JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Dec. 9, 2023) – The ETSU women's basketball team will be back in action on Sunday when it hosts Lees-McRae at Freedom Hall. Tip-off between the Buccaneers and Bobcats is set for 1:30 p.m.
  
GAME INFO
DATE: Sunday, December 10
TIME: 1:30 p.m. 
LOCATION: Freedom Hall (Johnson City, Tenn.)
TEAMS: Lees-McRae vs. ETSU
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+ (Jay Sandos & Bruce Tranbarger)
LIVE STATS:  Statbroadcast
RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 (Keith Brake)
TWITTER: @ETSU_WBB
GAME SPONSOR: BrightRidge
 
ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU is coming off a convincing 79-52 win over Charleston Southern on Wednesday. With Wednesday's victory, the Bucs improved to 6-3 on the season.
• The 79 points for ETSU were a new season-high and it shot a season-best 51.7 percent from the field in the win.
• Four Bucs finished in double figures on Wednesday. It marked the first time that ETSU had four players score over 10 points in the same game.
• Jaileyah Cotton paced this group with a career-high 17 points. Cotton, whose previous career-high point total was nine, shot 7-for-11 from the field in the victory.
• Courtney Moore and Jakhyia Davis were not far behind with 15 points apiece and Journee McDaniel added 12 points as well. Additionally, Davis and McDaniel narrowly missed out on double-doubles totaling nine and eight rebounds, respectively.
• Sunday's game will mark ETSU's first game against a non-Division I opponent this season. The Bucs went 2-0 against non-D1 foes last season.
• The matchup against Lees-McRae will mark the first of three games that the women's team will play at Freedom Hall. ETSU will also take on Gardner-Webb (Dec. 20) and Wofford (Feb. 3) at Freedom Hall later this season.
• With Wednesday's win, the Buccaneers are now 9-1 in the last two Decembers.
• Breanne Beatty is closing in 1,000 points in her collegiate career. Beatty, who scored 895 points in four seasons with Oakland, needs to score just 45 more points to reach the milestone.
• Coach Mock is also approaching a milestone. Coach needs two more wins to reach 150 wins as a collegiate head coach. She has an opportunity to notch her 150th victory against UNC Asheville, a team she coached for eight seasons.

ABOUT LEES-MCRAE

• Lees-McRae enters Sunday's game in Johnson City with a 1-5 record.
• LMC's lone win this season came on the road at Allen University, 64-63.
• The Bobcats rank among the top 25 teams in Division II in both 3-point defense (18^th – 23.1 percent) and turnovers forced per game (22^nd – 23.17).
• Lees-McRae is coached by Quante Lee, who is in his first season. Lee previously coached Carolina University for three seasons where he went 23-26.
• Sunday's game marks the second ever meeting between ETSU and Lees-McRae. The Bucs won the first matchup by a score of 73-46 back on January 3, 2016.

UP NEXT 
Following Sunday's game, the Buccaneers will host UNC Asheville on Thursday at Brooks Gym. Tip-off for Thursday's game is set for 7 p.m.
 
PURCHASE TICKETS
To purchase season or single game tickets for ETSU women's basketball, visit ETSUTickets.com or call 423-439-3878.
 
For more information on Buccaneer women's basketball, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's basketball tab.