Cats travel to Greensboro

The Catamounts travel to Greensboro on Thursday for the 43d meeting all-time between the Cats and the UNCG Spartans. Western lead the all-time series by a 25-16 margin, including a 10-1 mark against the Spartans in the last 11 games.

Last season, Western and UNCG split the regular season series with each team winning at home, then Western eliminated the Spartans from the Southern Conference Tournament.

UNCG enters Thursday’s game having lost 3 out of the last 4, and are 7-16 overall and 5-7 in Southern Conference play.

Junior guard Trevis Simpson leads the Spartans and the SoCon in scoring at 20.0 points per game, while senior guard Derrell Armstrong is second on the team with 14.5 points per game.  Despite the numbers of UNCG's top two scorers  the Spartans are currently 7th in the conference in scoring at 67 points, 9th in free throws and 11th in field goal percentage.

Earlier this year, the Cats earned a hard-fought 62-59 win over the Spartans in Cullowhee, but UNCG played without the services of Simpson and Van Dussen due to injuries.  With the Spartans sitting only one and a half games out of second place in the North Division and a possible tournament bye, the Spartans will go all out for a win and to prevent a seasonal sweep by the Cats.


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