Catamount Club Email Bulletin
Catamounts Claw Out 68-67 Win Over GSU Eagles
WCU Men’s Basketball stretches winning streak to 4 games including 3-0 in the SoCon!
The WCU Men’s Basketball team outlasted Georgia Southern University, 68-67, in a hostile environment inside Hanner Fieldhouse Saturday afternoon as the Catamounts remain unbeaten in Southern Conference play.
With the game tied for the tenth time, this time at 48 with 8:18 remaining, WCU strung together six straight points following a jumper and layup by Brandon Boggs and two Trey Sumler free throws to take a 54-48 lead a minute later. Georgia Southern trimmed the lead down to three points, 55-52, 30 seconds later, but James Sinclair, who led the Catamounts in scoring with 15 points playing an hour down the road from his hometown of Savannah, drilled his third triple of the game in front of the WCU bench to regain the six-point lead, 58-52, with 5:33 showing on the clock.
"I thought James Sinclair -- playing in front of his family and friends -- played real well for us today. He did not miss a shot there for a while," Hunter said of his junior guard. Sinclair started the game 4-for-4 from the field before finishing 6-of-8 overall and 3-of-3 from 3-point range.
For the complete post game story, please visit www.catamountsports.com
Women’s Basketball Falls to Chattanooga
Coach Middleton and the Team to host Samford at HOME MONDAY!
The WCU Women's basketball (7-8, 1-3 Southern Conference) dropped is Southern Conference home opener to Chattanooga (13-3, 5-0 SoCon) 77-57 Saturday in the Ramsey Center.
The Catamounts played competitively against Chattanooga but couldn't overcome the 16 turnovers and the Lady Mocs shooting a blazing 50 percent from the field. Chattanooga gleamed 17 points off the 16 Catamount turnovers.
In almost every other statistical category the Catamounts were nearly even with Chattanooga. The difference, including the turnovers, was the Lady Mocs hit nine more field goals then Western Carolina. Each team hit six three pointers, Chattanooga hit two more free throws than Western Carolina (13-11) and Western Carolina ripped down one more rebound than the Lady Mocs (32-31).
For the complete post game story, please visit www.catamountsports.com
FootballNational Signing Day Event!
Football National Signing Day Event to be held on Saturday, February 8th
Join Head Football Coach Mark Speir has the WCU Football staff introduces and reviews the 2014 signing class!
The Football National Signing Day Event will be held on Saturday, February 8th in Ramsey Center Hospitality Room in conjunction with the Purple Zone before the Catamount Men’s Basketball team hosts conference foe, Appalachian State!
The event will begin 12:00 p.m. followed by tipoff of the WCU Men’s Basketball game at 2 p.m. vs. rival App State.
A question and answer session will follow the Football signing class presentation.
Due to the significant interest surrounding this event, please RSVP to the Catamount Club office if you plan to attend at jamiller@wcu.edu.
Go Catamounts!
Catamounts In Action:
Monday, January 13th
Women’s Basketball HOME vs. Samford: 7 p.m. tip off
Friday, January 17th
Women’s Basketball AWAY at UNCG: 7 p.m. tip off
Track at Niswonger Invitational: All Day
Saturday, January 18th
Men’s Basketball HOME vs. Samford: 2 p.m. tip off
at Niswonger Invitational: All Day
Sunday, January 19th
Women’s Basketball AWAY at Elon: 2 p.m. tip off
Thank you for your continued support of WCU Athletics!
The Catamount Club Staff