Furman

51.8% 41.7% 87.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

Furman 74 • 8-7, 2-4 SoCon ##

41 69

22 33 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 8-30 3FG % 1st Half: 4-15 FT % 1st Half: 0-0

26.7% 26.7% 0.0%

* * * * *

1-7 2-6 2-8 1-6 1-4 1-5 2-7 0-1 1-4 3-5 1-4 0-0 15-57

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

0-5 2-3 0-5 1-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0

1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 1-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 2-2 1-3 2-2 0-0

4-19

7-15

7-27 0-4 7-15

25.9% 0.0% 46.7%

0 2 2 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 4 6 0 2 3 5 2 0 3 3 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 6 18 18 36 11

Game: 15-57 Game: 4-19 Game: 7-15

3 6 4 3 3 2 4 0 4 7 5 0 41

A TO Blk Stl

3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

2 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 0 2 7 20

Min

0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

4 200

26.3% 21.1% 46.7%

24 23 22 21 13 16 16 6 15 18 20 6

Deadball Rebounds 4

Officials: Timothy Bryant, David Anderson, Marcus Smith Technical fouls: Samford-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 427 Score by periods Samford Western Carolina

1st

2nd

Total

27 20

42 21

69 41

Points SAM WCU

In Paint 30 18

Off T/O 17 9

2nd Chance 7 5

Fast Break 2 0

Bench 6 22

Last FG - SAM 2nd-02:09, WCU 2nd-00:21. Score tied - 6 times. CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball had its three-game winLargest lead - SAM by 30 2nd-01:46, WCU by 2 1st-11:24. Lead changed - 2 times. ning streak snapped with a 69-41 loss to Samford Saturday in the Ramsey Center. The Lady Catamounts fall to 8-7 and 4-3 in the Southern Conference and Samford improves to 11-3 and 6-1 in the SoCon. It was the first time in 66 straight games the Lady Catamounts have not scored 50 or more points. The club could only muster 20 points in the first half and just 21 in the second. Western Carolina also shot an anemic 26.3 percent from the field, the worst shooting night this season. The two teams traded baskets for the firs nine minutes of the game before Samford took the lead when Chika Okoli hit a jumper with 9:17 left in the first half. It began a 15-8 run for the Bulldogs. Western Carolina avoided a 10-point deficit at the half when sophomore guard Kendra Carroll nailed a three-pointer from the right corner with 32 seconds left. Western Carolina didn’t hit a field goal in the second half for the first four minutes and allowed Samford to turn a seven point lead into a 14 points lead. The team only scored 21 points in the second half.

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2008-09 BOX SCORES 45 Game January 12, 2009 Official16 Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Chattanooga vsCAROLINA Western Carolina WESTERN 01/12/09 7 PM at Cullowhee, N.C. (Ramsey Center) chattanooga

Game January 17, 2009 Official17 Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics

71 84

UNC Greensboro vs Western Carolina WESTERN CAROLINA 01/17/09 4 PM at Cullowhee, N.C. (Ramsey Center) unc greensboro

Chattanooga 84 • 11-6, 7-1 SoCon

Player

HATCHETT, Tagan WADE-FRAY, Jenaya MASON, LaCondra OGAN, Erin HOLLINQUEST, Shanara TOWNSEND, Tenisha NEIL, Andrea DEWART, Bailey ROLLINS, Megan Team Totals

15 24 44 50 05 25 30 42

FG % 1st Half: 14-29 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 FT % 1st Half: 6-9

UNC Greensboro 49 • 6-12, 3-6 SoCon

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

* * * * *

48.3% 37.5% 66.7%

4-7 2-9 1-4 7-11 6-15 0-1 6-10 2-3 0-0

4-7 1-4 0-1 1-3 0-0 0-0 4-7 1-1 0-0

1-2 6-6 2-3 3-3 5-6 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

28-60

11-23

17-21

2nd half: 14-31 2nd half: 8-15 2nd half: 11-12

45.2% 53.3% 91.7%

0 2 2 2 3 2 5 1 1 2 3 5 2 6 8 1 2 2 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 6 8 12 28 40 17

Game: 28-60 Game: 11-23 Game: 17-21

A TO Blk Stl

13 11 4 18 17 0 16 5 0

3 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0

Player

34 35 23 34 30 5 23 12 4

BANNER,TaShama FLOYD,Monique LEIGH,Amanda GRIMSLEY,Gini GIRSTAUTAITE,Agne MORKUNAITE,Agneta HYSON,Lakiah MULLINS,Ashley SMITH,Kendra CORBETT,Dee Team Totals

3 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0

84 11 13

8 200

JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily POWELL, Lauren JOHNSON, Brooke EATON, Kendra SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT Team Totals

13 23 32 44 03 11 22 33 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 12-29 3FG % 1st Half: 3-4 FT % 1st Half: 5-6

* * * * *

41.4% 75.0% 83.3%

2-5 6-15 2-5 3-6 1-2 4-8 2-7 2-4 2-4 2-5 0-0

1-2 1-3 1-1 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0

3-4 1-2 0-0 2-2 3-4 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0

26-61

7-11

12-16

2nd half: 14-32 2nd half: 4-7 2nd half: 7-10

43.8% 57.1% 70.0%

A TO Blk Stl

1st

2nd

Total

37 32

47 39

84 71

Last FG - UTC 2nd-02:53, WCU 2nd-00:06. Largest lead - UTC by 15 2nd-00:19, WCU by 9 1st-11:54.

41 03 12 31 33

FG % 1st Half: 11-29 37.9% 3FG % 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0%

0-1 8-13 3-10 5-13 2-4 0-0 1-10 0-3 1-5 1-4

0-0 0-0 1-6 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-0

0-0 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-2

21-63

1-13

6-8

2nd half: 10-34 2nd half: 0-6 2nd half: 2-4

8 14 5 10 5 9 5 4 4 7 0

3 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 1

2 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 71 12 14

29.4% 0.0% 50.0%

1 1 2 2 4 1 5 1 2 3 5 2 3 2 5 3 1 5 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 3 4 1 1 2 14 23 37 22

Game: 21-63 Game: 1-13 Game: 6-8

A TO Blk Stl

0 18 7 10 4 0 4 0 2 4

0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0

1 3 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 14

Min

0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1

1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0

7 200

33.3% 7.7% 75.0%

14 32 35 28 21 3 26 10 20 11

Deadball Rebounds 1

0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

7 200

42.6% 63.6% 75.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

26 24 28 23 12 22 13 17 18 14 3

Deadball Rebounds 1

Officials: Weseley Dean, Edward Novak, Dawn Marsh Technical fouls: Chattanooga-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 678 Score by periods Chattanooga Western Carolina

* * * * *

Western Carolina 57 • 9-8, 5-4 SoCon

1 0 1 4 3 1 4 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 1 1 5 6 1 1 3 4 4 0 3 3 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 23 33 18

Game: 26-61 Game: 7-11 Game: 12-16

Deadball Rebounds 1

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

46.7% 47.8% 81.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

Western Carolina 71 • 8-8, 4-4 SoCon ##

57 49

Player

JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily POWELL, Lauren JOHNSON, Brooke EATON, Kendra SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra Team Totals

13 23 32 44 03 11 22 33 35

FG % 1st Half: 9-27 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 FT % 1st Half: 4-6

* * * * *

33.3% 25.0% 66.7%

0-2 4-9 0-7 5-8 2-6 2-6 0-0 0-2 6-11 1-4

0-2 2-3 0-2 1-2 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

2-2 3-3 0-0 4-5 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-3 2-2 2-2

20-55

3-13

14-19

2nd half: 11-28 2nd half: 1-5 2nd half: 10-13

39.3% 20.0% 76.9%

0 1 1 2 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 9 1 4 1 5 3 2 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 5 9 15 29 44 11

Game: 20-55 Game: 3-13 Game: 14-19

A TO Blk Stl

2 13 0 15 4 4 0 1 14 4

5 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0

Min

0 2 1 4 2 3 0 2 4 0

0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0

57 12 18

6 200

36.4% 23.1% 73.7%

27 30 20 30 17 20 9 12 22 13

Deadball Rebounds 2

Officials: Dock Sisk, Talisha Green, Brand McMillion Technical fouls: UNC Greensboro-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 189

Points UTC WCU

In Paint 30 34

Off T/O 15 10

2nd Fast Chance Break 21 0 4 2

Bench 21 29

Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 1 time.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball fell to Southern Conference rival Chattanooga 84-71 Monday in the Ramsey Center. The Lady Catamounts fall to 8-8 and 4-4 in the Southern Conference while the Mocs improve to 11-6 and 7-1 in the SoCon. The Mocs scorched Western Carolina from behind the three-point line, which turned out to be one of the key difference makers in the game. After hitting three treys in the first half, Chattanooga lit up the court with eight three-pointers in the second half to end the game with 11. After a poor shooting night against Samford on January 10, Western Carolina did bounce back in its shooting percentage against Chattanooga. The Lady Catamounts, after shooting just over 20 percent against the Bulldogs, shot about its average of 42.6 percent against the Mocs. Western Carolina came out blazing to start the game scoring the first seven points of the contest. Chattanooga answered with the next seven points to tie the game. The Lady Catamounts built a 22-13 nine point lead with 11:54 to go before Chattanooga closed out the half on a 24-10 run to lead 37-32. The Lady Catamounts opened the second half on a 4-0 run to cut the Chattanooga lead down to one point, 37-36, before Erin Ogan drained a three-pointer from the left side. A lay-up by Kendra Eaton and a free throw by Jessica Jackson helped Western Carolina cut the Mocs’ lead back to one again, but a pair of Shanara Hollinquest free throws pushed the lead back to three and Chattanooga was never threatened again. Western Carolina did keep the Chattanooga advantage below double digits for the first eight minutes of the game but a three-pointer by Andrea Neil pushed the Chattanooga lead to 10 with 11:35 left. Twice in the final five minutes a free throw by Jackson and a bucket by Feemster trimmed the Mocs lead to single digits, nine points, but Chattanooga always had an answer to push its lead back to double digits.

Score by periods UNC Greensboro Western Carolina

1st

2nd

Total

27 24

22 33

49 57

Last FG - UNCG 2nd-01:06, WCU 2nd-01:53. Largest lead - UNCG by 10 1st-10:30, WCU by 8 2nd-03:37.

Points UNCG WCU

In Paint 30 30

Off T/O 14 11

2nd Fast Chance Break 12 8 14 2

Bench 10 23

Score tied - 4 times. Lead changed - 1 time.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball had three score in double figures, and halted a two-game losing streak, with a 57-49 win over UNC Greensboro Saturday in the Ramsey Center. Senior center Brooke Johnson led Western Carolina with 15 points, all in the second half, and just missed a double-double with nine rebounds. Johnson also had three blocks against UNC Greensboro moving into second place in the Lady Catamount record books for blocks in a career with 103. Junior Kristen Feemster followed in double figure scoring, tying her career-high with 14 points and also had eight boards. Sophomore Emily Clarke rounded out the double figure scoring with 13 points. Clarke’s offensive outburst in the first half drug Western Carolina out of its scoring drought in the first half. After Feemster hit a layup to tie the game at four, with 16:20 left in the first half, the Lady Catamounts did not score again for seven minutes until Clarke connected on a jumper with 9:39 on the clock, allowing UNCG to build a 10-point advantage Clarke proceeded to score 11 straight points for the Lady Catamounts and cut the UNCG lead to three when she nailed a three-pointer with 6:24 left. The Spartans built its lead back to seven points twice, before Western Carolina scored the final four points of the half, thanks to a pair of free throws by Kendra Carroll and a lay-up by Heather Swayne. The Lady Catamounts trailed by three, 27-24, at the half.

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2005 / 2009

2008-09 BOX SCORES Game January 19, 2009 Official18 Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Western Carolina vs Elon WESTERN CAROLINA 01/19/09 7 p.m. at Elon, N.C. (Alumni Gym) elon

Game January 26, 2009 Official19 Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics

78 50

Davidson vs Western Carolina WESTERN CAROLINA 01/26/09 Noon at Cullowhee, N.C. (Ramsey Center) davidson Davidson 66 • 8-13, 7-5

Western Carolina 78 • 10-8, 6-4 SoCon Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

13 23 32 44 03 11 21 22 33 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 16-34 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 FT % 1st Half: 0-1

47.1% 37.5% 0.0%

* * * * *

1-2 2-7 4-7 4-7 8-11 3-11 0-1 0-1 5-7 3-7 0-3 1-2

1-2 0-1 1-4 1-1 0-0 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

31-66

4-13

2nd half: 15-32 2nd half: 1-5 2nd half: 12-16

0-0 0-0 1-1 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2-2 3-4 0-0 3-4 12-17

46.9% 20.0% 75.0%

0 2 2 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 10 12 0 3 2 5 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 6 8 1 0 2 2 1 3 1 4 2 0 4 4 12 35 47 17

Game: 31-66 Game: 4-13 Game: 12-17

A TO Blk Stl

3 4 10 11 17 7 0 0 12 9 0 5

2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0

2 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 78 11 15

0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0

Player

16 22 23 22 19 17 13 6 22 13 16 11

HALBERSLEBEN, Mandy ROBINSON, Mercedes LAX, Ashley OTTAWAY, Amanda HARTMAN, Logan LAUNE, Monica THOMPSON, Alex PEREZ, Christina PAQUETTE, Julia JOHNSEN, Kristen Team Totals

Deadball Rebounds 3

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

MEDLEY, Courtney GAUSE, Tiara DAVIS, Tiffany KETO, Erica WALL, Amber BATTEN, Jermile HARPER, Aiesha DELLAPENTA, Anna TAYLOR, Julie COTTON, Urysla BELL, Sharwil OLOYE, Gabby Team Totals

12 21 22 23 03 10 14 15 30 32 40

FG % 1st Half: 10-34 3FG % 1st Half: 0-3 FT % 1st Half: 6-7

29.4% 0.0% 85.7%

* * * * *

2-9 3-12 1-5 0-2 3-9 1-1 2-6 1-4 1-6 4-10 0-1 0-0 18-65

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

0-2 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

1-2 1-2 2-2 0-0 5-5 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-4 0-0 0-0

1-10

13-19

8-31 1-7 7-12

25.8% 14.3% 58.3%

2 2 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 7 3 2 9 11 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 16 25 41 18

Game: 18-65 Game: 1-10 Game: 13-19

A TO Blk Stl

5 8 4 0 11 2 6 2 4 8 0 0

2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 16

1st

2nd

Total

35 26

43 24

78 50

Last FG - WCU 2nd-01:25, ELON 2nd-00:22. Largest lead - WCU by 30 2nd-03:24, ELON by 2 1st-12:25.

Points WCU ELON

24 33 44 02 10 32 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 14-32 3FG % 1st Half: 4-6 FT % 1st Half: 4-5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0

JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily POWELL, Lauren JOHNSON, Brooke EATON, Kendra SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra Team Totals

23 32 44 03 11 22 33 35

FG % 1st Half: 15-34 3FG % 1st Half: 4-9 FT % 1st Half: 3-6

Off T/O 17 6

2nd Chance 14 9

Fast Break 6 2

Bench 33 22

Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 2 times.

ELON, N.C. -- Senior forward Kendra Eaton scored a season-high 17 points leading Western Carolina women’s basketball to a 78-50 victory over Elon Monday in Alumni Gym. Eaton was one of four Western Carolina players to score in double figures in the contest. Eaton had 10 points in the first half, scoring her final seven in the second. Fellow senior Brooke Johnson recorded her second double-double of the season with 11 points and 12 rebounds, with 10 of the boards on the defensive end. Kaila’Shea Menendez had 12 points and senior Lauren Powell added 10. Western Carolina held a nine-point advantage, 35-26, at the half and exploded in the second half building as much as a 30-point lead on the Phoenix. The Lady Catamounts held the Phoenix to 18 field goals, on 65 attempts, and 27.7 percent from the field. After connecting on 10 field goals in the first half, Elon only had eight in the second. Elon took advantage of its trips to free throw line hitting 13-of-19 from the charity stripe. Seven of the Phoenix’s first nine points in the second half were made at the free throw line. Western Carolina went on a 34-16 run in the first 12 minutes of the second half to take a slim nine-point lead and balloon it to 20 points. In that span, Elon made just three field goals. The Lady Catamounts shot 47 percent from the field and was 70.6 (12-of-17) from the free throw line. Western Carolina also had 47 rebounds in the contest, 35 on the defensive side.

0-0 1-2 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 2-3 0-2 0-0 0-0

4-4 1-3 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 3-4 2-2

24-61

5-12

13-17

2nd half: 10-29 2nd half: 1-6 2nd half: 9-12

34.5% 16.7% 75.0%

2 1 3 2 2 4 6 4 0 6 6 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 6 3 0 2 2 1 2 3 5 13 26 39 18

Game: 24-61 Game: 5-12 Game: 13-17

A TO Blk Stl

10 6 12 6 4 1 12 2 9 4

2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2

1 2 3 2 2 2 0 1 1 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0

0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

9 14

6 200

39.3% 41.7% 76.5%

Min

26 27 35 11 12 16 28 5 26 14

Deadball Rebounds 2

* * * * *

44.1% 44.4% 50.0%

2-3 3-8 2-9 6-8 2-9 1-4 0-0 1-5 4-9 3-6

1-1 1-2 0-4 4-4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

4-6 0-0 1-2 6-6 2-3 1-2 1-2 2-2 1-1 0-0

24-61

6-14

18-24

2nd half: 9-27 2nd half: 2-5 2nd half: 15-18

33.3% 40.0% 83.3%

1 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 11 1 3 2 5 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 2 5 7 4 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 14 26 40 12

Game: 24-61 Game: 6-14 Game: 18-24

A TO Blk Stl

9 7 5 22 6 3 1 4 9 6

5 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0

Min

1 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0

1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

72 10 12

8 200

39.3% 42.9% 75.0%

29 29 19 32 23 21 2 13 21 11

Deadball Rebounds 3

Officials: Joe Cunningham,Karen Preato,Bonnie Pettus Technical fouls: Davidson-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 734 Score by periods Davidson Western Carolina

In Paint 46 28

3-7 2-8 5-13 2-4 2-4 0-2 5-9 1-3 3-8 1-3

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

23 23 17 22 26 2 30 5 12 25 14 1

Deadball Rebounds 2

43.8% 66.7% 80.0%

2 10 200

27.7% 10.0% 68.4%

* * * * *

Western Carolina 72 • 11-8, 7-4

Min

Officials: Mark Hardcastle, John Almarode, Dave Anderson Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. Elon-None. Attendance: 233 Score by periods Western Carolina Elon

4 11 200

47.0% 30.8% 70.6%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

Elon 50 • 1-17, 0-10 SoCon ##

72 66

1st

2nd

Total

36 37

30 35

66 72

Last FG - DAV 2nd-01:08, WCU 2nd-00:22. Largest lead - DAV by 6 1st-07:27, WCU by 6 2nd-00:00.

Points DAV WCU

In Paint 30 26

Off T/O 13 14

2nd Fast Chance Break 5 0 11 6

Bench 28 23

Score tied - 5 times. Lead changed - 8 times.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Brooke Johnson, a senior center, scored a game-high 22 points, and also notched her second-straight double-double with 11 rebounds, to lead Western Carolina women’s basketball to a 72-66 victory over Davidson Monday. The Lady Catamounts improve to 11-8 and 7-4 in the Southern Conference while the Wildcats fall to 8-13 and 7-5 in the SoCon. After leading by one point, 37-36, at halftime, Western Carolina built as much as a five point lead, 43-38, early in the second half before Davidson went on a 14-4 run to take a five-point lead, 52-47, with 9:47 left. Western Carolina continued to battle and cut Davidson’s lead to one, 59-60, when Johnson drained a three-pointer at the top of the key. The Lady Catamounts took the lead for the first time in the second half, since the 11:22 mark, when Johnson hit a pair of free throws with 5:00 left in the game. After a missed lay-up by Emily Clarke gave Davidson the ball back, senior Lauren Powell stole the ball, but her three-point attempt was wide, and Davidson’s Ashley Lax pulled down the rebound. Powell turned up her pursuit and again stole the ball. With 1:31 left, junior Kristen Feemster spotted Jessica Jackson open on the right side, and Jackson nailed a three-pointer that all but iced the game. Davidson’s Alex Thompson again trimmed Western Carolina’s lead to two, 68-66 with 1:08 left, but Feemster came back down the court and answered. Feemster hit a layup off an assist buy Johnson, with 22 seconds left, and was also fouled by the Wildcats nailing the free throw to give Western Carolina a comfortable five-point and secure the win. Western Carolina’s scorching 83.3 percent, 15-of-18, from the free throw line in the second half kept the Lady Catamounts in the game when the club went on a scoring drought from the field. The club shot 75 percent from the charity stripe for the game.

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2008-09 BOX SCORES 47 Game January 31, 2009 Official20 Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Western Carolina vs College of Charleston WESTERN CAROLINA 01/31/09 1:00 at Carolina First Arena college of charleston

Game February2, 2009-- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official21 Basketball Box Score

56 61

Western Carolina vs Georgia Southern WESTERN CAROLINA 52 02/02/09 5:00 p.m. at Hanner Fieldhouse (Statesboro, Ga.) Georgia Southern 57

Western Carolina 56 • 11-9, 7-5 SoCon ##

Player

CLARKE, Emily EATON, Kendra JOHNSON, Brooke JACKSON, Jessica POWELL, Lauren SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra Team Totals

44 32 10 23 03 11 22 33 35

FG % 1st Half: 8-26 3FG % 1st Half: 0-5 FT % 1st Half: 8-11

Western Carolina 62 • 11-10,7-6

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

30.8% 0.0% 72.7%

f 1-5 f 0-5 c 3-8 g 0-4 g 10-12 2-8 0-1 0-1 1-4 1-2

0-1 0-0 0-2 0-3 1-3 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

5-6 1-4 2-4 0-0 5-5 3-3 0-0 2-2 1-2 0-0

18-50

1-13

19-26

2nd half: 8-18 2nd half: 1-6 2nd half: 10-13

44.4% 16.7% 76.9%

OT: OT: OT:

2 1 3 4 3 6 9 1 2 9 11 3 0 5 5 1 3 3 6 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 14 30 44 16 2-6 0-2 1-2

33.3% 0.0% 50.0%

A TO Blk Stl

7 1 8 0 26 7 0 2 3 2

1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0

1 1 2 7 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 7 23

Game: 18-50 Game: 1-13 Game: 19-26

Player

20 23 35 35 35 24 3 14 23 13

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1

6 225 Deadball Rebounds 4

College of Charleston 61 • 16-5, 9-4 SoCon Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

KOTCELLA, Brooke MOYE, Sarah JONES, Deidra HUGHES, Jade WILLIAMS, Nikki WILLIAMS, Ericka HATCHER, Ariel GERTY, Tonia McLAURIN, NeShonda Team Totals

20 41 04 10 03 12 33 42

FG % 1st Half: 9-32 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 FT % 1st Half: 7-7

28.1% 28.6% 100.0%

f f c g g

2-5 0-2 2-9 6-15 0-7 3-8 0-1 7-18 0-1

1-4 0-0 0-0 2-3 0-3 0-1 0-1 2-5 0-0

1-1 0-2 5-6 2-2 6-7 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0

20-66

5-17

16-20

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

7-27 3-9 7-11

25.9% 33.3% 63.6%

OT: OT: OT:

1 1 2 3 2 3 5 5 3 5 8 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 4 10 18 21 39 19 4-7 0-1 2-2

57.1% 0.0% 100.0%

A TO Blk Stl

6 0 9 16 6 6 0 18 0

1 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0

2 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 12

Game: 20-66 Game: 5-17 Game: 16-20

Min

0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

34 30 27 39 32 19 3 37 4

5 225

1st

2nd

Total

24 27

27 24

5 10

56 61

Last FG - WCU OT-01:02, COFC OT-00:34. Largest lead - WCU by 5 1st-14:06, COFC by 6 2nd-16:13.

10 13 23 03 11 21 22 33 42

FG % 1st Half: 9-29 3FG % 1st Half: 3-9 FT % 1st Half: 7-10

30.3% 29.4% 80.0%

Deadball Rebounds 2

In Paint 32 20

Off T/O 6 18

2nd Chance 13 15

Fast Break 2 0

Bench 14 24

Score tied - 12 times. Lead changed - 10 times.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball dropped a heart-breaker, 61-56, in overtime to College of Charleston Saturday in the Carolina First Arena. Western Carolina is now 12-14 all-time in overtime games. The loss snaps the club’s three-game winning streak and four-game winning streak on the road. Senior Lauren Powell had a career-high 26 points in the game, scoring 11 in the first half. She was 10-of-12 from the field and five-of-five from the free throw line. Fellow senior Brooke Johnson led the team with 11 rebounds, her third straight double figure rebounding performance. Kristen Feemster scored the first points in overtime for Western Carolina and also hit one of two free throws to give the Lady Catamounts a three-point lead. Three consecutive jumpers by College of Charleston put the Cougars back in front, 57-54, with two minutes left. A jumper by Powell pulled Western Carolina within one point, 57-56, but the Cougars Deidre Jones answered with a lay-up to give the College of Charleston a three-point lead with 34 seconds left. Powell had a chance to tie the game but her three-pointer hit the rim and bounced out with 27 seconds left. Western Carolina was still alive when sophomore Emily Clarke grabbed the rebound but Kaila’Shea Menendez’s jumper didn’t fall and the Cougars got the rebound. Western Carolina forced overtime by overcoming a five-point deficit with three minutes left in regulation. The Cougars were held without a basket in the final 3:31 of the second half. Western Carolina had 23 turnovers and connected on just one three-pointer in the game. College of Charleston scored 18 points off Lady Catamount turnovers.

4-13 3-8 0-1 5-12 4-6 1-4 1-2 0-0 1-4 1-4 2-4 0-0

0-3 0-1 0-1 2-5 3-4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-1 0-0

3-4 3-3 4-4 0-2 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0

22-58

6-19

12-20

2nd half: 13-29 2nd half: 3-10 2nd half: 5-10

44.8% 30.0% 50.0%

5 6 11 2 2 4 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 0 2 4 6 13 28 41 22

Game: 22-58 Game: 6-19 Game: 12-20

A TO Blk Stl

11 9 4 12 13 2 2 0 2 2 5 0

3 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

2 1 4 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 62 11 17

Min

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

6 200

37.9% 31.6% 60.0%

29 20 27 22 28 14 4 2 17 12 13 12

Deadball Rebounds 3

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

OGBURN, J'Lisia GEIGER, Jessica NAVARRO, Jamie RIVENS, Ashley MELSON, Ashley NELSON, Brittney TATE, Krista IVY, Candice YOUNGBLOOD, Logan WILLIAMS, Samantha Team Totals

34 05 24 33 10 11 14 42

FG % 1st Half: 11-27 3FG % 1st Half: 2-11 FT % 1st Half: 10-11 Points WCU COFC

31.0% 33.3% 70.0%

f f g g g

Georgia Southern 67 • 14-8, 9-4

Officials: Bruce Morris, Leroy Thompson, Bill Keaton Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. College of Charleston-None. Attendance: 1014 Score by periods Western Carolina College of Charleston

36.0% 7.7% 73.1%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

40.7% 18.2% 90.9%

f f g g g

4-8 2-4 3-5 0-6 5-10 1-4 2-4 1-1 0-1 3-6

0-0 0-2 1-2 0-3 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1 2-4

2-2 5-6 4-6 2-2 2-3 0-0 4-4 0-0 1-2 2-2

21-49

3-16

22-27

2nd half: 10-22 2nd half: 1-5 2nd half: 12-16

45.5% 20.0% 75.0%

0 0 0 3 1 8 9 3 1 2 3 5 0 2 2 0 0 6 6 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 3 28 31 17

Game: 21-49 Game: 3-16 Game: 22-27

A TO Blk Stl

10 9 11 2 12 2 8 2 1 10

1 0 3 1 2 0 1 3 0 0

1 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 3

67 11 13

4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Min

22 27 32 32 30 12 18 10 4 13

6 10 200

42.9% 18.8% 81.5%

Deadball Rebounds 2

Officials: Angel Stanton, Douglas Cloud, Alicia Walker Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. Georgia Southern-None. Attendance: 1018 Score by periods Western Carolina Georgia Southern

1st

2nd

Total

28 34

34 33

62 67

Last FG - WCU 2nd-00:12, GSU 2nd-02:02. Largest lead - WCU by 3 1st-17:55, GSU by 18 1st-09:28.

Points WCU GSU

In Paint 28 18

Off T/O 12 16

2nd Chance 13 2

Fast Break 4 4

Bench 13 23

Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 1 time.

STATESBORO, Ga. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball’s comeback fell short as the Lady Catamounts (11-10, 7-6 SoCon) dropped a close contest to Georgia Southern (148, 9-4 SoCon), 67-62, Monday in Hanner Fieldhouse. The Lady Catamounts had three players score in double figures, and made a fast and furious comeback late in the game, but the club was plagued by free throw woes. Western Carolina was 5-of-10 from the free throw line in the second half and 12-of-20 for the game. Senior Lauren Powell led Western Carolina with 13 points and sophomore Emily Clarke followed with 12. Senior Brooke Johnson notched her third double-double in four games with 11 points and 11 rebounds; it was also her fourth straight game with double figure rebounds. Western Carolina had a chance to tie or take the lead when Kristen Feemster was fouled with 3:31 left. She missed both free throws and Georgia Southern’s Ashley Melson came down and hit a jumper to push the Eagle’s lead back to three, 57-54. Johnson cut the Eagle lead to one again, 57-56 with a jumper with 2:43 left but Georgia Southern again had an answer with a three-pointer by Jamie Navarro. Powell was fouled with 1:13 missing the front end of a one and one and Georgia Southern grabbed the rebound. It was one of five key missed free throws by Western Carolina during a stretch when Georgia Southern went five minutes without a field goal. Trailing by five with 19 seconds remaining, Jessica Jackson hit a pair of free throws to cut the Eagles’ lead to three, 63-60. Georgia Southern was 4-of-4 from the free throw line to close out the game and keep Western Carolina at bay ending the game 22-of-27.

