Western Carolina Catamounts vs. UNC Greensboro Spartans

Feb 4, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
WCU	36	42	78
UNCG	42	39	81

Game Recap

Neely scores 25 as UNC Greensboro downs Western Carolina 81-78. Justin Neely scored 25 points, including five throws in the last three seconds, as UNC Greensboro beat Western Carolina 81-78 on Wednesday.

Player Stats

WESTERN CAROLINA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
12Samuel Dada	26	1-4	0-0	0-1	6	0	1	3	1	3	2
23Marcus Kell	32	10-20	3-10	4-7	7	0	1	0	1	2	27
22Tidjiane Dioumassi	16	2-5	1-2	0-0	4	4	2	0	1	0	5
0Cord Stansberry	30	1-10	1-7	3-4	2	2	0	0	2	1	6
3Julien Soumaoro	14	1-2	1-2	1-2	2	1	0	0	2	4	4
21Tayeshaun Smith	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
7Abdulai Fanta Kabba	12	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	2	1	5	2
8Tahlan Pettway	30	5-6	2-2	2-2	3	2	0	0	1	1	14
2CJ Hyland	13	3-5	2-2	1-1	1	0	1	0	0	2	9
4Justin Johnson	18	3-7	0-2	3-4	3	1	1	1	0	1	9
TOTAL	-	27-6045.0%	10-2737.0%	14-2166.7%	32	10	6	6	10	21	78

UNC GREENSBORO	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Valentino Pinedo	32	3-6	0-0	0-0	6	0	2	1	1	2	6
12Justin Neely	34	3-8	0-2	19-21	11	4	1	0	1	3	25
45Lilian Marville	29	5-10	4-4	0-0	2	1	1	0	2	1	14
21KJ Younger	19	2-8	0-4	2-2	8	1	1	0	4	2	6
6Noah Norgaard	27	4-9	2-3	2-2	1	1	2	0	1	3	12
8Chane Bynum	4	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
2Clinton Efinda	25	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
16Domas Kauzonas	6	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
13Donald Whitehead Jr.	24	3-7	2-5	1-2	3	4	0	0	2	3	9

