JOHNSON CITY, TN – East Tennessee State held the UVA Wise women's basketball team to 32 percent shooting as they defeated the Highland Cavaliers 72-42 in an exhibition contest Sunday afternoon.
The game is the first of two exhibition games against Division I teams this season (the other being Radford on December 20) and are valuable chances for the Cavs to test their mettle against teams at the highest level of collegiate basketball. The loss does not go against UVA Wise's win-loss total and the statistics do not count for UVA Wise.
It is the second meeting between the two schools, with the last one being an official game on Nov. 26, 1990 when then-Clinch Valley College fell to the Bucs 98-87 in Johnson City.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Result: ETSU 72, UVA Wise 42
Records: UVA Wise (5-4); ETSU (5-5)
Location: Johnson City, TN | Brooks Gymnasium
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Both teams started sluggishly, with ETSU holding an 8-2 lead at the first quarter media timeout, and they would extend it to 19-9 at the end of the period.
- The Cavs would cut the lead to 20-13 on a mid-range jump shot from
Madison Looney with 2:38 left in the half, but the Bucs would pull it back out to double digits and lead 29-18 at the half.
- UVA Wise cut the lead to seven twice in the third, with the second time being via a layup by
Sable Burnside with 7:08 remaining in the third quarter to make the score 33-26. ETSU then went on a 7-2 run to extend their lead to thirteen, and they held that advantage heading into the fourth quarter.
- The Bucs would then open up the lead in the fourth quarter, with a basket by Kennedy Younkin giving the Bucs their largest lead of the game, 72-42, with 26 seconds left.
- Braylyn Milton led the Bucs with 26 points. Nine different players scored in the contest.
- Isabella Hunt led all players on the boards as she pulled down twelve rebounds for ETSU.
GETTING WISE
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Sable Burnside and
Emilea Preece scored ten points each to lead the Cavs, while
Makenzie Bremer chipped in seven points, and
Caroline Mullins had six.
Madison Looney had four points,
Brooklyn Frazier scored three, and
Katlin Burger had two points.
- Burnside also had 10 rebounds to lead the team in addition to two assists, two steals and two blocks.
- Looney also pulled down eight rebounds.
- As a team the Cavs hit 32.0 percent from the field for the game. They shot 27.8 percent from behind the arc and a perfect 100 percent from the free throw line, but only shot five free throws. The Bucs forced UVA Wise into 31 turnovers, while having 13 of their own.
UP NEXT
The Cavs will return to South Atlantic Conference play when they host Newberry Wednesday evening on the Quillen Court. The Wolves are currently 3-7 overall and 2-4 in SAC play after falling to Wingate 58-46 Saturday afternoon.