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2008-09 BOX SCORES Game February 2009 Official22 Basketball Box4, Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Clemson vs Western Carolina WESTERN CAROLINA 02/04/09 7 PM at Cullowhee, N.C. (Ramsey Center) clemson

Game February 2009 Official23 Basketball Box7, Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics

64 73

Appalachian State vs Western Carolina WESTERN CAROLINA 02/07/09 4 PM at Cullowhee, N.C. (Ramsey Center) appalachian state

Clemson 73 • 13-11

Appalachian State 50 • 6-16, 5-8 SoCon

Player

03 11 12 21 24 04 10 22 25 31 32 33 44

SMITH, Bryelle HARDY, Lele TAYLOR, Tasha PARKER, April TATE, Jasmine BROWN, Christy WRIGHT, Kirstyn THOMAS, Sthefany HOOD, Whitney MASON, Lindsey CAMPBELL, Morganne WELKER, Lindsay PAULDO, Shaniqua Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 14-39 3FG % 1st Half: 1-5 FT % 1st Half: 2-4

* * * * *

35.9% 20.0% 50.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 6-18 1-2 6-8 3 9 12 1 4-11 2-4 5-6 2 3 5 3 6-9 0-0 1-2 3 1 4 3 0-2 0-0 0-2 3 5 8 0 3-6 1-1 3-4 1 0 1 0 0-5 0-3 0-0 1 2 3 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 3-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 27-69 4-11 15-22 18 29 47 17

2nd half: 13-30 2nd half: 3-6 2nd half: 13-18

43.3% 50.0% 72.2%

Game: 27-69 Game: 4-11 Game: 15-22

TP 0 19 15 13 0 10 0 0 4 6 0 0 6

A TO Blk Stl 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

Min 16 32 22 20 17 23 13 14 15 8 6 6 8

7 14

200

39.1% 36.4% 68.2%

Deadball Rebounds 4

Western Carolina 64 • 11-11 ##

Player

10 13 23 32 44 03 11 21 22 33 35 42

* * * * *

36.7% 33.3% 75.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 3 5-13 1-3 1-2 2 2 4 2 7-17 2-5 4-7 1 1 2 1 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 6-9 0-1 3-4 5 6 11 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 0-2 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1-4 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 1-4 0-0 1-4 2 5 7 1 5-11 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 4 1 5 25-68 3-12 11-19 20 26 46 17

2nd half: 14-38 2nd half: 2-9 2nd half: 8-15

36.8% 22.2% 53.3%

Game: 25-68 Game: 3-12 Game: 11-19

TP 0 12 20 0 15 0 2 0 2 3 10 0 64

A TO Blk Stl 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 18 3 6

36.8% 25.0% 57.9%

Min 21 30 32 8 27 15 12 1 11 22 19 2 200

Deadball Rebounds 3

Officials: Billy Smith, Bonnie Pettus, Melissa Lewis Technical fouls: Clemson-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 578 Score by periods Clemson Western Carolina

75 50

1st

2nd

Total

31 26

42 38

73 64

Last FG - CU 2nd-00:02, WCU 2nd-00:03. Largest lead - CU by 13 2nd-12:46, WCU by 2 1st-19:44.

Points CU WCU

In Paint 38 30

Off T/O 20 12

2nd Fast Chance Break 14 4 15 0

Bench 26 17

Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 1 time.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball (11-11) dropped its final non-conference contest of the season, falling 73-64, to Clemson (13-11) Wednesday in the Ramsey Center. Senior guard Lauren Powell led all scorers with 20 points; the second time in three games the Asheville, N.C. native has scored 20 or more points. Powell moves into 10th place in the Catamount record books for scoring with 1,259. She also hit the 200 mark in made three-pointers in her career. Fellow senior Kendra Eaton notched her first double-double of the season, and the second of her career, with 15 points and 11 rebounds. She was 6-of-9 from the field and 3-of-4 from the free throw line. Western Carolina struggled early as it lost the inside presence of Brooke Johnson who picked up two quick fouls in the first three minutes of the game. The Lady Catamounts played the rest of the first half without Johnson, who ended the game playing just eight minutes, and was held scoreless for the first time this season. The Lady Catamounts were down by as much as 12 points twice in the first half, trailing 27-15, with 7:08 left. Western Carolina went on an 11-4 run in the final seven minutes to trail by five, 31-26, at the half. Western Carolina shot 36.8 percent from the field and gave up 20 points to Clemson off 18 turnovers. Clemson’s bench also scored 26 of its points. Two other Western Carolina players scored in double figures in the game. Sophomore Emily Clarke had 12 points and fellow sophomore Kendra Carroll added 10 points.

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

EDWARDS, Canesha SPENCER, Brittney RAMIREZ, Sam HERNANDEZ, Frances MIXON, Brittany MEANS, Sade MILL, Karina MEANS, Charmene WILLIAMS, Catherine Team Totals

12 14 15 34 20 21 24 25

* * * * *

FG % 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 3FG % 1st Half: 0-6 0.0% FT % 1st Half: 1-1 100.0%

1-3 5-9 4-14 0-2 5-12 4-8 2-2 1-1 0-1

0-0 0-2 0-3 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 3-3 0-0 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0

22-52

1-10

5-8

2nd half: 11-25 2nd half: 1-4 2nd half: 4-7

44.0% 25.0% 57.1%

0 0 0 4 3 2 5 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 0 3 2 6 8 4 2 1 3 3 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 12 18 30 20

Game: 22-52 Game: 1-10 Game: 5-8

A TO Blk Stl

2 13 8 0 12 9 4 2 0

1 3 2 0 1 2 1 0 0

2 5 3 6 6 3 0 0 0 2 50 10 27

Min

1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0

1 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0

8 200

42.3% 10.0% 62.5%

20 36 31 18 40 26 12 9 8

Deadball Rebounds 1

Western Carolina 75 • 12-11, 8-6 SoCon Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

13 23 32 44 03 11 21 22 33 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 19-33 3FG % 1st Half: 3-6 FT % 1st Half: 5-6

* * * * *

2-5 0-0 3-7 5-10 4-8 2-3 1-2 0-0 2-6 4-6 3-7 2-6 28-60

57.6% 50.0% 83.3%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

2-5 0-0 2-4 2-4 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1

0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-6 0-0 1-2 0-0 3-4 0-0 3-4 1-2

7-17

12-20

9-27 4-11 7-14

33.3% 36.4% 50.0%

0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 4 2 6 1 0 4 4 2 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 6 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 1 3 4 15 20 35 15

Game: 28-60 Game: 7-17 Game: 12-20

A TO Blk Stl

6 2 8 12 10 5 3 0 7 8 9 5

3 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 75 12 14

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 3 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 1

Min

20 19 15 17 20 16 18 10 21 11 20 13

1 13 200

46.7% 41.2% 60.0%

Deadball Rebounds 7

Officials: Edward Novak, Larry Thompson, Stacey Rymer Technical fouls: Appalachian State-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 804 Score by periods Appalachian State Western Carolina

1st

2nd

Total

23 46

27 29

50 75

Last FG - ASU 2nd-00:20, WCU 2nd-00:56. Largest lead - ASU None, WCU by 33 2nd-08:55.

Points ASU WCU

In Paint 24 36

Off T/O 7 30

2nd Fast Chance Break 3 0 17 2

Bench 15 37

Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 0 times.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball halted a three-game losing slide with a 75-50 win over arch-rival Appalachian State Saturday in the Ramsey Center. Western Carolina had 11 of its 12 players make the scoring column in the contest. Brooke Johnson led the team with 12 points and also had four rebound an assist and a steal. Johnson picked up her first block in two games, giving her 108 in her career, and needs 20 to break the school record for blocks in a career. Fellow senior Kendra Eaton had 10 points and six rebounds. Junior Kristen Feemster had a solid performance with eight points and six rebounds. Lady Catamounts used an explosive first half to build a 23-point advantage at halftime, leading 46-23, after the opening 20 minutes of the game. Western Carolina went on a 21-4 run in a seven minutes span to build a 25 point advantage, its largest of the half. WCU shot a fiery 57.6 percent from the field, in the first half, and had 19 rebounds, 11 defensively. Western Carolina built its largest lead of the game, 33 points, with a 20-10 run in the first 13 minutes of the second half. The scoring frenzy was highlighted by three consecutive three-pointers by Western Carolina, two by Lauren Powell off assists by Jessica Jackson, and one by Jackson herself. The Mountaineers had 27 turnovers in the game and Western Carolina scored 30 of its points off Appalachian State miscues thanks in part to a season-high 13 steals. Lady Catamount freshman Diamond Hunnicutt contributed with a career-high four steals.

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2008-09 BOX SCORES 49 Game February 2009 Official24 Basketball Box9, Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Furman vs Western Carolina WESTERN CAROLINA 02/09/09 7 PM at Cullowhee, N.C. (Ramsey Center) FURMAN

Game February 2009 Official25 Basketball Box14, Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics

57 42

Western Carolina vs UNC Greensboro WESTERN CAROLINA 02/14/09 3 p.m. at Fleming Gym / Greensboro, NC unc greensboro Western Carolina 66 • 14-11, 10-6SoCon

Furman 42 • 11-14,5-11 Socon Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

DOWELL, Candace STEPHENS, Lee LIEBSCHWAGER, M BAKER, Sarah TROUTMAN, Susan O'CONNOR, Kelly BERRY, Kendra LANHAM, Meredith BOOKER, Shana JOHNSON, Katie PETERSEN, Mollie Team Totals

11 12 20 24 01 23 25 32 44 55

FG % 1st Half: 8-31 3FG % 1st Half: 2-3 FT % 1st Half: 2-4

* * * * *

1-6 2-8 4-17 5-7 3-6 0-7 0-1 0-0 0-3 1-4 0-0 16-59

25.8% 66.7% 50.0%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

1-2 0-0 2-7 2-3 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 2-3 2-2 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

5-14

5-9

8-28 3-11 3-5

28.6% 27.3% 60.0%

0 4 4 0 1 4 5 3 0 5 5 1 3 2 5 3 1 4 5 2 1 3 4 2 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 11 28 39 17

Game: 16-59 Game: 5-14 Game: 5-9

Player

18 36 36 32 25 26 9 1 7 9 1

CLARKE, Emily EATON, Kendra JOHNSON, Brooke JACKSON, Jessica POWELL, Lauren SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea FEEMSTER, Kristen CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT Team Totals

A TO Blk Stl

3 6 12 13 6 0 0 0 0 2 0

1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

3 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0

0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0

0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

6 13

7 200

27.1% 35.7% 55.6%

13 23 32 44 03 11 21 22 33 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 12-30 3FG % 1st Half: 2-4 FT % 1st Half: 5-12

* * * * *

40.0% 50.0% 41.7%

0-0 1-3 1-5 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

3-3 0-0 1-1 2-6 3-7 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2

21-62

2-11

13-23

9-32 0-7 8-11

28.1% 0.0% 72.7%

0 4 4 0 0 6 6 1 0 5 5 0 3 1 4 2 6 2 8 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 6 0 0 2 2 2 3 2 5 2 3 3 6 20 35 55 15

Game: 21-62 Game: 2-11 Game: 13-23

A TO Blk Stl

1st

20 31

2nd

22 26

Last FG - FUR 2nd-00:51, WCU 2nd-02:06. Largest lead - FUR by 1 1st-19:09, WCU by 20 2nd-04:32.

10 23 03 11 22 33 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 8-26 3FG % 1st Half: 1-10 FT % 1st Half: 4-7

30.8% 10.0% 57.1%

2-9 4-10 0-5 1-4 3-13 1-1 2-3 2-4 4-6 2-2 0-1

0-3 1-2 0-2 0-2 2-8 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

3-4 0-1 5-8 2-2 5-8 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-4 0-0

21-58

4-18

20-29

2nd half: 8-26 2nd half: 1-6 2nd half: 11-16

30.8% 16.7% 68.8%

OT: OT: OT:

2 7 9 4 3 1 4 1 3 6 9 1 0 3 3 1 3 2 5 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 4 7 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 3 2 5 18 30 48 21 5-6 2-2 5-6

83.3% 100.0% 83.3%

A TO Blk Stl

7 9 5 4 13 3 5 4 8 8 0

0 0 1 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0

1 4 4 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 1 3 66 12 23

Game: 21-58 Game: 4-18 Game: 20-29

5 5 10 6 15 2 0 1 2 6 4 1

5 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0

3 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 57 13 15

Player

22 26 26 23 18 11 15 4 15 16 15 9

GRIMSLEY,Gini GIRSTAUTAITE,Agne HYSON,Lakiah FLOYD,Monique LEIGH,Amanda MORKUNAITE,Agneta FOLWELL,Sarah BANNER,TaShama MULLINS,Ashley SMITH,Kendra CORBETT,Dee Team Totals

0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0

9 200

33.9% 18.2% 56.5%

Total

42 57

Points FUR WCU

Deadball Rebounds 3

In Paint 20 30

Off T/O 10 10

2nd Fast Chance Break 7 0 15 4

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

Officials: Dawn Marsh, Kim Crabtree, Lori Jones Technical fouls: Furman-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 358 Score by periods Furman Western Carolina

f f c g g

Min

0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0

1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1

9 225

36.2% 22.2% 69.0%

29 22 31 27 34 15 6 13 27 18 3

Deadball Rebounds 6

UNC Greensboro 58 • 9-16, 6-10 SoCon

1-1 2-7 4-9 2-6 6-11 0-5 0-0 0-1 1-7 3-9 2-5 0-1

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

Deadball Rebounds 1

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

Western Carolina 57 • 13-11, 9-6 SoCon ##

66 58

Bench 2 16

Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 4 times.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball pulled down a season-high 55 rebounds, and held Furman to a season-low in scoring by an opponent, defeating the Paladins 57-42 Monday in the Ramsey Center. Senior forward Kendra Eaton led all scorers with 15 points and just missed a doubledouble with eight rebounds. Fellow senior Lauren Powell added 10 points for the Lady Catamounts. Furman rejected eight of Western Carolina’s shots, with eight blocked shots in the game, led by Katie Johnson who had three. The Paladins, however, couldn’t convert, shooting an anemic 27.1 percent from the field. The Paladin’s only led twice in the game, first in the opening 50 seconds of the contest when Candace Powell hit a three-pointer, to make the score 3-2. Western Carolina reclaimed the lead with a three-pointer by Powell, and Furman took short lead again, when Lee Stephens hit a jumper to make it 12-11. A jumper by Kendra Carroll gave the advantage back to Western Carolina, with 12:20 left in the first half, and the Lady Catamounts never trailed again. The Lady Catamount lead hovered in the single digits for the rest of the first half and with two seconds left, Western Carolina led by eight points, 28-20. Junior guard Jessica Jackson was fouled shooting a three-pointer, and drained all three free throws, to give Western Carolina a double-digit lead heading into halftime, 31-20. Furman could never cut the Western Carolina lead to single digits again. Western Carolina built as much as a 20-point lead in the second half and only allowed Furman to score 22 points in the final 20 minutes.

41 12 15 22 03 13 14 31 33 45

FG % 1st Half: 9-25 3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 FT % 1st Half: 1-4

f c g g g

6-10 2-5 6-16 3-11 1-7 1-1 0-1 2-4 0-4 0-5 0-0 21-64

36.0% 22.2% 25.0%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

3-5 0-0 3-9 0-0 0-4 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-0

0-1 0-6 4-6 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3 2-2 0-0 0-0

6-23

10-23

8-31 3-10 9-16

25.8% 30.0% 56.3%

OT: OT: OT:

3 6 9 3 5 5 10 4 3 1 4 5 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 4 3 7 20 22 42 22 4-8 1-4 0-3

50.0% 25.0% 0.0%

A TO Blk Stl

15 4 19 9 2 2 0 5 2 0 0

0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

8 23

1 2 6 3 4 1 0 2 0 2 2

Game: 21-64 Game: 6-23 Game: 10-23

Min

1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 225

32.8% 26.1% 43.5%

28 36 42 29 31 3 3 14 16 17 6

Deadball Rebounds 6

Officials: Tom Baldinelli, Mark Hardcastle, Scott Whitt Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. UNC Greensboro-None. Attendance: 358 Score by periods Western Carolina UNC Greensboro

1st

2nd

Total

21 21

28 28

17 9

66 58

Last FG - WCU OT-00:35, UNCG OT-00:58. Largest lead - WCU by 8 OT-00:07, UNCG by 8 1st-16:05.

Points WCU UNCG

In Paint 28 22

Off T/O 18 12

2nd Fast Chance Break 12 6 6 6

Bench 28 9

Score tied - 11 times. Lead changed - 6 times.

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball escaped UNC Greensboro with a 66-58 victory over the Spartans in overtime Saturday at Fleming Gym. It is the second overtime game this season for Western Carolina, with the Lady Catamounts falling at College of Charleston 61-56 on January 31. WCU is now 12-14 all-time in overtime games. The Lady Catamounts had a five point lead, 46-41, with 27 seconds left in the game, after a pair of Emily Clarke free throws, when the Spartans’ Lakiah Hyson drained a three-pointer with 16 seconds left. Sophomore Kendra Carroll was fouled and hit both free throws to push the WCU lead back to four, 48-44. UNCG came through with a clutch three-pointer, this time by Gini Grimsley, to narrow the Western Carolina lead to one, 48-47. With eight seconds left, senior Lauren Powell was fouled, but she hit just one of two free throws, giving Western Carolina a precarious two point advantage, 49-47. UNC Greensboro forced overtime when Hyson fought through the Western Carolina defenders to hit a jumper with four seconds left and tie the game at 49. Western Carolina retook the lead in overtime off a lay-up by Kristen Feemster. The Catamounts never trailed in the overtime, thanks to a pair of three-pointer by Jessica Jackson and Lauren Powell, and 5-of-6 shooting from the free throw line. Powell led the club with 13 points, the only Lady Catamount to score in double figures. Johnson had three blocks in the contest and now has 113 in her career, needing 15 to break the school record (127) for blocks in a career.

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Game February 2009 Official27 Basketball Box21, Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics

71 66

Western Carolina vs Chattanooga WESTERN CAROLINA 56 02/21/09 1:00 p.m. at Chattanooga, Tenn. (The McKenzie Arena) chattanooga 52

Elon 61 • 3-23, 1-16 SoCon ##

Player

MEDLEY, Courtney GAUSE, Tiara DAVIS, Tiffany KETO, Erica COTTON, Urysla HARPER, Aiesha TAYLOR, Julie WALL, Amber BELL, Sharwil Team Totals

12 21 22 30 10 15 23 32

FG % 1st Half: 13-34 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 FT % 1st Half: 1-3

Western Carolina 56 • 16-11, 12-6 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

* * * * *

38.2% 37.5% 33.3%

7-21 9-16 0-4 0-4 4-11 1-4 2-7 3-6 0-1

2-7 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-6 0-0 0-0

3-4 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-4 0-0

26-74

4-16

5-13

2nd half: 13-40 2nd half: 1-8 2nd half: 4-10

32.5% 12.5% 40.0%

4 1 5 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 3 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 1 6 7 3 0 1 1 0 4 3 7 14 21 35 19

Game: 26-74 Game: 4-16 Game: 5-13

Player

29 33 23 26 24 14 19 26 6

JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily POWELL, Lauren JOHNSON, Brooke FEEMSTER, Kristen SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT EATON, Kendra Team Totals

A TO Blk Stl

19 20 0 0 8 2 6 6 0

1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1

4 200

13 23 32 33 03 11 22 35 42

35.1% 25.0% 38.5%

Deadball Rebounds 3

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily POWELL, Lauren JOHNSON, Brooke FEEMSTER, Kristen SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT Team Totals

13 23 32 33 03 11 22 35 42

FG % 1st Half: 13-36 3FG % 1st Half: 1-4 FT % 1st Half: 5-7

* * * * *

36.1% 25.0% 71.4%

1-3 2-6 3-8 2-9 8-13 4-6 2-3 1-4 4-8 1-3

1-3 0-0 1-3 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

0-0 3-6 4-6 4-4 0-0 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 4-4

28-63

4-9

17-23

2nd half: 15-27 2nd half: 3-5 2nd half: 12-16

55.6% 60.0% 75.0%

0 5 5 1 1 3 4 1 0 3 3 1 3 2 5 2 4 8 12 2 0 3 3 2 2 5 7 2 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 1 4 4 8 1 2 2 4 18 39 57 13

Game: 28-63 Game: 4-9 Game: 17-23

A TO Blk Stl

3 7 11 9 16 11 4 2 8 6

7 1 0 3 0 5 0 2 1 2

2 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 77 21 12

Min

0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

2 200

44.4% 44.4% 73.9%

24 19 22 26 27 22 13 17 18 12

Deadball Rebounds 2

Officials: Edward Novak, Doc Sisk, Karen Preato Technical fouls: Elon-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 653 Score by periods Elon Western Carolina

1st

30 32

2nd

Total

31 45

Last FG - ELON 2nd-00:03, WCU 2nd-00:15. Largest lead - ELON by 5 1st-13:55, WCU by 18 2nd-00:15.

61 77

Points ELON WCU

In Paint 36 38

Off T/O 16 2

2nd Fast Chance Break 8 2 13 8

Bench 14 31

Score tied - 12 times. Lead changed - 8 times.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Kristen Feemster had a career-highs in points (16) and rebounds (12) in the second double-double performance and first start of her career, leading Western Carolina women’s basketball to a 77-61 victory over Elon Monday in the Ramsey Center. On a night when Western Carolina struggled offensively from the field, shooting 44.4 percent, the Lady Catamounts made up for it on the boards with a season-high 57 team rebounds. The club had 39 boards on the defensive glass to aid Western Carolina in winning its season-high fourth consecutive game. Feemster was the bright spot to open the game, relishing the first start of her career. She scored the first six Western Carolina points to start the game. After an early 2-0 lead, Elon took the advantage on the scoreboard and led for the first 16 minutes of the first half. The Lady Catamounts took just its second lead of the half off a lay-up by Diamond Hunnicutt. The score was tied for the 11th and 12th time in the game to start the second half before Western Carolina took the lead for good after a pair of free throws by senior center Brooke Johnson. The Lady Catamounts went on a 14-4 run in the first 10 minutes of the second half to build a 10-point advantage, 51-41. Elon would battle back and go on a 10-3 run to cut the Lady Catamount’s lead to three, 54-51, with 8:05 left. Western Carolina was 5-of-8 from the free throw line and got key three-point buckets from Jessica Jackson, who also dished out a career-high seven assists, and Heather Swayne to keep the Phoenix from rising.

* * * * *

2-4 1-10 4-6 4-7 1-4 3-6 0-1 4-10 2-5 0-0 0-3 21-56

FG % 1st Half: 13-32 40.6% 3FG % 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0%

Western Carolina 77 • 15-11,11-6 Socon ##

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

0-1 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 5-6 2-2 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-0

4-9

10-12

8-24 4-7 8-10

33.3% 57.1% 80.0%

0 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 4 0 4 1 1 5 6 4 0 5 5 2 2 3 5 2 2 4 6 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 5 3 8 16 30 46 16

Game: 21-56 Game: 4-9 Game: 10-12

A TO Blk Stl

4 2 9 10 2 13 2 10 4 0 0

2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

5 4 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0

6 18

6 200

37.5% 44.4% 83.3%

Min

23 20 23 23 28 18 17 19 17 4 8

Deadball Rebounds 0

Chattanooga 52 • 20-8, 16-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

HATCHETT, Tagan WADE-FRAY, Jenaya MASON, LaCondra OGAN, Erin HOLLINQUEST, Shanara TOWNSEND, Tenisha ROLLINS, Megan Team Totals

15 24 44 50 05 42

FG % 1st Half: 7-26 3FG % 1st Half: 1-9 FT % 1st Half: 7-11

* * * * *

26.9% 11.1% 63.6%

2-7 4-12 5-11 3-9 4-9 0-4 0-0

0-5 1-4 1-3 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-0

0-0 4-4 1-4 0-1 8-14 1-3 0-0

18-52

2-18

14-26

2nd half: 11-26 2nd half: 1-9 2nd half: 7-15

42.3% 11.1% 46.7%

0 1 1 2 2 6 8 1 3 4 7 4 4 6 10 3 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 12 21 33 12

Game: 18-52 Game: 2-18 Game: 14-26

A TO Blk Stl

4 13 12 6 16 1 0

5 2 0 0 0 0 1

1 3 4 1 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 0 0

1 3 2 1 1 0 0

8 11

8 200

34.6% 11.1% 53.8%

Min

38 36 29 38 36 17 6

Deadball Rebounds 4

Officials: Billy Smith, Carla Fountain, Karen Preato Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. Chattanooga-None. Attendance: 2405 Score by periods Western Carolina Chattanooga

1st

2nd

Total

28 22

28 30

56 52

Last FG - WCU 2nd-04:29, UTC 2nd-02:16. Largest lead - WCU by 13 2nd-16:17, UTC None.

Points WCU UTC

In Paint 26 24

Off T/O 7 16

2nd Fast Chance Break 14 0 9 4

Bench 29 1

Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 0 times.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Heather Swayne drained a pair of free throws, with two seconds left, to lift Western Carolina women’s basketball to a 56-52 upset victory over Chattanooga Saturday in the McKenzie Arena. Chattanooga had a chance to tie the game with four seconds left, when senior guard LaCondra Mason was fouled. Mason missed both free throws and Swayne ripped down the rebound, and was fouled, to place her on the line draining both free throws to ice the game. Western Carolina didn’t hit a field goal in the last four minutes of the game, but the Lady Catamounts kept their lead thanks to the free throw line. The club was 5-of-7 in the final four minutes to keep the Mocs at bay. The Lady Catamounts led the entire game beginning with a lay-up by senior Lauren Powell to open the contest. The score was tied just once, when Chattanooga knotted the game at 12 thanks to a Jenaya Wade-Fray three-pointer with 11:57 left in the first. Diamnond Hunnicutt drained a pair of free throws to give Western Carolina a 14-12 advantage and the Lady Catamounts never trailed in the contest again. WCU lead by six, 28-22, at the half. Chattanooga opened the second half with a Shanara Hollinquest lay-up to cut WCU’s lead to four, 28-24. Powell answered with a monster three-pointer to push the lead back to seven. Powell’s three-pointer was one of four dagger treys by Western Carolina, all in the second half. After Powell’s three, Johnson followed with a long-ball of her own and then Swayne hit two in the contest. Three Lady Catamounts scored in double figures and the team was paced by Swayne’s season-high 13 points. Brooke Johnson and freshman Kaila’Shea Menendez each had 10 points. The WCU victory halted Chattanooga’s 24-game home winning streak.

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2008-09 BOX SCORES 51 Game February 2009 Official28 Basketball Box16, Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics

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Western Carolina vs Samford WESTERN CAROLINA 55 02/23/09 7 p.m. at Birmingham, Ala. (Pete Hanna Center) samford 53

Wofford vs Western Carolina WESTERN CAROLINA 02/28/09 4:00 pm at Cullowhee, N.C. (Ramsey Center) wofford

Western Carolina 55 • 17-11,13-6 SoCon

Player

CLARKE, Emily FEEMSTER, Kristen JOHNSON, Brooke JACKSON, Jessica POWELL, Lauren SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea CARROLL, Kendra EATON, Kendra Team Totals

33 32 10 23 03 11 22 35 44

Wofford 55 • 5-23, 3-17

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f c g g

FG % 1st Half: 12-25 48.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0%

4-5 1-3 4-12 1-3 5-10 0-4 2-2 2-6 1-2 1-3

0-0 0-0 0-4 1-3 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 2-2 2-2 1-1 0-1 1-2 2-2

21-50

2-14

11-14

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

9-25 1-7 7-10

36.0% 14.3% 70.0%

0 8 8 3 0 3 3 3 2 5 7 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 4 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 2 2 3 2 2 4 5 2 0 2 9 29 38 18

Game: 21-50 Game: 2-14 Game: 11-14

Player

29 16 31 25 27 22 10 19 10 11

WILLIAMS, Mahagony DEMPSEY, Kate MILLER, Liz GRAMBLIN, Natalie DWYER, Kelly BRADLEY, Kristin HELMS, Maddie NICHOLS, Summer DEPKO, Laura MOORHOUSE, April VARNO, Kathlyn Team Totals

A TO Blk Stl

8 2 8 6 13 2 5 4 3 4

2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0

0 3 2 1 4 1 0 2 1 3

0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0

8 17

5 200

OKOLI, Chika HILL, Savannah WILDEROTTER, Megan MAXWELL, Monica LONDON, Emily BABINEAUX, J'Quita ANDERSON, Paige SMITH, Karmen Team Totals

45 12 13 14 04 21 32

FG % 1st Half: 5-24 3FG % 1st Half: 4-10 FT % 1st Half: 5-7

f f g g g

20.8% 40.0% 71.4%

3-10 3-11 1-4 0-4 8-14 0-3 0-0 3-6

0-2 1-5 0-2 0-4 4-7 0-0 0-0 3-5

1-2 2-2 1-2 0-0 4-4 1-4 0-0 0-0

18-52

8-25

9-14

2nd half: 13-28 2nd half: 4-15 2nd half: 4-7

46.4% 26.7% 57.1%

A TO Blk Stl

1st

29 19

Last FG - WCU 2nd-00:37, SAM 2nd-00:04. Largest lead - WCU by 16 1st-08:45, SAM None.

2nd

26 34

Total

55 53

Points WCU SAM

22 12 14 20 24 32

FG % 1st Half: 12-32 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 FT % 1st Half: 0-2

3-6 4-8 3-7 1-4 2-7 0-0 2-9 2-7 2-6 2-5 0-1 21-60

37.5% 37.5% 0.0%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

7 9 3 0 24 1 0 9

1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0

2 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 9 14

0 2 0 4 0 0 0 1

4 0 3 0 1 1 0 1

0-0 0-0 1-1 1-2 1-1 0-0 2-6 0-0 1-3 0-1 0-0

1-2 0-1 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

6-14

7-12

9-28 3-6 7-10

32.1% 50.0% 70.0%

1 6 7 4 2 4 6 2 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 7 9 0 3 2 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 12 26 38 19

Game: 21-60 Game: 6-14 Game: 7-12

7 8 8 3 5 0 8 7 5 4 0

A TO Blk Stl

0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0

2 2 4 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0

2 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0

55 11 17 10

35.0% 42.9% 58.3%

29 34 31 34 34 8 8 22

Deadball Rebounds 1

In Paint 18 16

Off T/O 15 10

Player

44 10 13 23 03 11 21

7 10 200

34.6% 32.0% 64.3%

2nd Fast Chance Break 6 0 9 0

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

Officials: Dawn Marsh, Lisa Ruggs, Kevin Self Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. Samford-None. Attendance: 913 Score by periods Western Carolina Samford

f c g g g

0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0

Min

19 24 31 17 29 1 20 20 15 9 15

4 200 Deadball Rebounds 3

Western Carolina 77 • 18-11, 14-6

2 5 7 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 5 2 5 7 2 0 3 3 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 4 2 2 4 9 22 31 16

Game: 18-52 Game: 8-25 Game: 9-14

Deadball Rebounds 1

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

42.0% 14.3% 78.6%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

Samford 53 • 21-5, 16-3 SoCon ##

77 55

Bench 18 10

Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 0 times.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Western Carolina women’s basketball knocked of Southern Conference leader Samford, 55-53, Monday in the Pete Hanna Center. The victory is the sixth straight for Western Carolina, which could easily earn the Lady Catamounts the manacle of “hottest team entering the Southern Conference Tournament.” Should the club win on Saturday, against Wofford, they are all but assured a third seed in the Southern Conference Tournament. It was another nail-biter for Western Carolina, and for the second straight game, it all came down to free throws. Clinging to a precarious one point lead, 54-53, with 2.8 seconds left, the Lady Catamounts Jessica Jackson was fouled and earned a trip to the charity stripe for two shots. The foul by Samford put Western Carolina in the double bonus and she got two shots. Jackson missed the first free throw but connected on the second. Samford couldn’t get a shot off in the final 2.8 seconds and Western Carolina won the game. Western Carolina looked to be enjoying a semi-comfortable four point advantage, 54-50, with 15 seconds left. The Lady Catamounts continued their tenacious defense, but the Bulldogs’ Emily London threw up what looked appeared to be a desperation three-point shot, left handed, that miraculously fell in to keep Samford alive; and set up the final dramatics of the game. Leading by one, with 3:34 left, Lauren Powell drained a pair of free throws to push the lead back to three, 51-48. Then again after Savannah Hill hit two free throws with 1:07 left, Brooke Johnson came down and fought through the Samford defense for a lay-up and push the lead back to three again, 53-50. Western Carolina shot 42 percent from the field and held Samford to 34.6. It is also the second straight game Western Carolina has held its opponent below 60 points. Powell led Western Carolina with 13 points and Emily Clarke had a steady eight points and eight rebounds. Samford’s Emily London led all scorers with 24.

