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Western Carolina

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: Western Carolina Catamounts
Program History
Coach: Justin Gray

2023 Team Stats (19 games)

71.5
PPG
71.9
Opp
-0.3
Margin
43.7%
FG%
32.6%
3P%
71.2%
FT%
34.9
RPG
11.6
APG
9.6
TO
75.7
Pace

Model Outputs

2022-2023
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 972 (#382) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1124 (#203) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.8 More → +19.2 (#250) HCA +2.8
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff +3.7 More → 0.596 (#116) NetEff +3.7

2023 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2022-11-26 @ UNC Asheville Bulldogs L 61 - 73
2022-11-30 vs Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs L 55 - 71
2022-12-03 vs South Carolina Upstate Spartans L 64 - 79
2023-01-04 @ East Tennessee State Buccaneers W 71 - 60
2023-01-07 vs Mercer Bears W 73 - 45
2023-01-11 @ Chattanooga Mocs L 76 - 95
2023-01-14 @ The Citadel Bulldogs L 61 - 65
2023-01-18 vs Wofford Terriers W 76 - 71
2023-01-21 @ Samford Bulldogs L 65 - 74
2023-01-25 vs The Citadel Bulldogs L 70 - 81
2023-01-28 @ VMI Keydets W 71 - 65
2023-02-01 vs Samford Bulldogs L 77 - 85
2023-02-04 vs Chattanooga Mocs W 83 - 68
2023-02-08 @ Wofford Terriers W 95 - 91
2023-02-25 vs VMI Keydets W 85 - 66
2023-03-04 vs East Tennessee State Buccaneers W 69 - 57
2023-03-05 @ Furman Paladins L 80 - 83
2023-03-18 vs Charlotte 49ers L 56 - 65

2023 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
V. Woolbright V. Woolbright - 18 33.9 16.2 7.8 5.2 1.2 0.4 2.9 10.3 17.5 - - - 50.5 24.1 66.3 - 63.5 52.4
T. Jackson T. Jackson - 18 36.6 16.1 3.6 1.2 0.8 0.2 1.3 9.9 10.6 22 1.7 2.0 44.7 41.8 85.1 0.63 72.4 58.9
Ty Claude Ty Claude - 16 27.2 15.6 8.3 0.6 0.4 1.0 1.8 9.6 14.6 - - - 56.2 33.3 75.3 - 67.5 56.5
R. Jones R. Jones - 18 34.4 8.7 2.5 2.1 1.3 0.0 0.8 6.8 7.0 34 3.8 19.9 37.4 37.5 69.2 0.87 58.4 49.6
Bernard Pelote Bernard Pelote F 17 16.2 4.6 3.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 4.1 4.4 - - - 34.8 26.8 33.3 - 55.1 45.7
DJ Campbell DJ Campbell - 18 21.5 4.4 2.2 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.8 3.5 4.3 10 2.0 6.3 41.3 21.1 76.2 0.04 55.4 44.4
T. Harris T. Harris - 17 23.7 3.3 2.2 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.2 3.8 3.5 -10 -1.1 -1.6 26.2 19.6 0.0 0.53 42.5 33.8
C. Granger C. Granger - 18 9.2 2.6 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.9 2.3 - - - 54.3 0 80.0 - 63.2 54.3
M. McClure M. McClure - 2 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 0 - 150.0 150.0
M. Gilmore M. Gilmore - 4 5.2 1.0 1.2 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 2.5 - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0
E. Cupples E. Cupples - 4 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.8 - - - 0 0 75.0 - 85.2 0
M. Kell M. Kell F 10 2.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.3 64 4.9 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.47 56.3 0.0
M. Banks Jr. M. Banks Jr. G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - 32 2.1 2.9 - - - 1.14 - -
R. Jones R. Jones G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - 34 3.8 19.9 - - - 0.87 - -
J. Higgins J. Higgins - 3 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0 - 0.0 0.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG