Western Carolina Catamounts vs. VMI Keydets

FINAL

Feb 21, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
WCU	38	43	81
VMI	30	32	62

Game Recap

Stansberry's 17 lead Western Carolina over VMI 81-62. Cord Stansberry's 17 points helped Western Carolina defeat VMI 81-62 on Saturday.

Player Stats

WESTERN CAROLINA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
12Samuel Dada	23	6-7	0-0	2-2	9	0	0	1	0	1	14
23Marcus Kell	31	2-12	2-8	4-4	5	2	0	1	0	0	10
8Tahlan Pettway	37	3-12	3-11	2-2	2	4	0	0	0	3	11
22Tidjiane Dioumassi	33	7-13	1-4	0-0	4	4	0	0	0	4	15
0Cord Stansberry	35	6-10	3-5	2-2	11	4	1	0	2	2	17
21Tayeshaun Smith	12	0-0	0-0	2-2	3	1	2	0	0	3	2
7Abdulai Fanta Kabba	10	2-3	0-0	1-3	2	1	0	0	0	1	5
17Max Williams	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Justin Johnson	17	1-4	0-1	2-2	2	4	0	0	0	2	4
11Drew Hollifield	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	-	28-6245.2%	10-3033.3%	15-1788.2%	38	20	3	2	2	16	81

VMI	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
6Kaden Stuckey	24	1-6	0-1	0-2	5	1	0	1	2	3	2
0Cal Liston	36	4-7	4-7	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	2	12
44TJ Johnson	38	4-14	2-8	2-2	7	2	0	0	1	1	12
4Linus Holmstrom	24	2-4	1-3	3-5	4	3	0	0	1	4	8
30Tan Yildizoglu	34	4-15	0-5	0-0	4	7	1	0	1	3	8
42Mason Lawson	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
2Mario Tatum Jr.	15	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
14Walker Andrews	28	4-7	3-4	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	13


