College of Charleston (14-10, 6-7)
Western Carolina (10-15, 4-8)
TD Arena
Tipoff at 8pm on ESPN3
The CofC fan base has missed out on the opportunity to watch the Cougars play in person for nearly two weeks due to the latest 3 game road trip. Before the Cougars head into a much anticipated match-up against Davidson, they must take on Harouna Mutombo and the Western Carolina Catamounts tomorrow night. Thursday games have not been good to the Cougars this year (half of our losses this year came on a Thursday) so maybe this game against WCU will be a good opportunity to get the monkey off our back.
The Catamounts are another team that is floating around somewhere in the middling quagmire of the Socon North. They're not an awful team, conference-wise, but they have few victories to really hang their hats on. Western is a very balanced team scoring wise, with four players averaging right around 11 points per game. However, they're another very small team. So small in fact that their leading rebounder is senior guard Mutombo with 6 a game. The only real post presence in the starting lineup for the Catamounts is 6-7 Tawaski King who is averaging 7 points and 5 rebounds.
Normally I would expect an Elon-at-TD-Arena type of performance by Trent and Adjehi, but both are still hampered by ankle injuries. Baru is back in the starting lineup which is a good sign, but Trent has been limited in practice and has been in a walking boot while on campus. Luckily for the Cougs, Andrew Lawrence is coming out of his midseason slump and we are again getting contributions from Nori Johnson. Mark Byington will be looking for his first win at home and he's got a shot at it against this reeling Western team. If the Cougars look good tomorrow night we'll really have some momentum going into Saturday. Just hope the guys are focused on the task at hand first. Go Cougars!
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