VMI Keydets sent the Western Carolina Catamounts home on an early first round knock out in the 2019 Southern Conference tournament at the US Cellular Center on Friday, March 8. The first half. started off with 18 different lead changes between the Keydets and the Catamounts. Shot for shot both the Keydets and the Catamounts […]
A new era of WCU men’s basketball
April 23, 2018 by
Western Carolina University enters a new era with the hiring of former Winthrop University associate head coach Mark Prosser. Prosser was announced as the head basketball coach for WCU on March 27, nearly three weeks after former head coach Larry Hunter stepped down. The Western Carolina Athletic Department immediately began the search to fill the head […]
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 […]
