Recap
West Virginia Wesleyan Women's Basketball played host to Wheeling on Saturday afternoon in Buckhannon. The Lady Bobcats played well in the first half, effectively slowing the game down to their pace, leading the first twenty minutes 28-23. A reason why the team plays well at a slow pace is their domination of the boards, featuring forwards Cierra Tolbert and Nicole Gilyard. Gilyard put up ten points in the first half, and the Freshman Tolbert had eleven rebounds. In the second half, the Cardinals caught fire and scored 65% of their total points of the game, including twenty-eight points in the fourth quarter. The Lady Bobcats failed to slow the game back down, and the Cardinals spoiled a great game from Gilyard.
 
Team Records
West Virginia Wesleyan drops their third game in a row, and falls to 3-5 overall, and 1-3 in the Mountain East Conference.
Wheeling picks up their first win of the Mountain East Conference schedule, now standing at 2-6 overall, and 1-3 in the MEC.
 
Top Performers – West Virginia Wesleyan
Nicole Gilyard – 24 pts, 11-21
Cierra Tolbert – 8 pts, 15 reb
 
Top Performers – Wheeling
Lily Ritz – 17 pts, 8 reb
Maura Castelluci – 13 pts, 3-5 3pt
 
Key Statistics
Three-Point Percentage
WU 37.5% - 21.1% WVWC
 
Free Throw Percentage
WU 69.2% - 52.2% WVWC
 
Bench Points
WU 21-10 WVWC
 
What's Next
West Virginia Wesleyan stays in Buckhannon, hosting Urbana on Wednesday night. The Blue Knights sit at 2-2 in the MEC, but have dropped their last two games against Concord and Glenville State.
Wheeling will make another southern trip on Wednesday, traveling to take on West Virginia State in Institute.