Cats back on track, win on the road

Making it five wins in a row over the Bulldogs, the Catamounts beat The Citadel in Charleston, SC by a final score of 78-60.

Tom Tankelewicz came off the bench for the Cats, scoring a team high of 15 points.  Trey Sumler added 10 points and reserve forward Justin Browning scored a career-best 10 points with seven rebounds. Trey Sumler became the fifth all-time Western Carolina player to surpass 1,800 career points.

The Catamounts bench scored 46 points to only 10 points for the Citadel's bench.

The Cats out rebounded the Bulldogs by 16, pulling in 43 rebounds to The Citadel's 27.

Free throws kept the Bulldogs in the game in the second half, making 26 points off 33 attempts.  Matt Van Scyoc, scored a career-high 25 points, with 12 of those points coming at the charity stripe, he was  12 of 13 at the line for 92.3% on the night, while the team was 78.8% on the night.

The Bulldogs, amid a 10-game losing streak, were held to just 15-for-46 (32.6%) shooting from the floor.