22 33 35 42

f f g g g

FG % 1st Half: 13-32 40.6% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% FT % 1st Half: 8-8 100.0%

5-10 2-10 1-3 6-9 3-16 3-5 0-4 0-0 2-5 2-4 4-8 0-1

2-3 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-6 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0 1-1 0-0

2-2 0-0 0-0 4-5 6-6 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

28-75

6-17

15-17

2nd half: 15-43 2nd half: 4-13 2nd half: 7-9

34.9% 30.8% 77.8%

4 4 8 0 5 4 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 3 4 2 2 4 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 2 3 5 1 0 2 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 5 23 30 53 14

Game: 28-75 Game: 6-17 Game: 15-17

A TO Blk Stl

14 4 2 17 12 7 0 2 6 4 9 0

2 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0

1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 77 14 12

Min

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1

8 200

37.3% 35.3% 88.2%

25 19 20 22 25 18 10 2 17 14 21 7

Deadball Rebounds 0

Officials: Ed Novak, Talisa Green, Tim Buckner Technical fouls: Wofford-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 856 Score by periods Wofford Western Carolina

1st

2nd

Total

27 36

28 41

55 77

Points WOF WCU

In Paint 24 24

Off T/O 10 22

2nd Fast Chance Break 15 0 14 2

Bench 24 28

Last FG - WOF 2nd-02:32,N.C. WCU 2nd-00:45. Score tied -up 0 times. CULLOWHEE, -- Western Carolina women’s basketball locked the No. 3 seed, Largest lead - WOF None, WCU by 22 2nd-04:14. Lead changed - 0 times. heading into the Southern Conference Tournament, with a 77-55 victory over Wofford Saturday in the Ramsey Center. On Senior Night, honoring Kendra Eaton, Brooke Johnson and Lauren Powell, the Lady Catamounts improve to 18-11 and 14-6 in the Southern Conference while Wofford falls to 5-23 and 3-17 in the SoCon. The Lady Catamounts will play the winner of No. 6 Georgia Southern and No. 11 Elon Saturday March 7 in Chattanooga, Tenn. at McKenzie Arena. Game time is set for approximately 30 minutes after the 9 a.m. contest. Sophomore Emily Clarke led all scorers with 17 points and was one of three Lady Catamounts in double figures. Western Carolina’s pair of seniors, Johnson and Powell, had 14 and 12 points respectively. For the third straight game, Western Carolina led from tip to buzzer, held its opponent below 60 points and extends its winning streak to seven. The Lady Catamounts pounded the glass, out-rebounding the Terriers 53 to 38, with 30 of the boards coming on the defensive glass. Western Carolina built a 28-13 lead with 5:53 left in the first half, when Wofford went on a12-2 run and cut the lead to give five, 30-25, with 1:44 left. The Lady Catamounts went on a run of their own, 6-2, in the final minute of the game, capped off by a jumper by Kendra Carroll with four seconds left, to lead 36-27 headed into the half. The second half looked to be all Western Carolina to start the final 20 minutes, as the Lady Catamounts went up by 16, 43-27, with 16:48 left thanks to a three-pointer by Clarke. But the Terriers continued to try and come back, narrowing the WCU lead to seven, 48-41, with 11:20 left off a three-pointer by Liz Miller. Western Carolina squelched the Wofford threat going on a 23-8 run, in a six minute span, to enjoy its largest lead of the game, 71-49, with 4:14 left. With two minutes remaining in the game, the three Lady Catamount seniors, Johnson, Eaton and Powell, were subbed out at home for the final time.

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WESTERN CAROLINA 71 Elon vs Western Carolina 03/07/09 11:20 at Chattanooga, Tenn. - The McKenzie Arena 52 elon

Western Carolina vs Samford WESTERN CAROLINA 66 03/08/09 2:30 at Chattanooga, Tenn. - The McKenzie Arena 53 SAMFORD Western Carolina 66 • 20-11

Elon 52 • 5-26 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

MEDLEY, Courtney KETO, Erica COTTON, Urysla GAUSE, Tiara DAVIS, Tiffany BATTEN, Jermile HARPER, Aiesha DELLAPENTA, Anna TAYLOR, Julie WALL, Amber LUEDTKE, Jess BELL, Sharwil Team Totals

22 30 12 21 03 10 14 15 23 25 32

f f f g g

FG % 1st Half: 6-28 21.4% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% FT % 1st Half: 14-14 100.0%

4-15 2-3 1-7 3-10 2-6 0-1 1-4 0-0 1-5 1-3 0-0 1-2

2-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

4-4 1-2 2-2 8-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-4 0-0 0-0

16-56

3-10

17-21

2nd half: 10-28 2nd half: 1-3 2nd half: 3-7

35.7% 33.3% 42.9%

1 3 4 3 1 2 3 3 1 5 6 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 5 5 9 27 36 17

Game: 16-56 Game: 3-10 Game: 17-21

Player

33 19 30 28 26 2 13 1 16 24 1 7

FEEMSTER, Kristen JOHNSON, Brooke JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily POWELL, Lauren SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond FERGUSON, Brittany MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT EATON, Kendra Team Totals

A TO Blk Stl

14 5 4 14 5 0 2 0 2 4 0 2

1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

6 1 0 4 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 19

8 200

28.6% 30.0% 81.0%

32 10 13 23 03 11 21 22 35 42 44

FG % 1st Half: 12-35 3FG % 1st Half: 4-13 FT % 1st Half: 7-13

f c g g g

34.3% 30.8% 53.8%

3-5 3-4 0-4 2-7 4-11 3-10 0-3 3-4 2-6 4-5 0-1 2-6

0-0 0-1 0-2 0-2 1-4 0-5 0-0 0-0 1-4 3-4 0-0 0-0

1-2 3-5 2-2 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 1-2 0-0 2-2

26-66

5-22

14-20

2nd half: 14-31 45.2% 2nd half: 1-9 11.1% 2nd half: 7-7 100.0%

4 4 8 3 0 8 8 3 0 1 1 1 0 4 4 1 1 4 5 0 3 7 10 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 5 2 7 2 1 1 2 17 33 50 16

Game: 26-66 Game: 5-22 Game: 14-20

A TO Blk Stl

13 23 03 11 21 22 35 42 44

FG % 1st Half: 10-27 37.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% FT % 1st Half: 3-3 100.0%

4-4 6-11 1-4 4-9 1-6 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 4-6

0-0 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 11-11 0-0 0-0 4-4 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2

23-47

3-10

17-19

2nd half: 13-20 65.0% 2nd half: 1-1 100.0% 2nd half: 14-16 87.5%

1 2 3 2 2 4 6 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 4 5 4 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 2 2 2 4 9 24 33 15

Game: 23-47 Game: 3-10 Game: 17-19

A TO Blk Stl

8 25 3 8 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 8

1 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Min

1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2

0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

66 11 13

7 200

48.9% 30.0% 89.5%

26 29 23 31 27 17 5 1 8 17 1 15

Deadball Rebounds 0

7 9 2 5 10 6 0 6 8 12 0 6

0 3 3 2 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 0

Player

19 16 22 19 24 25 13 4 18 18 8 14

OKOLI, Chika HILL, Savannah WILDEROTTER, Megan MAXWELL, Monica LONDON, Emily BABINEAUX, J'Quita POWERS, Jazmine ANDERSON, Paige SMITH, Karmen Team Totals

1 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 4

0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

71 16 17

5 200

39.4% 22.7% 70.0%

1st

2nd

Total

28 35

24 36

52 71

Deadball Rebounds 2

Last FG - ELON 2nd-00:32, WCU 2nd-00:58. Largest lead - ELON None, WCU by 21 2nd-00:58.

45 12 13 14 04 11 21 32

FG % 1st Half: 11-20 3FG % 1st Half: 3-9 FT % 1st Half: 4-6

In Paint 22 34

Off T/O 11 9

2nd Fast Chance Break 2 6 11 8

Bench 10 38

Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times.

Chattanooga, Tenn. -- No. 3 seed Western Carolina women’s basketball won its eighth-straight game and picked up its 19th victory, but more importantly, knocked off No. 11 seed Elon (5-26) 71-52 in the quarter-finals of the Southern Conference Tournament Saturday in McKenzie Arena. The Lady Catamounts (19-11) advance to the semifinals of the tournament to face No. 2 seed Samford at 2:30 p.m. Sunday on SportSouth. Nine Western Carolina players scored at least five points apiece and the Lady Catamounts were led by sophomore guard Kendra Carroll who had 12 points on 4-for-5 shooting, including 3-for-4 from behind the 3-point line. Also scoring in double digits for Western was senior Lauren Powell, who had 10 points and five rebounds. After trailing 35-28 at halftime, the Phoenix came out and hit a quick three to cut the lead to four. However, the Catamounts went on a short 6-0 run to push the score out to 10. From there the score never got below eight again as Western cruised to a 19-point victory. For the game, the Catamounts held the Phoenix to only 28.6 percent (16-for-56) shooting and out-rebounded them by 14. Western Carolina also altered many Elon shots, recording a season-high eight blocks for the game. The Catamounts held a 38-10 edge in bench scoring.

f f g g g

7-11 4-11 1-5 3-5 1-2 3-7 0-0 0-0 0-3 19-44

55.0% 33.3% 66.7%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

1-4 1-4 0-1 3-4 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2

1-2 3-4 0-0 1-2 5-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

5-18

10-14

8-24 2-9 6-8

33.3% 22.2% 75.0%

2 2 4 4 0 5 5 3 0 2 2 4 1 5 6 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17 20 17

Game: 19-44 Game: 5-18 Game: 10-14

A TO Blk Stl

16 12 2 10 7 6 0 0 0

0 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 1

Min

1 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 0

0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0

53 11 11

7 200

43.2% 27.8% 71.4%

25 36 29 36 34 14 1 7 18

Deadball Rebounds 2

Officials: Billy Smith, Dawn Marsh, Dan Outlaw Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. Samford-TEAM. Attendance: 2268 2009 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Championship Semi-Final 2 Score by periods Western Carolina Samford

Points ELON WCU

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

Officials: Mark Hardcastle, Jenifer Rezac, David Pitock Technical fouls: Elon-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 1206 2009 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Championship Game 7 Session 3 Score by periods Elon Western Carolina

f c g g g

Samford 53 • 22-7 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

Deadball Rebounds 2

Western Carolina 71 • 19-11 ##

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

1st

2nd

Total

25 29

41 24

66 53

Last FG - WCU 2nd-03:15, SAM 2nd-02:25. Largest lead - WCU by 15 2nd-01:35, SAM by 7 1st-02:29.

Points WCU SAM

In Paint 34 18

Off T/O 16 13

2nd Fast Chance Break 13 4 0 2

Bench 16 6

Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 2 times.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Western Carolina captured its 20th win of the season, but more importantly, the 66-53 victory over No. 2 seed Samford (22-7), in the semi-finals of the Southern Conference Tournament, earned the Lady Catamounts its third-straight trip to the SoCon Finals. The Lady Catamounts will face No. 4 seed College of Charleston at 3 p.m. Monday in the McKenzie Arena and will be televised on SportSouth. It is the third-straight year Western Carolina (20-11) has won 20 or more games under Head Coach Kellie Harper. The Lady Catamounts have now reached the finals of the tournament five out of the last six years. Samford (22-7) led by as many as seven in the first half going up 25-18 with 2:29 to play on a Monica Maxwell free throw. Emily London’s two free throws with 20 seconds left gave the Bulldogs a 29-25 halftime margin. The Lady Catamounts stormed out of intermission with a 15-2 run to take control of the game on a Kristen Feemster lay-up to make it 42-33 at 13:49. The Bulldogs closed to within four, 48-44, on a lay-up by London at the 10-minute mark. But the Lady Catamounts were not to be denied. WCU took its largest lead of 15 points, 66-51, on two Johnson free throws with 1:35 left in the game before settling for the 66-53 win. Western Carolina dominated from the inside, out-scoring Samford 34-18 in the paint and out-rebounding the Bulldogs 33-20. The Catamounts registered 13 second chance points to zero for Samford. The Bulldogs were led by Chiki Okoli with 16 points. Maxwell chipped in 10 points while tying for game-high honors with six boards.

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College of Charleston vs Western WESTERN CAROLINA Carolina 101 03/09/09 3:00 OF PM atCHARLESTON Chattanooga, Tenn. - The McKenzie Arena cOLLEGE 87

Western Carolina vs Vanderbilt WESTERN CAROLINA 3/21/09 6:10 PM MDT at The Pit/Albuquerque, NM VANDERBILT

College of Charleston 87 • 23-8

Player

WILLIAMS, Nikki MOYE, Sarah JONES, Deidra HUGHES, Jade GERTY, Tonia KOTCELLA, Brooke WILLIAMS, Ericka Team Totals

20 41 04 33 02 03

FG % 1st Half: 15-31 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 FT % 1st Half: 4-5

Western Carolina 44 • 21-12 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f c g g

48.4% 37.5% 80.0%

2-9 8-13 6-11 8-20 8-22 1-7 3-6

1-2 0-0 0-0 3-7 3-8 0-3 2-2

0-0 2-2 2-3 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-2

36-88

9-22

6-9

2nd half: 14-34 2nd half: 5-10 2nd half: 0-0

41.2% 50.0% 0.0%

OT: OT: OT:

0 3 3 4 4 4 8 5 7 5 12 1 1 5 6 4 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 2 5 7 16 24 40 24 7-23 1-4 2-4

30.4% 25.0% 50.0%

A TO Blk Stl

5 18 14 19 20 2 9

2 1 1 4 8 1 1

1 1 1 3 4 1 1

1 1 0 0 0 1 0

4 2 1 1 2 2 0

Player

45 48 44 52 51 21 14

JOHNSON, Brooke FEEMSTER, Kristen JACKSON, Jessica CLARKE, Emily POWELL, Lauren SWAYNE, Heather HUNNICUTT, Diamond FERGUSON, Brittany MENENDEZ, Kaila'Shea CARROLL, Kendra BELCHER, TT EATON, Kendra Team Totals

33 10 13 23 03 11 21

87 18 12 Game: 36-88 Game: 9-22 Game: 6-9

3 12 275 40.9% 40.9% 66.7%

Player

32 10 13 23 03 11 21 22 35 42 44

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f c g g g

FG % 1st Half: 11-22 50.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% FT % 1st Half: 1-1 100.0%

6-11 6-13 1-3 6-10 5-9 4-9 0-0 0-0 1-3 1-5 0-0 3-6

0-0 1-4 0-0 4-6 3-5 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1

3-3 8-11 0-0 2-4 6-8 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-6

33-69

10-19

25-35

2nd half: 15-26 2nd half: 5-7 2nd half: 10-16

57.7% 71.4% 62.5%

Deadball Rebounds 1

A TO Blk Stl

4 3 7 2 15 1 1 5 8 13 1 21 4 2 1 5 6 2 2 1 0 3 2 5 2 18 3 2 1 6 7 1 19 1 5 0 3 3 2 12 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 9 2 0 1 2 3 15 38 53 14 101 19 18

OT: 7-21 OT: 3-8 OT: 14-18

33.3% 37.5% 77.8%

Game: 33-69 Game: 10-19 Game: 25-35

22 35 42 44

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

32 47 29 43 38 27 3 0+ 9 26 0+ 21

3 275 Deadball Rebounds 7

1st

2nd

OT2

OT3

Total

33 45

6 6

9 9

2 16

87 101

Points COFC WCU

In Paint 36 30

Off T/O 15 12

2nd Fast Chance Break 18 6 17 0

Bench 11 26

Score tied - 9 times. Lead changed - 12 times.

Chattanooga, Tenn. -- It took three overtimes, 101 points and clutch free throws down the stretch, but Western Carolina women’s basketball weathered it all, to capture the 2009 Southern Conference Tournament Title in McKenzie Arena Monday. The No. 3 seeeded Lady Catamounts (21-11) defeated No. 4 seed College of Charleston (23-8) 101-87. Western Carolina took the lead to start the third OT when senior Eaton was fouled after the tip. She drained one of two free throws, to put the Lady Catamount up by one, 86-85. The Cougars quickly retook the lead off a Deidera Jones lay-up with 3:46 remaining. The Lady Catamounts 14-0 run to close out the third overtime began with a monster three-pointer by Heather Swayne to put WCU up 89-87 with 3.24 left. Southern Conference Tournament MVP Brooke Johnson scored seven of the Lady Catamounts final 10 points, to close out the game, and give Head Coach Kellie Harper her second tournament championship. Western Carolina was down by 12 points (37-25) at the half and down by as much as 15 to start the second. The tide looked to have turned in Western Carolina’s favor after building an eight point advantage, 61-53, with 6:53 left. Western Carolina was up by five points with 25 seconds remaining when College of Charleston’s Tonia Gerty drained a three-pointer to cut it to 70-68. The Lady Catamounts turned the ball over, and Gerty hit a lay-up with two seconds remaining, to tie the game at 70 and force the first overtime. The Lady Catamounts were down by two with 1.8 seconds remaining in the first overtime when Powell was fouled to put her on the free throw line. Powell calmly drained both free throws to tie the game at 78 and force the second overtime. The game set several tournament records. . The game was the third-highest scoring game in SoCon Tournament history. Western Carolina’s 101 points was also just the third 100-point game in tournament history.

3-11 1-7 1-4 1-6 3-8 2-5 0-0 1-1 1-3 0-4 0-0 3-8 16-57

21.2% 44.4% 0.0%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

Player

0-1 0-0 1-3 1-1 2-5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

2-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-3

4-12

8-11

9-24 0-3 8-11

37.5% 0.0% 72.7%

4 3 7 2 2 4 6 2 1 1 2 2 0 5 5 1 1 4 5 4 2 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 12 23 35 17

Game: 16-57 Game: 4-12 Game: 8-11

8 2 3 4 8 6 0 2 4 0 0 7 44

A TO Blk Stl

3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 6 18

Min

0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

4 200

28.1% 33.3% 72.7%

WIRTH, Christina RISPER, Jennifer MOONEY, Jessica RHOADS, Jence MARSH, Merideth CHISHOLM, Chanel LUEDERS, Lauren BRIDGE, Ashlee COLEMAN, Jordan GIBBS, Tia MALO, Amy Team Totals

02 20 22 23 03 05 12 24 43

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f g g g g

FG % 1st Half: 12-30 40.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% FT % 1st Half: 3-3 100.0%

37 25

Last FG - COFC OT3-03:46, WCU OT3-01:48. Largest lead - COFC by 15 2nd-19:03, WCU by 14 OT3-00:23.

f f g g g

30 21 21 27 23 21 5 3 11 19 2 17

Deadball Rebounds 0,1

Vanderbilt 73 • 25-8

Officials: Eric Brewton, Carla Fountain, Billy Smith Technical fouls: College of Charleston-None. Western Carolina-None. Attendance: 943 Southern Conference Championships Score by periods College of Charleston Western Carolina

FG % 1st Half: 7-33 3FG % 1st Half: 4-9 FT % 1st Half: 0-0

Min

0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

47.8% 52.6% 71.4%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Min

Western Carolina 101 • 21-11 ##

44 73

9-17 4-7 1-6 3-4 1-5 2-3 2-2 0-2 2-3 2-6 1-1

3-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-4 0-0

2-3 3-3 3-4 0-0 0-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-4 0-0

27-56

5-13

14-18

2nd half: 15-26 2nd half: 3-7 2nd half: 11-15

57.7% 42.9% 73.3%

1 5 6 1 1 8 9 3 1 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 6 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 7 32 39 14

Game: 27-56 Game: 5-13 Game: 14-18

A TO Blk Stl

23 11 5 6 2 6 5 0 4 9 2

1 3 2 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0

2 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0

73 14 11

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0

Min

33 21 25 28 34 8 8 4 14 21 4

2 11 200

48.2% 38.5% 77.8%

Deadball Rebounds 2

Officials: Scott Yarbough, Penny Davis, Eric Larson Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. Vanderbilt-None. Attendance: Score by periods Western Carolina Vanderbilt

1st

2nd

Total

18 29

26 44

44 73

Points WCU VU

In Paint 22 36

Off T/O 6 26

2nd Fast Chance Break 6 0 8 8

Bench 19 26

Last FG - WCU 2nd-00:18, VU 2nd-00:39. tied - 0 times. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Christina Wirth scored 23 pointsScore and Jennifer Largest lead - WCU by 1 1st-14:15, VU by 31 2nd-01:35. Lead changed - 2 times. Risper had 11 points and nine rebounds as fourth-seeded Vanderbilt beat No. 13 Western Carolina 73-41 Saturday night, ending the Lady Catamounts’ 10-game winning streak. Vanderbilt (25-8), in the NCAA tournament for the 10th straight year, made its second straight trip to Albuquerque. Last year, the Commodores beat Montana and West Virginia to advance to the regional semifinals. Lauren Powell and Brooke Johnson led Western Carolina (21-12) with eight points apiece. The Lady Catamounts shot just 28 percent (16-of-57) from the floor. Western Carolina scored seven straight points to pull within 41-29 and force a timeout by Commodores coach Melanie Balcomb at the 12:22 mark. But Wirth quickly ended Western’s spurt with a jumper in the lane, then hit two 3-pointers and drove for another bucket as Vanderbilt went on a 12-2 burst that put the Commodores ahead 53-31 with 9:31 to go. Not only that, Wirth often drew the defensive assignment against Johnson, Western Carolina’s 6-foot-4 forward, who averaged 18.3 points and nine rebounds during the Southern Conference tournament. Johnson scored six of her eight points in the second half. She was 3-of-11 from the field with seven rebounds. Vanderbilt took control in the first half, using an 11-2 run over the last 6:16 of the opening 20 minutes to lead 29-18 at the break.

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2005 / 2009

2008-09 NOTES Coaches’ All-Conference Team

SECOND TOURNAMENT TITLE IN FIVE YEARS: Western Carolina claimed the Southern Conference Tournament title for the second time in five years … It was the Lady Catamounts third-straight year the club reached the finals – getting the win on the third try … It is also the fifth time in six years Western Carolina reached the finals.

Tonia Gerty, College of Charleston Jade Hughes, College of Charleston Shanara Hollinquest, Chattanooga Erin Ogan, Chattanooga Jenaya Wade-Fray, Chattanooga Mercedes Robinson, Davidson Lee Stephens, Furman Savannah Hill, Samford Emily London, Samford Brooke Johnson, Western Carolina

All-Freshman Team

Canesha Edwards, Appalachian State Sade Means, Appalachian State Tiara Gause, Elon Courtney Medley, Elon Kaila’Shea Menedez, Western Carolina Player of the Year – Shanara Hollinquest, Chattanooga Defensive Player of the Year – Monique Floyd, UNCG Freshman of the Year – Tiara Gause, Elon Coach of the Year – Mike Morris, Samford Ann Lashley Inspiration Award – Jade Hughes, College of Charleston

THIRD STRAIGHT WBCA TOP 25 RANKING: For the third straight year, Western Carolina women’s basketball was ranked in the WBCA Academic Top25. The Lady Catamounts had a team GPA of 3.428 and garnered a ranking of 8th. In 2008, the club had its highest ranking in school history at No. 5 and in 2007 the team was ranked 15th.

ODD YEARS AND ODD NUMBERS: Under former Head Coach Kellie Harper, it is the odd numbers that gets the job done … WCU won its first Southern Conference Tournament title in 2005, a regular season title in 2007 and then the tournament title again in 2009 … The Lady Catamounts won the 2009 SoCon tournament title on 03/09/09, all odd numbers, and when added up equals 21, which is the amount of wins Western Carolina had to reach entering the tournament to win the title. 13 SEED HIGHEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY: Western Carolina’s No. 13 seed in the NCAA Tournament was the highest placement in the NCAA Tournament in school history … The club made its second appearance in “The Big Dance” … In 2005 the Lady Catamounts were a No. 16 seed … The No. 13 seed is the third-highest placement for a school from the Southern Conference … Chattanooga drew a No. 10 seed in 2004, upsetting Rutgers, and there have been multiple No. 12 seeds.

… Powell drew a foul with 1.8 seconds left in the first overtime and drained a pair of free throws to tie the game at 76 … She then picked up a steal with 50 plus seconds left in the second overtime and was fouled, with WCU again down by two, and AGAIN hit both free throws to tie the game … Powell ended the game with 19 points with six of her points coming in overtime. Poll . THE 3 OT IN SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FINALS RECORD-SETTING: The three overtimes in the finals of the Southern Conference Tournament with Western Carolina and College of Charleston ties the 1993 ACC final as the longest championship game in Division I history, and it appears to be only the fifth 3OT in Division I conference tournament history (tied for the longest game).

3OT+ games in conference tournaments

1989 – Big East quarterfinal (Villanova 82, St. John’s 78), 3OT 1999 – Atlantic 10 quarterfinal (Virginia Tech 73, Dayton 72), 3OT 3/8/93 – ACC final (Virginia 106, Maryland 103), 3OT 3/3/06 – C-USA quarterfinals (SMU 86, Tulane 84), 3OT 3/8/06 – Southland semifinals (UTSA 76, at UT Arlington 75), 3OT

FACING VANDERBILT: Western Carolina faced the Vanderbilt Commodores for the first time in school history … It is the second club the Lady Catamounts faced from the state of Tennessee in the 2008-09 season … WCU played in Knoxville against the Lady Vols on November 25, 2008, falling 81-56 … Vandy is the second SEC school Western Carolina faced in the first round of the NCAA Tournament LAST 20 GAMES OF THE SEASON: After starting the – as the club played Tennessee in 2005. season 6-6, and suffering tough losses at Montana State and UNC Asheville, Western Carolina began 2009 with a THE STREAK = 2O PLUS WINS: Western Carolina took 92-55 road win at Appalachian State … The Lady Cataa10-game winning streak into the NCAA Tournament … It tied the longest winning streak for Western Carolina mounts finished the regular season and tournament play under the direction of former Head Coach Kellie Harper 15-5 in its last 20 games … And after going 0-5 on the … The streak lifted Western Carolina above the 20-win road to start the year, the club was 6-2 in road contests mark, making it the third straight season WCU has had 20 to end the year … WCU averaged 68.8 points per game or more wins ... The school record is 13 straight wins. in the last 20 games outscoring opponents by an average POWELL, FREE THROWS AND “THE PLAY”: Lauren of 8.3 points per game … The club also averaged 44.2 Powell’s pair of free throws in the final seconds of the first rebounds per game and held opponents to 35.5. and second overtime session are what kept Western Carolina alive in the wild and crazy three-overtimes against College of Charleston in the finals of the SoCon Tourney

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2005 / 2009

Southern Conference Player of the Week Ashley Pellom............... 2 times...................2007-08 Brooke Johnson.............1 time......................... 2007 Lauren Powell................1 time......................... 2007 Monique Dawson..........1 time......................... 2007 Jennifer Gardner........... 6 times...................2002-05 Tiffany Hamm............... 4 times...................2001-04 Laura Echols................. 3 times...............1999-2002 Lori Lyons..................... 3 times...................1990-93 Karen Mason................ 3 times...................1995-98 Willow Russell...............1 time....................1996-97 Angela Rowe.................1 time....................1993-94 Regina Brown................1 time....................1991-92 Shirley Shannon............1 time....................1988-89

Southern Conference Coach of the Year Kellie Harper................................................2006-07 Beth Dunkenberger.....................................2002-03

Southern Conference Player of the Month Brooke Johnson.............1 time..................Nov. 2007

Southern Conference Freshman of the Year Lauren Powell................................................... 2006 Tiffany Hamm................................................... 2001 April Fleck......................................................... 1998 Pam Owens...................................................... 1994

All-Southern Conference *C=Coaches, M=Media Brooke Johnson..... 2nd team (C&M)............2008-09 Monique Dawson......1st team (C)...............2007-08 Chevon Keith..........1st team (C&M).............2007-08 Lauren Powell............1st team (C).................... 2006 .................................2nd team (C).................... 2007 Brooke Johnson........ 1st team(M).................... 2007 Ashley Pellom.......... 2nd team (M)................... 2007 Jennifer Gardner..1st team (C), 1st (M).............. 2005 ......................... 1st team (C), 2nd (M)*............ 2003 Tiffany Hamm.............. 1st (M)*....................... 2004 ..............................1st team (C&M)*................. 2003 Laura Echols................ 1st team....................... 2002 .................................... 1st team....................... 2001 .................................... 1st team....................... 2000 LaSha Jackson.............2nd team...................... 1997 Karen Mason...............2nd team...................... 1997 ....................................2nd team...................... 1996 Lori Lyons.................... 1st team....................... 1993 ....................................2nd team...................... 1992 Laura Vannoy...............2nd team...................... 1990 Jeanne Marvel............. 1st team....................... 1988 ....................................2nd team...................... 1987 Emily Holliday.............2nd team...................... 1986 Southern Conference Player of the Year Tiffany Hamm...............Media.......................... 2003 Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year Chevon Keith.................................................... 2008

Southern Conference All-Freshman Team Kaila’Shea Menendez....................................... 2009 Emily Clarke...................................................... 2008 Heather Swayne............................................... 2007 Lauren Powell................................................... 2006 Erin May........................................................... 2004 Kala Greene...................................................... 2003 Ki-Ki Glass........................................................ 2002 Tiffany Hamm................................................... 2001 April Fleck......................................................... 1998

Southern Conference Tournament Honors Brooke Johnson.. Most Outstanding................. 2009 Jennifer Gardner.Most Outstanding................. 2005 SoCon All-Tournament Team Selections Brooke Johnson..........1st Team........................ 2009 Emily Clarke............... 2nd Team....................... 2009 Jessika Johnson..........1st Team........................ 2008 Ashley Pellom............ 2nd Team....................... 2008 Emily Clarke............... 2nd Team....................... 2008 Brooke Johnson..........1st Team........................ 2007 Chevon Keith..............1st Team........................ 2007 Ashley Pellom............ 2nd Team....................... 2007 Monique Dawson...... 2nd Team....................... 2006 Jennifer Gardner.........1st Team........................ 2005 Lori Tanner..................1st Team........................ 2005 Sigita Maleraite......... 2nd Team....................... 2005 Chevon Keith............. 2nd Team....................... 2005 Jennifer Gardner.........1st team........................ 2004 Tiffany Hamm.............1st team........................ 2004 Christy Blackwell....... 2nd team........................ 2004 Lori Lyons...................1st team........................ 1992 Regina Brown............ 2nd team........................ 1992 Roxanne Williams.......... 2nd team........................ 1990 Jeanne Marvel............1st team........................ 1987

AWARDS AND HONORS 55 All-State (AIAW) Serena Surratt..............................................1982 Jayne Arledge.............................. 1976,‘77,‘78,‘79 Judy Stroud............................................ 1974,‘76 Brenda Johnson...................................... 1974,‘75

