WCU Basketball in review

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

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 […]

VMI completes the sweep sending Western Home

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 […]

Catamounts lose fifth straight game to Furman

The Catamounts men’s basketball team’s woes continued against the SoCon leading Furman Paladins Wednesday night, Feb. 15, at the Ramsey Center. In a hard fought game, the Catamounts lost 74-62.  The Catamounts started out the game strong leading the Paladins 10-2 in the opening minutes of the first half. The half was close throughout, but Furman’s guard Jonathan Jean beat the […]

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 […]

WCU rally falls short in Socon title game rematch

Senior Nik Cochran churned out a huge game scoring 32 points, 26 in the second half, to help Davidson turned back a furious rally from Western Carolina 79-74 in a rematch of the 2012 SoCon Championship Game in the Ramsey Center on Thursday. Trailing 62-48 the Catamounts used a 13-2 run, capped by junior forward […]