Tuesday, November 29, 2022

WCU MBB Game #8 - Gardner-Webb

Who: Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
When: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Time: 7 pm
Where: Ramsey Center, Cullowhee, NC
Radio: Catamount Sports Network
TV/video: ESPN+
Live Stats: WCU Live Stats
Head Coach: Tim Craft enters his tenth season at the helm of GWU in 2022-2023.
  -Record at GWU: 157-139
  -Career Record:  157-139
  -Craft's record vs. WCU: 4-5
  -Gray's Record vs. GWU: 0-1
Nickname: Runnin' Bulldogs
Colors: Scarlet and black
Students: 3,600
Location: Boiling Springs, NC
Conference: Big South Conference
  -Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3
  -Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/6 GWU

Current Record: 1-5 overall, 0-0 home, 0-5 away, 1-0 neutral

The Serie
s: Stretching back to 1970, the Cats own an overall record of 6-9 with Gardner-Webb, and dropped last season's game played in Boiling Spring, 69-87. Western is 4-2 with the dogs in games played in Cullowhee.

Gardner-Webb men's basketball was picked to finish fourth in the ten team, Big South Conference preseason poll, senior forward Kareem Reid (5"9") was named preseason All-Big South Conference, averaging a career-high 9.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. Reid also blocked 1.6 shots per game. Joining him up front is senior forward Ludovic Dufeal, a 6-foot-8 senior who averaged 4.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, and blocked 38 shots last season.

Gardner-Webb comes into the WCU game with three players averaging double-figure scoring, with sophomore guard Julien Soumaoro leading all scorers, putting up 12.6 ppg, followed by Kareem Reid with 11.8 ppg, & junior guard Anthony Selden averaging 10.8 ppg. Reid is also the leading rebounder on the team with 7.6 rebounds per game.







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