Cats win round one - 76-61 over The Citadel

The Catamounts opened the SoCon men's basketball tournament with the same opponent as last year, the Citadel Bulldogs. At the end of the game, the outcome was the same as well, as the Cats ran away with the game by a final 76-61 score over The Citadel.

Trey Sumler led led all scorers with a game-high 27 points and four assists.

"Our guys had a really good mindset with good practices all week long," said WCU head coach Larry Hunter after the game. "Trey Sumler was terrific in both halves; he hit some big shots. Our bench was key tonight, I thought. Tawaski King got in foul trouble and that concerned me because of (The Citadel's) Mike Groselle. But overall, I thought our defense was really good tonight and came up big."

The Catamounts will now take on the No. 3 seed Charleston Cougars in the quarterfinals Saturday at 8:30 p.m..