TOTAL	-	22-5639.3%	11-2937.9%	7-1163.6%	25	16	1	1	5	13	62

Play-by-Play

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1st halfWCUVMI

(20:00) Start game.
(19:57) Jump Ball won by Western Carolina.
(19:57) Jump Ball lost by VMI.
+2 (19:39) Samuel Dada makes 12-foot jumper (Cord Stansberry assists).
20
(19:22) Tan Yildizoglu misses layup.
(19:22) Samuel Dada Block.
(19:17) Samuel Dada Defensive Rebound.
(19:09) Marcus Kell misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(19:01) Linus Holmstrom Defensive Rebound.
(18:45) Tan Yildizoglu misses layup.
(18:41) Samuel Dada Defensive Rebound.
(18:38) Tahlan Pettway misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:32) Cal Liston Defensive Rebound.
(18:17) TJ Johnson misses 13-foot jumper.
(18:12) Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:04) Tidjiane Dioumassi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tahlan Pettway assists).
50
(17:46) Linus Holmstrom misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:40) Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.
(17:32) Tahlan Pettway misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(17:25) TJ Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(17:08) Foul on Tahlan Pettway.
+1 (17:08) Linus Holmstrom makes free throw 1 of 2.
51
+1 (17:08) Linus Holmstrom makes free throw 2 of 2.
52
(16:50) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:44) Tan Yildizoglu Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:39) Tan Yildizoglu makes layup.
54
(16:17) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 7-foot jumper.
(16:17) Kaden Stuckey Block.
(16:10) Kaden Stuckey Defensive Rebound.
(16:08) TJ Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(16:03) Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:54) Cord Stansberry makes 10-foot jumper.
74
(15:29) Foul on Tidjiane Dioumassi.
(15:17) Tan Yildizoglu misses 16-foot jumper.
(15:13) Abdulai Fanta Kabba Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:58) Marcus Kell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tahlan Pettway assists).
104
(14:36) TJ Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:31) Tahlan Pettway Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:11) Justin Johnson makes 11-foot jumper (Cord Stansberry assists).
124
+3 (13:51) Cal Liston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Linus Holmstrom assists).
127
(13:23) Marcus Kell misses layup.
(13:19) TJ Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(13:15) Kaden Stuckey misses layup.
(13:10) Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.
+3 (13:07) Tahlan Pettway makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cord Stansberry assists).
157
(12:48) Kaden Stuckey misses 7-foot jumper.
(12:44) Marcus Kell Defensive Rebound.
(12:37) Foul on Kaden Stuckey.
+1 (12:37) Cord Stansberry makes free throw 1 of 2.
167
+1 (12:37) Cord Stansberry makes free throw 2 of 2.
177
(12:29) TJ Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:24) Tidjiane Dioumassi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:14) Abdulai Fanta Kabba makes 6-foot hook shot.
197
(12:04) Cal Liston misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(11:58) Tahlan Pettway Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:38) Tidjiane Dioumassi makes layup (Abdulai Fanta Kabba assists).
217
(11:20) Tan Yildizoglu misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:16) Samuel Dada Defensive Rebound.
(10:52) Tahlan Pettway misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(10:48) Kaden Stuckey Defensive Rebound.
(10:48) Kaden Stuckey bad pass turnover.
(10:33) Tahlan Pettway misses 17-foot jumper.
(10:29) Tayeshaun Smith Offensive Rebound.
(10:27) Tahlan Pettway misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(10:23) Kaden Stuckey Defensive Rebound.
(10:12) Kaden Stuckey bad pass turnover.
(10:12) Tayeshaun Smith Steal.
(9:51) Foul on Kaden Stuckey.
(9:51) Tidjiane Dioumassi misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(9:51) Western Carolina Offensive Rebound.
(9:40) Samuel Dada misses layup.
(9:39) Tidjiane Dioumassi Offensive Rebound.
(9:39) Foul on Linus Holmstrom.
+1 (9:39) Marcus Kell makes free throw 1 of 2.
227
+1 (9:39) Marcus Kell makes free throw 2 of 2.
237
+2 (9:18) Linus Holmstrom makes layup (Cal Liston assists).
239
(9:05) Tahlan Pettway misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(9:05) Tidjiane Dioumassi Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:05) Samuel Dada makes layup.
259
+3 (8:29) Cal Liston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Linus Holmstrom assists).
2512
(8:08) Marcus Kell misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:04) TJ Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(7:55) Foul on Justin Johnson.
+3 (7:48) Walker Andrews makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cal Liston assists).
2515
+3 (7:32) Cord Stansberry makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tidjiane Dioumassi assists).
2815
+2 (7:12) TJ Johnson makes 16-foot jumper.
2817
(6:44) Marcus Kell misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(6:38) Mario Tatum Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:36) Mario Tatum Jr. makes layup.
2819
(6:02) Marcus Kell misses 14-foot jumper.
(5:58) Linus Holmstrom Defensive Rebound.
(5:41) Linus Holmstrom misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(5:37) Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.
(5:31) Cord Stansberry misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:28) VMI Defensive Rebound.
(5:17) Foul on Tayeshaun Smith.
+3 (5:15) TJ Johnson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mario Tatum Jr. assists).
2822
(4:58) Foul on Cal Liston.
+1 (4:58) Tayeshaun Smith makes free throw 1 of 2.
2922
+1 (4:58) Tayeshaun Smith makes free throw 2 of 2.
3022
(4:44) Linus Holmstrom bad pass turnover.
(4:44) Cord Stansberry Steal.
(4:39) Cord Stansberry misses layup.
(4:35) Tayeshaun Smith Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:35) Abdulai Fanta Kabba makes layup.
3222
(4:35) Foul on Linus Holmstrom.
(4:35) Abdulai Fanta Kabba misses free throw 1 of 1.
(4:35) TJ Johnson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:17) TJ Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tan Yildizoglu assists).
3225
(3:50) Abdulai Fanta Kabba misses 11-foot jumper.
(3:46) Cal Liston Defensive Rebound.
(3:31) TJ Johnson misses layup.
(3:28) Tayeshaun Smith Defensive Rebound.
(3:21) Justin Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:16) Tidjiane Dioumassi Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:15) Tidjiane Dioumassi makes layup.
3425
+3 (2:59) Cal Liston makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tan Yildizoglu assists).
3428
(2:47) Foul on Linus Holmstrom.
+1 (2:47) Justin Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2.
3528
+1 (2:47) Justin Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2.
3628
(2:30) Tan Yildizoglu misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(2:25) Samuel Dada Defensive Rebound.
(2:07) Cord Stansberry misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(2:06) VMI Defensive Rebound.
(1:37) TJ Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:36) Western Carolina Defensive Rebound.
(1:11) Marcus Kell misses layup.
(1:07) Cal Liston Defensive Rebound.
(1:04) team turnover.
(0:42) team shot clock turnover .
(0:32) Foul on Cord Stansberry.
+2 (0:26) Mario Tatum Jr. makes layup.
3630
+2 (0:03) Tidjiane Dioumassi makes layup.
3830

2nd half

Team Stats

WCU

VMI

81Points62

28-62(45.2%)Field Goal(%)22-56(39.3%)

10-30(33.3%)3-Point(%)11-29(37.9%)

15-17(88.2%)Free Throw(%)7-11(63.6%)

41(10)Rebounds(Offensive)30(5)

20Assists16

3Steals1

2Blocks1

3Turnovers7

16(0)Fouls(Technical)13(0)

22Largest Lead0

Game Details

Saturday, February 21, 2026 · 1:00 PM

Cameron Hall · Lexington, VA

attendance: 2,284 (45.7%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: WCU -8.5

over/under: 154.5