United States Collegiate Women’s All-Star Team Brenda Johnson............................................1974 Judy Stroud..................................................1974 National Invitational All-Tournament Barbara Kaylor..............................................1970 Arthur Ashe, Jr., Sports Scholar Kristen Feemster........1st team....................2008 Kendra Eaton......1st team/2nd team.. 2007/2008 Jennifer Gardner.........4th team....................2005 Yoneko Allen...............1st team....................2003 Christy Blackwell........1st team....................2003 Yoneko Allen...............1st team....................2002 Verizon Academic All-America Yoneko Allen................3rd team....................2004 Lori Lyons......................................................1992 Verizon Academic All-District Yoneko Allen................1st team....................2004 Yoneko Allen................1st team....................2003 Yoneko Allen............... 2nd team...................2002 Laura Echols................1st team....................2002 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Brooke Johnson..1st Team District III............2009 Brooke Johnson. 2nd Team District III............2008 WBCA Academic Top 25 2008-09................................................. 8th Place 2007-08................................................. 5th Place 2006-07............................................... 15th Place 2000-01................................................. 6th Place

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2005 / 2009

ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS W estern C arolina all - southern conference selections

Emily Holliday 1986 - 2nd Team

LaSha Jackson 1997 - 2nd team

Lauren Powell

2005- Freshman of the Year (C & M)

Jeanne Marvel 1987 - 2nd team 1988 - 1st team

Laura Echols

2000 - 1st team / 2001 - 1st team 2002 - 1st team

Laura Vannoy 1990 - 2nd team

Tiffany Hamm

2003 - 1st team (C & M) 2004 - 1st team (M)

Lori Lyons

1992 - 2nd team 1993 - 1st team

Jennifer Gardner

2003 - 1st team (C) 2nd team (M) 2005 - 1st team (C & M)

Brooke Johnson

2009 - SoCon Tournament MVP 2009 - 2nd team (C & M)

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2005 / 2009

Karen Mason 1996 - 2nd team 1997 - 2nd team

Chevon Keith

2008 - 1st team (C) / (M) 2008 Defensive Player of the Year

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Absher, Tracy............................................1989 Adams, Jennifer................................. 1993-96 Allen, Lynn...............................................1985 Allen, Yoneko................................. 2002-2004 Arledge, Jayne................................... 1976-79 Arrowood, Kim................................... 1977-78 Austin, Belinda.........................................1968

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Bailey, Sandy............................................1986 Baker, Amy......................................... 1995-96 Barker, Sheila..................................... 1977-80 Barnes, Shaketia................................ 2002-05 Barrett, Michelle......................................1984 Belcher, TT........................2008-present Benson, Angie.................................... 1985-88 Benson, Beverly................................. 1966-67 Bissinger, LaVeta................................ 1993-94 Blankenship, Jill.......................................1984 Blackwell, Christy..........................2000-01, 03-04 Bohles, Angie..................................... 1987-88 Braswell, Teresa.................................. 1981-84 Britt, Jerrie......................................... 1966-68 Brittain, Alicia.................................... 1993-96 Brown, Regina.........................................1992 Broy, Missy......................................... 1995-97 Bryant, Jayna..................................... 1997-98 Bryne, Jeanne..........................................1982 Bumgarner, Jeanne............................ 1966-67 Burchette, Mandy....................................1987 Bums, Oliver “Sweetie”.............................1978 Butner, Lisa..............................................1987

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Cabe, Cindy........................................ 1990-91 Cain, Janet......................................... 1967-69 Calder, Alice.............................................1989 Cameron, Renee.......................................1996 Carroll, Kendra..................2007-present Chafin, Della.............................................1968 Chandler, Bess.................................... 1966-68 Clarke, Emily.....................2007-present Coates, Rosanna.......................................1970 Cole, Margaret..........................................1966 Colville, Pat........................................ 1973-74 Cook, Leigh Ann................................. 1991-92 Corey, Keri................................................1985 Cribb, Alice...............................................1967 Crisp, Beth.......................................... 1978-81 Currence, Beth.................................... 1996-99 Curtis, Cindy.............................................1980

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Daniels, Pam...................................... 1985-86 Davis, Phyllis............................................1973 Dawson, Monique.............................. 2004-08 Dillingham, Karen.............................. 1969-72 Donaldson, Julie................................. 1989-90 Dowell, Jean.............................................1966 Dunlap, Regina................................... 1992-95 Duvall, Sheila...........................................1966

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Easter, Kim......................................... 1983-84 Eaton, Kendra..................................... 2005-09 Echols, Laura...................................... 1999-02 Eichhorn, Ginger................................ 1980-83 Eldreth, Krissy..........................................1995 Ervin, Melissa..................................... 2002-03

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Farmer, Stacy...........................................1994 Feemster, Kristen..............2006-present Ferguson, Brittany.............2008-present Finch, Nora Lynn......................................1969 Fisher, Jennifer................................... 1997-98 Fleck, April......................................... 1998-01 Foster, Wanda..................................... 1985-88 Fox, Rhonda....................................... 1980-81 Freeman, Lenora................................ 1978-80 Frye, Sandra.............................................1978

Lamitie, Lynsie................................... 2005-07 Laster, Tammy.................................... 1982-85 Laxton, Wendy.........................................1985 Leak, Rose................................................1985 Ledbetter, Tammy.............................. 1983-84 Loggins, Nicole................................... 2001-02 Long, Miranda.................................... 2002-03 Loy, Patti..................................................1976 Lyons, Lori.......................................... 1990-93

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Maleraite, Sigita................................. 2003-05 Mannino, Christi................................. 2004-05 Marsh, Betty............................................1968 Marvel, Jeanne................................... 1987-88 Mason, Karen..................................... 1995-98 May, Erin............................................ 2003-05 McCartha, Jane.................................. 1970-83 McClees, Jane..................................... 1967-70 McDowell, Linda................................ 1971-75 McEntire, Amy.................................... 1990-93 McFalls, Gail.............................................1976 McGillivary, Marsha............................... 2000-03 McGinnis, Suzanne............................. 1967-69 McInturff, Kim.................................... 1987-90 McKinney, Donna.....................................1979 McKoy, Mary...................................... 1986-87 McMahan, Tamara.............................. 1995-99 McNabb, Pam..................................... 1984-87 Menendez, Kailia’Shea.......2008-present Milner, Lynn....................................... 1968-71 Mincey, Frances.................................. 1973-75 Morgan, Beth..................................... 1976-79 Moser, Suzanne.................................. 1984-87 Moses, Juanita.........................................1967

Gantt, Georgia..........................................1972 Gardner, Jennifer................................ 2002-05 Garrett, Kristy..................................... 1993-95 Gary, Makisha..........................................1996 Glass, Ki-Ki......................................... 2002-05 Glover, Ann...............................................1982 Graham, Debbie.......................................1979 Granville, Bonnie................................ 1974-76 Green, Judy........................................ 1981-84 Gregory, Pam..................................... 1981-82 Gregory, Sharon.......................................1989 Griffin, Becky...................................... 1969-70 Griffin, Crystal..........................................1997

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Haberman, Becky.....................................1986 Hair, Jill.............................................. 1990-91 Halford, Brenda.................................. 1974-77 Hall, Harriett............................................1986 Hall-Mason, Beth.....................................1994 Hamm, Tiffany................................... 2001-04 Hammett, Lori..........................................1997 Hardy, Teyawna.................................. 2002-06 Harris, Glenda..........................................1980 Harris, Jackie............................................1988 Hart, Shirle...............................................1976 Hazelwood, Jane......................................1967 Heggins, Janetta................................ 2000-03 Hensley, Rachel.................................. 1967-68 Hickman, Adonna.....................................1977 Hidgon, Debbie........................................1972 Holliday, Emily................................... 1983-86 Holmes, Crystal........................................1983 Horne, Vicki........................................ 1971-74 Horton, Mel..............................................1982 Huffman, Donna................................ 1986-89 Hunnicutt, Diamond..........2008-present Huskey, Talenna.......................................1987 Huskins, April..................................... 1988-91

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Jackson, Ethel..........................................1975 Jackson, LaSha................................... 1995-98 Jessup, Edna....................................... 1967-70 Johnson, Brenda................................ 1974-77 Johnson, Brooke................................. 2006-09 Johnson, Jessika................................. 2004-08 Jones, Sharon “Jolly”........................... 1972-75 Julian, Sandra.................................... 1977-80

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Kasch, Sheree..................................... 1980-81 Kaylor, Barbara................................... 1968-71 Kaylor, Kathy............................................1974 Keith, Chevon..................................... 2004-08 Kent, Kris............................................ 1998-01 Kruse, Sandy...................................... 1982-84 Kulp, Kris..................................................1969

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Nesbitt, Sheila..........................................1966 Netherton, Lulu.................................. 1971-72 Nichols, Judy...................................... 1966-67

-P-

Parker, Kelly....................................... 1988-91 Parks, Tameka..........................................1999 Pellom, Ashley................................... 2004-08 Penland, Charlene.............................. 1989-92 Pike, Karen...............................................1969 Player, Pam........................................ 1972-75 Powell, Lauren................................... 2005-09 Powell, Lori........................................ 1991-92 Proffitt, Amy...................................... 1998-00 Pryor, Debbie...........................................1977

-R-

Rae, Kit.....................................................1979 Reece, Amy........................................ 1992-93 Rhymer, Lynn...........................................1989 Rice, Sandy...............................................1975 Roberts, Katrina................................. 1985-86 Rowe, Anglea..................................... 1991-94 Rumley, Betty..........................................1974 Russell, Willow................................... 1997-00

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Saltz, Cindi......................................... 1979-82 Sanders, Faren.................................... 1970-71 Sanders, Judy..................................... 1966-67 Scott, Katie......................................... 1998-02 Seaman, Karin.................................... 1993-95 Sergent, Malissa.......................................1992

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Shannon, Shirley................................ 1987-89 Shannonhouse, Kathy........................ 1969-72 Sharpe, Crystal................................... 1977-78 Sheehan, Jan............................................1975 Sheets, Marilyn.................................. 1967-70 Shields, Mary Alice...................................1970 Shipman, Barbara....................................1971 Smith, Deanie..........................................1979 Sorrels, Sarah..................................... 1972-73 Spairhour, Debbie.............................. 1978-79 Stepp, Jackie...................................... 1999-01 Story, Kathy........................................ 1978-79 Stroud, Judy....................................... 1973-76 Surratt, Marlena................................. 1991-93 Surratt, Serena................................... 1981-84 Sutton, Nancy.................................... 1982-85 Swayne, Heather...............2006-present Swiger, Donna..........................................1966

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Tanner, Lori........................................ 2003-05 Taylor, Carolyn..........................................1968 Taylor, Terri...............................................1980 Teaster, Christy................................... 1992-93 Thagard, Summer............................. 2001-2004 Thomas, Suzanne.....................................1973 Thompson, Kacy................................. 2004-05 Thompson, Meredith.......................... 1980-81 Thurman, Annette....................................1980 Thurman, Laura.................................. 1990-93 Tillman, Teshymia....................................2005 Tillotson, Emily........................................1994 Tritt, Laura.......................................... 1975-76 Trotter, Debbie.........................................1970

-U-

Underwood, Cindy...................................1976 Upton, Ann...............................................1975

-V-

Vannoy, Laura.................................... 1987-90 Vaughn, Barbara................................ 1968-71

-W-

Wall, Donna.............................................1974 Wallace, Vivian.........................................1967 Waters, Ebony.................................... 1996-98 Watson, Karen.................................... 1973-75 West, Marsha..................................... 1979-80 Wheeler, Amber................................. 1996-99 White, Janet....................................... 1974-77 White, Kathy............................................1981 White, Sherrie.................................... 1970-72 Wike, Anna......................................... 1981-84 Williams, Brenda................................ 1969-72 Williams, Renese......................................1986 Williams, Roxanne............................. 1988-91 Williamson, Kim.......................................1989 Wilson, Sharon................................... 1979-83 Winbon, Donna........................................1977 Wingo, Rhonda........................................1972 Current letterwinners ‑in bold

ALL-TIME RESULTS W

First

Last

Streak

First

Last

Akron..................................... 2

Team

1987

1993

W-2

Hawaii.................................... 1

2007

First

Last

Streak

1989

Ala.-Birmingham................... 0

1997

L-1

High Point.............................. 16

1967

W-1

2005

L-1 Radford.................................. 4

1974

2005

L-2

Alaska-Fairbanks.................... 1

2004

W-1

Hofstra................................... 1

Alcorn State........................... 0

1986

L-1

Iowa Wesleyan....................... 1

1990

W-1 St. Francis (N.Y.)..................... 1

1994

1999

L-1

1969

W-1 St. Joesph’s............................. 1

2006

W-1

Anderson............................... 0

1976

1979

L-2

Jacksonville State................... 1

Appalachian St....................... 35

51 1970

2009

W-9

Kansas.................................... 0

2004

W-1 St. Mary’s (Calif.).................... 1

2002

W-1

1971

L-1 Samford................................. 2

2008

2009

Auburn................................... 0

2005

2006

L-2

W-2

Kansas State........................... 1

1970

W-1 Savannah State...................... 2

2002

2003

W-2

Austin Peay State................... 0

1990

1991

Ball State................................ 1

1969

L-2

Kentucky................................ 1

1974

W-1 Shaw...................................... 2

1977

1978

W-2

W-1

Lafayette................................ 1

1998

2008

W-1 South Alabama...................... 0

1996

Belmont Abbey...................... 3

1980

1982

L-1

Lander.................................... 3

1987

1990

W-3 South Carolina........................ 2

1973

2005

L-4

Bennett.................................. 1

1972

Bethune-Cookman................. 2

1994

1972

W-1

Lenoir-Rhyne......................... 3

1978

1984

L-1 USC Spartanburg.................... 5

1980

1998

L-3

2001

W-2

Liberty................................... 8

1989

2008

W-2 S.C. State................................ 1

1982

W-1

Team

Streak Team W-1 Presbyterian

Berea..................................... 1

1983

W-1

Limestone.............................. 2

1987

1988

W-2 South Florida.......................... 0

1986

1993

L-2

Brevard.................................. 10

1967

1974

W-10

Longwood.............................. 1

1976

1981

W-1 SE Louisiana........................... 1

1984

2000

L-1

Brown.................................... 1

1988

W-1

Louisville................................ 1

1994

2007

W-1 Sou. Connecticut.................... 0

1971

L-1 W-1

Cal St.-Fullerton..................... 0

1970

L-1

Mars Hill................................. 38

1964

1997

W-38 Southern Illinois..................... 1

1969

Campbell................................ 10

1973

2003

W-3

Marshall................................. 6

30 1974

1997

L-2 Stetson................................... 1

1990

1995

L-1

Canisius.................................. 0

1993

L-1

Memphis State....................... 1

1992

1993

L-1 Tennessee.............................. 9

10 1968

2008

L-4

Carson-Newman.................... 0

1966

1983

L-6

Mercer.................................... 0

1995

2000

L-4 Tennessee State..................... 2

2000

2001

W-2

Catawba................................. 3

1977

1978

W-3

Michigan State....................... 0

2005

L-1 Tennessee Tech....................... 1

1972

2007

W-1

Central Florida........................ 3

1983

2001

W-3

Middle Tenessee..................... 2

1991

2008

W-1 Texas-El Paso.......................... 0

2003

L-1

Central Missouri St................. 0

1974

L-1

Milligan.................................. 1

1967

1983

L-1 Toledo.................................... 0

2006

L-1

Charleston, Coll...................... 23

11 1975

2009

W-1

Minnesota.............................. 0

2007

L-1 Tusculum................................ 3

1986

1987

W-3

Charleston Southern.............. 5

1979

1981

W-5

Miss. Gulf Coast...................... 1

1975

W-1 Ursinus................................... 0

1970

L-1

Chattanooga.......................... 10

56 1978

2009

W-1

Miss. U. for Women................ 0

1975

L-1 Utah....................................... 0

2002

L-1

Cincinnati............................... 0

1992

L-1

Montana................................ 0

1993

L-1 Vanderbilt.............................. 0

2009

L-1

Clemson................................. 1

1985

2009

L-1

Montana State....................... 0

2008

L-1 Va. Commonwealth................ 0

1990

L-1

Cleveland State...................... 0

1997

L-1

Montreat................................ 8

1967

1997

W-8 Virginia Tech........................... 0

1993

2007

L-3

Coastal Carolina...................... 6

1986

2001

W-4

Morehead State...................... 1

1984

1995

W-1 Wake Forest........................... 12

1972

2007

L-1

Colorado State........................ 1

2006

W-1

Mount St. Mary’s.................... 0

1995

L-1 Weber State........................... 1

2006

W-1

Coppin State........................... 0

1998

L-1

Murray State.......................... 0

1988

1995

L-1 West Chester.......................... 0

1969

L-1

Covenant................................ 1

1982

W-1

Navy....................................... 2

1993

1999

W-1 West Virginia.......................... 1

2001

W-1

Cumberland (Ky.)................... 1

1967

W-1

New Orleans........................... 0

1999

L-1 Western Illinois...................... 0

1988

L-1

Davidson................................ 24

17 1977

2009

W-1

Niagara.................................. 0

1993

L-1 Western Kentucky.................. 0

1991

L-1

Denver................................... 0

2003

L-1

Norfolk State.......................... 0

1976

L-1 Western Michigan.................. 0

1996

L-1

Detroit-Mercy........................ 1

2005

2007

W-1

North Carolina........................ 3

1973

2009

L-8 Wingate................................. 1

1980

1981

L-1

Duke...................................... 3

1977

1994

L-3

Northeastern.......................... 1

1970

W-1 Winthrop................................ 30

11 1967

2001

W-4

East Carolina.......................... 10

1971

1995

W-2

N.C. A&T State........................ 7

1980

1991

L-4 Wisc.-Green Bay..................... 0

1997

L-1

East Tenn. St........................... 20

40 1968

2007

W-2

UNC Asheville......................... 32

12 1968

2008

L-1 Wright State........................... 0

2005

L-1

Eastern Kentucky.................... 3

10 1972

2006

L-1

N.C. Central............................ 1

1980

W-1 Wofford.................................. 25

1996

2009

W-7

Eastern Michigan................... 1

2006

W-1

UNC Charlotte........................ 7

20 1978

1994

L-8 Xavier..................................... 0

2006

L-1

Elon........................................ 16

14 1973

2009

W-7

UNC Greensboro..................... 27

23 1967

2009

W-6

Florida State........................... 0

1998

2005

L-2

UNC Pembroke....................... 2

1982

1983

W-2

Francis Marion........................ 0

1981

L-1

UNC Wilmington.................... 2

1987

2009

W-1

Furman.................................. 26

33 1970

2009

W-9

N.C. State............................... 0

1976

2007

L-8

Gardner-Webb....................... 10

1980

2003

W-10

Northeastern.......................... 1

1970

W-1

Georgia.................................. 1

1976

W-1

North Greenville..................... 1

1967

W-1

Georgia Southern................... 11

29 1981

2009

L-2

Old Dominion......................... 1

1972

W-1

Georgia State......................... 3

1984

2001

L-2

Oregon State.......................... 1

2007

W-1

Georgia Tech........................... 0

1985

1996

L-5

Piedmont............................... 1

1981

W-1

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1970-71 – 13-4 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland

1965-66 – 4-2 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland 3/11 3/11 3/12 3/12

Carson-Newman.................... L Mars Hill................................ W Memphis State...................... W Carson-Newman.................... L

46 69 70 61

63 45 33 65

45 61 38 47 36 49 32 41 51 51 39 73 36

19 63 58 19 27 27 34 39 34 13 50 20 29

49 44 59 49 54 37 50 42 43 44 45 46 38

40 36 42 38 15 25 26 13 29 26 34 40 36

77 66 69 49 51 57 60 46 36 27 56 70 57 54 44 38 39

42 31 17 52 15 43 44 21 30 21 33 35 60 38 42 36 65

(NOTE: Two game records unavailable)

1966-67 – 9-4 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland 1/6 Mars Hill................................ W High Point.............................. L UNC Greensboro..................... L Montreat................................ W Mars Hill................................ W Montreat................................ W Winthrop............................... L North Greenville.................... W 3/7 High Point.............................. W Milligan................................. W Carson-Newman.................... L Cumberland........................... W Brevard.................................. W

1967-68 – 13-0 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland, (26-6) N/A UNC Greensboro..................... 1/20 Tennessee.............................. 1/26 High Point.............................. 1/27 Winthrop............................... 2/1 Montreat................................ 2/2 at Mars Hill............................ 2/3 UNC Asheville........................ Montreat................................ 2/10 at Winthrop............................ 2/12 at UNC Asheville.................... 2/13 Mars Hill................................ 2/16 at High Point.......................... at UNC Greensboro................. 3/9 UNDEFEATED SEASON

W W W W W W W W W W W W W

1968-69 – 14-3 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland 1/18 Tennessee.............................. W 1/24 Brevard.................................. W High Point.............................. W UNC Greensboro..................... L Montreat................................ W 2/7 at Mars Hill............................ W 2/8 at Tennessee.......................... W 2/11 Monreat................................. W Winthrop............................... W East Tennessee State.............. W Brevard.................................. W High Point.............................. W UNC Greensboro..................... L vs. Ball State @...................... W vs. Southern Illinois @........... W vs. Iowa Wesleyan @.............. W vs. West Chester @................. L @ - CIAW National Tournament

1969-70 – 16-3 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland 1/17 Winthrop............................... W 1/25 Brevard.................................. W 1/31 Appalachian State.................. W Tennessee.............................. W 2/7 Winthrop............................... W 2/13 Mars Hill................................ W 2/14 Tennessee.............................. W 2/20 East Tennessee State.............. L 2/21 Tennessee.............................. W 2/21 Furman.................................. W 2/23 Brevard.................................. W 2/28 Appalachian State.................. W 3/3 Mars Hill................................ W 3/6 UNC Greensboro..................... W 3/7 High Point.............................. W 3/12 vs. Northeastern @................ W 3/13 vs. Kansas State @................. W 3/13 vs. Cal State-Fulerton @......... L 3/14 vs. Ursinus @.......................... L @ - CIAW National Tournament C I A W N A T I ONAL RUNNER-UP

43 47 61 46 53 39 54 36 48 42 48 50 49 52 42 62 43 31 52

49 19 38 42 44 32 37 44 33 32 36 46 31 39 13 44 38 38 57

1/16 Winthrop............................... L Tennessee.............................. W Winthrop............................... W Brevard.................................. W 1/30 Appalachian State.................. W 2/2 Mars Hill................................ W 2/6 Appalachian State.................. W Brevard.................................. W Mars Hill................................ W East Carolina.......................... W 2/19 Furman.................................. W Appalachian State.................. W UNC Greensboro..................... W 3/5 UNC Greensboro..................... W 3/6 High Point.............................. L 3/24 Southern Connecticut............ L 3/25 Kansas................................... L

1974-75 – 13-13 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland 37 43 49 55 46 42 50 53 56 61 54 57 74 62 43 38 43

46 26 32 24 39 34 34 22 42 49 35 48 66 51 50 57 46

40 54 51 47 41 62 39 53 51 60 38 44 54 53 53 55 70 81 52 40 53 72

37 40 31 42 39 24 29 50 33 49 33 48 43 47 41 28 41 55 57 44 50 50

29 56 52 47 40 59 49 51 31 52 52 69 55 55 46 50 55 40

37 48 37 42 42 49 58 43 41 39 49 57 48 47 48 51 41 47

39 49 64 57 46 45 56 45 71 69 75 73 49 59 45 70 53 45 52 60 48 57 64 51 51

41 36 42 59 34 66 28 61 43 65 64 65 63 53 69 45 52 72 27 58 61 46 52 62 66

1971-72 – 19-3 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland 1/15 Appalachian State.................. W 1/22 Winthrop............................... W 1/24 Brevard.................................. W 1/27 Mars Hill................................ W 1/29 Winthrop............................... W 2/1 Furman.................................. W 2/4 Wake Forest........................... W 2/8 Brevard.................................. W 2/11 Mars Hill................................ W 2/14 Appalachian State.................. W 2/18 Winthrop............................... W 2/19 Tennessee.............................. L 2/22 Tennessee.............................. W 2/25 UNC Greensboro..................... W 2/26 High Point.............................. W 3/3 Bennett................................. W 3/3 Wake Forest........................... W East Carolina.......................... W 3/4 UNC Greensboro..................... L Tennessee Tech...................... L 3/11 Old Dominion........................ W 3/11 Eastern Kentucky................... W

1972-73 – 11-7 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland 1/16 Appalachian State.................. L 1/17 Mars Hill................................ W 1/26 Elon....................................... W 1/27 Wake Forest........................... W Winthrop............................... L 2/2 Campbell............................... W 2/3 East Carolina.......................... L Winthrop............................... W 2/6 2/9 UNC Greensboro..................... L 2/10 High Point.............................. W Mars Hill................................ W 2/16 South Carolina....................... W 2/17 Winthrop............................... W 2/17 Appalachian State.................. W 2/20 Tennessee.............................. L 2/23 Appalachian State.................. L 3/2 North Carolina....................... W 3/3 East Carolina.......................... L

1973-74 – 15-10 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland Marshall................................. L Brevard.................................. W 1/14 at Appalachian State.............. W 1/18 Elon (2OT).............................. L 1/19 Wake Forest........................... W 1/22 Winthrop............................... L 1/25 Radford.................................. W 1/26 Elon....................................... L 1/29 Mars Hill................................ W 2/1 at UNC Greensboro................. WOT at High Point.......................... W 2/2 East Carolina.......................... W 2/11 Winthrop............................... L 2/12 Appalachian State.................. W 2/15 South Carolina....................... L 2/16 Furman.................................. W 2/16 UNC Greensboro..................... W 2/19 at Tennessee.......................... L 2/21 vs. Campbell @...................... W 2/22 vs. North Carolina @............... W 2/23 vs. Elon @.............................. L vs. Kentucky %....................... W 3/9 vs. South Carolina %.............. W vs. Tennessee Tech %............. L vs. Tennessee %..................... L @ - NCAIAW State Tournament % - AIAW Southern Region II Tournament

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 59

12/20 Central Missouri State............ L 12/21 Mississippi Gulf Coast............. W 12/21 at Univ. of Mississippi............. L 1/14 Appalachian State.................. W 1/17 East Carolina.......................... L 1/18 at North Carolina................... L 1/21 at Mars Hill............................ W 1/22 Tennessee.............................. L 1/24 at Wake Forest....................... L 1/25 Elon....................................... W 1/28 Winthrop............................... W 1/31 High Point.............................. W 2/1 at Elon................................... L 2/7 High Point.............................. W 2/8 UNC Greensboro..................... L 2/12 Mars Hill................................ W 2/13 East Carolina.......................... W 2/14 Tennessee.............................. W 2/14 College of Charleston............. L 2/20 at Appalachian State.............. L 2/27 vs. UNC Greensboro @............ W 2/28 vs. East Carolina @................. W 3/1 vs. Elon %.............................. L 3/6 vs. Eastern Kentucky %.......... L 3/7 vs. Wake Forest %.................. L @ - NCAIAW State Tournament % - AIAW Southern Region II Tournament (NOTE: One game record unavailable)

1977-78 – 21-6 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland

64 66 49 70 67 62 77 66 71 73 77 74 54 85 73 82 81 86 63 49 82 71 74 56 64

71 50 83 56 74 85 72 69 72 57 68 47 84 51 76 53 69 82 71 63 66 62 89 60 70

44 77 73 91 98 71 63 65 82 69 74 68 96 77 92 64 77 76 57 75 56 51 81 75

62 72 86 69 53 64 65 61 60 98 69 83 55 75 72 71 76 68 83 61 57 62 94 78

63 38 47 59 68 66 55 71 51 0 70 61 41 54 71 59 71 47 87 68 69 50 56 78 72 68 70

11/20 at East Tennessee State.......... L 11/24 vs. NC State !.......................... L 11/25 at Elon !.................................. L 11/28 Charleston Southern.............. W 12/1 at Lenoir-Rhyne..................... W 12/2 at Wake Forest....................... W 12/5 Appalachian State.................. W 12/8 vs. Eastern Kentucky #........... L 12/9 vs. Marshall #......................... W 1/8 East Carolina.......................... L 1/10 at Mars Hill............................ W 1/13 Chattanooga.......................... L 1/15 at College of Charleston......... L 1/16 at Charleston Southern.......... W 1/20 UNC Greensboro..................... W 1/22 at Appalachian State.............. L 1/24 East Tennessee State.............. W 1/27 Campbell............................... W 1/29 Mars Hill................................ W 2/8 vs. Anderson ^...................... L 2/9 vs. College of Charleston ^.... L 2/13 at North Carolina................... L 2/16 Winthrop............................... W 2/17 Duke...................................... W 2/22 Appalachian St. @.................. L

64 69 78 73 85 90 98 66 100 73 79 73 61 98 83 75 66 70 71 69 60 62 83 89 79

67 92 89 63 67 82 74 78 87 84 75 86 76 66 62 88 61 67 65 77 81 82 66 78 80

89 108 68 94 76 89 79 83 73 62 91 46 82 110 63 71 60 63 79 76 59 79 77 56 68 63 73 66

56 59 75 64 59 65 89 88 58 75 58 76 59 43 80 92 87 90 75 60 73 71 71 89 66 82 70 82

! - Elon Tournament # - James Madison Invit. ^ - Winthrop Tournament @- NCAIAW State Tournament

1976-77 – 15-11 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland 12/1 at Davidson............................ W 12/11 at East Carolina...................... W 12/21 High Point.............................. L 12/22 East Carolina.......................... W 12/23 Winthrop............................... L 1/14 at Tennessee.......................... L 1/18 at Mars Hill............................ W 1/20 Catawba (forfeit)................... W 1/22 Davidson................................ W 1/26 at Catawba............................. W 1/28 at Elon................................... W 1/29 at Wake Forest (OT)................ L 2/3 at Appalachian State.............. L 2/4 UNC Greensboro..................... W 2/5 High Point.............................. L 2/8 Mars Hill................................ W 2/11 Duke...................................... W 2/12 Winthrop............................... L 2/17 Tennessee.............................. L 2/18 East Tennessee State.............. W 2/19 UNC Greensboro..................... W 2/19 Appalachian State.................. L 2/21 Appalachian State.................. L 2/24 vs. Campbell @...................... W 2/25 vs. Shaw @............................. W 2/26 vs. High Point @..................... L @ - NCAIAW State Tournament

69 105 53 56 61 90 84 68 85 2 80 67 92 103 74 91 75 76 91 66 78 70 93 77 109 58 73

1978-79 – 13-12 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland

1975-76 – 13-11 overall Coach: Betty Westmoreland 12/3 at Tennessee.......................... L 1/14 Tennessee.............................. W 1/19 Appalachian State.................. L 1/23 Elon....................................... W 1/24 Wake Forest........................... W 1/28 at Winthrop............................ W 1/30 vs. Longwood !....................... L 1/31 vs. Radford !........................... W 2/6 at UNC Greensboro................. W 2/7 at High Point.......................... L 2/10 at Mars Hill............................ W 2/13 vs. Anderson #....................... L 2/14 vs. Furman #.......................... W 2/14 vs. Georgia #.......................... W 2/20 North Carolina....................... W 2/21 at Appalachian State.............. L 2/23 Mars Hill................................ W 2/27 East Carolina ......................... W 2/28 at NC State............................. L 3/4 vs. UNC Greensboro @............ W 3/5 vs. Appalachian State @......... L 3/6 vs. North Carolina @............... L 3/11 vs. Tennessee Tech %............. L 3/12 vs. Norfolk State %................ L ! - Elon Tournament # - Winthrop Tournament @ - NCAIAW State Tournament % - AIAW Southern Region II Tournament

