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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 0

AwayWestern Carolina81
Final
HomeChattanooga76
Saturday, February 14, 2026All Meridian sports
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WCU394281
UTC294776
Final

Western Carolina beats Chattanooga 81-76

Western Carolina Catamounts beat Chattanooga Mocs 81-76 on Saturday at McKenzie Arena.

The first half made the difference: Western Carolina outscored Chattanooga 39-29.

Western Carolina shot 38% to 49% and won the boards 41-26.

For Western Carolina, Julien Soumaoro (G): 25. For Chattanooga, Jordan Frison (G): 20.

Western Carolina improves to 10-15. Chattanooga falls to 10-17.

Attendance: 3,347.

Full recap at ESPN: Western Carolina wins 81-76 over Chattanooga

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#3
WCU · PointsJulien Soumaoro G25
#8
WCU · AssistsTahlan Pettway G4
#12
WCU · ReboundsSamuel Dada F11
#5
UTC · PointsJordan Frison G20
#5
UTC · AssistsJordan Frison G6
#1
UTC · ReboundsBrennan Watkins G6
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
S. Dada F2762-40-02-2110100561
M. Kell F24113-101-84-441100130
T. Dioumassi G28165-123-63-441300312
C. Stansberry G26102-100-46-651100143
J. Soumaoro G32259-156-101-122100021
T. Smith F1000-10-00-000000001
J. Johnson F16103-60-04-423032204
A. Fanta Kabba C1000-00-00-430000120
T. Pettway G2731-81-60-044310135
Team8125-6611-3420-2541121042182317

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Schedules, results and news

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Western Carolina Catamounts vs. Chattanooga Mocs: Game Highlights

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Julien Soumaoro fights off defender for and-1

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Josh Bowman with the massive block at the rim

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Justin Johnson gets up for the beautiful slam dunk

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