CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Trey Sumler scored 17 points and Tom Tankelewicz chipped in 14 to lead Western Carolina to a 72-55 Southern Conference victory over The Citadel on Saturday night.
Preston Ross scored 11 points and Brandon Boggs chipped in 10 for the Catamounts (5-9, 3-0), who are 3-0 in the league for the first time since the 2008-09 season. Sumler also had six assists, four steals and four rebounds. Western Carolina had lost three in a row, but two of the losses came to Georgetown (81-68) and Tennessee (66-52).
Marshall Harris III and P.J. Horgan scored 10 points apiece for the Bulldogs (3-9, 0-2), who have lost eight in a row.
The Catamounts led 36-25 at halftime and the closest the Bulldogs got in the second half was six points twice, the last at 46-40 on Mike Groselle's layup with 8:36 to go.
The Catamounts won the turnover battle 16-9.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Western Carolina (5-9) « | 36 | 36 | 72 |
| The Citadel (3-9) | 25 | 30 | 55 |
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| Western Carolina Catamounts | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. King, F | 36 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| T. Tankelewicz, F | 36 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| T. Sumler, G | 39 | 6-15 | 4-4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| B. Boggs, G | 29 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| J. Sinclair, G | 28 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Ross | 13 | 5-7 | 1-4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| M. Brown | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Mendenhall | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Hall | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Harrelson | 1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 27-57 | 12-16 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 72 | |
| 47.4% | 75% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Elmore, F | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| M. Groselle, C | 30 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| M. Harris III, G | 30 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| A. Moore, G | 22 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Van Scyoc, G | 20 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Horgan | 23 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Q. Marshall | 20 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| R. Robinson | 18 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| D. Setzekorn | 11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Jenkins | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Totals | 21-48 | 7-8 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 55 | |
| 43.8% | 87.5% | ||||||
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