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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

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0 Cord Stansberry

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 195
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Bermuda Dunes, Calif.
  • High School Shadow Hill HS

Biography

Points 29 vs UNC Asheville (11/19/25)
Rebounds 11 at VMI (2/21/26)
Assists 7 vs Stetson (11/16/25)
Steals 4 vs UNCG (2/18/26)
Minutes 40 at The Citadel (1/25/25)
Field Goals Made 9 at Cincinnati (11/3/25)
Threes Made 6 vs VMI (2/1/25)
Free Throws Made 9, 3x last at ETSU (1/29/26)










2025-26 (Redshirt Junior): Named Third-Team All-SoCon... Appeared in 30 games with starts coming in 29 games throughout the 2025-26 season... scored a team-best 424 points, averging 14.1 points per game to lead WCU... one of seven Catamounts to eclipse 200 points scored... scored in double figures in 24 games with a career-high 29 points against mountain-rival UNC Asheville (Nov. 19)... had seven games of 20+ points... had 19 games in double figures in SoCon play... led the squad with 15.7 points per game in league action, scoring a team-high 282 points... finished second on the team with 131 made field goals... buried a season-best nine field goals in season-opener against Cincinnati (Nov. 3)... had 14 games with five or more made field goals... connected on 59 threes as he connected on five vs ETSU (Jan. 14) for a season-high benchmark... had 15 games with multiple three-pointers... made 80.3% (106-of-132) free throws including a pair of nine made free throw performances against UNC Asheville and at ETSU (Jan. 29)... pulled down 119 rebounds, averging 4.0 boards per game... recorded a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds at VMI (Feb. 21)... had 12 games with five or more rebounds... finished third on the team with 63 assists, including a seven assist performance against Stetson (Nov. 16)... tallied 26 steals... played a season-high 38 minutes vs Mercer (Feb. 25)... 

Only player to appear and start all 30 games for WCU… Scored 335 points, averaging 11.2 points per game, third on the team… Scored in double figures 19 times, including eclipsing 20 points two times with a career-high 24 against Bellarmine (Dec. 4)… finished third on the team with 11.5 points per game in league play… Second on the team with 52 threes as he connected on multiple threes 15 times with a season-high six against VMI (Feb. 1)… Posted a team-high 91.3% (73-of-80) at the charity stripe including going perfect at the stripe 19 times.... Went 9-for-9 at the foul line against The Citadel (Jan. 25)… Posted a program single-season record at the free throw line… tallied 46 assists… added 26 steals… played a season-high 40 minutes in a road contest at The Citadel (Jan. 25)…2024-25 SoCon Academic Honor Roll...


2024-25 (Redshirt Sophomore): Only player to appear and start all 30 games for WCU… Scored 335 points, averaging 11.2 points per game, third on the team… Scored in double figures 19 times, including eclipsing 20 points two times with a career-high 24 against Bellarmine (Dec. 4)… finished third on the team with 11.5 points per game in league play… Second on the team with 52 threes as he connected on multiple threes 15 times with a season-high six against VMI (Feb. 1)… Posted a team-high 91.3% (73-of-80) at the charity stripe including going perfect at the stripe 19 times.... Went 9-for-9 at the foul line against The Citadel (Jan. 25)… Posted a program single-season record at the free throw line… tallied 46 assists… added 26 steals… played a season-high 40 minutes in a road contest at The Citadel (Jan. 25)…2024-25 SoCon Academic Honor Roll...

PRIOR TO WCU: Stansberry comes to Cullowhee after spending the past two seasons at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., where he saw action in 32 games, all coming in the 2023-24 season. The Bermuda Dunes, Calif., native posted four double-figure scoring outputs including a season-high 12 points in 23 minutes last November against UC Irvine. Stansberry also closed the year red-hot with three double figure scoring outputs down the stretch with 11 points against Loyola Marymount and 10 points against both St. Mary's and Pacific. Before his time at Pepperdine, Stansberry was a four-year standout at Shadow Hills High in Indio, Calif., where he earned 2022 Desert Sun Player of the Year honors. He was named the co-MVP of the Desert Empire League as he averaged 20 points, eight rebounds, and four assists during his senior season.

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    2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

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    6'4" 180 lbs
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    2025-26Redshirt Junior

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    6'4" 195 lbs
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