Brandon Giles News

There are plenty of reasons the men's basketball team at Western Carolina is off to its best start in nearly half a century.

Maurice Joseph scored 19 points to lead Vermont in an 88-49 win over New Jersey Institute of Technology on Saturday.

Amanda Thompson had 16 points and 14 rebounds, and made a layup on a baseline drive with 9 seconds left in overtime to lift No.

Brandon Giles scored 22 points and Jake Robinson hit three free throws in the final 23 seconds, lifting Western Carolina to a 72-67 win over Wofford on Wednesday night.

You have to flip a page in Western Carolina's media guide to find the last time the Catamounts won five of their first six men's basketball games.

Brandon Giles scored 24 points and had six steals in Western Carolina's 75-59 win over Gardner-Webb on Saturday night.

Harouna Mutombo led three Western Carolina players in double figures with 17 points and the Catamounts coasted past Arkansas-Monticello, 70-44, Monday night at the Ramsey Center.

From Anchorage to Puerto Rico, early-season college hoops tournaments have become common and more popular than ever.

The Catamounts, favorites in the Southern Conference's North Division, opened with 65-41 victory over St.

Damion James scored 18 points and No. 3 Texas continued to break in its talented group of freshmen with a 73-41 win over Western Carolina on Wednesday night.

The O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic presents a major mismatch tonight, as the third-ranked Texas Longhorns play host to the Western Carolina Catamounts.

Hampered by nervous energy, some of Texas' newcomers got off to a slow start in their collegiate debuts.

Brandon Giles and Kendall Russell scored 12 points each to lead Western Carolina to a 65-41 win over St.

SPARTANBURG - College of Charleston and Western Carolina are the favorites to capture the Southern Conference's divisional men's basketball titles in 2009-10, according to a vote by the leagues head coaches.

OUTLOOK: Once again the Southern Conference was dominated by the Davidson Wildcats in 2008-09, as Bob McKillop's squad reeled off 27 victories and another regular-season title.

College basketball fans have plenty of preseason publications to explore to become more knowledgeable for the coming season.

Western Carolina would love to repeat last season's home record. At the Ramsey Center, the Catamounts were 11-2, losing a non-conference game to Gardner-Webb and a league game to the Citadel .

It hasn't happened since 1997 and only twice in the past 25 years, but this could be one of those rare times when the UNC Asheville and Western Carolina men's basketball teams have winning records in the same season.