Students of Western Carolina flooded into the Ramsey center on Monday night to kick-off Homecoming week and to celebrate the beginning of the Catamount basketball season. “This is an event we really look forward to as a team to kick-off the start our basketball season,” said Larry Hunter, head coach of the men’s basketball team. […]
WCU Men’s Basketball SoCon tournament performance in review
March 8, 2016 by
Chad Grant contributed to this story. The Western Carolina University Men’s Basketball Team made it to the semifinals of the Southern Conference tournament before losing to the University of Tennessee Chattanooga. Seniors Mike Brown, Torrion Brummitt, Rhett Harrelson and Justin Browning did not end their careers before beating the Wofford Terriers on Saturday, March 5. […]
Catamounts fall to Mocs in semifinal of SoCon Tournament
March 6, 2016 by
The Western Carolina University men’s basketball team was defeated by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs 73-69, Sunday, March 6, in the Southern Conference semifinal game. The crowd provided plenty of energy throughout the second half of the game at the SoCon Basketball Championships in Asheville, NC. The Catamounts rallied late in the game, after […]
Catamounts beat Terriers in double-overtime thriller
March 5, 2016 by
Calvin Inman contributed to this story The Western Carolina University men’s basketball team defeated the Wofford Terriers 88 to 83 in double-overtime, Saturday, March 5, in the U.S. Cellular Center, in front of a crowd of 5,667 at the SoCon Basketball Championships in Asheville, NC. The critical moment in the game came with […]
Catamounts beat Terriers
February 27, 2016 by
The Western Carolina University men’s basketball team outlasted the University of Wofford Terriers 53 to 48, Thursday, Feb. 25, in the Ramsey Center, in front of a crowd of more than 1,100. The games critical moment came on a steal by Catamount forward Justin Browning with only 25 seconds remaining and the Catamounts leading Wofford […]
Three wins in a row for Western
February 15, 2016 by
The Western Carolina University Men’s basketball team barely out scored the Samford University Bulldogs on Feb. 13 in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center at 4:30 p.m. The Cats beat Bulldogs 76-71 with starting senior guard, Rhett Harrelson leading the way. Harrelson scored 19 points in the game. “It’s always easier too when that first one […]
