NCAAB

Western Carolina Catamounts at UNC Asheville Bulldogs

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Western Carolina Catamounts
3-7, 2-5 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
57 - 59
UNC Asheville Bulldogs
8-3, 4-0 Home

UNC-Asheville tops W Carolina 59-57 in Mountain Rivalry

Trailing 24-22 at halftime, Western Carolina's Elijah Pughsley hit a jumper and two free throws to put the Catamounts up 54-53 with 3:50 left. Thomas' layup put the Bulldogs on top 56-54 and Teague's two free throws made it 58-56 with 51 seconds to go.

Pughsley made one of two free throws to pull the Catamounts to 58-57, and then Alec Wunk's free throw sealed it for the Bulldogs. Western Carolina's Deriece Parks missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Will Weeks scored 13 points and Wunk finished with 11 for the Bulldogs (8-3), who made 20 of 35 free throws to the Catamounts' 11 of 12.

Parks scored career highs with 19 points and four 3-pointers for Western Carolina (3-7).

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Statistics

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20-59 FG 18-50
34 Field Goal % 36
6-24 3PT 3-15
25 Three Point % 20
11-12 FT 20-35
92 Free Throw % 57
44 Rebounds 36
13 Offensive Rebounds 9
31 Defensive Rebounds 27
12 Assists 13
4 Steals 10
3 Blocks 4
19 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 0
19 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
0 Points Off Turnovers 0
0 Fast Break Points 0
0 Points in Paint 0
23 Fouls 14

Game Information

Venue: Kimmel Arena

Location: Asheville, NC
Capacity:

2025-26 Southern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
East Tennessee State 13-5 - 23-11
Mercer 11-7 2 19-13
Wofford 11-7 2 19-13
Samford 11-7 2 18-14
Furman 10-8 3 22-13
Western Carolina 10-8 3 15-16
UNC Greensboro 9-9 4 15-19
Chattanooga 7-11 6 13-19
The Citadel 7-11 6 11-22
VMI 1-17 12 6-26

2025-26 Big South Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
High Point 15-1 - 31-5
Winthrop 13-3 2 23-11
Radford 9-7 6 16-16
Longwood 8-8 7 16-16
UNC Asheville 8-8 7 15-17
Presbyterian 7-9 8 15-18
Charleston Southern 6-10 9 15-17
South Carolina Upstate 5-11 10 13-19
Gardner-Webb 1-15 14 4-29
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