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201819 #21 Johnson drive vs UC
78
Winner Charleston (WV) UCW 23-5, 18-4
72
West Virginia St. WVSUW 7-21, 6-16
Winner
Charleston (WV) UCW
23-5, 18-4
78
Final
72
West Virginia St. WVSUW
7-21, 6-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Charleston (WV) UCW 11 28 22 17 78
West Virginia St. WVSUW 18 13 20 21 72

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Jackets fall to UC 78-72

Chris Wade
WVSU 2006

5653Institute, W.Va. – West Virginia State University was looking to knock off a second straight regionally ranked opponent on Saturday, March 2, 2019. The Jackets defeated 8th ranked Concord on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 spoiling the Mountain Lions Senior Day. State was trying to make it two in a row when 7th ranked University of Charleston came to campus to end the Mountain East regular season Saturday, March 2, 2019.

WVSU came out hot early, hitting 4 of 7 three pointers, to lead 18-11 after the 1st period. The veteran UC team would out score the State 28-13 to lead 39-31 at half.  The Jackets would get as close as five points at 75-70 on two free throws by Sierra Womack with 30 seconds remaining in the game.

Charity Shears led the Yellow Jackets with 20 points and former St. Albans graduate Allison Johnson scored a career-high 13 points off the bench. 

WVSU (7-21 overall and 6-16 in league play) will next play in the MEC Tournament next week in Wheeling, W.Va. The Yellow Jackets will be the No. 9 seed and play No. 8 seed Shepherd next Wednesday, March 16, 2019, at 2:15 p.m.
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