VMI Keydets vs. Western Carolina Catamounts

Jan 24, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
VMI	33	25	58
WCU	39	49	88

Game Recap

Western Carolina wins 88-58 over VMI. Marcus Kell scored 18 points as Western Carolina beat VMI 88-58 on Saturday.

Player Stats

VMI	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0Cal Liston	32	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3
44TJ Johnson	37	3-8	3-5	0-0	4	2	1	0	1	0	9
2Mario Tatum Jr.	25	3-7	0-3	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	1	6
30Tan Yildizoglu	29	5-11	3-5	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	3	13
5AJ Clark	32	6-10	4-6	1-2	5	1	0	0	1	1	17
42Mason Lawson	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7Jaylen Pazon	19	2-7	0-4	2-2	3	1	0	0	2	0	6
4Linus Holmstrom	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Walker Andrews	21	1-6	0-3	2-2	0	1	1	0	1	0	4



TOTAL	-	21-5339.6%	11-3036.7%	5-683.3%	18	9	4	0	7	5	58

WESTERN CAROLINA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23Marcus Kell	26	7-13	3-7	1-1	4	1	0	0	0	0	18
7Abdulai Fanta Kabba	20	2-2	0-0	0-2	10	2	1	4	0	1	4
8Tahlan Pettway	19	2-8	2-6	0-0	4	0	0	0	2	1	6
22Tidjiane Dioumassi	26	3-5	1-1	0-0	4	4	0	0	0	1	7
0Cord Stansberry	28	7-15	3-8	0-0	3	5	2	0	0	2	17
21Tayeshaun Smith	14	1-1	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	0	1	1	2
12Samuel Dada	19	5-9	0-0	0-0	7	1	1	0	0	0	10
17Max Williams	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2CJ Hyland	10	1-2	1-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3
4Justin Johnson	15	4-9	1-3	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9
11Drew Hollifield	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3Julien Soumaoro	21	5-8	2-5	0-0	1	3	1	0	0	2	12
TOTAL	-	37-7251.4%	13-3240.6%	1-333.3%	44	17	6	4	4	8	88

