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 […]
WCU men’s basketball beats Mercer
Western Carolina University Men’s Basketball Team took Mercer on a trip to double overtime and beat them on Jan. 24 at the Ramsey Center. Mercer put up 80 points in the end, but it did not match Western’s 86. The Catamounts are tied with University of North Carolina Greensboro for third in the Socon Conference leader board […]
Catamounts overpower Wittenberg to open season
The Western Carolina men’s basketball team began the 2013-2014 campaign Friday night with a 77-55 win over Wittenberg University in the Ramsey Center. Four Catamounts scored in double figures, including a game-high 15-points from senior guard Tom Tankelewicz on 5-of-9 shooting, including 4-of-7 from 3-point range. Junior guard James Sinclair, who started at point guard […]
SoCon blitz taking over Asheville this weekend
The regular season has wrapped up for the men’s and women’s basketball teams of the Southern Conference and now will descend on a city that will be a four-day battleground looking to rise to SoCon glory. The city is Asheville, N.C. A berth to “The Dance” is at stake and 23 teams are hungry for […]
Catamounts win in unfamiliar territory on Browns’ buzzer beater
Western Carolina freshman Mike Brown put up an off-balanced jumper that found its way through the net as time expired in overtime as the Catamounts defeated the Samford Bulldogs 56-54 Saturday afternoon in a Southern Conference matchup with postseason seeding on the line. The Catamounts needed a win to avoid falling to the eighth seed […]