WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS RA MS EY C E NT ER P H ON E : 828.227.2339 CU LL OW HEE , N C 2 8 7 2 3 FA X: 828.227.7688 WWW.C A T A MOUNTSPO R TS.COM 2009-10 WCU MBK SCHEDULE game #34 NOVE mb ER Western Carolina (22-11) at Marshall (23-9) Tuesday, March 16 – 7:00 pm – Huntington, W.Va. 14 SAT. ST. CATHARINE COLLEGE CULLOWHEE W 65 41 – O’Reilly Auto Parts - CBE Classic – Austin, Texas & Cullowhee, N.C. – 18 Wed. at Texas # ESPN-U Austin, Tex. L 41 73 catamount basketball 23 Mon. ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO # CULLOWHEE W 70 44 western carolina vs. MARSHALL – THE SERIES: 24 TUES. BINGHAMTON # CULLOWHEE W 73 44 at MARSHALL 25 WED. DUQUESNE # CULLOWHEE W 83 77 Western Carolina trails Marshall in the all-time series 13-29 including a 4-18 all-time mark in Huntington ... WCU is just series history: 28 Sat. at Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. W 75 59 4-12 in the Cam Henderson Center ... the Catamounts have Overall: lost two-straight in the series and three-consecutive games WCU trails 13-29 (L–2) D ECE mb ER played in West Virginia ... the series dates back to 1973 and In Huntington: WCU trails 4-18 (L-3) 2 Wed. WOFFORD * CULLOWHEE W 72 67 includes 39 meetings while the two were both members of 5 Sat. at Furman * Greenville, S.C. W 64 57 the Southern Conference ... In the 42 all-time meetings, the LAST 10 OVERALL MEETINGS (5-5) 7 Mon. at Bradley Peoria, Ill. W 75 67 teams have scored 100 points four times, twice with both Date ..........WINNER .................SCORE ....... Location squads eclipsing the century mark. 12/20/02 ..Marshall .................. 83-68 ....... Huntington 10 THU. CAMPBELL CULLOWHEE W 66 59 1/18/97 ....Marshall .................. 96-76 ....... Huntington 12 Sat. at Louisville Louisville, Ky. W 91 83 last time we met – MARSHALL 83, western 68: 2/5/96 ......Western Carolina ... 125-104 ...... Cullowhee 22 Tues. at Clemson Clemson, S.C. L 57 79 Marshall’s Marvin Black had 23 points on 10-of-11 shoot- 2/6/95 ......Marshall .................. 73-65 ....... Huntington 30 WED. UNC ASHEVILLE CULLOWHEE W 87 76 2/12/94 ....Western Carolina ..... 73-69 ....... Huntington ing from the field and added 10 rebounds to lead the Thun- 1/10/94 ....Western Carolina ..... 71-63 ........ Cullowhee dering Herd to an 83-68 decision over Western Carolina ... 2/13/93 ....Marshall (ot) ............ 85-81 ........ Cullowhee JA nu ARY the Catamounts were without Kevin Martin for the final 11 1/10/93 ....Marshall .................. 86-65 ....... Huntington minutes after fouling out. However, Alex Osipovitch scored 2/8/92 ......Western Carolina ..... 94-86 ....... Huntington 5 TUES. BEREA (KY.) CULLOWHEE W 124 53 a career-high 18 points to keep WCU close. The Cats had 1/13/92 ....Western Carolina ..... 93-80 ........ Cullowhee 9 Sat. at Georgia Southern * Statesboro, Ga. L 76 81 several chances to make a run inside the final six minutes, OVERALL SERIES RECORDS: 14 THU. UNC GREENSBORO * CULLOWHEE W 79 69 Most WCU Points: ......................... 125 (2/5/96) but were never able to get their deficit to single digits. Mar- 16 SAT. ELON * CULLOWHEE W 83 81 Most MU Points: ................................. 104, twice shall sank 8-of-10 free throws inside the final minute to seal 20 Wed. at Davidson * Davidson, N.C. W 77 67 Fewest WCU Points: .............................. 54, twice the win ... Kevin Martin, who only played 13 minutes in the Fewest MU Points: ....................... 50, (2/24/79) 23 Sat. at Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. L 74 87 contest due to foul trouble, scored 11 points. Largest WCU Victory: ..........25 (84-59, 2/15-86) 25 MON. C. OF CHARLESTON * CSS CULLOWHEE W 100 90 Largest MU Victory:............ 29 (103-74, 2/1/88) 28 Thu. at Chattanooga * Chattanooga, Tenn. L 67 80 OPENING TIP – wcu post-SEASON Story lines: Longest WCU Win Streak: .................2, four times 30 Sat. at Samford * Birmingham, Ala. W 62 50 - Western Carolina is making its first post-season appear- Longest MU Win Streak: .................. 