Play-by-Play

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1st halfVMIWCU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by VMI.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Western Carolina.
(19:47) TJ Johnson misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(19:42) Abdulai Fanta Kabba Defensive Rebound.
(19:33) Marcus Kell misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(19:29) AJ Clark Defensive Rebound.
+3 (19:23) TJ Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Cal Liston assists).
30
+2 (19:09) Marcus Kell makes layup (Cord Stansberry assists).
32
(18:41) Tan Yildizoglu misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(18:37) Abdulai Fanta Kabba Defensive Rebound.
(18:27) Tahlan Pettway misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:25) Abdulai Fanta Kabba Offensive Rebound.
(18:06) Marcus Kell misses 7-foot jumper.
(18:04) Mario Tatum Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(17:58) Mario Tatum Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(17:56) Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.
(17:39) Tahlan Pettway misses 13-foot pullup jump shot.
(17:37) TJ Johnson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:27) AJ Clark makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tan Yildizoglu assists).
62
+3 (17:10) Cord Stansberry makes 24-foot three point jumper (Marcus Kell assists).
65
+3 (16:50) AJ Clark makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mario Tatum Jr. assists).
95
(16:31) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 17-foot jumper.
(16:27) Tidjiane Dioumassi Offensive Rebound.
+3 (16:24) Cord Stansberry makes 28-foot three point jumper (Tidjiane Dioumassi assists).
98
(16:00) AJ Clark misses layup.
(16:00) Abdulai Fanta Kabba Block.
(15:57) AJ Clark Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:53) Mario Tatum Jr. makes 11-foot pullup jump shot.
118
+3 (15:29) Marcus Kell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tidjiane Dioumassi assists).
1111
(15:15) AJ Clark bad pass turnover.
(15:15) Cord Stansberry Steal.
+2 (15:12) Cord Stansberry makes layup.
1113
+2 (14:58) Tan Yildizoglu makes layup (AJ Clark assists).
1313
(14:42) Cord Stansberry misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:40) Abdulai Fanta Kabba Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:39) Cord Stansberry makes 2-foot dunk (Abdulai Fanta Kabba assists).
1315
(14:13) TJ Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:11) Abdulai Fanta Kabba Defensive Rebound.
(14:01) Tahlan Pettway bad pass turnover.
(14:01) Cal Liston Steal.
(13:31) Tan Yildizoglu misses 14-foot jumper.
(13:29) Marcus Kell Defensive Rebound.
(13:18) Tahlan Pettway misses layup.
(13:18) Western Carolina Offensive Rebound.
(13:08) Justin Johnson misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(13:03) Samuel Dada Offensive Rebound.
(13:00) Justin Johnson misses layup.
(12:58) Jaylen Pazon Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:45) Cal Liston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Pazon assists).
1615
(12:19) Julien Soumaoro misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:18) Mario Tatum Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(12:18) Foul on Tayeshaun Smith.
(11:48) Mario Tatum Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(11:46) CJ Hyland Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:35) CJ Hyland makes 23-foot three point jumper (Julien Soumaoro assists).
1618
(11:18) Jaylen Pazon misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:15) TJ Johnson Offensive Rebound.
(11:15) TJ Johnson misses layup.
(11:13) Tayeshaun Smith Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:53) Justin Johnson makes 12-foot step back jumpshot.
1620
+2 (10:26) Jaylen Pazon makes driving layup.
1820
+2 (9:57) Julien Soumaoro makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot.
1822
(9:33) Walker Andrews bad pass turnover.
(9:15) CJ Hyland misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:13) Tayeshaun Smith Offensive Rebound.
+3 (9:09) Justin Johnson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Julien Soumaoro assists).
1825
+3 (8:43) AJ Clark makes 25-foot three point jumper (Walker Andrews assists).
2125
(8:21) Samuel Dada misses layup.
(8:19) AJ Clark Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:51) Tan Yildizoglu makes layup.
2325
+2 (7:20) Samuel Dada makes layup.
2327
(7:05) AJ Clark misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(7:01) TJ Johnson Offensive Rebound.
+3 (6:57) Tan Yildizoglu makes 25-foot three point jumper (TJ Johnson assists).
2627
+3 (6:33) Marcus Kell makes 25-foot three point jumper.
2630
(5:59) Foul on Tahlan Pettway.
+1 (5:59) Walker Andrews makes free throw 1 of 2.
2730
+1 (5:59) Walker Andrews makes free throw 2 of 2.
2830
+2 (5:28) Marcus Kell makes layup.
2832
(5:28) Foul on Tan Yildizoglu.
+1 (5:28) Marcus Kell makes free throw 1 of 1.
2833
(5:07) Tan Yildizoglu misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:04) Marcus Kell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:38) Abdulai Fanta Kabba makes layup.
2835
(4:12) Walker Andrews misses 16-foot jumper.
(4:10) Tahlan Pettway Defensive Rebound.
(4:04) Marcus Kell misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(4:02) Jaylen Pazon Defensive Rebound.
(3:45) Foul on Abdulai Fanta Kabba.
(3:45) AJ Clark misses free throw 1 of 2.
(3:45) VMI Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (3:45) AJ Clark makes free throw 2 of 2.
2935
(3:24) Samuel Dada misses layup.
(3:23) Jaylen Pazon Defensive Rebound.
(3:17) Foul on Cord Stansberry.
+1 (3:17) Jaylen Pazon makes free throw 1 of 2.
3035
+1 (3:17) Jaylen Pazon makes free throw 2 of 2.
3135
+2 (2:49) Samuel Dada makes layup (Cord Stansberry assists).
3137
(2:16) Tan Yildizoglu misses 9-foot jumper.
(2:13) Tahlan Pettway Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:10) Samuel Dada makes layup (Tidjiane Dioumassi assists).
3139
+2 (1:38) Mario Tatum Jr. makes layup.
3339
(1:20) Cord Stansberry misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:18) Tidjiane Dioumassi Offensive Rebound.
(1:13) Foul on Mario Tatum Jr..
(1:05) Cord Stansberry misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:03) Western Carolina Offensive Rebound.
(1:03) Western Carolina Coach's Challenge (Overturned) Western Carolina retains its timeout.
(0:52) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 18-foot jumper.
(0:50) AJ Clark Defensive Rebound.
(0:25) Walker Andrews misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(0:21) Marcus Kell Defensive Rebound.
(0:00) Cord Stansberry misses 7-foot jumper.
(0:00) Samuel Dada Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

VMI

WCU

58Points88

21-53(39.6%)Field Goal(%)37-72(51.4%)

11-30(36.7%)3-Point(%)13-32(40.6%)

5-6(83.3%)Free Throw(%)1-3(33.3%)

20(5)Rebounds(Offensive)47(20)

9Assists17

4Steals6

0Blocks4

8Turnovers4

5(0)Fouls(Technical)8(0)

4Largest Lead32

Game Details

Saturday, January 24, 2026 · 1:30 PM

Ramsey Regional Activity Center · Cullowhee, NC

attendance: 1,418 (18.1%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: WCU -8.5

over/under: 152.5