VANCOUVER, BC (Nov. 22, 2018) – On the opening day of the 2018 Vancouver Showcase, the ETSU women’s basketball team (0-5) fell to the 2017 National Champion South Carolina (3-1), 101-55 inside the Vancouver Convention Center.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Nine different players scored throughout the game.
• Three Bucs had eight points; Micah Scheetz (Knoxville, Tenn.), Kaia Upton (Nashville, Tenn.), and Erica Haynes-Overton (Nashville, Tenn.).
• As a team the Bucs shot 76.5% from the free-throw line. Scheetz and Upton both shot a perfect one hundred percent.
• Lexus Spears (Jacksonville, Fla.) had a team-high ten rebounds and also finished with seven points.
• ETSU outrebounded the Gamecocks 22-10 in offensive rebounds.
• Both teams each had 39 rebounds apiece.
• ETSU scored 24 points in the paint, 16 points coming from turnovers.
• South Carolina had five players in double figures and shot 56.4% from the floor.

FIRST QUARTER

South Carolina jumped out on a 12-0 run, taking a 20-4 lead early on. ETSU shot a perfect one hundred percent from the free throw line. Upton and Haynes-Overton both went 4-4, while Carley Lytton (Floyd, Va.) went 2-2. ETSU stayed in the game with a 6-0 run of their own, to sit the score at 31-17.

SECOND QUARTER

Freshman Shynia Jackson (Warner Robins, Ga.) kicked off the second quarter with a layup. South Carolina went on a 9-0 run before facing a two-minute scoring drought. Spears gave the Bucs a layup, along with free throws throughout the second quarter. The Gamecocks ended the half with an 8-0 run.  

THIRD QUARTER

Haynes-Overton started the half with a steal and layup. The Bucs kept the Gamecocks scoreless for five minutes. Lytton went 3-4 from the field goal line, to sit the score at 71-36.

FOURTH QUARTER

Three Bucs went 2-2 from the charity stripe including Sadasia Tipps (Hickory, N.C.), Haynes-Overton, and Spears. Tipps gave the Bucs their last points of the game with a layup, as she finished with five points. South Carolina was scoreless for the remaining three minutes of play.   

POST-GAME QUOTES

“The first quarter I thought was very good, 33-21,” said head coach Brittney Ezell. “Then we went cold from the floor. In games like this, it’s not about playing the opponent – it’s about what are we doing to get better? You’re either solving the problem or you are the problem. I thought we solved the free throw problem tonight. We had double-digit offensive rebounds against South Carolina, which I feel good about. I thought we did a good job of taking care of the ball for the most part with a freshman point guard making her first start. It was difficult not having your starting point guard. They are giving us everything they’ve got right now. They’re giving us all of their heart. They’re working at it. I have to keep coaching my team.”

NEXT UP

ETSU will play Western Kentucky tomorrow Nov. 22 at 2:30 PT/5:30 ET.

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