Women’s basketball head coach, Jonathon Tsipis, has made a positive impact on the team since joining WCU in April. The WCU Athletic Department and WCU Board of Trustees announced the new head coach role on April 5. Tsipis becomes the 14th different women’s basketball head coach in Western Carolina history. Tsipis is enjoying getting to […]
Carlos Dotson: Unwavering
February 3, 2021 by
Story co-produced with Kam Gibson. “Carlos is a driven competitor that is eager to prove people wrong. I think he was told for a long time the things that he was not capable of, and worked tirelessly to show that it was not the case,” said Mark Prosser, current head coach of Men’s basketball at […]
Q&A with D.J. Myers
December 3, 2019 by
Before the start of the season, I had a chat with sophomore forward DJ Myers recorded for The Sports: Plus Podcast. A North Carolina native, Myers graduated high school at Hargrave Military Academy. Myers has seen limited minutes to start the year, after averaging nearly 16 minutes a game the prior season, but trusts Coach Mark Prosser’s […]
Catamounts trounce Runnin’ Bulldogs in home opener
November 15, 2019 by
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 […]
WCU is hosting Furman in a doubleheader
February 7, 2019 by
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 […]
Former Western Carolina men’s basketball coach passes away
April 30, 2018 by
Co-written by Jonathan Birek Former Western Carolina head basketball coach, Larry Hunter, passed away at around 11 a.m. on Friday, May 4. He is survived by his loving wife, Mary. Funeral information will be provided by CatamountSports.com once it is made available. Hunter suffered a stroke on Sunday, April 29 and was on life support as […]
