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2008-09 (Red-shirt Freshman): One of two Catamounts to start all 31 games in which he appeared ... Led the team - and ranked ninth in the Southern Conference - with a 14.4 point per game average, a mark which jumped to 15.4 in conference games only ... Ranked third in the league with a 1.8 steals per game average ... Named the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year ... Listed as an honorable mention on the 2009 CollegeHoops.net All-Freshman team ... Garnered first team North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) University Division All-State plaudits ... Scored in double figures in 24 of his 31 games during his rookie campaign, eclipsing the 20-point plateau six times ... Scored in double-digits in his first career start at No. 2 Connecticut ... Made his first career basket at the 7:54 mark of the first half, following up his own miss with an offensive rebound and stick back for two of his 11 points ... Posted two 20-point scoring performances in the Great Alaska Shootout, including 20 against San Diego State and a then career-high 22 against Northern Illinois ... Posted his first career double-double against NIU with the aforementioned 22 points and career-best 10 rebounds ... Named to the Great Alaska Shootout All-tournament team ... Scored 16 points, including five from the free throw line, in the overtime win at Kent State ... Scored a dozen points at No. 23 Marquette while also dishing out a career-high tying four assists ... Paced the Catamounts with a career-best 29 points on 10-of-13 shooting in the SoCon home opener against UNCG ... Named Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week on Jan. 13 following wins over UNCG and Elon ... Had his career-best, double-digit scoring string snapped a nine games with nine points in the road loss at The Citadel ... Scored 14 points, including two on a one-handed tomahawk slam dunk in the second half against the College of Charleston ... Put together a string of three-consecutive, 20-point scoring outings with 25 at the College of Charleston, 28 in the home win over Appalachian State and his second career double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds in the road loss at Elon ... Did not score in double-figures in his final three games of the season which represents the longest double-digit scoring drought of his collegiate career.
2007-08 (Freshman): Joined the WCU men's basketball program in December of 2007 ... Skipped his final year of high school eligibility in Canada to enroll in Cullowhee ... Practiced with the team but did not travel nor compete, sitting out and taking a redshirt.
Prior to Western: Helped lead Pickering HS to the gold medal at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) AAAA provincial championships ... During the summer of 2007, played with the Toronto Mission AAU team in both Las Vegas, Nev., and Indianapolis, Ind. ... Additionally played in the Nike Global Challenge in Portland, Ore., with Team Canada ... In August at the Nike Top 20 Camp held in Toronto, Mutombo was labeled as one of the top 20 players in the country ... Is the fifth of six Canadian-born player to play for the Catamounts since 2001 joining Rans Brempong (2001-05), Lunzaya Nlandu (2004-05), Corey Muirhead (2003-06) and Negus McKenna (2004-08), with current countryman teammate, Keaton Cole, the sixth.
