Lady Bobcats win way to Charleston

Wesleyan forward BRITTANY MAXEY, pictured shooting during the Lady Bobcats’ regular-season finale against Davis & Elkins, led her team to a first-round upset of West Virginia State in Monday’s WVIAC Women’s Basketball Tournament opener. Maxey scored a game-high 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Wesleyan’s 66-56 win. File photo by BRIAN BERGSTROM/The Record Delta

INSTITUTE — The West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats upset the sixth-seeded West Virginia State Lady Yellow Jackets on the road Monday evening in the opening round of the WVIAC Women’s Basketball Tournament, securing a spot in the quarterfinal round at the Charleston Civic Center.

Brittany Maxey and Atavia Blake both posted double-doubles Monday to lead the Lady Bobcats to a 66-56 win. Maxey scored a game-high 17 points and Blake followed with 14, with both players grabbing 11 rebounds.

Maxey and Blake led Wesleyan on the boards on a night when the Lady Bobcats out-rebounded West Virginia State by a 47-33 margin, which they turned into a 17-5 advantage in second-chance points.



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