11/29 UNC Asheville........................ W 12/1 Catawba................................ W 12/5 at Mars Hill............................ W 12/8 Lenoir-Rhyne......................... L 12/10 at East Carolina...................... L 12/15 at UNC Asheville.................... W 1/14 Campbell............................... W 1/16 Appalachian State.................. L 1/20 Wake Forest........................... W 1/21 Elon (forfeit).......................... W 1/23 at Lenoir-Rhyne..................... W 1/25 at Winthrop............................ W 1/26 Davidson................................ W 1/28 Shaw..................................... W 1/30 at UNC Charlotte.................... W 2/3 at UNC Greensboro................. W 2/4 at High Point.......................... W 2/6 at Davidson............................ W 2/9 East Tennessee State.............. W 2/10 College of Charleston............. L 2/13 Mars Hill................................ W 2/16 UNC Charlotte........................ W 2/18 at Duke.................................. W 2/20 at Appalachian State.............. L 2/23 vs. Elon @.............................. W 2/24 vs. High Point @..................... L 2/25 vs. Campbell @...................... W @ - NCAIAW State Tournament

1979-80 – 15-13 overall Coach: Judy Murray 64 75 63 79 66 62 80 2 66 84 81 76 66 68 54 75 77 54 48 91 67 76 56 73 78 62

49 70 92 75 69 92 58 0 47 31 69 85 72 60 70 52 45 77 85 65 58 83 61 67 72 81

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11/30 North Carolina Central........... W 12/1 Charleston Southern.............. W 12/4 Carson-Newman.................... L 12/6 at UNC Asheville.................... W 12/8 at Wingate............................. W 12/10 Mars Hill................................ W 12/13 at Lenoir-Rhyne..................... L 12/15 at Appalachian State.............. L 1/5 Wake Forest........................... W 1/9 Elon....................................... L 1/11 at Charleston Southern.......... W 1/12 at College of Charleston......... L 1/14 Gardner-Webb....................... W 1/16 UNC Asheville........................ W 1/19 at Eastern Kentucky............... L 1/24 Lenoir-Rhyne......................... L 1/26 at East Tennessee State.......... L 1/29 at Carson-Newman................ L 2/4 at Mars Hill............................ W 2/7 vs. USC Spartanburg #............ W 2/8 vs. College of Charleston#...... L 2/9 at Winthrop #......................... W 2/11 at Gardner-Webb................... W 2/13 East Tennessee State.............. L 2/15 at North Carolina A&T............ W 2/16 at East Carolina...................... L 2/20 Wake Forest........................... W 2/21 vs. UNC Charlotte @............... L # - Winthrop Tournament @ - NCAIAW State Tournament

RECORDS

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1980-81 – 13-9 overall Coach: Judy Murray 12/1 Belmont Abbey...................... W 12/10 Mars Hill................................ W 12/12 UNC Asheville........................ W 1/10 Piedmont............................... W 1/13 at Lenoir-Rhyne..................... L 1/16 at UNC Asheville.................... W 1/20 at Mars Hill............................ W 1/24 Gardner Webb........................ W 1/26 Appalachian State.................. L 1/27 North Carolina A&T................ W 2/2 at Belmont Abbey.................. W 2/3 at UNC Charlotte.................... L 2/5 vs. Longwood #...................... W 2/6 vs. Francis Marion #............... L 2/7 vs. UNC Charlotte #................ W 2/10 at Gardner Webb.................... W 2/13 at Charleston Southern.......... W 2/14 at College of Charleston......... L 2/17 at North Carolina A&T............ L 2/18 at Elon................................... L 2/21 Lenoir-Rhyne......................... L 2/25 vs. Wingate @........................ L # - Winthrop Tournament @ - NCAIAW State Tournament

87 73 75 68 89 75 86 53 67 102 81 73 95 94 103 76 74 75 87 83 74 61 65 75 78 48 62 73 84 77 71 68 85 63 67 83 66 68 89 94 79 82 74 76

52 87 87 74 64 74 75 89 72 65 74 62 66 63 85 66 64 73 63 82 77 66 87 100 74

76 60 80 66 70 63 65 80 81 73 94 64 64 70 73 80 68 81 77 45 71 85 72 67 97

64 69 115 69 71 72 66 65 72 85 48 100 60 119 77 69 99 67 77 92 76 94 84 55 66 67 74

81 66 49 51 79 82 79 64 82 64 77 61 73 58 61 56 75 64 61 69 74 72 73 67 61 77 96

@ - NCAIAW State Tournament F irst S eason N C A A D i v ision I

1982-83 – 17-10 overall; 4-4 SoCon Coach: Judy Stroud 12/1 Milligan................................. L 12/3 Central Florida....................... W 12/7 Gardner Webb........................ W 12/9 at UNC Asheville.................... W 12/11 Chattanooga *....................... L 1/7 at Carson-Newman #............. L 1/8 vs. UNC Charlotte #................ L 1/12 at Pembroke State (OT).......... W 1/13 at UNC Charlotte.................... L 1/15 North Carolina A&T................ W 1/17 at Chattanooga *................... L 1/19 Mars Hill................................ W 1/22 at East Tennessee State *....... L 1/28 at Berea................................. W 1/29 at Marshall *.......................... W 1/31 UNC Asheville........................ W 2/2 at Appalachian State *........... W 2/5 Campbell............................... W 2/7 Marshall *.............................. W 2/12 at Mars Hill............................ W 2/14 Lenoir-Rhyne......................... W 2/16 at Gardner-Webb................... W 2/20 Appalachian State *............... W 2/24 East Tennessee State *........... L 2/26 at North Carolina A&T............ W 2/28 at Duke.................................. L 3/4 vs. Chattanooga @................. L * - Southern Conference Game # - Carson-Newman Rotary Classic @ - Southern Conference Tournament First Year in the Southern Conference

at USC Spartanburg............... W

51 79 57 57 84 77 75 80 82 90 78 88 51 68 56 74 81 63 62 81 75 76 70 66 74

11/28 USC Spartanburg................... W 12/1 UNC Asheville........................ L 12/3 Appalachian State *............... L 12/7 at North Carolina A&T............ L 12/8 at NC State............................. L 12/15 at Marshall *.......................... L 12/17 at Radford.............................. L 1/14 at East Tennessee State *....... L 1/18 at Memphis........................... L 1/21 Radford.................................. L 1/23 at Chattanooga *................... L 1/26 at UNC Asheville (forfeit)....... W 1/30 at Appalachian State *........... L 2/1 North Carolina A&T................ W 2/3 UNC Charlotte........................ L 2/9 at Furman *........................... L 2/11 at USC Spartanburg............... W 2/13 Chattanooga *....................... L 2/16 Wake Forest........................... W 2/17 at Clemson............................. L 2/19 Furman *............................... W 2/20 East Tennessee State *........... L 2/22 at Georgia Tech #.................... L 2/23 vs. Central Florida #................ W 2/25 Marshall *.............................. L 3/2 at East Tennessee St. @.......... L

73 54 63 76 54 81 63 69 48 116 70 95 55 81 61 89 53 106 39 69 68 85 2 0 71 85 78 61 56 71 58 89 96 79 59 66 59 58 62 91 85 65 52 85 61 83 72 66 67 95 51 72

* - Southern Conference Game # - Georgia Tech/Days Inn Classic @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1985-86 – 8-18 overall; 2-8 SoCon Coach: Tony Baldwin 11/23 at UNC Asheville.................... W 11/30 at Wake Forest....................... L 12/3 Tusculum............................... W 12/7 at NC State............................. L 12/13 at Georgia State #.................. L 12/14 vs. Alcorn State #................... L 1/9 USC Spartanburg................... L 1/11 Furman *............................... L 1/13 UNC Asheville........................ W 1/14 Tusculum............................... W 1/16 at Radford.............................. L 1/18 at Marshall *.......................... L 1/21 Georgia State......................... W 1/23 Appalachian State *............... L 1/25 UNC Charlotte........................ W 1/27 East Tennessee State *........... W 1/29 at Chattanooga *................... L 1/31 South Florida......................... L 2/3 Radford.................................. L 2/6 Furman *............................... W 2/8 at Appalachian State *........... L 2/12 Chattanooga *....................... L 2/15 Marshall *.............................. L 2/17 at East Tennessee State *....... L 2/19 at UNC Charlotte.................... L 3/6 vs. East Tennessee State @..... L

1986-87 – 11-15 overall; 4-6 SoCon Coach: Tony Baldwin 12/4 Mars Hill................................ W 12/6 Coastal Carolina..................... W 12/8 at Lander............................... L 12/10 at North Carolina A&T............ L 1/8 UNC Charlotte........................ L 1/10 at East Tennessee State *....... L 40 1/12 Furman *............................... W 1/17 Limestone.............................. W 1/19 at Appalachian State *........... L 1/26 Marshall *.............................. L 1/28 at Eastern Kentucky............... L 1/31 Tusculum............................... W 2/2 at UNC Charlotte.................... L 2/4 at Georgia Tech...................... L 2/7 Appalachian State *............... L 2/9 East Tennessee State *........... W 2/12 at Chattanooga *................... W 2/14 at North Carolina................... L 2/16 at UNC Wilmington................ L 2/19 UNC Asheville........................ W 2/21 at Marshall *.......................... L 2/23 at Winthrop............................ W 2/26 at Furman *........................... W 2/28 Chattanooga *....................... L 3/5 Furman @.............................. W 3/6 Appalachian State @.............. L

65 81 55 48 47 85 76 63 50 56 69 79 61 47 61 81 61 49 53 63 42 62 83 61 70 66

51 39 57 60 49

60 56 63 62 69 74 81 63 67 93 83 64 72 62 55 64 73 83 60 57 59 70 65 36 67 54 55

86 81 65 85 89 63 89 57 60 78 69 54 61 57 54 79 65 64 67 66 76 82 97 52 83 84 63

59 58 72 77 77 50 69 85 77 65 59 91 76 62 74 52 73 73 58 86

* - Southern Conference Game @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1984-85 – 7-19 overall; 1-9 SoCon Coach: Judy Stroud

* - Southern Conference Game # - Georgia Tech / Days Inn Classic @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1983-84 – 10-16 overall; 2-6 SoCon Coach: Judy Stroud 12/1

79 74 60 61 59 65 84 60 80 70 62 71 74 56 72 57 65 70 48 96 50 55 61 75 54

* - Southern Conference Game # - UCF Holiday Classic @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1981-82 – 12-13 overall Coach: Judy Stroud 11/23 at East Tennessee State.......... L 11/30 Belmont Abbey...................... W 12/3 at Gardner Webb.................... W 12/4 South Carolina State.............. W 12/5 Lenoir-Rhyne......................... L 12/8 at UNC Asheville.................... W 12/11 Pembroke State..................... W 1/13 at Mars Hill............................ W 1/15 at College of Charleston......... L 1/16 Georgia Southern................... L 1/22 at Campbell........................... L 1/23 at North Carolina A&T............ L 1/27 at Appalachian State.............. W 1/28 UNC Asheville........................ L 2/1 Gardner-Webb....................... W 2/4 at Belmont Abbey.................. L 2/5 Appalachian State.................. L at Lenoir-Rhyne..................... L 2/7 2/11 College of Charleston............. L 2/12 Covenant............................... W 2/13 UNC Charlotte........................ W 2/16 at Chattanooga...................... L 2/20 UNC Charlotte........................ W 2/22 Mars Hill................................ W 2/25 vs. Lenoir-Rhyne @................ L

12/3 North Carolina A&T................ W 12/5 at Lenoir-Rhyne..................... L 12/9 at Appalachian State *........... W 12/11 UNC Asheville........................ W 12/17 at South Carolina................... L 1/5 vs. Georgia Southern #........... L vs. Southeast Louisiana #....... W 1/6 1/7 vs. Marshall #......................... L 1/9 at Georgia State..................... L 1/14 at UNC Charlotte.................... L 1/16 at Wake Forest....................... L 1/21 Marshall *.............................. L 1/24 at North Carolina A&T............ W 1/26 East Tennessee State *........... L 2/1 USC-Spartanburg................... W 2/3 at Morehead State................. L 2/4 at Marshall *.......................... L 2/7 Georgia State......................... W 2/9 at Chattanooga *................... L 2/11 at Appalachian State *........... W 2/15 UNC Greensboro..................... L 2/19 Chattanooga *....................... L 2/23 at East Tennessee State *....... L 2/25 Appalachian State @.............. W 2/28 at Chattanooga @.................. L

79 58 82 52 41 42 54 61 76 89 59 62 75 67 65 60 60 61 43 83 59 68 61 73 45 62

66 80 74 83 67 74 66 78 71 79 62 79 70 75 58 59 66 66 72 73 78 79 76 96 72 68

1987-88 – 11-16 overall; 3-7 SoCon Coach: Tony Baldwin 11/30 at Murry State !...................... L 12/1 vs. Western Illinois !............... L 12/3 Winthrop............................... L 12/5 UNC Wilmington.................... L 12/12 at Marshall ^......................... L 12/13 vs. Akron ^............................ W 12/18 vs. Georgia State #................. L 12/19 vs. Winthrop #........................ W 1/4 Brown.................................... W 1/12 at Coastal Carolina................. W 1/16 Furman *............................... W 1/18 at Winthrop............................ W 1/20 UNC Asheville .................. W-OT 1/23 East Tennessee State *........... W 1/25 Chattanooga *....................... W 1/27 Appalachian State *............... L 2/1 Lander................................... W Limestone.............................. W 2/2 2/8 at UNC Asheville.................... L 2/10 UNC Charlotte........................ L 2/13 at Appalachian State *........... L 2/15 at East Tennessee State *....... L 2/17 at Chattanooga *................... L 2/20 Marshall *.............................. L 2/27 at Furman *........................... L 2/29 at UNC Charlotte.................... L 3/10 vs. Furman @......................... L * - Southern Conference Game ! - Murray State / Hawaiian Tropic Classic ^ - Marshall Lady Herd Invitational # - Furman Lady Paladin Invitational @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1988-89 – 13-15 overall; 2-8 SoCon Coach: Tony Baldwin 11/28 Lander................................... W 12/1 Mars Hill................................ W 12/3 Presbyterian.......................... W 12/7 at NC State............................. L 12/16 vs. Georgia Southern #........... L 12/17 vs. Liberty #........................... W Eastern Kentucky................... W 1/7 1/11 at Furman *........................... L 1/12 Coastal Carolina..................... L 1/14 Chattanooga *....................... L 1/18 at UNC Asheville.................... W 1/21 at Winthrop............................ W 1/24 at Appalachian State *........... L 1/28 UNC Charlotte........................ W 1/30 East Tennessee State * .......... L-OT 2/1 at Georgia Tech...................... L 2/3 Marshall *.............................. L 2/6 Winthrop............................... W 2/8 Furman *............................... W 2/10 Liberty................................... L 2/12 at Marshall *.......................... L 2/15 Appalachian State *............... L 2/18 at Mars Hill............................ W 2/24 at UNC Charlotte.................... L 2/26 at Chattanooga *................... L 3/1 at E. Tennessee State *........... W-OT 3/2 at Liberty............................... W 3/9 vs. Chattanooga @................. L

70 55 83 54 76 67 57 101 72 73 77 64 78 71 64 75 58 67 69 92 59 53 79 64 62 84 77 72 62 69 46 69 54 67 72 67 86 73 72 77 63 72 80 87 82 77 54 69 66 85 70 68 74 65 53 67

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* - Southern Conference Game # - Furman Lady Paladin Invitational @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1989-90 – 8-19 overall; 0-10 SoCon Coach: Tony Baldwin 11/24 Stetson.................................. W 11/27 at Lander............................... W 11/29 at NC State............................. L 12/4 Winthrop............................... W 12/6 at Duke.................................. L 12/17 at North Carolina................... L 1/2 vs. Va. Commonwealth #........ L 1/3 vs. Hofstra #........................... W 1/6 UNC Charlotte........................ L 1/10 Furman *............................... L 1/13 at Winthrop............................ W 1/15 Marshall *.............................. L 1/20 at UNC Charlotte.................... L 1/24 Appalachian State *............... L 1/28 at Chattanooga *................... L 1/31 North Carolina A&T................ L 2/3 at Liberty............................... W 2/6 UNC Asheville........................ W 2/10 Austin Peay State ............. L-OT 2/12 East Tennessee State *........... L 2/14 at Appalachian State *........... L 2/19 Chattanooga *....................... L 2/22 Liberty................................... W 2/24 at East Tennessee State *....... L 2/28 at Furman *........................... L 3/3 at Marshall *.......................... L 3/8 vs. Chattanooga @................. L

86 75 47 86 64 56 59 84 69 41 76 50 77 68 64 65 81 77 81 69 67 60 86 59 56 60 78

68 73 90 60 77 70 68 68 80 53 59 60 80 72 85 67 69 73 88 70 81 69 78 77 95 90 80

* - Southern Conference Game # - Wake Forest Invitational @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1990-91 – 4-23 overall; 0-10 SoCon Coach: Janet Cone 11/27 at UNC Charlotte.................... L 12/3 at North Carolina A&T............ L 12/4 at Winthrop............................ W 12/8 NC State................................. L 12/29 at Western Kentucky #........... L 12/30 vs. Minnesota #...................... L 1/2 at Georgia Tech...................... L 1/4 at Austin Peay State . ........... L-OT 1/9 at Furman *........................... L 1/11 Winthrop............................... W 1/15 at UNC Asheville.................... L 1/23 at Appalachian State *........... L 1/26 at Liberty............................... L 1/28 Chattanooga *....................... L 1/30 North Carolina A&T................ L 2/2 East Tennessee State *........... L 2/4 Marshall *.............................. L 2/6 UNC Asheville........................ W 2/9 Liberty................................... W 2/13 Appalachian State *............... L 2/15 at E. Tennessee State *........... L 2/21 UNC Greensboro..................... L 2/22 at Chattanooga *................... L 2/26 UNC Charlotte........................ L 2/28 Furman *............................... L 3/2 at Marshall *.......................... L 3/7 at East Tennessee State @...... L

55 94 52 72 83 71 65 137 48 126 60 72 71 94 89 95 67 93 76 57 85 92 61 75 58 71 73 96 68 74 58 69 63 88 63 61 68 64 69 80 82 83 71 84 54 74 60 84 72 86 45 75 69 88

* - Southern Conference Game # - Bowling Green Bank Invitational @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1991-92 – 6-22 overall; 1-9 SoCon Coach: Janet Cone 11/23 Winthrop............................... L 11/25 UNC Greensboro..................... L 11/30 UNC Charlotte........................ L 12/4 UNC Asheville........................ L 12/6 at Middle Tennessee State ^.. L 65 12/7 vs. Cincinnati ^...................... L 12/19 at UNC Wilmington................ W 12/21 at Wake Forest....................... L at Coastal Carolina # . ............ L3OT 1/3 1/4 vs. E.Tennessee State #............. W 1/8 Furman *............................... W 1/11 Liberty................................... W 1/18 at UNC Greensboro................. L 1/20 Wake Forest........................... L 1/23 Appalachian State *............... L 1/26 at Chattanooga *................... L 1/29 at UNC Asheville.................... W 2/5 at East Tennessee State *....... L 2/8 Marshall *.............................. L 2/10 at Furman *........................... L 2/12 at Appalachian State *........... L 2/15 at Liberty............................... L 2/17 Chattanooga *....................... L 2/22 East Tennessee State *........... L

RECORDS

63 74 79 87 60 71 68 70 76 53 66 74 71 55 67 85 87 81 71 76 70 70 62 60 74 58 75 66 76 78 100 67 61 77 92 46 59 73 81 79 85 62 84 51 89 76 87

2/28 3/1 3/12 3/13

at Eastern Kentucky............... L at Marshall *.......................... L vs. Marshall @ . .............. W-OT vs. Chattanooga @................. L

56 110 58 69 59 58 69 84

* - Southern Conference ^ - MTSU Lady Raider Classic # - Coastal Carolina Classic @ - SoCon Tournament

1992-93 – 7-20 overall; 3-11 SoCon Coach: Janet Cone 12/2 at Winthrop............................ L 12/5 Navy...................................... W 12/7 at UNC Asheville.................... W 12/18 at South Florida ^................. L 12/19 vs. Akron ^............................ W 12/29 at Montana #......................... L 12/30 vs. Niagra #............................ L 1/7 UNC Wilmington.................... L 1/11 Virginia Tech.......................... L 1/13 at Davidson *......................... W 1/16 Chattanooga *....................... L 1/17 Georgia Southern *................ L 1/23 at UNC Charlotte.................... L 1/24 Marshall *.............................. L 1/27 UNC Asheville........................ W 1/30 at East Tennessee State *....... L 1/31 at Appalachian State *........... L 2/6 at Furman *........................... L 2/7 Furman *............................... L 2/10 Davidson *............................. W 2/13 at Chattanooga *................... L 2/14 at Georgia Southern *............ L 2/16 at South Carolina................... L 2/21 at Marshall *.......................... L 2/27 East Tennessee State *........... W 2/28 Appalachian State *............... L 3/12 vs. Chattanooga @................. L

65 71 63 60 68 63 58 72 66 62 41 89 70 78 66 75 48 74 76 52 56 82 49 65 48 69 63 79 90 64 83 91 80 88 59 86 84 101 71 57 65 69 72 76 54 69 65 84 104 67 74 108 66 91

* - Southern Conference Game ^ - South Florida Tournament # - Western States Shootout @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1993-94 – 5-22 overall; 2-12 SoCon Coach: Gary Peters 12/1 at Virginia Tech....................... L 12/4 at Clemson............................. L 12/6 UNC Asheville........................ W 12/11 UNC Charlotte........................ L 12/18 vs. Canisius #.......................... L 12/19 vs. St. Francis (NY) #............... W 1/3 at Morehead State................. L 1/5 at Louisville........................... L 1/8 East Carolina.......................... W 1/13 South Carolina....................... L 1/16 Furman *............................... L 1/19 at Appalachian State *........... L 1/22 at E. Tennessee State *........... L 1/24 at Marshall *.......................... L 1/27 at Davidson *......................... W 1/29 Chattanooga *....................... L 1/31 Georgia Southern *................ L at Georgia State..................... L 2/2 2/5 Appalachian State *............... L 2/9 at Duke.................................. L 2/12 Davidson * . .................... W-OT 2/14 at Furman *........................... L 2/19 East Tennessee State *........... L 2/21 Marshall *.............................. L 2/26 at Chattanooga *................... L 2/28 at Georgia Southern *............ L 3/10 vs. Appalachian State @......... L

43 45 77 60 68 79 82 57 77 56 68 56 66 70 72 46 63 53 59 44 74 53 58 67 60 47 57

102 88 67 84 83 75 88 104 74 114 83 92 86 84 64 89 76 62 83 117 71 97 83 79 82 75 77

87 84 35 56 67 87 66 76 78 66 81 65 68 63 69 96 76 79 74

83 73 85 76 87 72 78 86 70 73 77 80 74 74 72 68 98 93 96

* - Southern Conference Game # - Navy Classic @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1994-95 – 9-18 overall; 4-10 SoCon Coach: Gary Peters 11/26 11/27 11/30 12/10 12/16 12/18 12/31 1/1 1/6 1/8 1/14 1/16 1/18 1/21 1/23 1/25 1/30 2/1 2/4

Morehead State !................... W Georgia State !....................... W at Clemson............................. L at Chattanooga *................... L at Stetson ^.......................... L vs. Bethune-Cookman ^....... W at UNC Greensboro #.............. L vs. Mt. Saint Mary’s #............. L at East Carolina...................... W at UNC Wilmington................ L Davidson * ...................... W-OT Furman *............................... L Appalachian State *............... L East Tennessee State *........... L Marshall *.............................. L Winthrop............................... W at Georgia Southern *............ L Eastern Kentucky................... L at Appalachian State *........... L

2/7 2/11 2/15 2/18 2/22 2/25 2/27 2/29

at UNC Asheville.................... L at Furman *........................... L at Davidson *......................... W at Marshall *.......................... W at East Tennessee State *....... L Georgia Southern *................ W Chattanooga *....................... L at Georgia Southern @........... L

81 74 89 77 53 90 62 55

82 76 79 74 94 76 66 95

80 74 67 52 28 58 66 88 44 55 85 44 71 73 77 56 75 76 42 69 75 60 72 72 75 102 74

65 72 78 57 80 83 67 60 88 79 28 63 90 50

81 62 65 57 71 61 39 58 70 72 65 76 74 84 68 78 72 69 57 66 52 72 92 74 65 50 77

79 58 56 59 51 74 62 71 75 70 84 95 60 77 67 82 80 61 78 80 77 75 81 69 78 53 85

57 68 79 64 73 31 58 66 50 61 53 78 78

88 84 72 66 71 86 66 84 63 81 86 70 85

* - Southern Conference Game ! - WCU Turkey Tipoff ^ - Stetson Hatter Classic # - UNCG Marriott Classic @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1995-96 – 9-18 overall; 4-10 SoCon Coach: Gary Peters 11/25 11/26 11/29 12/2 12/4 12/6 12/15 12/16 12/28 12/29 1/10 1/13 1/15 1/17 1/20 1/22 1/27 1/29 2/5 2/7 2/10 2/12 2/17 2/19 2/22 2/24 2/28

Wofford !................................ W Coastal Carolina !................... W at Eastern Kentucky............... L at Mercer............................... L Clemson................................. L Appalachian State *............... L at South Alabama ^.............. L Liberty ^............................... W at Georgia Tech #.................... L vs. Western Michigan #.......... L Montreat................................ W at Davidson *......................... L at Furman *........................... L at Wofford.............................. W at East Tennessee State *....W 85 at Marshall *.......................... L Chattanooga *....................... W Georgia Southern *................ L at Appalachian State *........... L . ................. L-OT at Winthrop Furman *............................... W Davidson *............................. L Marshall *.............................. L East Tennessee State *........... L at Chattanooga * . ............... L-2OT at Georgia Southern *............ W at Marshall @......................... L

69 57 80 69 75 66 69 83 78 83 94 83

! - WCU Turkey Tip-off ^ - South Alabama Coca-Cola Classic # - Georgia Tech Holiday Tournament @ - Southern Conferene Tournament

1996-97 – 11-16 overall; 5-9 SoCon Coach: Gary Peters 11/23 at Coastal Carolina................. W 11/25 at College of Charleston......... W 11/30 Winthrop............................... W 12/2 Mercer................................... L 12/4 Montreat................................ W 12/7 USC Spartanburg................... L 12/20 vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay #..... L 12/21 vs. Cleveland State #.............. L 12/29 at UNC Asheville.................... L 1/4 Appalachian State *............... W 1/11 Davidson *............................. L 1/13 Furman *............................... L 1/16 Wofford................................. W 1/18 East Tennessee State *........... W 1/20 Marshall *.............................. W 1/25 at Chattanooga * ............... L-OT 1/27 at Georgia Southern *............ L 1/29 UNC Asheville........................ W at Appalachian State *........... L 2/1 2/8 at Furman *........................... L 2/11 at Davidson *......................... L 2/15 at Marshall *.......................... L 2/17 at East Tennessee State *....... W 2/20 Chattanooga *....................... W 2/22 Georgia Southern *................ L 2/23 at Wofford.............................. L 2/26 at Marshall @......................... L * - Southern Conference Game # - South Florida Tournament @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1997-98 – 7-20 overall; 4-12 SoCon Coach: Maria Fantanarosa 11/19 at Coppin State...................... L 11/21 at Navy.................................. L 11/29 Mars Hill................................ W 12/1 at USC Spartanburg............... L 12/3 at Winthrop............................ W 12/14 at North Carolina................... L 12/20 at UAB #................................. L 12/21 vs. Eastern Kentucky #........... L 1/1 UNC Asheville........................ L 1/3 UNC Greensboro *.................. L 1/5 at Furman *........................... L 1/7 at East Tennessee State *....... W 1/10 Davidson *............................. L

1/12 1/17 1/19 1/22 1/24 1/31 2/2 2/7 2/10 2/14 2/16 2/21 2/23 2/27

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 61

Wofford *............................... W at Chattanooga *................... L Georgia Southern *................ L at Appalachian State *........... L East Tennessee State *........... L Appalachian State *............... L at UNC Greensboro *.............. L Furman *............................... L at Davidson *......................... L at Wofford *........................... W Chattanooga *....................... W at Georgia Southern *............ L at UNC Asheville.................... W at UNC Greensboro @............. L

84 59 78 44 55 47 48 62 58 71 72 74 69 54

80 72 98 71 71 65 90 66 83 62 53 78 60 86

59 60 56 68 56 68 71 56 39 67 51 62 73 73 59 72 47 76 84 75 60 70 67 59 83 73 67 69

56 82 78 66 68 61 61 74 83 68 53 68 91 71 75 92 72 70 73 63 77 78 64 57 92 62 57 94

* - Southern Conference Game # - Lady Blazer Classic @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1998-99 – 12-16 overall; 8-10 SoCon Coach: Jill Dunn 11/13 Navy...................................... W 11/17 at Georgia State..................... L 11/20 Mercer................................... L 11/28 High Point.............................. W 11/30 Appalachian State *............... L 12/3 UNC Asheville........................ W 12/7 at College of Charleston *...... W 12/12 at UNC Greensboro *.............. L 12/21 at Florida State...................... L 12/29 vs. Lafayette #........................ L 12/30 vs. St. Francis #....................... L 1/2 Furman *............................... L at Davidson *......................... L 1/4 1/8 at Wofford *........................... W 1/12 Chattanooga *....................... L 1/16 at Georgia Southern *............ L 1/19 at East Tennessee State *....... L 1/23 College of Charleston *.......... W 1/25 at Appalachian State *........... W 1/30 UNC Greensboro *.................. W 2/2 at Furman *........................... L 2/6 Davidson *............................. L Wofford *............................... W 2/9 2/13 at Chattanooga *................... W 2/16 Georgia Southern *................ L 2/20 East Tennessee State ............. W 2/25 vs. Coll. of Charleston @......... W 2/26 vs. E. Tennessee State @......... L * - Southern Conference Game # - Atlanta Marriott NW Holiday Invitational @ - Southern Conference Tournament

1999-2000 – 11-17 overall; 6-12 SoCon Coach: Jill Dunn 11/19 at Mercer............................... L 11/22 Tennessee State..................... W 11/27 at New Orleans...................... L 11/29 at Southeast Louisiana........... L 12/2 at UNC Asheville.................... W 12/4 UNC Greensboro *.................. L 12/7 Elon....................................... L 12/11 at High Point.......................... W 12/20 Winthrop............................... W 12/28 at Appalachian State *........... W ................... L-OT 1/3 at Furman * Coastal Carolina..................... W 1/6 1/8 Davidson *............................. L 1/11 Wofford *............................... L 1/15 at Chattanooga *................... L 1/17 Georgia Southern * ............. L-OT 1/22 East Tennessee State *........... W 1/26 at College of Charleston *...... W 1/29 Appalachian State *............... L 2/1 at UNC Greensboro *.............. L 2/5 Furman *............................... L 2/7 at Davidson *......................... W 2/12 at Wofford *........................... W 2/14 Chattanooga *....................... L 2/19 at Georgia Southern *............ L 2/22 at East Tennessee State *....... L 2/26 College of Charleston *.......... W 3/2 vs. Wofford @......................... L @ - Southern Conference Tournament

