Western Carolina continued their winning streak in the team’s first Southern Conference tournament match-up on March 7. The 5th-seeded Catamounts faced the 4th-seeded Mercer Bears and ultimately came out on top after a thrilling game that ended in a 77-73 victory. The Cats came out of the gate cold with Mercer dominating the first 7 […]
WCU Men’s basketball victorious in preseason exhibition
October 31, 2025 by
The Western Carolina men’s basketball team defeated the Brevard Tornados 87-32 in an exhibition match on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The Catamounts are led by head coach Tim Craft, who is heading into his second year coaching in Cullowhee. During the summer, they added eight new players to the roster, seven of which featured in the […]
WCU Basketball in review
March 9, 2022 by
Story co-written by Emma Hodes The 2022 season of catamount basketball officially ended on Friday, March 4 as both teams had been eliminated from postseason contention. An underwhelming season for both teams found the Cats in last place in the Southern Conference heading into the Southern Conference Tournament. The men’s team, under first-year head coach, […]
Catamounts take on SoCon Basketball Tournament
March 3, 2022 by
The 2022 Ingles Southern Conference Tournament is slated to begin on Thursday, March 3 with the women’s final on Sunday, March 6 at 12 p.m. and the mens final Monday, March 7 at 7 p.m. All games will be played at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, NC. The lady cats tip off their first […]
WCU legends Logan and Carr reminisce on Western Wednesday
February 26, 2022 by
It’s not every day when two athletic legends from Western Carolina University get to sit down and talk about their glory days. On Wednesday, Feb. 23, WCU hosted an episode of Western Wednesday Replays that featured two WCU basketball legends, Henry Logan and Ronnie Carr. It was also attended by Marty Ramsey, director of WCU […]
Catamount sports spring in full swing
March 3, 2021 by
Western Carolina Athletics has been off to a busy start to the spring season. When the Southern Conference postponed all fall competitions in August last year to the spring season, it led WCU sports to operate on an abnormal schedule for many sports. The abnormal schedule also has required an abnormal attendance policy that […]
