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East Tennessee State Buccaneers at Western Carolina Catamounts

· NCAA Men's Basketball
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
23-5, 11-4 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
72 - 61
Western Carolina Catamounts
12-16, 7-4 Home

Payne has 22, ETSU bounces back, tops W Carolina 72-61

Bo Hodges added 17 points and Desonta Bradford had 10 for the Buccaneers (23-5, 14-1 Southern Conference), who lost at UNC Greensboro on Monday to bring an end to the nation's longest winning streak, which was one shy of the school record.

Deriece Parks had 17 points for the Catamounts (12-16, 7-8), have lost 23 of 24 in the series and haven't beaten ETSU in the regular season since January 26, 1998. Western Carolina shot 39 percent and was outrebounded 44-24.

Payne was 8 of 11 from the field and had three of his six treys when he scored the first 11 ETSU points in the second half. Hodges was 6-of-7 shooting. The rest of the team was 13-of-39.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 72 - 61
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 72 - 61
2nd 0:12 Adam Sledd Offensive Rebound. 72 - 59
2nd 0:17 Marc Gosselin Steal. 72 - 59
2nd 0:42 David Burrell Defensive Rebound. 72 - 59

Statistics

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27-57 FG 21-54
47 Field Goal % 39
9-20 3PT 6-20
45 Three Point % 30
9-10 FT 13-18
90 Free Throw % 72
44 Rebounds 24
14 Offensive Rebounds 8
30 Defensive Rebounds 16
16 Assists 10
8 Steals 12
2 Blocks 4
22 Turnovers 16
0 Team Turnovers 1
22 Total Turnovers 16
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Off Turnovers 21
11 Fast Break Points 6
34 Points in Paint 28
16 Fouls 14
23 Largest Lead 2

Game Information

Venue: Ramsey Center

Location: Cullowhee, NC
Attendance: 1,836 | Capacity:

2025-26 Southern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
East Tennessee State 13-5 - 23-11
Mercer 11-7 2 19-13
Wofford 11-7 2 19-13
Samford 11-7 2 18-14
Furman 10-8 3 22-13
Western Carolina 10-8 3 15-16
UNC Greensboro 9-9 4 15-19
Chattanooga 7-11 6 13-19
The Citadel 7-11 6 11-22
VMI 1-17 12 6-26
Full Standings