70 76 86 65 65 105 57 60 52 50 51 85 67 71 76 72 72 51 67 65 73 80 68 50 52 77 51 66 70 84 71 77 56 48 71 43 72 73 65 78 61 71 77 66 66 62 58 79 70 79 63 90 89 50 56 6

2000-01 – 13-15 overall; 7-11 SoCon Coach: Beth Dunkenberger 11/18 11/21 11/27 11/29 12/2 12/3 12/6 12/21

at Winthrop............................ W Furman *............................... L at Coastal Carolina................. W Campbell............................... L at Tennessee State................. W vs. West Virginia #.................. W at UNC Wilmington #............. L at Elon................................... W at UNC Asheville.................... W

67 72 69 74 67 81 68 71 75

43 79 51 83 59 73 75 65 57

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12/30 at UNC Greensboro *.............. L 1/2 at Davidson *......................... W 1/6 at Wofford *........................... L 1/8 Chattanooga *....................... L 1/11 Georgia State......................... L 1/13 Georgia Southern *................ L 1/16 at East Tennessee State *....... L 1/20 at College of Charleston *...... W 1/23 at Appalachian State *........... L 1/27 UNC Greensboro *.................. L 1/30 at Furman *........................... L 2/3 Davidson *............................. W 2/6 Wofford *............................... W 2/10 at Chattanooga *................... L 2/12 at Georgia Southern *............ L 2/17 East Tennessee State *........... W 2/19 College of Charleston *.......... W 2/24 Appalachian State *............... W 3/2 vs. Furman @......................... L

60 83 61 57 65 71 84 75 72 54 61 91 76 61 55 95 87 80 59

67 74 71 69 76 76 90 65 79 71 78 60 64 82 95 68 61 74 77

* - Southern Conference Game # - Beach Blast Tournament (Wilmington, NC) @ - Southern Conference Tournament

2001-02 – 17-11 overall; 9-9 SoCon Coach: Beth Dunkenberger 11/16 vs. Bethune-Cookman #......... W 11/17 at Central Florida #................. W 11/20 at North Carolina................... L 11/24 at Campbell........................... W 11/29 Wake Forest........................... W 12/1 UNC Asheville........................ W 12/4 Gardner-Webb....................... W 12/6 at Furman *........................... L 12/9 at Radford.............................. W 12/19 Davidson *............................. W 12/30 Wofford *............................... L 1/5 at Chattanooga *................... L at Georgia Southern *............ W 1/7 1/12 East Tennessee State *........... W 1/14 College of Charleston *.......... L 1/19 Appalachian State *............... W 1/22 at UNC Greensboro *.............. L 1/26 Furman *............................... W 1/28 at Davidson *......................... L 1/30 Savannah State...................... W 2/2 at Wofford *........................... L 2/4 Chattanooga *....................... L Georgia Southern *................ W 2/9 2/11 at East Tennessee State *....... L 2/16 at Coll. of Charleston *........... W 2/19 at Appalachian State *........... W 2/23 UNC Greensboro *.................. W vs. Furman @......................... L 3/1

65 52 77 74 44 100 56 55 72 64 80 53 70 45 47 72 83 66 107 80 88 97 41 79 59 56 85 79 59 64 68 65 70 74 66 58 59 83 84 55 62 77 52 83 83 75 59 73 77 72 69 61 69 67 58 72

* - Southern Conference Game # - Central Florida Tournament @ - Southern Conference Tournament

2002-03 – 21-7 overall; 14-4 SoCon Coach: Beth Dunkenberger, 3rd season (2 0 - win S eason )

11/22 at Gardner-Webb................... W 11/24 High Point.............................. W 11/29 at St. Mary’s (CA) #................. W 11/30 vs. Utah #............................... L 12/1 at UNC Asheville.................... W 12/7 Radford.................................. W 12/9 at Savannah State.................. W 12/18 at Wake Forest....................... L 12/20 Campbell............................... W 12/30 at Davidson *......................... W 1/4 at Wofford *........................... W 1/6 Chattanooga *....................... L 1/11 at College of Charleston *...... W 1/13 at East Tennessee State *....... L 1/18 Georgia Southern *................ W 1/21 at Appalachian State *........... W 1/25 UNC Greensboro *.................. W 1/27 at Furman *........................... W 2/1 Davidson *............................. L 2/3 Wofford *............................... W 2/6 at Chattanooga *................... W 2/10 at Georgia Southern *............ L 2/15 East Tennessee State *........... W 2/17 College of Charleston *.......... W 2/22 at UNC Greensboro *.............. W 2/25 Appalachian State *............... W 3/1 Furman *............................... W 3/6 vs. Davidson @....................... L * - Southern Conference Game # - St. Mary’s Tournament @ - Southern Conference Tournament

85 72 70 44 71 78 71 56 67 76 70 64 65 74 60 65 82 77 61 75 73 59 82 63 64 73 58 58

62 47 67 66 55 68 56 71 55 68 53 80 64 82 58 63 74 64 64 59 69 71 71 62 54 65 56 62

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 2003-04 – 14-17 overall; 10-10 SoCon Coach: Beth Dunkenberger 11/21 at Campbell........................... W 11/25 at High Point.......................... L 11/28 vs. Denver#............................ L 11/29 vs. UTEP#............................... L 12/04 Clemson................................. L 12/06 UNC Asheville........................ L 12/17 at Eastern Kentucky............... L 12/20 Georgia Southern*................. L 12/22 at Davidson*.......................... W 12/30 Wofford*................................ W 1/3 at College of Charleston*....... W 1/7 at Furman*............................ L 1/10 Chattanooga*........................ L 1/12 East Tennessee State*............ L 1/17 at UNC Greensboro*............... L 1/19 at Elon*................................. L 1/24 at Georgia Southern*............. W 1/27 Davidson*.............................. W 1/31 College of Charleston*........... W at Chattanooga*.................... L 2/5 2/9 at East Tennessee State*........ L 2/11 at Appalachian State*............ W 2/14 UNC Greensboro*................... W 2/17 Elon*..................................... L 2/21 Furman*................................ W 2/23 at Wofford*............................ W 2/28 Appalachian State*................ L 3/03 vs. Wofford@.......................... W 3/04 vs. Davidson@........................ W 3/05 vs. Furman@.......................... W 3/06 vs. Chattanooga@.................. L

56 49 64 66 71 41 71 58 62 79 73 57 53 67 53 45 65 75 74 46 73 80 66 45 66 78 64 60 66 75 68

43 56 65 74 80 51 93 62 54 63 68 69 76 75 66 58 57 70 58 65 78 65 44 57 58 59 72 38 58 66 86

* - Southern Conference Game # - St. Mary’s Tournament @ - Southern Conference Tournament S o C on T ournament R unner - U p

2004-05 – 18-14 overall; 10-10 SoCon Coach: Kellie Harper 11/19 at Clemson............................. L 11/22 Eastern Kentucky................... W 11/26 vs. Jacksonville State #........... W 11/27 at Alaska-Fairbanks #............. W 12/1 High Point.............................. W 12/4 at UNC Asheville.................... L 12/6 Appalachian State *............... L 12/8 at Wofford *........................... W 12/11 Furman *............................... L 12/18 at Georgia Southern *............ L 12/20 Davidson *............................. W 12/31 at Radford.............................. L College of Charleston *.......... W 1/5 1/8 Chattanooga *....................... L 1/10 at East Tennessee State *....... L 1/15 UNC Greensboro *.................. L 1/17 Elon *..................................... L-OT 1/22 Georgia Southern *................ W 1/25 at Davidson *......................... L 1/29 at College of Charleston *...... W 2/5 at Chattanooga *................... L 2/7 East Tennessee State *........... W 2/12 at UNC Greensboro *.............. W 2/14 at Elon *................................. W 2/19 at Furman *........................... W 2/21 Wofford *............................... W 2/24 at Appalachian State *........... L vs. Wofford @......................... W 3/2 3/3 vs. Furman @......................... W 3/4 vs. Davidson @....................... W 3/5 vs. Georgia Southern @.......... W-2OT 3/20 at Tennessee %...................... L

55 73 75 79 95 72 68 75 65 79 74 56 71 55 68 58 75 92 63 69 47 65 55 79 57 79 78 79 66 59 97 43

62 60 73 70 85 83 71 68 75 82 56 72 58 59 84 72 77 81 65 59 62 60 51 70 53 71 96 62 56 58 95 94

* - Southern Conference game # - North Star Invitational; Fairbanks, Alaska @ - SoCon Tournament % - NCAA Tournament socon tournament champions 1 st ncaa tournament appearance

2005-06 – 9-20 overall; 8-10 SoCon Coach: Kellie Harper 11/18 at Detroit............................... L 11/20 at #10 Michigan State............ L 11/26 at Florida State %.................. L 11/27 vs. Wright State %................. L 12/3 UNC Asheville........................ LOT 12/7 at Auburn.............................. L 12/9 Radford.................................. L 12/19 at High Point.......................... L 12/29 at South Carolina................... L 12/31 at Wofford *........................... W 1/2 Elon *..................................... L 1/7 at Davidson *......................... L 1/9 at Appalachian State *........... W 1/14 Chattanooga *....................... LOT 1/16 Georgia Southern *................ L 1/18 UNC Greensboro *.................. L 1/21 Furman*................................ WOT 1/23 at College of Charleston *...... L

72 61 67 63 66 49 74 87 53 79 72 63 86 68 70 60 79 59

75 84 75 65 77 78 76 89 95 54 85 67 76 77 72 69 73 69

1/28 Wofford *............................... L 1/30 at Elon *................................. W 2/4 Davidson *............................. L 2/6 Appalachian State *............... W at Chattanooga *................... L 2/9 2/13 at Georgia Southern *............ W 2/18 at Furman *........................... W 2/20 College of Charleston *.......... W 2/25 at UNC Greensboro *.............. L vs. Appalachian State @......... W 3/3 3/4 vs. Chattanooga @................. L * - Southern Conference Game @ - Southern Conference Tournament

64 56 63 82 61 65 63 98 57 80 73

69 48 67 65 86 62 49 65 72 71 77

2006-07 – 24-10 overall; 15-3 SoCon Coach: Kellie Harper 11/10 Auburn.................................. L 11/14 at Wake Forest....................... W 11/17 at Xavier$............................... L 11/28 vs Toledo................................ L 11/24 vs Weber State%.................... W 11/25 at Colorado State................... W 11/29 at UNC Asheville.................... W 12/02 vs Eastern Kentucky^............ L 12/03 vs St. Joseph^....................... W 12/10 at North Carolina................... L 12/17 at Wofford*............................ W 12/20 at UNC Greensboro*............... W 12/30 Eastern Michigan................... W 01/02 at Elon*................................. L 01/06 Davidson*.............................. L 01/08 Appalachian State*................ W 01/13 at Chattanooga*.................... W (OT) 01/15 at Georgia Southern*............. W 01/20 at Furman*............................ W 01/22 College of Charleston*........... W 01/27 Wofford*................................ W 01/29 Elon*..................................... W 02/03 at Davidson*.......................... W 02/05 at Appalachian State*............ W 02/10 Chattanooga*........................ W 02/12 Georgia Southern*................. L(OT) 02/17 Furman*................................ W 02/19 at College of Charleston*....... W 02/24 UNC Greensboro*................... W 02/28 vs Furman@........................... W 03/02 vs Georgia Southern@........... W 03/03 vs Chattanooga@................... L 03/15 East Tennessee#..................... W 03/17 at Virginia Tech#..................... L

56 74 50 61 72 64 81 66 69 58 76 53 69 49 60 71 80 73 58 64 79 77 67 77 75 81 72 80 73 79 73 66 91 64

71 71 49 67 70 60 78 83 51 87 67 52 61 54 75 60 72 68 47 52 65 66 56 68 66 83 48 59 67 56 59 84 63 74

S o C on regular season champions S o C on T ournament R unner - U p * - Southern Conference Game $ - National City Xavier Invitational % - Coors Rocky Mountain Invitational ^ - Chattanooga Courtyard Classic # - WNIT @ - Southern Conference Tournament

2007-08 – 25-9 overall; 15-3 SoCon Coach: Kellie Harper 11/08 Detroit................................... W 11/11 at Clemson............................. W 11/16 $at Minnesota....................... L 11/17 $vs. #21/22 Louisville............ W 11/28 UNC Asheville........................ W 12/02 at Middle Tennessee.............. W 12/08 Wake Forest........................... L 12/14 %at Hawaill........................... W 12/15 %vs. Oregon State................. W 12/17 %vs. Tennessee Tech.............. W 12/20 *Chattanooga........................ L 12/30 at NC State............................. L 01/03 at UNC Wilmington................ L (OT) 01/05 *at Davidson.......................... W 01/07 *at Appalachian State............ W 01/12 *UNC Greensboro................... W 01/14 *Elon..................................... W 01/19 *at Wofford............................ W 01/21 *at Furman............................ W 01/26 *at Georgia Southern............. L 01/28 *College of Charleston........... W 02/02 *Davidson.............................. W 02/04 *Appalachian State................ W 02/09 *at UNC Greensboro............... W 02/11 *at Elon................................. W (4 OT) 02/16 *Wofford................................ W 02/18 *Furman................................ W (2 OT) 02/23 *Georgia Southern................. W 02/25 *at College of Charleston....... W 02/28 *at Chattanooga.................... L 03/07 @Wofford.............................. W 03/09 @Elon.................................... W 03/10 @Chattanooga....................... L 03/19 #at Middle Tennessee............ L * - Southern Conference Game $ - Minnesota Subway Classic % - Paradise Classic # - WNIT @ - Southern Conference Tournament

85 65 62 53 67 70 77 72 89 74 77 71 52 55 69 60 82 70 74 61 81 86 53 72 88 90 71 67 87 63 66 53 73 61 76 55 77 62 62 64 60 49 80 57 78 57 63 55 102 101 87 65 93 84 87 58 56 51 66 72 78 61 72 66 59 71 69 104

2008-09 – 21-12 overall; 14-6 SoCon Coach: Kellie Harper 11/14 at North Carolina#................. L 11/21 Lafayette#.............................. W 11/22 Liberty#................................. W 11/25 at Tennessee.......................... L 11/29 at Montana State................... L 12/02 at UNC Asheville.................... L 12/07 Middle Tennessee.................. W 12/14 at Davidson*.......................... L 12/16 at Wofford*............................ W 12/19 College of Charleston*........... W 12/21 Georgia Southern*................. L 12/30 UNC Wilmington.................... W 01/03 at Appalachian State*............ W 01/05 at Furman*............................ W 01/10 Samford*............................... L 01/12 Chattanooga*........................ L 01/17 UNC Greensboro*................... W 01/19 at Elon*................................. W 01/26 Davidson*.............................. W 01/31 at College of Charleston*....... LOT 02/02 at Georgia Southern*............. L 02/04 Clemson................................. L 02/07 Appalachian State*................ W 02/09 Furman*................................ W 02/14 at UNC Greensboro................. WOT 02/16 Elon*..................................... W 02/21 at Chattanooga*.................... W 02/23 at Samford*........................... W 02/28 Wofford*................................ W 03/07 Elon@.................................... W 03/08 Samford@.............................. W 03/09 College of Charleston............. W 3OT 03/21 vs. Vanderbilt$....................... L

56 68 73 56 82 71 68 66 91 80 50 73 92 83 41 71 57 78 72 56 62 64 75 57 66 77 56 55 77 71 66 101 44

90 51 53 83 90 90 59 84 66 68 62 63 55 74 69 84 49 50 66 61 67 73 50 42 58 61 52 53 55 52 53 87 73

S o C on T ournament Champion 1st ncaa tournament appearance * - Southern Conference Game # - WNIT @ - Southern Conference Tournament $ - NCAA Tournament

WCU ALL-TIME COACHING HISTORY

Betty Westmoreland (1965-1979) 1965-66............... 4-2 1966-67............... 9-4 1967-68............... 13-0 1968-69............... 14-3 1969-70............... 16-3 1970-91............... 13-4 1971-72............... 19-3 1972-73............... 11-7 1973-74............... 15-10 1974-75............... 13-3 1975-76............... 13-11 1976-77............... 15-11 1977-78............... 21-6 1978-79............... 13-12 14 Seasons....... 189-89 Judy Murray (1979-81) 1979-80............... 15-13 1980-81............... 13-9 Two Seasons..... 28-22 Judy Stroud (1981-85) 1981-82............... 12-13 1982-83............... 17-10 1983-84............... 10-16 1984-85............... 7-19 Four Seasons.... 46-58

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Tony Baldwin (1985-90) 1985-86............... 8-18 1986-87............... 11-15 1987-88............... 11-16 1988-89............... 13-15 1989-90............... 8-19 Five Seasons..... 51-83 Janet Cone (1990-93) 1990-91............... 4-23 1991-92............... 6-22 1992-93............... 7-20 Three Seasons.. 17-65 Gary Peters (1993-97) 1993-94............... 5-22 1994-95............... 9-18 1995-96............... 9-18 1996-97............... 11-16 Four Seasons.... 34-74 Maria Fantanarosa (1997-98) 1997-98............... 7-20 One Season...... 7-20 Jill Dunn (1998-2000) 1998-99............... 12-16 1999-2000........... 11-17 Two Seasons..... 23-33 Beth Dunkenberger (2000-04) 2000-01............... 13-15 2001-02............... 17-11 2002-03............... 21-7 2003-04............... 14-17 Four Seasons.... 65-50 Kellie Harper (2004-09) 2004-05............... 18-14 2005-06............... 9-20 2006-07............... 24-10 2007-08............... 25-9 2008-09............... 21-12 Five Seasons..... 97-65 NCAA APPEARANCES (2) 2005 (0-1) No. 16 Seed Tennessee 94, Western Carolina 43 2009 (0-1) No. 13 Seed Vanderbilt 73, Western Carolina 44 conference championships (1) 2007 (Southern) conference tournament title (2) 2005 (Southern) 2009 (Southern) 20-win seasons (4) 1977-78 (21) 2002-03 (21) 2006-07 (24) 2007-08 (25) 2008-09 (21)

INDIVIDUAL SEASON TOP-10 63 season scoring avg.

Points scored in a season 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10.

Pts. Player Year 544.......... Jayne Arledge............................1978-79 535.......... Laura Echols..............................2001-02 505.......... Laura Echols..............................2000-01 498.......... Cindi Saltz.................................1979-80 495.......... Tiffany Hamm...........................2003-04 494.......... Lori Lyons..................................1992-93 494.......... Jayne Arledge............................1977-78 493.......... Emily Holliday...........................1985-86 481.......... Beth Crisp..................................1979-80 462.......... Laura Echols..........................1999-2000

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10.

Ast. Player Year 154.......... Missy Broy.................................1994-95 148.......... Sheila Barker.............................1979-80 137.......... Missy Broy.................................1995-96 134.......... Christy Blackwell.......................2000-01 129.......... Judy Green................................1982-83 125.......... Christy Blackwell.......................2003-04 117.......... Ki-Ki Glass.................................2001-02 117.......... Judy Green................................1980-81 114.......... Missy Broy.................................1996-97 111.......... Monique Dawson......................2006-07

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

FGM Player Year 236.......... Jayne Arledge............................1978-79 224.......... Laura Echols..............................2001-02 211.......... Beth Crisp..................................1979-80 210.......... Jayne Arledge............................1977-78 193.......... Tiffany Hamm...........................2003-04 192.......... Laura Echols..............................2000-01 190.......... Laura Echols..............................1999-00 180.......... Cindi Saltz.................................1979-80 179.......... Jayne Arledge............................1976-77 176.......... Lori Lyons..................................1992-93 176.......... Emily Holliday...........................1985-86

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Avg. Player Year 30.0......... Jean Dowell...............................1965-66 21.7......... Jayne Arledge............................1978-79 21.6......... Margaret Cole............................1965-66 19.4......... Jayne Arledge............................1975-76 19.1......... Laura Echols..............................2001-02 19.0......... Emily Holliday...........................1985-86 18.3......... Lori Lyons..................................1982-93 18.0......... Laura Echols..............................2000-01 17.8......... Beth Crisp..................................1979-80 17.7......... Cindi Saltz.................................1979-80

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 10.

Avg. Player Year 5.9........... Sheila Barker.............................1979-80 5.7........... Missy Broy.................................1994-95 5.3........... Judy Green................................1980-81 5.1........... Missy Broy.................................1985-96 4.8........... Christy Blackwell.......................2000-01 4.8........... Judy Green................................1982-83 4.2........... Christy Blackwell.......................2003-04 4.2........... Missy Broy.................................1996-97 4.2........... Sheila Barker.............................1978-79 3.8........... Ashley Pellom...........................2005-06

Assists in a season

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Pct. Player Year .440......... Teyawna Hardy..........................2004-05 .424......... Lauren Powell...........................2005-06 .415......... Tiffany Hamm...........................2001-02 .405......... Leigh Ann Cook.........................1991-92 .400......... April Fleck.................................2000-01 .400......... Tameka Parks............................1998-99 .368......... Christy Blackwell.......................2003-04 .366......... Tiffany Hamm...........................2000-01 .364......... Amy Baker.................................1995-96 .363......... Christy Blackwell.......................2000-01

Reb. Player Year 323.......... Brenda Johnson.........................1976-77 296.......... Brenda Johnson.........................1975-76 295.......... Jennifer Gardner........................2004-05 289.......... Emily Holliday...........................1985-86 266.......... Jeanne Marvel...........................1987-88 258.......... Jeanne Marvel...........................1986-87 250.......... Regina Brown............................1991-92 248.......... Emily Holliday...........................1984-85 246.......... Tiffany Hamm...........................2003-04 236.......... Jennifer Gardner........................2003-04

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 9. 10.

Stl. Player Year 90............ Christy Blackwell.......................2000-01 78............ Monique Dawson......................2006-07 72............ April Fleck.................................1999-00 71............ Emily Holliday...........................1985-86 70............ Christy Blackwell.......................1999-00 70............ Judy Green................................1981-82 67............ Missy Broy.................................1994-95 67............ Serena Surratt...........................1981-82 66............ Christy Blackwell.......................2003-04 65............ April Fleck.................................2000-01

FGA Player Year 461.......... Jayne Arledge............................1978-79 451.......... Beth Crisp..................................1979-80 436.......... Laura Echols..............................2001-02 421.......... Tiffany Hamm...........................2003-04 390.......... Jayne Arledge............................1976-77 388.......... Laura Echols..............................1999-00 388.......... Emily Holliday...........................1985-86 381.......... Jayne Arledge............................1977-78 378.......... Cindi Saltz.................................1979-80 372.......... April Fleck.................................1999-00 372.......... Beth Crisp..................................1977-78

3-pt fg PCT. in a season

3FGM Player Year 67............ Yoneko Allen.............................2002-03 67............ Amy Baker.................................1995-96 65............ Yoneko Allen.............................2003-04 64............ Lauren Powell...........................2005-06 61............ Laura Vannoy............................1989-90 55............ Lauren Powell...........................2006-07 54............ Amy Baker.................................1994-95 46............ Yoneko Allen.............................2001-02 46............ Marlena Surratt.........................1990-91 46............ Laura Vannoy............................1988-89

FTM Player Year 158.......... Monique Dawson......................2006-07 147.......... Jennifer Gardner........................2004-05 141.......... Emily Holliday...........................1985-86 138.......... Cindi Saltz.................................1979-80 134.......... Roxanne Williams......................1990-91 130.......... Lori Lyons..................................1992-93 121.......... Laura Echols..............................2000-01 121.......... Jeanne Marvel...........................1987-88 115.......... Jennifer Gardner........................2002-03 115.......... Karen Mason.............................1995-96

Avg. Player Year 14.7......... Brenda Johnson.........................1976-77 11.1......... Emily Holliday...........................1985-86 10.2......... Jeanne Marvel...........................1987-88 9.9........... Jeanne Marvel...........................1986-87 9.5........... Emily Holliday...........................1984-85 9.2........... Jennifer Gardner........................2004-05 9.0........... Jennifer Gardner........................2003-04 8.9........... Regina Brown............................1991-92 8.7........... Roxanne Williams......................1990-91 8.3........... Chevon Keith.............................2006-07

1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 10.

Avg. Player Year 3.3........... Christy Blackwell.......................1999-00 3.2........... Christy Blackwell.......................2000-01 2.8........... Judy Green................................1981-82 2.7........... Emily Holliday...........................1985-86 2.7........... Serena Surratt...........................1981-82 2.6........... April Fleck.................................1999-00 2.5........... Missy Broy.................................1994-95 2.5........... Marlena Surratt.........................1992-93 2.5........... Mary McKoy..............................1986-87 2.2........... Christy Blackwell.......................2003-04

Blk. Player Year 102.......... Sandra Julian............................1979-80 65............ Jeanne Marvel...........................1986-87 64............ Regina Brown............................1991-92 62............ Jeanne Marvel...........................1987-88 57............ Brooke Johnson.........................2008-09 52............ Brooke Johnson.........................2006-07 40............ Pam Daniels..............................1985-86 34............ Alicia Brittain............................1995-96 28............ Teresa Braswell..........................1981-82 26............ Charlene Penland......................1988-89

Season Steals Avg.

Pct. Player Year .574......... Willow Russell...........................1999-00 .567......... Jennifer Gardner........................2001-02 .551......... Jayne Arledge............................1977-78 .550......... Judy Green................................1980-81 .540......... Karen Mason.............................1995-96 .538......... Laura Echols..............................2000-01 .537......... Roxanne Williams......................1990-91 .533......... Emily Holliday...........................1984-85 .528......... Jennifer Gardner........................2003-04 .523......... Judy Green................................1981-82

BlockED sHOTS in a season 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

3-pt’s attempted in a season 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

3FGA Player Year 202.......... Yoneko Allen.............................2003-04 187.......... Yoneko Allen.............................2002-03 184.......... Amy Baker.................................1995-96 177.......... Amy Baker.................................1994-95 168.......... Laura Vannoy............................1989-90 165.......... Lauren Powell...........................2006-07 151.......... Lauren Powell...........................2005-06 148.......... Yoneko Allen.............................2001-02 143.......... Laura Vannoy............................1988-89 139.......... Marlena Surratt.........................1990-91

1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

FTA Player Year 208.......... Monique Dawson......................2006-07 208.......... Emily Holliday...........................1985-86 193.......... Roxanne Williams......................1990-91 187.......... LaSha Jackson...........................1996-97 185.......... Karen Mason.............................1995-96 184.......... Jennifer Gardner........................2004-05 182.......... Cindi Saltz.................................1979-80 168.......... Jayne Arledge............................1975-76 166.......... Lori Lyons..................................1992-93 163.......... Jeanne Marvel...........................1987-88

3-pt’s per game in a season 1. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8.

ft’s attempted in a season

Ft’s made in a season 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

FIELD GOAL Percentage 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

3-pt fg’s made in a season 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Season REbounding Avg.

Steals in a season

FG’s Attempted in a season 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10.

season blocks average Avg. Player Year 3.9........... Sandra Julian............................1979-80 2.5........... Jeanne Marvel...........................1986-87 2.4........... Jeanne Marvel...........................1987-88 2.3........... Regina Brown............................1991-92 1.7........... Brooke Johnson.........................2008-09 1.5........... Pam Daniels..............................1985-86 1.5........... Brooke Johnson.........................2006-07 1.3........... Lori Hammett............................1996-97 1.3........... Alicia Brittain............................1995-96 1.3........... Teresa Braswell..........................1980-81

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

season Assists avg.

FG’s Made in a season

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Rebounds in a season

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Avg. Player Year 2.4........... Yoneko Allen.............................2002-03 2.4........... Amy Baker.................................1995-96 2.3........... Laura Vannoy............................1989-90 2.2........... Lauren Powell...........................2005-06 2.2........... Yoneko Allen.............................2003-04 2.0........... Amy Baker.................................1994-95 1.7........... Marlena Surratt.........................1990-91 1.6........... Pam Owens...............................1996-97 1.6........... Laura Vannoy............................1988-89 1.6........... Leigh Ann Cook.........................1991-92 1.6........... Lauren Powell...........................2006-07

FT Percentage in a season 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 8. 10.

Pct. Player Year .891......... Lori Lyons..................................1990-91 .854......... Jennifer Gardner........................2001-02 .828......... April Fleck.................................1999-00 .824....... Heather Swayne................2006-07 .814......... Laura Vannoy............................1989-90 .804......... Lori Lyons..................................1991-92 .800......... Laura Echols..............................1999-00 .799......... Jennifer Gardner........................2004-05 .798......... Brooke Johnson.........................2006-07 .783......... Tiffany Hamm...........................2002-03 .783......... Lori Lyons..................................1992-93 .780......... Ashley Pellom...........................2006-07

CAREER TOP-10 career scoring avg.

Points scored in a career 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Player Years Pts. Jayne Arledge.....................1976-79................. 1,928 Laura Echols........................1999-02................. 1,765 Beth Crisp............................1978-81................. 1,445 Tiffany Hamm.....................2000-03................. 1,444 Emily Holliday.....................1983-86................. 1,436 Brenda Johnson..................1974-77................. 1,434 Lauren Powell.....................2005-09................. 1,378 Karen Mason.......................1995-98................. 1,371 Jennifer Gardner.................2002-05................. 1,362 April Fleck...........................1998-01................. 1,290

Assists in a Career 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Player Years Ast. Missy Broy...........................1995-97.................... 405 Christy Blackwell.................1999-04.................... 403 Sheila Barker.......................1977-80.................... 386 Judy Green..........................1981-84.................... 376 Ashley Pellom.....................2004-08.................... 366 Ki-Ki Glass...........................2002-05.................... 363 Laura Vannoy......................1987-90.................... 280 April Fleck...........................1998-01.................... 252 Serena Surratt.....................1981-84.................... 228 Marlena Surratt...................1991-93.................... 217

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Player Years FGM Jayne Arledge.....................1976-79.................... 792 Laura Echols........................1999-02.................... 718 Beth Crisp............................1978-81.................... 648 Tiffany Hamm.....................2000-04.................... 555 Emily Holliday.....................1983-86.................... 546 Karen Mason.......................1995-98.................... 494 Lauren Powell.....................2005-09.................... 490 Judy Green..........................1981-84.................... 472 Lori Lyons............................1990-93.................... 457 Jennifer Gardner.................2002-05.................... 456

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Player Years Avg. Jeanne Marvel.....................1987-88..................... 2.4 Brooke Johnson...................2006-09..................... 1.9 Willow Russell.....................1997-00..................... 1.3 Pam Daniels........................1985-86..................... 1.3 Teresa Braswell...................1981-84..................... 1.0 Sandra Julian......................1977-80..................... 1.0 Jessika Johnson...................2004-04..................... 0.9 Charlene Penland................1989-92..................... 0.7 Erin May..............................2003-05..................... 0.3 Chevon Keith.......................2004-08..................... 0.4

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10.

