Wofford ended the ETSU women’s basketball season in the quarterfinals of the Southern Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament, 66-54.
Carly Hooks led ETSU with 20 points, tying her career high. ETSU finishes the season 6-22
Mercer, the tournament’s No. 1 seed, beat Furman 73-54 Sunday, March 6, in the tournament final. The Bears have won the tournament four times
The tournament tipped off on Thursday, March 3, in Asheville, North Carolina at Harrah’s Cherokee Center.
After a good season, the Mercer Bears came out on top. Mercer entered the tournament with a 13-1 record and a nine-game winning streak. Mercer has a .929 percentile.
Wofford followed in second place in the regular season. The Terriers hold an 11-3 record. Wofford has a .786 PCT.
Third in the standings is Furman with a 10-4 record and a two-game win streak. The Paladins PCT is 7.14.
Split evenly down the middle, Samford takes the fourth spot in the standings with a 7-7 record, losing their last three games before the tournament. Also, taking a jump down in the PCT numbers, the Bulldogs have a .500 number.
UNCG, UTC and ETSU all held the same record 5-9 and a .357 PCT. The UNCG Spartans won their last game of the season while the Chattanooga Mocs lost the last two, and the ETSU Bucs lost the last game. Making UNCG take the fifth spot, UTC in sixth and ETSU in seventh.
In the last place of the standings going into the tournament is Western Carolina with a 0-14 record.
All records are a result of conference-only games.
The match-ups for the first day of the tournament on Thursday, March 3, started with Mercer vs. Western Carolina with a win for the Bears 85-46.
In game two Samford faced UNCG, resulting in a Bulldogs win 59-40.
On game three, ETSU challenged Wofford. The Terriers won 66-54.
Game four on the first day was between Furman and UTC. This game went into overtime and the Paladins won 70-63.
The semifinals were played on Friday, March 4. The Mercer Bears defeated the Samford Bulldogs 65-35. Shortly after came a Furman win against Wofford, with the closest score of the women’s basketball tournament this year, 64-59.