8, (1987-90) ance since 1996 when it won the SoCon tournament; FE B R U ARY - Western Carolina enters post-season with 22 wins, the Catamounts’ first 20-win season since becoming a NCAA Division I program in 1976-77 ... All told, the Catamount program has now enjoyed 10, 20-win 4 THU. GEORGIA SOUTHERN * CULLOWHEE W 83 68 seasons all-time and the first since 1971-72, ending a 38 year drought between 20-win seasons; 6 SAT. APPALACHIAN STATE * CULLOWHEE L 77 89 - WCU’s 22 wins are both the most as a NCAA Division I program as well as the most under head coach 8 Mon. at Elon * Elon, N.C. L 76 8 Larry Hunter; 13 SAT. DAVIDSON * CULLOWHEE L 72 75 15 Mon. at UNC Greensboro * Greensboro, N.C. W 75 70 - The Catamounts have 263 made 3-pointers to set a school-record for made 3-pointers in a single-sea- son ... Under head coach Larry Hunter, the Catamounts have re-written the school’s 3-point record books 18 Thurs. at The Citadel * Charleston, S.C. L 56 73 now in four of his five seasons; 20 Sat. at Kent State ESPNU Kent, Ohio L 72 74 25 THU. SAMFORD * CULLOWHEE W 61 44 - The Catamounts earned 11 wins in SoCon play this season ... It is just the fourth time WCU has won 10- or-more league games in a single-season ... the school-record for SoCon wins in a single season is 11 set 27 SAT. CHATTANOOGA * SS CULLOWHEE W 78 70 in 1981-82 and matched a season ago with an 11-9 league mark. MARC H WCU’S PROJECTED StartinG LINEUP – 2009-0 Season Stats 6 Sat. vs. Elon ^ Charlotte, N.C. W 68 57 ## NAME POS HT WT CL GP/GS PPG RPG AST BLK STL 7 Sun. vs. Wofford ^ SS Charlotte, N.C. L 58 77 1 Brandon Giles G 6-6 200 Sr. 33/31 11.8 3.8 38 19 32 8 Mon. at Marshall & FCS Huntington, W.Va. 7:00 pm 2 Kendall Russell F 6-6 205 Sr. 33/26 4.8 4.4 21 9 21 4 Keaton Cole G 5-10 170 So. 33/7 2.7 0.9 17 0 12 BOLD — indicates home games * — Southern Conference Games # — O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic ^ – Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Championship & – CollegeInsider.com Post-season Tournament 13 Brigham Waginger G 6-2 175 Sr. 33/33 8.5 3.9 145 2 89 TV: ESPNU ESPN2 SS — SportsSouth TV CS – Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast FCS – Fox College Sports online 50 Richie Gordon F 6-9 238 Jr. 33/32 8.4 4.5 26 36 36 The Rest of the Catamounts at olleGE nsiDer com OUrnament ON THE AIR: MARSHALL – C I . T 3 Antoine Childs F 6-6 205 So. 6/0 3.8 0.7 1 1 1 Tuesday, March 16 • 7:00 pm 5 Trey Sumler G 6-2 175 Fr. – HAS NOT PLAYED– Cam Henderson Center • Huntington, W.Va. 11 Anthony Phillip F 6-4 210 Jr. 14/0 2.9 1.5 11 2 4 TV: .............................................................. Fox College Sports (online; subscription) 12 Mike Williams G 6-2 175 Jr. 31/6 10.0 2.8 68 0 41 Radio: ............................................................................. Catamount Sports Network 22 Harouna Mutombo G 6-4 195 R-So. 33/22 9.4 4.7 74 9 39 .............................................................. WWCU-FM, Power 90dot5 – Cullowhee, N.C. 31 Adrian Gailliard F 6-7 220 Sr. 33/8 4.0 2.1 10 11 13 ....................................................................................... 680 AM WRGC – Sylva, N.C. 34 Blake Gallagher F 6-8 240 Jr. 19/0 1.9 2.1 6 2 7 ..................................................................................... 920 AM WPTL – Canton, N.C. 42 Jake Robinson F 6-8 205 Sr. 33/0 11.4 3.0 27 5 13 CSN Announcer: ...............................................................Daniel Hooker, play-by-play 44 Sam Smithson C 6-9 245 R-Fr. 7/0 1.6 1.1 0 1 2 WESTERN CAROLINA at MARSHALL PAGE CATAMOUNT BASKETBALL 2009-0 2 0 0 9 - 1 0 W E ST ER N C AR O L IN A R OST ER No. Name (Pronunciation) Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School / High School) 1 Brandon Giles (juheye - uhls) G 6-6 200 Sr. Auburndale, Fla. (Auburndale HS) 2 Kendall Russell F 6-6 205 Sr. Chicago, Ill. (Cloud County CC / Von Steuben HS) 3 Antoine Childs (AN - twan) G/F 6-6 205 So. Beaver Falls, Pa. (Blackhawk HS) 4 Keaton Cole (KEY - ton) G 5-10 170 So. Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Eastern Commerce HS) 5 Trey Sumler * G 6-2 175 Fr. Rocky Mount, N.C. (Nash Central HS) 11 Anthony Philip F 6-4 210 Jr. Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (Miami-Dade CC / Anderson HS) 12 Mike Williams G 6-2 175 Jr. Baton Rouge, La. (Jackson State CC / Genesis One Prep HS) 13 Brigham Waginger (BRIG - uhm WAG - in - jur) G 6-2 175 Sr. South Webster, Ohio (South Webster HS) 22 Harouna Mutombo (huh-ROON-uh Muh-TUM-bo) G 6-4 195 R-So. Pickering, Ontario (Pickering HS) 31 Adrian Gailliard (GAL - lee - yerd) F 6-7 225 Sr. Sewell, N.J. (Lackawanna College / Washington Township HS) 34 Blake Gallagher (GAL - uh - grrr) F 6-8 240 Jr. Monroe, N.C. (Fork Union Military Academy / Parkwood HS) 42 Jake Robinson F 6-8 205 Sr. Canton, N.C. (Pisgah HS) 44 Sam Smithson C 6-9 225 R-Fr.