TOTAL	-	24-5543.6%	9-2045.0%	24-2788.9%	32	12	7	1	11	18	81

Play-by-Play

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1st halfWCUUNCG

(20:00) Start game.
(19:56) Jump Ball won by Western Carolina.
(19:56) Jump Ball lost by UNC Greensboro.
+2 (19:40) Marcus Kell makes layup (Tidjiane Dioumassi assists).
20
(19:24) Noah Norgaard misses driving layup.
(19:21) Marcus Kell Defensive Rebound.
+3 (19:15) Julien Soumaoro makes 23-foot three point jumper (Cord Stansberry assists).
50
+2 (18:52) Valentino Pinedo makes 5-foot hook shot.
52
(18:37) Tidjiane Dioumassi bad pass turnover.
(18:37) Noah Norgaard Steal.
(18:33) Noah Norgaard misses driving layup.
(18:30) Tidjiane Dioumassi Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:28) Marcus Kell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Julien Soumaoro assists).
82
(18:02) Valentino Pinedo misses driving layup.
(17:59) Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:53) Marcus Kell makes 8-foot jumper.
102
+2 (17:43) KJ Younger makes driving layup.
104
(17:24) Cord Stansberry misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
(17:20) Valentino Pinedo Defensive Rebound.
(17:15) Noah Norgaard bad pass turnover.
(17:15) Tidjiane Dioumassi Steal.
(16:57) Julien Soumaoro misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:53) Samuel Dada Offensive Rebound.
(16:52) Cord Stansberry misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(16:46) KJ Younger Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:37) Justin Neely makes layup (KJ Younger assists).
106
(16:27) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses driving layup.
(16:24) Marcus Kell Offensive Rebound.
(16:16) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 14-foot step back jumpshot.
(16:13) KJ Younger Defensive Rebound.
(15:54) Foul on Julien Soumaoro.
(15:52) KJ Younger misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(15:47) Domas Kauzonas Offensive Rebound.
(15:42) Foul on Julien Soumaoro.
(15:39) KJ Younger bad pass turnover.
(15:19) Marcus Kell misses 8-foot hook shot.
(15:15) Justin Neely Defensive Rebound.
(15:08) Foul on Abdulai Fanta Kabba.
+1 (15:08) Justin Neely makes free throw 1 of 2.
107
+1 (15:08) Justin Neely makes free throw 2 of 2.
108
(14:40) Marcus Kell misses layup.
(14:40) Abdulai Fanta Kabba Offensive Rebound.
(14:40) Foul on Domas Kauzonas.
(14:32) Marcus Kell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:28) Justin Neely Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:18) Lilian Marville makes 25-foot three point jumper (Justin Neely assists).
1011
+2 (14:03) Tahlan Pettway makes 18-foot jumper.
1211
(13:51) Justin Neely misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(13:48) Tahlan Pettway Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:35) Tahlan Pettway makes 17-foot step back jumpshot.
1411
+2 (13:12) Domas Kauzonas makes 9-foot jumper (Donald Whitehead Jr. assists).
1413
(13:00) Foul on Domas Kauzonas.
(13:00) Marcus Kell misses driving layup.
(13:00) Tidjiane Dioumassi Offensive Rebound.
(13:00) CJ Hyland misses 11-foot jumper.
(13:00) Tahlan Pettway Offensive Rebound.
(13:00) Tahlan Pettway bad pass turnover.
(13:00) Valentino Pinedo Steal.
(13:00) Donald Whitehead Jr. bad pass turnover.
(13:00) Tidjiane Dioumassi Steal.
(12:19) Marcus Kell misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(12:16) Valentino Pinedo Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:07) Noah Norgaard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Justin Neely assists).
1416
(11:34) CJ Hyland misses driving layup.
(11:32) Donald Whitehead Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(11:26) Donald Whitehead Jr. misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(11:22) Valentino Pinedo Offensive Rebound.
(11:21) Valentino Pinedo misses layup.
(11:05) Samuel Dada Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:52) Tahlan Pettway makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tidjiane Dioumassi assists).
1716
+2 (10:35) Valentino Pinedo makes driving layup.
1718
+2 (10:23) Tidjiane Dioumassi makes driving layup.
1918
+2 (10:05) Donald Whitehead Jr. makes driving layup.
1920
+2 (9:36) Samuel Dada makes 11-foot jumper (Tidjiane Dioumassi assists).
2120
(9:36) KJ Younger misses 13-foot jumper.
(9:36) Tidjiane Dioumassi Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:36) CJ Hyland makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tahlan Pettway assists).
2420
+3 (9:36) Donald Whitehead Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chane Bynum assists).
2423
+3 (8:24) Tidjiane Dioumassi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tahlan Pettway assists).
2723
(7:59) Noah Norgaard misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(7:56) Tahlan Pettway Defensive Rebound.
(7:35) Cord Stansberry misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(7:31) KJ Younger Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:18) Chane Bynum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Donald Whitehead Jr. assists).
2726
(7:15) Foul on Noah Norgaard.
(6:53) Cord Stansberry misses 14-foot floating jump shot.
(6:51) Justin Neely Defensive Rebound.
(6:51) Foul on Abdulai Fanta Kabba.
(6:34) KJ Younger out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(6:09) Cord Stansberry bad pass turnover.
(6:09) KJ Younger Steal.
(6:00) KJ Younger misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(5:56) Julien Soumaoro Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:49) Marcus Kell makes 24-foot three point jumper.
3026
(5:31) Foul on Samuel Dada.
+1 (5:31) KJ Younger makes free throw 1 of 2.
3027
+1 (5:31) KJ Younger makes free throw 2 of 2.
3028
(5:31) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(5:31) Marcus Kell Offensive Rebound.
(5:31) Marcus Kell bad pass turnover.
(5:31) Valentino Pinedo Steal.
(5:31) Justin Neely misses driving layup.
(5:31) Samuel Dada Block.
(5:31) Tidjiane Dioumassi Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:31) Marcus Kell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tidjiane Dioumassi assists).
3328
+2 (5:31) Valentino Pinedo makes 3-foot hook shot.
3330
(4:24) Foul on Clinton Efinda.
(4:24) Marcus Kell misses free throw 1 of 2.
(4:24) Western Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (4:24) Marcus Kell makes free throw 2 of 2.
3430
(4:06) Foul on Samuel Dada.
+1 (4:06) Justin Neely makes free throw 1 of 2.
3431
+1 (4:06) Justin Neely makes free throw 2 of 2.
3432
(4:04) Samuel Dada bad pass turnover.
(3:55) Donald Whitehead Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(3:55) Samuel Dada Defensive Rebound.
(3:55) Samuel Dada misses layup.
(3:55) Justin Neely Defensive Rebound.
(3:24) Foul on Julien Soumaoro.
+1 (3:13) Justin Neely makes free throw 1 of 2.
3433
+1 (3:13) Justin Neely makes free throw 2 of 2.
3434
(2:46) Abdulai Fanta Kabba bad pass turnover.
(2:46) Lilian Marville Steal.
(2:26) KJ Younger misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(2:26) Justin Johnson Block.
(2:21) KJ Younger Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:18) KJ Younger makes 10-foot step back jumpshot.
3436
(2:02) Foul on KJ Younger.
+1 (2:01) Justin Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2.
3536
+1 (2:01) Justin Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2.
3636
(1:39) Justin Neely misses driving layup.
(1:36) Marcus Kell Defensive Rebound.
(1:19) Justin Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:16) Justin Neely Defensive Rebound.
(1:10) Foul on Cord Stansberry.
+1 (1:10) Justin Neely makes free throw 1 of 2.
3637
+1 (1:10) Justin Neely makes free throw 2 of 2.
3638
(0:54) Cord Stansberry misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(0:50) Donald Whitehead Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:48) Clinton Efinda makes 3-foot dunk (Donald Whitehead Jr. assists).
3640
(0:35) Marcus Kell misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(0:32) Donald Whitehead Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:03) Lilian Marville makes 17-foot jumper (Justin Neely assists).
3642

2nd half

Team Stats

WCU

UNCG

78Points81

27-60(45.0%)Field Goal(%)24-55(43.6%)

10-27(37.0%)3-Point(%)9-20(45.0%)

14-21(66.7%)Free Throw(%)24-27(88.9%)

33(13)Rebounds(Offensive)35(13)

10Assists12

6Steals7

6Blocks1

10Turnovers12

21(0)Fouls(Technical)18(0)

8Largest Lead12

Game Details

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Greensboro Coliseum · Greensboro, NC

attendance: 1,204 (5.1%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: WCU -1.5

over/under: 155.5