JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – The Wofford women's basketball team played a close first quarter against the ETSU Buccaneers at Brooks Gym Thursday night, but a second-quarter stumble by the Terriers allowed the Bucs to pull away to an 83-45 win. Wofford drops to 17-8 (7-4 SoCon), and ETSU improves to 20-7 (7-4 SoCon).
 
The Terriers shot 30.2 percent overall and hit five threes, but the Bucs were on fire, hitting at a 50.0 percent clip with 16 three-pointers. The Bucs also won the boards, 44-25, with 13 offensive rebounds for 20 second chance points. Though the Terriers committed nine turnovers in the first half, Wofford cleaned things up with just a single second-half giveaway for 10 total in the contest, one less than ETSU committed.
 
Rachael Rose paced the Terriers with 13 points, her 12^th consecutive game scoring double-digits. Rose also led the squad in assists (three) and rebounds (four).
 
Jackie Carman joined Rose as the only other Terrier in double figures with 10 points. Carman added an assist and three boards.
 
Lilly Hatton was just shy of double figures with eight points, and she contributed a rebound and a block. Hatton opened the game with some history, making her 106^th career start to tie the Wofford program record for starts in a career. The senior has matched the mark originally set by Rachel Brittenham (2009-13).
 
Helen Matthews notched six points with three boards, as did Indiya Clarke. Rounding out Wofford's scorers is Abbey Crawford with two points and two boards.
 
ETSU opened the contest with a three-pointer, but the Terriers then embarked on a five-point run to take a lead, 5-3, at the 7:25 mark. The squads kept dueling, trading blows and the lead with Rachael Rose going inside to put the Terriers ahead by two points (17-15) with 2:40 remaining. But the Bucs hit a three and closed the quarter with a layup to hold a close three-point edge, 20-17, entering the second.
 
In the second, Rose scored before a Jackie Carman three to give Wofford a four-point lead (24-20) with 8:03 on the clock. But ETSU then clicked for a 15-point run to swing the margin to 35-24 in favor of the Bucs with 2:19 to go. Carman broke the run with a pair of free throws, but the Terriers remained without a field goal to make the halftime score 40-26.
 
ETSU opened the second half with a three, but Helen Matthews responded with a layup to try and spark a Wofford comeback. But ETSU continued to roll, and Wofford could not climb out of the hole created by quarter two. The Bucs would outscore Wofford 43-19 in the second half en route to their 83-45 win.
 
Wofford remains in Tennessee this weekend with a match-up at Chattanooga on Saturday. Tip-off against the Mocs is set for 7:00 p.m., and the contest will be streamed on ESPN3.