GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Trey Sumler scored 21 points and Western Carolina pulled away by making five free throws in the final 1:24 to beat UNC Greensboro 70-68 in a Southern Conference game Thursday night.
Tawaski King scored 13 points and Brandon Boggs 11 for the Catamounts (11-15, 8-6), who have won three in a row after four consecutive losses.
Derrell Armstrong had 18 points, Trevis Simpson scored 15 with eight rebounds and David Williams had 10 points for the Spartans (7-17, 5-8), who have lost four of five.
The Spartans led 66-65 with 1:31 left on Armstrong's free throws, but Western Carolina's Tom Tankelewicz hit a pair to lead 67-66 at 1:24. King made a foul shot at 1:06 for a 68-66 advantage, and Sumler made two with 18 seconds remaining for a 70-66 lead to seal it.
Western Carolina won the rebound battle 41-30, leading to 19 second-chance points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Western Carolina (11-15) « | 31 | 39 | 70 |
| NC-Greensboro (7-17) | 34 | 34 | 68 |
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| Western Carolina Catamounts | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. King, F | 37 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| T. Tankelewicz, F | 22 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| T. Sumler, G | 39 | 6-14 | 7-8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| B. Boggs, G | 30 | 3-14 | 5-6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| J. Sinclair, G | 30 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Brown | 25 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| P. Ross | 13 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Mendenhall | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Harrelson | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-59 | 20-27 | 41 | 12 | 19 | 70 | |
| 37.3% | 74.1% | ||||||
| NC-Greensboro Spartans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Simpson, F | 31 | 6-17 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| D. Williams, F | 30 | 3-6 | 4-6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| K. Locke, F | 24 | 2-4 | 3-6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| D. Armstrong, G | 29 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| D. Parker, G | 22 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Paulos | 18 | 5-8 | 4-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| K. Van Dussen | 17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| K. McNeil | 16 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Potts | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-48 | 19-26 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 68 | |
| 43.8% | 73.1% | ||||||
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