Catamounts trounce Runnin’ Bulldogs in home opener

They say there’s no place like home. After Saturday, Nov. 9, it’s safe to say the Catamounts would agree. It wasn’t pretty, but Western Carolina beat the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs 71-59 behind 22 PTS from early season breakout Mason Faulkner. Eric Jamison Jr. led the away team with 15 PTS and 7 REB. The Junior […]

Catamounts winners of two straight, beat Aggies at home

Tuesday night, Nov. 12, was a particularly cold one in the Whee, with temperatures that felt as low as 14º F. But inside the Ramsey Center, Western’s shooting was anything but. The Western Carolina Catamounts rode Matt Halvorsen’s hot hand on their way to a 90-64 win over the North Carolina A&T Aggies. Halvorsen had 17 […]

Photo Story: Mountain Madness at Ramsey

CULLOWHEE – On Monday, October 28, the Western Carolina Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams hosted Mountain Madness at the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center to a packed student section. The ceremonies were led by Student Body President David Rhode, who is a known advocate of school spirit initiatives. Students were greeted with free pizza, […]

Q&A with Carlos Dotson

In preparation for the WCU Men’s Basketball season, I sat down with senior forward Carlos Dotson for a Q&A, recorded for The Sports: Plus Podcast, part of the WWCU Podcast Network.    How’s your second year here at Western going? Pretty good, we’ve had a productive start to fall practice, so we’re really looking good […]

Western Carolina’s Purple Thunder to perform at the NBA All-Star game

Western Carolina’s winter drumline, Purple Thunder, will travel to Charlotte, N.C. this weekend to perform in one of the variety acts as part of NBA All-Star weekend. What began as a fun performance act for talented drummers at Western Carolina has soon grown into one of the most anticipated performance groups of the winter season, […]

Back to back blowouts for the WCU Catamounts

This story was co-written with Chris Lang. The Western Carolina Catamounts hosted the Furman University Paladins on Feb. 6, at the Ramsey Center with both men’s and women’s team losing. The women Catamounts lost 53 to 28, shooting 17.3 percent. The women’s game began at 5 p.m. with the Catamounts starting out leading the first […]