ETSU women's hoops adds a pair of signees to 2024-25 team

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WCYB) — Just one day after Courtney Moore made her decision to come back for a fifth season in Blue & Gold, ETSU women's basketball announced a pair of additions to their roster for the 2024-25 season.

Head Coach Brenda Mock Brown and her staff announced on Friday the signing of Gemma Gruettner Bacoul and Lucy Hood.

Gruettner Bacoul, is a 5-foot-10 transfer guard, who played the last two seasons at McCook Community College, while Hood is a 5-foot-8 true freshman guard that comes from Rabun County High School in Tiger, Ga.

In two years at McCook Community College, Gruettner Bacoul led McCook to back-to-back conference championships and a spot in the Region IX Tournament where she netted 17 points in an opening round win over Lamar. The Berlin, Germany native totaled 781 points, 312 rebounds, 140 assists and 116 steals in 62 games played (46 starts). This past 2023-24 season, Gruettner Bacoul averaged 18.2 points per game, while shooting 39 percent from beyond the arc and 77 percent at the free throw line - good for 19th nationally in scoring last season.

Meanwhile, Hood comes to ETSU with a winning pedigree, as well. Playing for head coach Dee Dee Dillard at Rabun County - Hood netted 1,659 points, 553 assists, 464 rebounds and 307 steals over her career, led the Wildcats to 91 wins in her four seasons. Hood set program records in points and assists, while also breaking single-season records in made three-pointers (110) and assists (189) in her senior season.