Rebounds in a Career 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Career Assists avg.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Player Years Avg. Missy Broy...........................1995-97..................... 5.0 Judy Green..........................1981-84..................... 4.0 Sheila Barker.......................1977-80..................... 3.9 Christy Blackwell.................1999-04..................... 3.6 Ki-Ki Glass...........................2002-06..................... 3.1 Lenora Freeman..................1978-80..................... 2.9 Ashley Pellom.....................2004-08..................... 2.8 Marlena Surratt...................1991-93..................... 2.7 Amy McEntire......................1990-93..................... 2.7 Laura Vannoy......................1987-90..................... 2.6

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Player Years FGA Jayne Arledge.....................1976-79................. 1,596 Beth Crisp............................1978-81................. 1,464 Laura Echols........................1999-02................. 1,421 April Fleck...........................1998-01................. 1,366 Tiffany Hamm.....................2000-04................. 1,210 Lauren Powell.....................2005-09................. 1,210 Karen Mason.......................1995-98................. 1,138 Emily Holliday.....................1983-86................. 1,133 Pam Owens.........................1994-97................. 1,103 Laura Vannoy......................1987-90................. 1,080

fG’S Made in a Career

Player Years Reb. Brenda Johnson..................1974-77................. 1,018 Chevon Keith.......................2004-08.................... 947 Emily Holliday.....................1983-86.................... 921 Jennifer Gardner.................2004-05.................... 890 Karen Dillingham................1969-72.................... 888 Marilyn Sheets....................1967-70.................... 840 Laura Echols........................1999-02.................... 790 Roxanne Williams................1988-91.................... 756 Tiffany Hamm.....................2000-04.................... 726 Beth Crisp............................1978-81.................... 712

Career REbounding Avg. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Steals in a Career 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Player Years Stl. Christy Blackwell.................1999-04.................... 272 April Fleck...........................1998-01.................... 243 Pam Owens.........................1994-97.................... 239 Judy Green..........................1981-84.................... 220 Karen Mason.......................1995-98.................... 217 Serena Surratt.....................1981-84.................... 209 Monique Dawson................2004-08.................... 203 Laura Vannoy......................1987-90.................... 193 Emily Holliday.....................1983-86.................... 191 Missy Broy...........................1995-97.................... 184

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Player Years Pct. Jennifer Gardner.................2002-05................... .529 Roxanne Williams................1988-91................... .528 Willow Russell.....................1997-00................... .527 Judy Green..........................1981-84................... .519 Lori Lyons............................1990-93................... .507 Laura Echols........................1999-02................... .502 Jayne Arledge.....................1976-79................... .496 Jennifer Gardner.................2002-05................... .490 Emily Holliday.....................1983-86................... .482 Cindi Saltz...........................1979-82................... .479

fg’S ATTEMPTED IN A CAREER

Career Blocks Average

Player Years Avg. Brenda Johnson..................1974-77................... 10.6 Jeanne Marvel.....................1987-88................... 10.1 Emily Holliday.....................1983-86..................... 8.8 Jennnifer Gardner...............2002-05..................... 7.6 Chevon Keith.......................2004-08..................... 7.3 Beth Crisp............................1978-81..................... 7.2 Laura Echols........................1999-02..................... 7.1 Roxanne Williams................1988-91..................... 6.9 Tiffany Hamm.....................2000-04..................... 6.7 Serena Surratt.....................1981-84..................... 6.7

career Steals Avg. 1. 3. 4. 7. 8. 9.

Player Years Avg. Christy Blackwell.................1999-04..................... 2.4 Judy Green..........................1981-84..................... 2.4 Missy Broy...........................1995-97..................... 2.3 April Fleck...........................1998-01..................... 2.2 Pam Owens.........................1994-97..................... 2.2 Mary McQKoy......................1986-87..................... 2.2 Serena Surratt.....................1981-84..................... 2.1 Karen Mason.......................1995-98..................... 2.0 Laura Vannoy......................1987-90..................... 1.8 Emily Holliday.....................1983-86..................... 1.8

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Player Years Blk. Brooke Johnson...................2006-........................ 130 Jeanne Marvel.....................1987-88.................... 127 Sandra Julian......................1977-80.................... 102 Teresa Braswell...................1981-84...................... 82 Charlene Penland................1989-92...................... 70 Alicia Brittain......................1993-96...................... 69 Pam Daniels........................1985-86...................... 65 Regina Brown.....................1992............................ 64 April Fleck...........................1998-01...................... 61 Jessika Johnson...................2004-08...................... 61 Ginger Eichhorn..................1980-83...................... 60

career fg percentage

BLOCKED SHOTS IN A CAREER

3-pt FG’s Made in a Career

3-pt’s Attempted in a career

3-pt’s per game in a career

Player Years 3FGM 1. Lauren Powell.....................2005-09.................... 214 2. Yoneko Allen.......................2002-04.................... 180 3. Laura Vannoy......................1987-90.................... 125 4. Amy Baker...........................1995-96.................... 121 5. Monique Dawson................2004-08.................... 108 6. April Fleck...........................1998-01.................... 105 7. Marlena Surratt...................1991-93...................... 99 8. Pam Owens.........................1994-97...................... 85 9. Tiffany Hamm.....................2000-04...................... 71 10. Lauren Powell.....................2005-.......................... 64

Player Years 3FGA 1. Lauren Powell.....................2005-09.................... 605 2. Yoneko Allen.......................2002-04.................... 542 3. April Fleck...........................1998-01.................... 413 4. Laura Vannoy......................1987-90.................... 390 5. Amy Baker...........................1995-96.................... 361 6. Marlena Surratt...................1991-93.................... 330 7. Pam Owens.........................1994-97.................... 273 8. Missy Broy...........................1995-97.................... 210 9. Tiffany Hamm.....................2000-04.................... 208 10. Charlene Penland................1989-92.................... 206

Player Years Avg. 1. Amy Baker...........................1995-96................... 2.24 2. Yoneko Allen.......................2002-04................... 1.90 3. Lauren Powell.....................2005-09................... 1.60 4. LaVeta Bissinger..................1993-94................... 1.24 5. Marlena Surratt...................1991-93................... 1.22 6. Laura Vannoy......................1987-90................... 1.16 7. Melissa Ervin.......................2002-03................... 1.14 8. April Fleck...........................1998-01................... 0.96 9. Leigh Ann Cook...................1991-92................... 0.95 10. Sigita Maleraite...................2004-05................... 0.92

ft’S Made in a Career

ft’S ATTEMPTED IN A CAREER

career fREE THROW PCT.

3-pt fg Pct. in a career Player Years Pct. 1. Leigh Ann Cook...................1991-92................... .394 2. Lauren Powell.....................2005-09................... .361 3. Melissa Ervin.......................2002-03................... .354 4. Tiffany Hamm.....................2000-04................... .341 5. Amy Baker...........................1995-96................... .335 6. Yonoko Allen.......................2002-04................... .332 7. Christy Blackwell.................1999-04................... .331 8. Laura Vannoy......................1987-90................... .321 9. LaVeta Bissinger..................1993-94................... .318 10. Pam Owens.........................1994-97................... .311

Player Years Avg. Jayne Arledge.....................1976-79................... 19.5 Laura Echols........................1999-02................... 15.8 Jeanne Marvel.....................1987-88................... 14.7 Beth Crisp............................1978-81................... 14.6 Emily Holliday.....................1983-86................... 13.7 Tiffany Hamm.....................2000-04................... 13.2 Lori Lyons............................1990-93................... 12.9 Cindi Saltz...........................1979-82................... 12.9 Karen Mason.......................1995-98................... 12.8 Jennifer Gardner.................2002-05................... 11.6

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Player Years FTM Jennifer Gardner.................2002-05.................... 444 Monique Dawson................2004-08.................... 423 Roxanne Williams................1988-91.................... 397 Karen Mason.......................1995-98.................... 345 Cindi Saltz...........................1979-82.................... 345 Emily Holliday.....................1983-86.................... 344 Jayne Arledge.....................1976-79.................... 342 Laura Echols........................1999-02.................... 321 Lori Lyons............................1990-93.................... 321 Pam Owens.........................1994-97.................... 314

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Player Years FTA Roxanne Williams................1988-91.................... 619 Monique Dawson................2004-08.................... 583 Jennifer Gardner.................2002-05.................... 564 Jayne Arledge.....................1976-79.................... 562 Emily Holliday.....................1983-86.................... 553 Karen Mason.......................1995-98.................... 535 Cindi Saltz...........................1979-82.................... 488 LaSha Jackson.....................1995-98.................... 463 Kim McInturff......................1987-90.................... 440 Laura Echols........................1999-02.................... 438 Pam Owens.........................1994-97.................... 432

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Player Years Pct. 1. Lori Lyons............................1990-93................... .795 2. Jennifer Gardner.................2002-05................... .782 3. Tiffany Hamm.....................2000-04................... .767 4. Laura Vannoy......................1987-90................... .748 5. April Fleck...........................1998-01................... .740 6. Yonoko Allen.......................2002-04................... .731 7. Pam Owens.........................1994-97................... .727 8. Monique Dawson................2004-08................... .726 9. Laura Echols........................1999-02................... .714 10. Jeanne Marvel.....................1987-88................... .709

RECORDS

WCU

TOP PERFORMANCE 65 top team performances

Most Points Scored Game (WCU):............................................ 119 v. Berea, 1/28/83 (Opp.):.........................................137, N.C. State, 12/8/90 Season (WCU):......................................................2,518, 2007-08 (Opp.):......................................................2,275, 2007-08

Most Free Throws Made Game (WCU):.........................................43 v. Davidson, 1/14/95 (Opp.):..............................................42, Furman, 1/15/96 Season (WCU):.........................................................567, 2006-07 (Opp.):.........................................................518, 1994-95

Best Scoring Average WCU: . ......................................................79.0, 1980-81 Opponent: . ......................................................84.4, 1993-94

Most Free Throws Attempted Game (WCU):.........................................64 v. Davidson, 1/14/95 (Opp.):..............................................58, Furman, 1/15/96 (WCU):.........................................................786, 2006-07 Season (Opp.):.........................................................799, 1994-95

Fewest Points Allowed Game (WCU):............................................13 v. High Point, 1970 . ............................................. 13 v. Milligan, 1967 (Opp.):...................................... 27, E. Tennessee St., 1969 (WCU):......................................................1,620, 1977-78 Season (Opp.):......................................................1,589, 1986-87 Lowest Scoring Average Allowed WCU: . ......................................................62.3, 1977-78 Opponent: . ......................................................61.1, 1986-87 Largest Victory Margin WCU: . .........................67 (105-38) v. Catawba, 12/1/77 Opponent: . ...........78 (126-48), Western Kentucky, 12/29/90 Most Field Goals Made Game (WCU):.............................................. 54 v. Berea, 1/28/83 . ............................. 54, v. Gardner-Webb, 12/7/82 (Opp.):...........................................56, N.C. State, 12/8/90 Season (WCU):.........................................................948, 2007-08 (Opp.):.........................................................879, 1990-91 Most Field Goals Attempted (WCU):...............................................101 v. Elon, 1/28/77 Game (Opp.):...............................................100, Elon, 02/11/08 Season (WCU):......................................................2,252, 2007-08 (Opp.):......................................................2,188, 2007-08 Best Field Goal Percentage Game (WCU):...............................68.4 (54-79) v. Berea, 1/28/83 (Opp.):...........................67.1 (51-76), N.C. State, 12/8/84 Season (WCU):..................................... 47.9 (710-1482), 1980-81 (Opp.):..................................... 48.4 (836-1727), 1984-85 Most 3-Point Field Goals Made (WCU):.....................................11, v. Chattanooga, 1/26/92 Game . ....................................11, v. Davidson, 12/19/01 (Opp.):...................................17, South Carolina, 1/13/94 Season (WCU):.........................................................167, 2008-09 (Opp.):.........................................................177, 2006-07 Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted Game (WCU):........................... 30 v. East Tennessee St., 1/30/93 . ............................. 30 v. UNC Wilmington, 1/7/93 (Opp.):...................................43, South Carolina, 1/13/94 Season (WCU):.........................................................512, 2008-09 (Opp.):.........................................................578, 2006-07 Best 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Game (WCU):...................... 68.8 (11-16), v. Davidson, 12/19/01 (Opp.):....................100.0 (2-2), N. Carolina A&T, 12/3/90 Season (WCU):......................................... 35.2 (92-261), 1989-90 (Opp.):......................................... 40.3 (88-218), 1990-91

Best Free Throw Percentage (WCU):........................ 100.0 (13-13), v. NC A&T, 1/27/81 Game . ........................ 100.0 (13-13), v. Furman, 3/1/02 (Opp.):.................... 100.0 (9-9), UNC Asheville, 11/28/07 (WCU):....................................... 72.1 (567-786), 2006-07 Season (Opp.):....................................... 71.2 (410-576), 2000-01 Most Rebounds (WCU):..........................................72 v. Mars Hill, 12/4/86 Game . .........................................72 v. Davidson, 2/6/78 . .......................................72 v. Campbell, 2/24/77 (Opp.):..........................................71, Montana, 12/29/92 Season (WCU):......................................................1,520, 2007-08 (Opp.):......................................................1,349, 1993-94 Best Rebounding Average . ......................................................53.7, 1977-78 WCU: Opponent: . ......................................................50.2, 1976-77 Most Assists Game Season

(WCU):................................ 33 v. Gardner-Webb, 12/7/82 (Opp.):...........................................42, N.C. State, 12/8/84 (WCU):.........................................................443, 2007-08 (Opp.):.........................................................534, 1990-91

Best Assist Average WCU: . ......................................................16.2, 1977-78 Opponent: . ......................................................19.7, 1990-91 Most Steals Game Season

(WCU):.........................................27 v. Montreat, 1/10/96 (Opp.):............................................ 27, Clemson, 12/4/93 (WCU):.........................................................358, 1994-95 (Opp.):.........................................................373, 1993-94

Best Steal Average WCU: . ......................................................13.3, 1994-95 . ......................................................13.8, 1993-94 Opponent: Most Blocked Shots Game (WCU):............................. 12 v. UNC Wilmington, 12/5/87 (Opp.):..........................................14, Montana, 12/29/92 Season (WCU):.........................................................154, 1979-80 (Opp.):.........................................................142, 2006-07 Best Blocked Shot Average WCU: . ........................................................5.5, 1979-80 Opponent: . ........................................................4.1, 1995-96 Other Records Largest Home Attendance:.................. 2,178 v. Chattanooga, 02/10/07

Single-game individual records tOP SCORING GAMES Pts. Player Opponent (Date) 48................Lori Lyons....................................... E. Tennessee St. (1/30/93) 45................Jennifer Gardner............................ Georgia Southern (3/5/05) 39................Brenda Williams....................................E. Kentucky (3/11/72) 37................Jayne Arledge...........................................Winthrop (2/16/79) 36................Jayne Arledge.......................................Wake Forest (12/2/78) 35................Laura Vannoy................................................. Hofstra (1/3/90) ....................Jean Dowell.............................................. Memphis (2/12/66) 34................Lori Lyons......................................... E. Tennessee St. (1/4/92) ....................Jayne Arledge.................................. Tennessee Tech (3/11/76) 33................Laura Echols................................................ Radford (12/9/01) ....................Jeanne Marvel..................................Georgia State (12/18/87) ....................Ginger Eichhorn......................................... Mars Hill (1/20/81) ....................Beth Crisp....................................... USC Spartanburg (2/7/80) ....................Jayne Arledge..................................Charl. Southern (1/18/79) ....................Jayne Arledge................................................... Elon (1/28/77)

Single-game individual records tOP rEBOUNDING GAMES Reb. P layer Op p o n e n t ( D a t e ) 26................Brenda Johnson.......................................... Mars Hill (1/18/77 23................Charlene Penland........................... E. Tennessee St. (2/12/90) 22................Alicia Brittain............................................Winthrop (1/25/95) ....................Brenda Johnson............................... UNC Greensboro (2/4/77) 21................Regina Brown.................................... UNC Asheville (1/29/92) ....................Brenda Johnson.............................. E. Tennessee St. (2/18/77) 20................Pam Gregory............................................. Covenant (2/12/82) ....................Brenda Johnson........................................... Mars Hill (2/8/77) 19................Jennifer Gardner......................... Alaska-Fairbanks (11/27/04)

Single-game individual records t O P A ssists G A M E S Assists P layer Op p o n e n t ( D a t e ) 14................KiKi Glass.................................. vs. Georgia Southern (3/5/05) 13................Missy Broy.......................................UNC Wilmington (1/8/95) 13................Amy McEntire................................. E. Tennessee St. (2/17/86) 10................Ashley Pellom............................ at Michigan State (11/20/05) 10................KiKi Glass....................................... Georgia Southern (2/9/02) 10................Christy Blackwell......................at Coastal Carolina (11/25/00) 10................Amber Wheeler......................................Winthrop (11/30/96) 10................Amy McEntire...................................... UNC Asheville (2/6/90) 9..................Ashley Pellom, 2x.......................Eastern Kentucky (11/29/06) 9..................KiKi Glass..................................................vs. Furman (3/3/05) 9..................KiKi Glass............................................ at Campbell (11/24/01) 9..................Tamara McMahan..........................................Furman (2/7/98) 9..................Kristy Garrett......................................... St. Francis (12/19/93) 8..................Christy Blackwell.........................Coll. of Charleston (1/31/04) 8..................Christy Blackwell............................ E. Tennessee St. (2/15/03) 8..................KiKi Glass.................................................Davidson (12/19/01)

Single-game TEAM records wcu 1 0 0 - P O I N T G A M E S

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Missy Broy

Laura Echols

Christy Blackwell

Jennifer Gardner

Holds nearly all of WCU’s assist records

WCU’s only 3-time All-SoCon pick, ranks 2nd in scoring

Holds season & career steal records; 2nd on assists list

Joined the 1,000-pt club and holds career FT record

Date T eam W L W C U O p p . Dec. 1, 1977............Catawba........................ W ................. 105.............38 Jan. 28, 1978...........Shaw............................. W ................. 103.............54 Feb. 23, 1978...........Elon............................... W ................. 109.............72 Dec. 9, 1978............Marshall........................ W ................. 100.............87 Dec. 1, 1979............Charleston Sou............... W ................. 108.............59 Jan. 16, 1980...........UNC Asheville................ W ................. 110.............43 Jan. 24, 1981...........Gardner-Webb............... W ................. 103.............76 Feb. 22, 1982...........Mars Hill........................ W ................. 100.............67 Dec. 7, 1982............Gardner-Webb............... W ................. 115.............49 Jan. 19, 1983...........Mars Hill........................ W ................. 100.............61 Jan. 28, 1983...........Berea............................. W ................. 119.............58 Feb. 27, 1993...........E. Tennessee St............... W ................. 104.............67 Feb. 24, 1996...........Georgia Southern.......... W ................. 102.............94 Dec. 19, 2001..........Davidson........................ W ................. 107.............80 Feb. 11, 2008...........Elon............................... W ................. 102...........101 Mar. 9, 2009............Chattanooga.................. W ................. 101.............87

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RECORDS

TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES

WCU Top Individual Performances

Western Carolina 1 ,000- point C lub Rk Name

1. Jayne Arledge 2. Laura Echols 3. Beth Crisp 4. Tiffany Hamm 5. Emily Holliday 6. Brenda Johnson 7. Lauren Powell 8. Karen Mason 9. Jennifer Gardner 10. April Fleck 11. Lori Lyons 12. Roxanne Williams 13. Monique Dawson 14. Cindi Saltz 15. Pam Owens 16. Laura Vannoy 17. Serena Surratt 18. Brenda Williams 19. Judy Green 20. Willow Russell 21. Chevon Keith

Years Pts

1976-79 1999-02 1978-81 2000-03 1983-86 1974-77 2005-09 1995-98 2001-05 1998-01 1990-93 1988-91 2004-08 1979-82 1993-96 1987-90 1981-84 1969-72 1981-84 1996-00 2004-08

1,928 1,765 1,445 1,444 1,436 1,434 1,378 1,371 1,362 1,290 1,249 1,248 1,216 1,177 1,173 1,133 1,096 1,086 1,075 1,056 1,035

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Western Carolina 500 REBOUND Club Rk Name 1. Brenda Johnson 2. Chevon Keith 3. Emily Holliday 4. Jennifer Gardner 5. Karen Dillingham 6. Marilyn Sheets 7. Laura Echols 8. Roxanne Williams 9. Tiffany Hamm 10. Beth Crisp 11. Serena Surratt 12. Chevon Keith 13. LaSha Jackson 14. Karen Mason 15. Charlene Penland 16. Alicia Brittain 17. Willow Russell 18. Sandra Julian 19. Angela Rowe 20. Teresa Braswell 21. Lori Lyons 22. Kendra Eaton

Years Rebs 1974-77 2004-08 1983-86 2001-05 1969-72 1967-70 1999-02 1988-91 2000-03 1878-81 1981-84 2004- 1995-98 1995-98 1989-92 1992-96 1997-00 1977-80 1993-96 1981-84 1990-93 2005-09

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1,018 947 921 890 888 840 790 756 726 712 669 653 618 609 605 591 589 586 560 538 527 524

Most Points Scored Game (WCU):................................... 48, Lori Lyons v. E. Tenn. State, 1/30/93 (Opp.):...............................45, Valorie Whiteside, App. State, 1/23/86 Season: ...............................................................544, Jayne Arledge, 1978-79 Career: ............................................................1,928, Jayne Arledge, 1976-79

Most Free Throws Attempted Game (WCU):..............................................25, Emily Holliday v. Furman, 2/6/86 (Opp.):.............................................19, Tonya Bristow, Furman, 1/15/96 Season: .............................................................. 208, Emily Holliday, 1985-86 Career: ..........................................................619, Roxanne Williams, 1988-91

Best Scoring Average Season: .................................................................30.0, Jean Dowell, 1965-66 Career: ..............................................................19.5, Jayne Arledge, 1976-79

Best Free Throw Percentage Game (WCU):...............................100.0 (14-14), Lori Lyons v. Navy, 12/5/92 (Opp.):.........................................................100.0 (15-15), Sally Reid, ........................................................................Lenoir-Rhyne, 12/8/77 Season: ....................................................... 89.1 (41-46), Lori Lyons, 1990-91 Career: ....................................................... 79.5 (321-404), Lori Lyons,1990-93

Most Field Goals Made Game (WCU):................................... 20, Lori Lyons v. E. Tenn. State, 1/30/93 (Opp.):...............................23, Valorie Whiteside, App. State, 1/23/86 Season: ...............................................................236, Jayne Arledge, 1978-79 Career: ...............................................................792, Jayne Arledge, 1976-79 Most Field Goals Attempted Game (WCU):................................... 37, Lori Lyons v. E. Tenn. State, 1/30/93 (Opp.):............................................... 38, Vivian Green, Norfolk St., 3/12/76 Season: ...............................................................461, Jayne Arledge, 1978-79 Career: ............................................................1,596, Jayne Arledge, 1976-79 Best Field Goal Percentage Game (WCU):..................100.0 (11-11), Karen Mason v. E. Kentucky, 2/1/95 (Opp.):..................... 100.0 (10-10), DeShawne Blocker, ETSU, 2/22/95 .....................100.0 (10-10), Barbara Reedus, UNC Charlotte, 2/29/88 Season: ............................................ 57.4 (124-216), Willow Russell, 1999-00 Career: .......................................52.8 (420-796), Roxanne Williams, 1988-91 Most 3-Point Field Goals Made Game (WCU):..................................................8, Lori Lyons v. ETSU, 1/30/93 (Opp.):............................................8, Sheila Williams, Lander, 2/1/88 Season: ......................................................................67, Amy Baker, 1995-96 Career: ................................................................125, Laura Vannoy, 1987-90 Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted (WCU):................................. 20, Lori Lyons, v. E. Tenn. State, 1/30/93 Game (Opp.):.............................................17, Sheila Williams, Lander, 2/1/88 Season: ....................................................................184, Amy Baker, 1995-96 Career: ................................................................390, Laura Vannoy, 1987-90 Best 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Game (WCU):................................................. 100.0 (4-4), Leigh Ann Cook v. .................................................................UNC Wilmington, 12/19/91 (Opp.):........................................................... 100.0 (4-4), Mitzi Story, ................................................................ Appalachian State, 2/12/92 ...........................100.0 (4-4), Kristy Hancock, UNC Asheville, 1/15/91 Season: ............................................ 40.5 (45-111), Leigh Ann Cook, 1991-92 Career: ............................................ 39.4 (52-132), Leigh Ann Cook, 1991-92 Most Free Throws Made Game (WCU):..............................................21, Emily Holliday v. Furman, 2/6/86 (Opp.):.............................................15, Tonya Bristow, Furman, 1/15/96 ......................................... 15, Nicole Levesque, Wake Forest, 1/20/92 ..........................................................15, Sally Reid, Lenoir-Rhyne, 12/8/77 Season: ...........................................................147, Jennifer Gardner, 2004-05 Career: ...........................................................444, Jennifer Gardner, 2001-05

Most Rebounds Game (WCU):.................................26, Brenda Johnson v. Mars Hill, 1/18/77 (Opp.):................................. 27, Sheila Ford, UNC Asheville, 12/12/80 Season: ........................................................... 323, Brenda Johnson, 1976-77 Career: ........................................................ 1,018, Brenda Johnson, 1974-77 Best Rebounding Average Season: .......................................................... 14.7, Brenda Johnson, 1976-77 Career: .......................................................... 10.6, Brenda Johnson, 1974-77 Most Assists Game (WCU):..............................14, KiKi Glass v. Georgia Southern (3/5/05) Season: .................................................................... 154, Missy Broy, 1994-95 Career: .................................................................... 405, Missy Broy, 1994-95 Best Assist Average Season: ................................................................. 5.9, Sheila Barker, 1979-80 Career: .....................................................................5.0, Missy Broy, 1995-97 Most Steals Game (WCU):...................................10, Emily Holliday v. Tusculum, 12/3/85 (Opp.):....................................14, Stephanie Wine, Marshall, 1/23/95 Season: ............................................................90, Christy Blackwell, 2000-01 Career: ................................................................ 243, April Fleck, 1998-2001 Best Steal Average Season: ...........................................................3.3, Christy Blackwell, 1999-00 Career: .................................................................... 2.4, Judy Green, 1981-84 Most Blocked Shots Game (WCU):.............................................8, Sandra Julian v. Duke, 2/18/78 (Opp.):............................................ 8, Trish Olson, Montana, 12/29/92 Season: ............................................................... 102, Sandra Julian, 1979-80 Career: ..............................................................127, Jeanne Marvel, 1987-88 Best Blocked Shot Average Season: ................................................................ 3.9, Sandra Julian, 1979-80 Career: ...............................................................2.4, Jeanne Marvel, 1987-88 Other Season Records: Most Points by a Freshman:......................................448, Jayne Arledge, 1975-76 Most Points by a Sophomore:......................................... 498, Cindi Saltz, 1979-80 Most Points by a Junior:.............................................. 505, Laura Echols, 2000-01 Most Points by a Senior:............................................544, Jayne Arledge, 1978-79

W C U A ll - T ime G reats

Western Carolina 1,000-PT / 500 REBOUND C lu b

Rk Name 1. Laura Echols 2. Beth Crisp 3. Tiffany Hamm 4. Emily Holliday 5. Brenda Johnson 6. Karen Mason 7. Jennifer Gardner 8. Lori Lyons 9. Roxanne Williams 10. Willow Russell 11. Chevon Keith

Years Pts Rebs 1999-02 1978-81 2000-03 1983-86 1974-77 1995-98 2001-05 1990-93 1988-91 1996-00 2004-08

1,765 1,445 1,444 1,436 1,434 1,371 1,362 1,249 1,248 1,056 1035

790 712 726 921 1,018 609 890 527 756 589 947

Jayne Arledge Holds 4 career records & leads 5 seasonal categories

Roxanne Williams Emily Holliday Holds 3 WCU career records & appears on 13 Top 10 lists

Holds 2 WCU season records & appears on 20 Top 10 lists

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Lori Lyons Set 6 single-game records; tied SoCon scoring record

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LISTON B. RAMSEY REGINAL ACTIVITY CENTER Home of the Catamounts Western Carolina women’s basketball team will play its 21st season in the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center this year. The team had the distinction of playing the first official basketball game in the Ramsey Center when they hosted Mars Hill College on December 4, 1986. The inaugural men’s / women’s doubleheader in the Ramsey Center followed two days later, December 6, when WCU’s women hosted Coastal Carolina before the men’s team hosted North Carolina State. The event attracted a standing-room-only crowd of 8,114. The Ramsey Center was completed in April 1986 and is the largest facility of its type west of Charlotte, N.C. It contains 205,000 square feet of usable space and was built at a cost of $16.3 million. In addition to housing the athletic department’s administrative offices, coaches’ offices, team locker rooms, and meeting facilities, it also contains an auxiliary gymnasium, handball and racquetball courts, a communications center, a firing range and weight rooms. The Lady Catamount’s moved into their new locker room facilities (pictured below) prior to the start of practice for the 2005-06 season. The Ramsey Center was designed to accommodate cultural, entertainment, recreational, and athletic events and can seat up to 8,556 for major concerts. During its first 11 years of operation, nearly 1.5 million people attended activities in the facility. The past several years have demonstrated the facility’s flexibility as it has hosted a rodeo, numerous theatrical performances, a Broadway musical, graduation ceremonies, Mountain Heritage Day festivities, and musical concerts from such contemporary acts as the Charlie Daniels Band, Jars of Clay, Blessed Union of Souls, Tracy Byrd, Terri Clark, Aerosmith, Tim McGraw, and the Allman Brothers Band. The facility also serves as Western Carolina’s home competition venue for volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball teams. The building was named for Liston B. Ramsey, former Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives and longtime representative of the 52nd House District that includes Haywood, Madison, Swain, Graham and Jackson counties.

