Buena Vista, VA - The N.C. Wesleyan women's basketball team competed on Saturday in the USA South Conference Finals for the second consecutive season and faced off with Southern Virginia. From the opening tip-off, SVU came out of the gate on fire, scoring the first ten points of the game. Going into the second quarter, the Knights would hold a double-digit lead of eleven. The Battling Bishops were led in the first half by Senior guard Nadia Simmons and Junior forward Corynthian Williams, each with four points, who provided a spark in the rough start. Wesleyan went into the locker room down nearly twenty and looked to make a statement with a second half comeback.
 
The Basics:
 
Score: N.C. Wesleyan 41, Southern Virginia 69
Location/Venue: Buena Vista, VA / Knight Arena
Records: N.C. Wesleyan (16-12, 14-4 USA South), Southern Virginia (22-6, 18-1 USA South)
 
Coming out of the break, Senior forward Kayrisma Harrison would score the first points of the half for the Battling Bishops with a layup, but Southern Virginia followed up Harrison's bucket by going on a 10-0 run of their own to put themselves up 45-18 with 5:35 remaining in the third quarter. Harrison would go on to score seven of Wesleyan's ten points in the third quarter, but the Battling Bishops would still trail the Knights 56-26, as the game headed into the final quarter.

Playing hard until the final whistle, the Battling Bishops were led in the final stanza by Senior guard Areina Harris with six points and Freshman forward Anaya Hall with five points.

The 2023-24 season will go down as a historic one for the women's basketball team, sharing the court with three DI opponents, Kayrisma Harrison eclipsing the 1,000 rebound mark, and an outstanding sixteen USA South victories.