Basketball Season - 17 days away

While everyone still has football fever, it's hard to believe there is only 17 days remaining until the Catamounts take to the basketball court against ACC foe, Clemson.

The Catamounts finished last season with a very respectable 22-12 (11-7 SoCon) record, good enough to finish in second place in the North Division. At home, the Cats won 27 of their last 31 games in the Ramsey Center, which includes a 15-game win streak. The Cats did graduate 5 seniors, but return a good nucleus, and hopefully will pick up where they left off.

Likely picks for starters this season are:
Guard: Keaton Cole, Mike Williams, & Harouna Mutombo.
Forward: Richie Gordon and Anthony Phillip.

The Newcomers: Preston Ross, Brandon Boggs, Tom Tankelewicz, & Dillon Dunford.

Preston Ross, is a 6-foot-4 guard from Fayetteville, N.C., and Brandon Boggs, a 6-foot-4 guard is from Greenville, S.C. Boggs scored 24 points in the South Carolina North-South All-Star game this past summer, while Ross dropped "19 in" in the North Carolina East-West All-Star game. With continued progress on the part of both, they may see early playing time.

Tom Tankelewicz, a 6-foot-5 forward, transferred in the offseason from Charleston Southern and will sit out the 2010-2011 season. Dillon Dunford is a 5-foot-11 guard who also transferred to WCU this summer (from Lenoir-Rhyne) and also sit out this season.

The Roster

No. NAME Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School)
0 -Tom Tankelewicz F 6-5 185 SO Apex, N.C. (Middle Creek HS)
1 -Dillon Dunford G 5-11 165 SO Cullowhee, N.C. (Smoky Mountain HS)
3 -Anthony Phillip F 6-4 210 SR Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (Boyd H. Anderson HS)
4 -Keaton Cole G 5-10 170 JR Toronto, Ontario (Eastern Commerce)
5 -Trey Sumler G 6-2 175 RS FR Rocky Mount, N.C. (Nash Central HS)
12 -Mike Williams G 6-2 175 SR Baton Rouge, La. (Genesis One Prep HS)
22 -Harouna Mutombo G 6-4 195 RS JR Pickering, Ontario (Pickering HS)
24 -Brandon Boggs G 6-4 180 FR Greenville, S.C. (J.L. Mann HS)
32 -Tawaski King F 6-8 245 FR Dublin, Ga. (Dublin HS)
33 -Ishmael Hollis F 6-8 190 FR Flowery Branch, Ga. (Flowering Branch HS)
34 -Blake Gallagher F 6-8 240 SR Monroe, N.C. (Fork Union Military Academy)
40 -Preston Ross G 6-4 210 FR Fayetteville, N.C. (Seventy-First HS)
44 -Sam Smithson C 6-9 225 RS SO Horse Shoe, N.C. (West Henderson HS)
50 -Richie Gordon F 6-9 245 SR Atlanta, Ga. (Lakeside HS)