Part of the WCU basketball team last season. Photo by Gavin Stewart.
Western Carolina women’s and men’s basketball team are playing at home on Thursday, Feb. 6, against the Furman University Paladins in the Ramsey Center starting at 5 p.m. with the women’s team and 7:30 p.m. with the men’s.
This is the second time WCU has played Furman with the men’s team losing 90-88 in double overtime at Timmons Arena on Dec. 1. The women’s lost 65-55 on Jan. 12 at Furman. Overall, the WCU women’s basketball team is 23-16 at home against Furman. The men’s team has played the Paladins 75 times with Furman leading 45-29 in games won.
Some people to watch in the Thursday games are Freshman Jewel Smalls, who is a leading candidate for SoCon Freshman of the year, and Junior forward Onno Steger, who was named Southern Conference student-athlete of the week.
The contest will be streamed on ESPN3 and can also be seen on WMYA, My 40 in the Ashville/Greenville/Spartanburg television market. It can also be heard on WWCU-FM, Power 90dot5 in Cullowhee, 105.7-FM/540-AM WRGC in Sylva and well as online at catamountsports.com.
Fans are encouraged to wear gold to support the Catamounts. Gold rush T-shirts will be given to the first 400 students sitting in the Cat Cage student section between games.
