Nov. 20, 2017
CULLOWHEE, N.C. - The Western Carolina men's basketball team will continue play in the Barclays Center Classic Tuesday night in Amherst, Mass., as the Catamounts take on the Minutemen of UMass. The UMass sideline will be patrolled by a familiar face in Matt McCall who served as the Chattanooga head coach for the past two seasons. The Catamounts are in search of their second win of the season and first against an NCAA Division I opponent. WCU shot lights out from 3-point range Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis, Minn., against the nationally-ranked Golden Gophers. Especially in the opening half where the Catamounts connected on seven of their 10 attempts from 3-point range. The game marks the second of a four-game, nine-day road trip for the Catamounts which will swing through three states.
Western Carolina (1-3, 0-0 SoCon) at Massachusetts (2-1, 0-0 A10)
Tuesday, Nov. 21 | 7 p.m. | Amherst, Mass. | Mullins Center (9,493)
MEDIA
Video Stream:Atlantic 10 Network
Talent: Josh Maurer (PxP) and Adam Frenier (Analyst)
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Western Carolina Game Notes 
Catamounts Versus Minutemen
• The Catamounts and Minutemen meet for the first time Tuesday night.
• WCU has the potential to play one more first time opponent this season in Alabama A&M at the Barclays Center Classic Regional hosted by Niagara University.
WCU and the Atlantic-10
• The Catamounts have played seven of the current 14 members of the Atlantic-10.
• The 63 meetings with Davidson represent the most meetings although all but one came prior to the Wildcats joining the A-10.
• WCU is 23-50 all-time against current A-10 opponents.
• The Catamounts have 21 wins over Davidson and one win each over Duquesne and La Salle.
Among the Best
• Head coach Larry Hunter is eighth among active Division I coaches in career wins with 690.
• He trails Mike Krzyzewski (1,075, Duke), Jim Boeheim (906, Syracuse), Bob Huggins (821, West Virginia), Roy Williams (818, North Carolina), Rick Byrd (758, Belmont), Cliff Ellis (737, Coastal Carolina) and John Beilein (694, Michigan).
• Coach Hunter ranks just ahead of John Calipari (655, Kentucky) and Rick Barnes (637, Tennessee).
• Coach Hunter also ranks 29th on the all-time Division I victories list ahead of greats like Denny Crum (31st), Gary Williams (32nd) and John Wooden (33rd).
Dynamic Duo
• Freshman Matt Halvorsen and senior Deriece Parks put on a 3-point shooting clinic Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis, Minn.
• The duo combined to go 8-of-11 from 3-point range against the nationalyy-ranked Golden Gophers.
• WCU scored its first 18 points of the game from 3-point range including four 3-pointers from Halvorsen, one from Parks and another from junior Marc Gosselin.
• Halvorsen and Parks each rank among the top-15 in the Southern Conference in 3-pointers per game this season.
