P & G's selection of the WCU Player of the Game

Purple & Gold's WCU Player of the Game for the Catamount victory over Furman is "the entire Catamount Football Team".

While many players are deserving of an individual award this week, such as sophomore wide receiver Spearman Robinson who hauled in five passes for 120 yards and a pair of scores, or junior quarterback Troy Mitchell who connected on 12-of-19 passes for 182 yards and a pair of scores, or freshman tailback Detrez Newsome who added two rushing scores, while junior tailback Darius Ramsey carried the ball 17 times for 113 yards and a TD.

Defensively, senior Christon Gill recorded a team-best seven tackles including four solo stops and half a tackle for loss, while lineman Kelvin Ume and linebacker Daniel Riddle posted six stops apiece. Catamount linebackers broke up nine passes including three by Jaleel Lorquet and two apiece by Sertonuse Harris, Fred Payne and Trey Morgan, with Morgan and Payne - both pick off interceptions.

With all the individuals deserving of individual performances awards in this game, this was a Catamount team effort that ended a 22-game winless drought on the road for Western Carolina.  A team effort that ended a SoCon road loss streak that stretched back to 2010 with WCU's last road win at The Citadel on Oct. 13, 2010.

This was a team victory that ended the Catamount's 15-game SoCon road losing streak, an effort that gives Western its best start in football, since 2002 when the Catamounts opened the season 3-1.

Purple & Gold congratulates every single player on the Catamount football team for their selection as WCU Player of the Game AND for this season defining win over the Furman Paladins.


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