Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Meet the Basketball Cats: Cam Bacote

Welcome to our annual meet the Catamount Men's Basketball Team.

During the countdown, we'll highlight each player on the official roster, starting with the freshmen, then moving up class by class, countdown the days until "Tip-Off". 

It's 20 days until the Cats tip off the season on November 9th against the Bowling Green Falcons in the Ramsey Center.

Today, we meet another grad student:

#11 Cam Bacote







POSITION Guard
HEIGHT 6-3
WEIGHT 173
CLASS Graduate Student 
COLLEGE  Indiana State
HOMETOWN Hampton, Va.









Prior to Western Carolina: Played the past two seasons at Indiana State…During the 2020-21 season he averaged 2.7 points in 17 games with a season-best eight points in the Missouri Valley conference tournament against Loyola Chicago…Saw action in 30 games in 2019-20, averaging nearly 12 minutes per game and scored a season-best 11 points against North Dakota State…Began his career at Maryland Eastern Shore in 2017-18 where he started 16 of 32 games played and averaged 7.2 points and 1.8 rebounds per game…Sank 45 3-pointers and averaged 79 percent at the free throw line.

High School: Prepped at Bethel HS in Hampton, Va. where he was a four-year starter and 1,000-point scorer…Averaged 20 points per game as a senior…Named 5A Region Player of the Year and was a First-Team All-State selection as a senior…Surpassed the 30-point mark in five games and tallied a career-high 40 points against Ocean Lakes during his senior season.






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