The Lady Catamounts moved into a new locker room facility prior to the start of 2005-06 practices. The new locker room includes wooden lockers, new carpeting, radio/CD player sound system, and a separate team video room, with terraced flooring for a stadium-type seating effect.

ramsey center Individual records Most Points Scored WCU:................................................. 32, Laura Vannoy, v. Liberty, 2/22/90 Opponent:........................................... 38, Jenny Nett, Wofford, 12/30/01 Most Field Goals Made WCU:..................................... 14, Lori Lyons, v. East Tennessee St., 2/27/93 Opponent:.....................................14, Kim Brown, Chattanooga, 3/13/92 Most Field Goals Attempted WCU:............................................... 27, Laura Echols, v. Wofford, 12/30/01 Opponent:............................................30, Pam Wade, Limestone, 2/8/88 Best Field Goal Percentage WCU:......................... 100.00 (11-11), Karen Mason v. E. Kentucky, 2/1/95 Opponent:...........................100.0 (5-5), Tonya Bristow, Furman, 1/13/97 Most 3-Point Field Goals Made WCU:............................................ 6, Marlena Surratt v. N.C. State, 12/8/90 .............................................................6, Laura Vannoy v. Liberty, 2/22/90 Opponent:............................................8, Sheila Williams, Lander, 2/1/88 Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted WCU:................................ 14, LaVeta Bissinger v. UNC Wilmington, 1/7/93 Opponent:..........................................17, Sheila Williams, Lander, 2/1/88 Best 3-Point Field Goal Percentage WCU:.......................100.0 (4-4), April Fleck v. Appalachian State, 1/25/99 Opponent:...................100.0 (4-4), Kristina Behnfeldt, Marshall, 2/17/96 Most Free Throws Made WCU:.............................16, Roxanne Williams v. UNC Greensboro, 2/21/91 Opponent:...............................15, Nicole Levesque, Wake Forest, 1/20/92 Most Free Throws Attempted WCU:.................................................. 24, Kim McInturff v. Furman, 2/8/89 Opponent:.........................18, Andrea Autrey, Georgia Southern, 2/25/95 Best Free Throw Percentage WCU:.....................100.0 (11-11), Pam Owens v. Appalachian St., 1/18/95 Opponent:..........................100.0 (10-10), Kim Mays, E. Kentucky, 2/1/95 ...................................100.0 (10-10), Beth Laney, Appalachian St., 3/6/87 Most Rebounds WCU:............................................ 22, Alician Brittain v. Winthrop, 1/25/95 Opponent:........................22, Shandra Maxwell, Austin Peay St., 2/10/90 Most Assists WCU:................................ 13, Amy McEntire v. East Tennessee St., 2/27/93 Opponent:...................... 12, Karolina Karlqvist, Appalachian St., 2/28/93 Most Steals WCU: .......................8, Janetta Heggins v. College of Charleston, 2/17/03 Opponent:.................................... 14, Stephanie Wine, Marshall, 1/23/95 Most Blocked Shots WCU:................................... 7, Jeanne Marvel v. UNC Wilmington, 12/5/87 Opponent:............................................. 6, Kelli Darden, Radford, 12/9/05

Ramsey Activity Center Team records Most Points Scored WCU: 107 v. Davidson, 12/19/01 Opponent: 137, N.C. State, 12/8/90 Fewest Points Allowed WCU: 28 v. Montreat, 1/10/96 Opponent: 28, Clemson, 12/4/95 Largest Victory Margin WCU: 57 (85-28) v. Montreat, 1/10/96 Opponent: 72 (137-65), N.C. State, 12/8/90 Most Field Goals Made WCU: 40 v. East Tennessee St., 2/27/93 Opponent: 56, N.C. State, 12/8/90 Most Field Goals Attempted WCU: 84 v. Winthrop, 1/25/95 Opponent: 93, N.C. State, 12/8/90 Best Field Goal Percentage WCU: 61.0 (36-59) v. E. Tenn. St., 2/17/01 Opponent: 65.4 (34-52), Furman, 1/13/97 Most 3-Point Field Goals Made WCU: 11 v. Davidson, 12/19/01 11 v. Davidson, 2/1/03 Opponent: 17, South Carolina, 1/13/94 Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted WCU: 30 v. UNC Wilmington, 1/7/93 Opponent: 43, South Carolina, 1/13/94 Best 3-Point Field Goal Percentage WCU: 68.8 (11-16), v. Davidson, 12/19/01 Opponent: 83.3 (10-12), N.C. State, 12/8/90

Most Free Throws Made WCU: 43 v. Davidson, 1/14/95 Opponent: 34, Furman, 2/7/93 Most Free Throws Attempted WCU: 64 v. Davidson, 1/14/95 Opponent: 45, Davidson, 1/11/97 Best Free Throw Percentage WCU: 88.2 (15-17) v. E. Tenn St., 2/2/91 Opponent: 86.4 (19-22), Marshall, 1/26/87 Most Rebounds WCU: 72 v. Mars Hill, 12/4/86 Opponent: 60, Furman, 2/7/98 60, N.C. State, 12/8/90 Most Assists WCU: 27 v. Winthrop, 12/4/89 Opponent: 33, South Carolina, 1/13/94 33, Appalachian State, 2/28/93 Most Steals WCU: 27 v. Montreat, 1/10/96 Opponent: 25, UNC Asheville, 12/6/93 Most Blocked Shots WCU: 12 v. UNC Wilmington, 12/5/87 Opponent: 11, Clemson, 12/4/95 11, UNC Wilmington, 12/5/87 Largest Home Attendance 2,178 v. Chattanooga, 02/10/07

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Dr. John W. Bardo

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Western Carolina University Chancellor

During his 13 years as Western Carolina University’s chancellor, Dr. John W. Bardo has propelled Western into the national spotlight as a university that is preparing students to face the challenges of the 21st century. Since becoming the 10th chief executive officer in Western’s history, Dr. Bardo has been a driving force in the University’s growing status across North Carolina and the nation as a leader in the application of the tools of technology to teaching and learning. During his decade of leadership, student enrollment has soared 21.8 percent, the average SAT scores of entering freshmen have risen by 62 points and student retention rates are higher than ever. At Dr. Bardo’s suggestion, the university community agreed to require incoming freshmen to have networkable computers, and in 1997 Western became the first institution in the University of North Carolina system to adopt that requirement, and is now moving to increase wireless networking capabilities on campus. Similarly, it was at Dr. Bardo’s urging that Western established a residential Honors College, the first in the UNC system. The Honors College, which began in 1997 with about 70 students, now enrolls more than 900 high-achieving students who welcome the challenge of advanced academic classes and competition for national and international scholarships. More recently, Dr. Bardo has emphasized the importance of service learning, which encourages faculty and staff to incorporate service to the community in many forms as a part of students’ academic experiences at Western. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Dr. Bardo also has engineered a university wide effort to “raise the bar” of academic standards at Western. Faculty members have increased their expectations of student performance, and students are rising to meet those expectations. That emphasis on increased academic quality is earning the attention of some of North Carolina’s brightest young scholars, increasing the number of National Merit finalists and high school valedictorians interested in Western. Under Dr. Bardo’s leadership, the university has increasingly turned its attention toward reaching out to the citizens of Western North Carolina and promoting economic development as a means of improving the quality of life for the area’s residents. Western’s new $8 million Center for Applied Technology is designed to address critical labor force issues facing the region by providing educational programs that will support emerging high-tech, “new economy” industries. Recently developed programs include undergraduate and graduate degrees in entrepreneurship, a degree in construction management, and approval for joint programs in electrical and computer engineering with Charlotte. In addition, the university has formed strategic partnerships with several regional universities in the fields of biotechnology, bioinformatics and micro-optics. As construction is completed on Western’s new “signature” building, a $30 million Fine and Performing Arts Center, the university has taken numerous steps to boost heritage and cultural tourism in the mountain region, including the establishment of a new performance series of music and art. Prior to his appointment at WCU, Dr. Bardo had been vice president for academic affairs at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts since 1990. He assumed the dual role of provost of the public institution in 1993. Like Western Carolina, Bridgewater State was

founded in the 19th century as a normal school for the training of teachers and today is a state-supported regional, comprehensive institution. Before moving to Massachusetts, Dr. Bardo held senior administrative posts at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, serving as assistant to the president for planning and as provost and vice president for academic affairs. A sociologist, he had previously accumulated a decade of teaching and administrative experience at Southwest Texas State University and Wichita State University. Dr. Bardo graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1970 with a degree in economics. He holds a master’s degree in sociology from Ohio University, and earned a doctorate in the field from The Ohio State University. A graduate of the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University, he also has been a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Monash University in Australia and a guest visiting professor at the University College of Wales at Swansea. He has written extensively and lectured widely on urban and community sociology, higher education, organizational behavior, economic development, quantitative methods, and the educational applications of technology. Dr. Bardo is currently serving a four-term term of service on the NCAA’s Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee. The 12-member committee is charged with conducting reviews of issues related to the interests of ethnic minority student-athletes, NCAA minority programs and NCAA policies that affect ethnic minorities. In fall 2004, Dr. Bardo was appointed to serve one year as chairman of the committee on economic and work force development for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The committee, composed of presidents and chancellors of AASCU member institutions, is one of six established by the association’s board of directors to advance its work in the arena of public higher education. Dr. Bardo and his wife, Deborah, have one son, Christopher.

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ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Chip Smith

Western Carolina University Director of Athletics Western Carolina Chancellor Dr. John W. Bardo announced on August 23, 2004 the selection of Chip Smith as the Catamounts’ Director of Athletics. His first year on the job at Western was an eventful one as Western’s football team won the Old Mountain Jug with a 30-27 victory over Appalachian State in the fall of 2004, the Lady Catamount basketball team won the 2005 Southern Conference tournament championship and the WCU soccer team won the 2005 SoCon tournament title. In the spring, Western hosted the 2005 SoCon Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which was lauded for its organization and atmosphere. In 2006-07 under Smith’s watch, Western won the Women’s Golf Tournament, a share of the Women’s Basketball regular season title, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship, and a share of the Baseball regular season title before garnering an at large bid to the NCAA Field of 64, advancing to the Chapel Hill Regional Final. Most recently, the men’s golf team garnered its first-ever, at-large bid to the NCAA Championship tournament while the track & field teams took three of the four titles. In addition to overseeing the start of a new program (softball and the construction of the program’s new stadium), Smith laid the foundation for the success of three sports, hiring head coaches for men’s basketball, volleyball and soccer during 2005. A review of Western Carolina’s 2005-06 athletic year shows that foundation was solid. In addition to winning Southern Conference championships in soccer, men’s indoor track & field, men’s outdoor track & field and softball, Western played for a share of the SoCon title in football, falling to eventual national champion Appalachian State in the final regular-season game, and the Catamount baseball team was the only school in the nation to have non-conference road wins over two 2006 College World Series teams (Clemson and Georgia). WCU student-athletes earned a league-best 118 All-SoCon honors on the field, not including numerous SoCon academic honors and four SoCon Coach of the Year selections. Off the field, in addition to accumulating 1,537 hours of community service, Catamount student-athletes have posted a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.01 for their careers. Smith came to Western after two years as athletics director at Morehead State. He additionally was director of athletics at Eastern Kentucky University, as well as holding positions in the athletics departments at Virginia Military Institute, UNC Charlotte and University of North Carolina. A native of Greensboro who grew up in Siler City, Smith earned his bachelor’s degree in education at North Carolina in 1978, where he played football for four years under legendary coach Bill Dooley. He earned his master’s degree in athletics administration at North Carolina in 1989. He began his career in athletics as a high school teacher and coach, first at Hickory High School and then at Garinger High School in Charlotte. He worked as ticket manager for the Durham Bulls baseball club before joining the Educational Foundation Inc., at North Carolina in 1983 as assistant to the executive director of the athletics fund-raising organization also known as the Rams Club. Smith was a member of the athletics department administration at UNC Charlotte from 1984 though 1991, first as business and ticket manager, then as assistant athletic director for development. He joined the staff of Southern Conference member VMI in 1991 as assistant athletics director, advancing to associate athletics director. He joined the administration at Eastern Kentucky University in 1999, rising to the position

of director of athletics in 2001. He has served as director of athletics at Morehead State since August 2002. Smith is married to the former Gale Thompson, who swam collegiately at North Carolina. They have two children; daughter Chesley (23), who is a 2009 graduate of UNC Greensboro, and a son, Cort (19), who graduated from Smoky Mountain High School.

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W estern C arolina U ni v ersity . . . A Home of TrUe Student-Athletes Western Carolina University is committed to helping its student-athletes both on and off the playing field. WCU treasures its outstanding academic reputation and is equally proud of the tradition of its athletic teams. Realizing the important role that sport plays in the lives of our studentathletes, the Office of Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes, in conjunction with the Office of Academic Advising assist student-athletes with managing their athletic demands without sacrificing their academic careers. WCU Department of Athletics has always understood the primacy of academics and maintains a close working relationship with both offices of academic support. The Office of Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes reports to the Athletic Director and is committed to: (1) Ensuring that each student-athlete at WCU continues to make academic progress towards graduation as well as maintaining athletic eligibility; (2) Ensuring that every student-athlete be provided the necessary resources needed to be academically successful; (3) Striving to assist each student-athlete with reaching their fullest potential as young adults in achieving their career and life goals. The Academic Support Services staff is responsible for monitoring the academic progress and class attendance of all student-athletes and coordinating the Academic Enhancement Program. The Academic Enhancement Program (AEP) offers academic resources to its studentathletes to give them the best opportunity for continued success in the classroom. All first semester freshmen and transfers and are required to participate in the program. Catamount student-athletes are provided with tutorial services and educational and career workshops. In conjunction with AEP, the Catamount football team also employs the Academic Game Plan (AGP), which includes each first-year, and all at risk football student-athletes. The program includes organizing daily activities such as reading, tests and quizzes into a notebook that aids in managing time and prioritizing academic responsibilities. In addition, coaches, serving as mentors, hold detailed, hour-long meetings with the student-athletes included in AGP on a daily basis to monitor progress and to stay involved. The Office of Academic Advising is part of a larger academic support program known as the Office of Advising and Retention Services which has a fundamental responsibility for enhancing the educational experience for all students. All freshmen student-athletes are advised by a specific academic advisor through enrollment in USI 130, Academic and Career Planning, a one-hour elective course. Through this course, students learn about WCU academic programs and policies, NCAA academic regulations, gain a better understanding of the meaning of higher education, learn more about themselves, and make new friends. All student-athletes are advised by the athletic advisor until they formally declare a major. Exemplifying their commitment to academic excellence and emphasis across the department is apparent in the increasing number of student-athletes recognized for scholastic merit. For the 2004-05 year, 112 WCU student-athletes qualified for the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll, which honors student-athletes who have participated in at least one sport and have earned a 3.0 or better grade point average during the past academic year. In 2007-08, a school-record

Former defensive end Nick McNeil (left) and quarterback Brian Gaither (right) are pictured with WCU Chancellor Dr. John Bardo after graduation ceremonies. McNeil and Gaither were both named All-Southern Conference as seniors and both signed NFL contracts.

143 Western Carolina student-athletes were named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll. WCU also possessed four student-athletes who posted a 4.0 grade point average for the entire school year. In 2008-09, between the three seasons in which academic accolades are handed out by the SoCon office – fall, winter and spring – Western Carolina boasted a league-high 80 Academic All-Conference team selections including 24 in the fall, 23 in the winter and 33 this spring. Back in 2007-08, WCU led the conference with 81 student-athletes recognized across the three seasons – 25 in the fall, 22 in the winter and 34 in the Spring. Western also had a conference-leading 11 SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week honors a year ago. Since 2000, Western has produced five Academic All-America selections including Ryan Schade (baseball in 2002); Jason Whaley (football in 2003); Yoneko Allen (women’s basketball in 2004); Tyler Sexton (baseball in 2006, ‘07); and Brooke Johnson (women’s basketball in 2008, ‘09). Whaley was also the recipient of an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship from the National Football Foundation. During that same span, a trio of Catamounts (Allen, Emre Atsur, and Rans Brempong) have been recipients of the Southern Conference’s Mike Wood Postgraduate Scholarship, while track athlete Tonya Edmunds was one of 32 NCAA student-athletes to be awarded a postgraduate scholarship through its Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship Programs for 2005-06. In 2006, Emily Pierce (women’s soccer) was awarded the SoCon’s David Knight Graduate Scholarship and the WCU soccer team was recognized by the NCAA as the team ranked among the sport’s top 10 percent in Academic Progress Rate (APR). Off the field for the 2008-09 academic year, in addition to accumulating 3,800 hours of community service, Catamount student-athletes posted a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.01 for their careers. Bolstering that GPA were a combined 34, 4.0 GPA’s in the Fall of 2008 and Spring of 2009 semesters and a combined total of 202 Dean’s List honors between the two semesters. Former WCU tailback Darius Fudge at Western’s 2007 commencement ceremonies.

Jason Whaley, the recipient of an $18,000 postggraduate scholarship, was a two-time All-SoCon selection along the offensive line, an All-American honoree and Academic All-America. He was additionally a four-time WCU Male Student-Athlete of the Year, ending his career with a 3.918 GPA.

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MEDIA INFORMATION

This... is CSN

Radio broadcasts of Western Carolina Lady Catamount basketball will once again be produced by the Catamount Sports Network and carried on two outlets during the 2007-08 season – on the flagship station of Catamount Athletics, WWCU-FM, Power 90dot5 in Cullowhee, and online at both www.WWCUFM.com and www.CatamountSports.com. Steven Crumpler is the voice of Lady Catamount basketball.

Steven Crumpler returns for a fifth season as the play-by-play announcer/producer for Lady Catamount basketball. A 15-year veteran of radio, Crumpler is a former program coordinator of WWCU-FM in Cullowhee. Before arriving in western North Carolina, Crumpler served as the student station manager of WSIF-FM in Wilkesboro while obtaining his associates degree in broadcasting from Wilkes Community College in 1997. During the same period, Crumpler also worked as an announcer for the 100,000-watt superstation WKBC-AM/FM in North Wilkesboro. All told, the Whiteville native has called Lady Catamount basketball for six seasons dating back to ’00 - ‘01 season.

W estern C arolina M edia R elations

Daniel Hooker Asst. AD/Media Relations

Denise Gideon Director of Media Relations

Russell Luna Media Relations Assistant

Mailing/Overnight Address: Western Carolina University Ramsey Center Cullowhee, NC 28723 Ramsey Center Press Row: (828) 227-2339 Media Relations Fax: (828) 227-7688 WCU Ticket Office: (828) 227-2063 WBBall Contact: Denise Gideon Office: (828) 227-2336 Cell: (828) 506-2249 dgideon@email.wcu.edu

Since 2006, Crumpler has been the Public Address voice at Western Carolina soccer matches and is the PA voice of Catamount softball in the spring.

OPPONENT MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS School

Richmod East Carolina Wofford Cincinnati Alaska Anchorage Coastal Carolina James Madison UNC Asheville Davidson Charlotte Western Kentucky Georgia Southern College of Charleston Florida State Furman Appalachian State Elon UNC Greensboro Samford Chattanooga

Web Page

www.richmondspiders.com www.ecupirates.com www.wofford.edu/athletics www.gobearcats.com www.goseawolves.com www.goccusports.com www.jmusports.com www.uncabulldogs.com www.davidsonwildcats.com www.charlotte49ers.com www.wkusports.com www.georgiasouthernathletics.com www.cofcsports.com www.seminoles.com www.furmanpaladins.com www.goasu.com www.elonphoenix.com www.uncgspartans.com www.samfordsports.com www.gomocs.com

SID Contact

Rachel Park Charles Welch Kim Tonkin Jeremy Martin Nate Sagan Deandra Danch Milla Sue Wisecarver Everett Hutto Gavin McFarlin Brent Stastny Chris Glowacki Liz Ryan Simon Whitaker Dave Schmidt Jordan Caskey Courtney Burchett Jen Blackwell Phil Perry Joey Mullins Anne Wehunt

rpark@richmond.edu welchc@ecu.edu tonkinkj@wofford.edu Jeremy.Martin@uc.edu nate@uaa.alaska.edu ddanch@coastal.edu wisecams@jmu.edu ehutto@unca.edu gamcfarlin@davdsion.edu bmstatsny@uncc.edu christ.glowacki@wku.edu lryan@georgiasouthern.edu whitaker@cof.com dschmidt@fsu.edu jordan.caskey@furman.edu burchettcm@appstate.edu jblackwell@elon.edu pdperry@uncg.edu jmmulli1@samford.edu anne-wehunt@utc.edu

SID Phone

(804) 287-6312 (252) 737-5112 (864) 597-4092 (513) 556-5191 (907) 786 1295 (843) 349 6467 (540) 568 6164 (828) 251-6931 (704) 894-2634 (704) 687-6313 (270) 745-5388 (912) 681-5448 (843) 953-6334 (850) 644-4836 (864) 294-3061 (828) 262-7602 (336) 278-6712 (336) 334-5615 (205) 726-2799 (423) 425-4618

Press Row

(804) 289-8806 (252) 328-0135 (864) 597-4484 (513) 556-3800 (907) 279-2071 (843) 349-2820 (540) 568-6710 (828) 251-9622 (704) 892-3324 (704) 687-4999 (270) 745-6941 (912) 681-5289 (843) 953-6554 (850) 224-8790 (864) 294-3620 (828) 262-6106 (336) 278-6747 (336) 343-3270 (205) 726-2377 (423) 756-5476

MEDIA INFORMATION 79 2010 WESTERN CAROLINA CAMP INFORMATION

June 18-20th TEAM CAMP June 24-27th OVERNIGHT CAMP working credentials Newsprint and electronic media representatives planning to cover a basketball game at Western Carolina University are asked to request, in written form, working credentials from WCU’s Media Relations Office. Season passes will be issued to those who cover the Catamounts on a permanent basis. Press passes will be assigned by priority to WCU beat writers, beat writers of the opponent, metropolitan media filing for deadline and specialty publications. If time permits, credentials will be mailed. If not, credentials can be picked up on game day (two hours prior to tip-off) at the Ramsey Center Truck Tunnel entrance. Credentials will be issued only to those attending the game in a working capacity. Spouses, dates, children, and other nonworkers will not be permitted on press row or in other designated press areas. interview policy

The Media Relations Office will assist media personnel with interview requests of Western Carolina student-athletes, coaches, or administrators. To arrange interviews, please contact Denise Gideon at least 24 hours in advance. Head Coach Karen Middletonr will be available for interviews prior to or following each practice. With prior notice, studentathletes will be available for interviews at that time as well. Unless special permission is granted well in advance, no interviews of student-athletes will be conducted on game days. Media members may attend practices after obtaining clearance through the media relations office. Media members are asked to refrain from contacting student-athletes at their home or residence and student-athletes’ phone numbers will not be released by the Media Relations Office. Out-of-town media may set up phone interviews to be conducted in the Athletics Department. Coach Harper may be reached weekday mornings, however, it is asked that a specific interview time be scheduled. postgame interviews The WCU locker room will be closed at the end of all regular-season games played in the Ramsey Center and on the road. Following the mandated 10-minute “cooling off” period, requested players will be available in the media work room or outside the WCU locker room. Coach Middleton will be available postgame for comments one-on-one, as well as on WCU radio broadcasts. Visiting team locker room availability is determined by the visiting SID.

media parking Media parking for Western Carolina basketball games is located on the west side of the Ramsey Center and is located in the Creek Lot, which is across the street from the Ramsey Center and parallel to Highway 107. Media parking passes are not required in the Creek Lot and parking is free. photographers Credentials for photographers will be issued on a first-come, first-serve basis with agencies covering the participating schools on a regular basis receiving priority. Freelance photographers may request credentials on a game-by-game basis. All free-lance photographers must submit a contact sheet featuring game or sideline action to the Media Relations Office no later than four days following the game. Each photographer must pick up a photo pass from will call prior to the game. Photographers will shoot from designated areas on the baseline in accordance with the NCAA policies. visiting radio The visiting radio station or network (limited to one crew only as designated by the visiting school’s sports information director) is asked to request credentials through Western Carolina’s Media Relations Office. Two B-1 dial tone lines will be provided at no charge to all Southern Conference opponents and others who with to enter into a reciprocal agreement with WCU. Otherwise, the lines are available to visiting radio on a pro rata basis or special broadcast lines can be ordered through Verizon at (800) 483-4300. press releases/statistics The Western Carolina University Media Relations Office produces basketball notes for each contest during the regular and post-season. Cumulative statistics will be updated no later than Noon the day following a contest. Media members may receive the releases and statistics by accessing the Athletics Department web site at www.CatamountSports. com. E-mail service for releases, statistics, etc. is available upon request. To be placed on Western Carolina’s fax or E-mail list for news releases, game stories and notes, media members are asked to contact the WCU Media Relations Office. During home games, statistical services will be provided as generated by the STATCREW computer statistics software. Wireless monitors will be provided along press row for up-to-date statistical information, with hard copies of the stats distributed at halftime and a final copy of stats and play-by-play at the end of the game. socon media services The Southern Conference maintains a comprehensive site on the world wide web at www. SoConSports.com. Under the women’s basketball tabs, standings, notes, schedule/results, and statistics for each league member are updated on a timely basis. Similar information on the SoCon’s other 18 sports are available on the site, as well. Please contact Mandi Copeland or Natalie Williams in Southern Conference Public Affairs at (864) 591-5100 for additional information.

Catmounts on the web The Western Carolina women’s basketball home page provides the latest information regarding the Lady Catamounts, including updated statistics, a roster, game notes, and press releases. Also on the department’s main site is information on all of Western Carolina’s athletics programs, lodging, directions to campus, and interactive fun, such as the Catamount Fan Poll.

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HISTORY

The Southern Conference, which began its 89th season of intercollegiate competition in 2009, is a national leader in emphasizing the development of the student-athlete and in helping to build lifelong leaders and role models. The Southern Conference has been on the forefront of innovation and originality in developing creative solutions to address issues facing intercollegiate athletics. From establishing the first conference basketball tournament (1921), tackling the issue of freshmen eligibility (1922), developing women’s championships (1984), to becoming the first conference to install the three-point goal in basketball (1980), the Southern Conference has been a pioneer. The Southern Conference is the nation’s fifth-oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association. Only the Big Ten (1896), the Missouri Valley (1907), the Pacific 10 (1915) and the Southwestern Athletic (1920) conferences are older in terms of origination. Academic excellence has been a major part of the Southern Conference’s tradition. Hundreds of Southern Conference student-athletes have been recognized on ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America and all-district teams. A total of 19 Rhodes Scholarship winners have been selected from conference institutions. The Conference currently consists of 12 members in five states throughout the Southeast and sponsors 19 varsity sports and championships that produce participants for NCAA Division I Championships. The Southern Conference offices are located in the historic Beaumont Mill in Spartanburg, S.C. A textile mill that was in operation from 1880 until 1999, Beaumont Mill was renovated in 2004 and today offers the league first class meeting areas and offices as well as a spacious library for storage of the conference’s historical documents. Membership History On Feb. 25, 1921, representatives from 14 of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s (SIAA) 30 members met at Atlanta’s Piedmont Hotel to establish the Southern Intercollegiate Conference. On hand at the inaugural meeting were officials from Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn), Clemson, Georgia, Georgia School of Technology (Georgia Tech), Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi A&M (Mississippi State), North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) and Washington & Lee. Dr. S.V. Sanford of Georgia was chosen as acting chairman and N.W. Dougherty of Tennessee was named secretary. The decision to form a new athletic conference was motivated by the desire to have a workable number of conference games for each league member. With 30 schools in the SIAA by the early 1920s, it was impossible to play every school at least once during the regular season and many schools went several years between playing some conference members. In addition, in 1920, the SIAA voted down proposed rules that an athlete must be in a college a year before playing on its teams and refused to abolish a rule permitting athletes to play summer baseball for money. Play began in the fall of 1921 and a year later, six more schools joined the fledgling league including Tulane (which had attended the inaugural meeting but had elected not to join), Florida, Louisiana (LSU), Mississippi, South Carolina and Vanderbilt. VMI joined in 1925 and Duke was added in 1929. By the 1930s, membership in the Southern Conference had reached 23 schools. C.P. “Sally” Miles of Virginia Tech, president of the Southern Conference, called the annual league meeting to order on Dec. 9, 1932 at the Farragut Hotel in Knoxville, Tenn. Georgia’s Dr. Sanford announced that 13 institutions west and south of the Appalachian Mountains were reorganizing as the Southeastern Conference. Members of the new league included Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Florida, Georgia, Georgia School of Technology, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mississippi A&M, University of the South, Tennessee, Tulane and Vanderbilt. According to the minutes of the meeting, Dr. Sanford stated that the division was made along geographical lines. Florida’s Dr. J.J. Tigert, acting as spokesman for the withdrawing group, regretted the move but believed it was necessary as the Southern Conference had grown too large. The resignations were accepted and the withdrawing schools formed the new league which began play in 1932. The Southern Conference continued with membership of 10 institutions including Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, Virginia, VMI, Virginia Tech and Washington & Lee. The second major shift occurred some 20 years later. By 1952, the Southern Conference included 17 colleges and universities. Another split occurred when seven schools including Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest departed to form the Atlantic Coast Conference which began play in 1953. The revamped Southern Conference included members The Citadel, Davidson, Furman, George Washington, Richmond, VMI, Virginia Tech, Washington & Lee, West Virginia and William & Mary. Today, the league continues to thrive with a membership that includes 12 institutions and a footprint that spans five states: Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. Current league members are Appalachian State, College of Charleston, The Citadel, Davidson, Elon, Furman, Georgia Southern, UNC Greensboro, Samford, Chattanooga, Western Carolina and Wofford.

Commissioner John Iamarino

Commissioner: . ......................................................................................... John Iamarino Senior Associate Commissioner:..................................................................... Geoff Cabe Assoc. Commissioner / Internal Affairs:.......................................................... Sue Arakas Asst. Commissioner / Media Relations..........................................................Jason Yaman Assoc. Commissioner / Compliance:.................................................................Doug King Senior Account Executive / SoCon Sports Properties:...................................Mike Mitchell Director of Championships:.......................................................................... Brandon Neff Director of Multimedia Services:.................................................................Jamie Severns Assistant to the Commisioner:........................................................................Laura Hayes Associate Director of Media Relations:....................................................Jonathan Caskey Media Relations Assistant:........................................................................ JoAnne Cannell Championships / Operations Intern:........................................................ Caroline Sanker

DID YOU KNOW? wcu - did you know...? • The Western Carolina women’s basketball team was the Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW) National Runner-Up in the 1968-69 season and finished fourth the following year in the tournament. • In 1971, Western Carolina hosted the National Women’s Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament in Reid Gymnasium. WCU also hosted an Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Southern Region II Tournament in 1975-76, making a total of three apperances in the AIAW tournament, which was the predecessor of the NCAA for women’s collegiate athletics. • The all-time leading scorer in Western Carolina women’s basketball history is Jayne Arledge – she is the niece of the late Roone Arledge, a pioneer in the field of televison journalism and creator of Monday Night Football, 20/20, and Nightline. • Western’s Ronnie Carr made the first 3-point basket in NCAA history. To mark the event, during both of ESPN2’s college basketball games on November 29, 2004 the network featured Carr, who sank that first 3-pointer on Nov. 29, 1980. The 2005-06 season marks the 25th anniversary of the historic shot which has revolutionized the game of basketball. Carr’s historic shot came in Western’s 77-70 victory over Middle Tennessee State and the ball he used is on display at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The shot was made from the left corner of Reid Gym — Western’s facility at the time — with 16:09 left in the first half (7:06 pm). Ironically, Carr wore number 22 and the 3-point arc that first year was 22 feet, instead of the now 19-feet, nine-inches. Carr had the number 22 his freshman season and the 3-point shot did not debut until his sophomore year. Another interesting side note, while Carr made the first 3-pointer in NCAA history, Western Carolina actually played a game one day prior (Nov. 28), defeating the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 88-77, in Atlanta. However, Carr’s historic shot had to wait one until the following day since the Southern Conference was the only league sanctioned by the NCAA to use the 3-point shot. Carr only took 39 3-pointers during the 1980-81 season, making 15 and earning first team All-Southern Conference honors. As a junior the following year, Carr only took 11 treys, making eight. However, the 1981-82 season, which would be his final year at Western, Carr still led the SoCon in scoring and earned first team All-SoCon honors for a second time. While Carr did not utilize the 3-point shot much, Western led the SoCon in 3-pointers made and attempted during the four-year NCAA/SoCon experiment, making 182-of-450 treys (.404) over the time span. Carr would not be able to play his senior year after having a serious car accident prior to the season’s start. However, Carr served as a student assistant coach that season and would go on to receive “Most Courageous Athlete” award, given by the United States Basketball Writers Association. Despite the accident, Carr was still selected in the 10th round of the NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks. • Western Carolina was the first predominately white university or college in the South to recruit and sign African-American athletes. Western’s Henry Logan, the basketball program’s all-time leader in points (3,290) and assists (1,037), was the first to break the color barrier in the South, starting his career in 1964-65. In the fall of 1965, Western’s Keith Elliott became the first African-American football player in the South to break the color barrier. • Western Carolina boasts several former student-athletes now playing at the professional level: NBA (Kevin Martin with Sacramento - pictured); NFL (Brad Hoover with Carolina - pictured, three-time Super Bowl winner, David Patten, now with Washington; International basketball (David Berghoefer, Corey Muirhead; Frankie King; Rans Brempong).

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