Western Carolina Catamounts @ UNC Asheville Bulldogs

Western Carolina CatamountsW CarolinaWCU

3-7, 2-5 Away

Final

	1	2	T
W Carolina WCU	22	35	57
UNC Asheville UNCA	24	35	59

UNC Asheville BulldogsUNC AshevilleUNCA

8-3, 4-0 Home

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

Dec 17, 2016, 07:00 pm

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Ahmad Thomas scored 20 points, MaCio Teague had 10 and the game-winning free throws, and UNC-Asheville held off Western Carolina 59-57 to win its fifth straight game on Saturday in the 50th edition of the 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).

Game Information

Asheville, NC

Referee:Dave Davis

Referee:Eric Peterson

Referee:Jon Wall

NCAA Division I

Southern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
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

Big South Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
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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