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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – East Tennessee State women’s basketball clinched a share of the 2025-26 Southern Conference Regular Season title on Saturday afternoon.\u00a0 The title is shared between ETSU, Chattanooga and Wofford as all three programs collected a 10-4 record through league action.\u00a0 The Bucs will be the two\u00a0seed in the 2026 Southern Conference Tournament in Asheville, N.C. over March 5-8.<\/p>\n
ETSU closed out conference action on five-game win streak, marking their second of the season to go 10-11 through the last 11 outings en route to the share of the title.\u00a0 The Bucs went 7-0 on the road in Southern Conference play for the first time in program history to power the program to the first title under head coach Brenda Mock Brown<\/a>.\u00a0 The 10-4 SoCon record is the best for the Bucs since 11-3 in 2017-18 and the best under Mock Brown.<\/p>\n NOTABLES
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\n\tAnala Nelson<\/a> paced the Bucs to victory with her 18 points, collecting eight from the line and ten from the field.\u00a0 The graduate guard sits just 14 points from 1,000 career and has reached double-digit scoring in 15 of 26 outings this season.\u00a0 Nelson tallied seven rebounds, two assists and two steals on top of her 18 points.\u00a0 Her eight made free throws mark the sixth time this season Nelson has reached the mark or bettered it.
\n\tFreshman center Lucia France<\/a> was the guiding force on defense with her career-high three blocks and seven rebounds, tacking on one assist and two points.
\n\tJaidyn Harper<\/a>, the sophomore guard, led rebounding with eight, collecting seven on defense and one on offense.\u00a0 Harper continued on as the second-best offensive product with two made threes and seven total points.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\tCarmen Richardson<\/a>, the sophomore guard, tallied seven points with one rebound and two assists.
\n\tLucy Hood<\/a>, the sophomore guard, drained two threes, reaching the mark or bettering it 11 times this season.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\tFreshman guard Emmah Mcamis posted four rebounds and two points in the contests.\u00a0
\n\tThe team totaled 46 points, 34 rebounds, five assists, three blocks and three steals. Eight of nine individuals to see action registered points for the second consecutive contest.
\n\tThe 46-point victory is the lowest-scoring victory for ETSU since defeating Garner Webb 44-42 on Nov. 12, 2024.\u00a0 Prior to that was the 44-31 victory over Vanderbilt on Dec. 1, 2022.
\n\tETSU has now held two conference opponents to just 39 points and four total programs to losses with less than 40 points in the 2025-26 schedule (Claflin, Gardner-Webb, UNC Greensboro and Samford).
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\nThe Bucs face No. 7\u00a0seed UNC Greensboro on Thursday, March 5 at 1:15 p.m. in Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C. in the Southern Conference Tournament quarterfinals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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