Young's trip to his own personal hell

Once again, Wofford Head Coach Mike Young did not enjoy his latest trip to a place he likes to refer to as hell, Cullowhee's Ramsey Center. 

Giving the Wofford coach a big case of indigestion Monday night,  Trey Sumler finished the game with 26 points, including a game-winning jumper with just two seconds remaining, defeating the Wofford Terriers in a last second thrilling fashion, 57-56, at the Ramsey Center.

Sumler shot 9-of-17 from the field, and 4-of-7 from 3-point range for the Cats, who are now on a two game win streak, and smack in the middle of the race for the final conference tournament bye again. 

Western took a 28-23 lead into halftime, then on a strength of a 16-4 run midway through the second half, the Terriers took a 48-41 lead with just over eight minutes left in the game.  

However the Cats clawed their way back into the game and took a 55-54 lead with just 30 seconds remaining on the clock. The Terriers retook the lead on on their next possession on a Spencer Collins jumper, but the Catamounts got the final points with Sumler's heroics in the last seconds of the contest.

In another post game interview, Young put his foot into his mouth again saying by saying, “I thought we outplayed them and that we deserved a better fate, but they made a couple more plays than we did down the stretch.”

Talk about sour grapes from a coach -  had you actually outplayed the Catamouts in Cullowhee, your fate just might have been better, and not the 7 straight losses to the Catamounts in the whee.

The Cats outscored Wofford 26-12 in the paint, and had a rebounding edge of 35-26. The Cats also had more offensive rebounds, assists, steals, and one less turnovers that the Terriers.  So much for outplaying the Cats.

The Catamounts are now 14-8 against the Terriers in Cullowhee all-time.

  

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