NCAA 2025-2026

January 29, 2026

EAST TENNESSEE STATE Logo EAST TENNESSEE STATE United States
88 - 90
WESTERN CAROLINA Logo WESTERN CAROLINA United States

Match Summary

EAST TENNESSEE STATE lost to WESTERN CAROLINA 88-90 on January 29, 2026 in the NCAA 2025-2026. WESTERN CAROLINA won by a 2-point margin. Brian Taylor led all scorers with 24 points. EAST TENNESSEE STATE shot 49.1% from the field while WESTERN CAROLINA managed 51.8%. EAST TENNESSEE STATE collected 25 rebounds and WESTERN CAROLINA grabbed 29. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States.

Points Leader

Brian Taylor basketball player - G

Brian Taylor G

6'4" - 1.93m

Efficiency Leader

Sam Dada basketball player - C

Sam Dada C

6'9" - 2.06m

88

EAST TENNESSEE STATE

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
11 * Brian Taylor 39:00 24 8/15 6/8 2/7 6/7 1 1 7 3 2 0 0 2 0 26
13 * Blake Barkley 36:00 13 2/6 2/5 0/1 9/11 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
15 * Cameron Morse 28:00 15 4/7 3/5 1/2 6/8 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 17
35 * Jordan Mccullum 20:00 8 2/5 2/4 0/1 4/6 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 5
5 * Allen Strothers 20:00 11 5/7 5/6 0/1 1/1 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 16
4 Jaylen Smith 22:00 12 4/9 0/2 4/7 0/0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
2 Makhi Johnson 17:00 3 1/2 0/0 1/2 0/0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 3
21 Gabe Sisk 11:00 2 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
24 Isaiah Sutherland 07:00 0 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 200:00 88 26/53 18/31 8/22 28/35 18 7 14 7 5 2 0 18 0 97
90

WESTERN CAROLINA

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
3 * Julien Soumaoro 34:00 19 5/10 0/1 5/9 4/4 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 4 0 17
12 * Sam Dada 33:00 12 6/6 6/6 0/0 0/0 10 3 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 27
0 * Cord Stansberry 33:00 19 5/12 5/7 0/5 9/12 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 13
23 * Marcus Kell 29:00 14 5/9 4/5 1/4 3/4 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 14
22 * Tidjiane Dioumassi 21:00 11 4/6 1/3 3/3 0/0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 5 0 12
8 Tahlan Pettway 17:00 10 2/3 0/0 2/3 4/6 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 9
4 Justin Johnson 12:00 3 1/7 1/6 0/1 1/2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -2
21 Taye Smith 12:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 7
2 C.j. Hyland 09:00 2 1/3 1/2 0/1 0/0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 200:00 90 29/56 18/30 11/26 21/28 21 8 18 4 11 2 0 22 0 98

* Players marked with * are starters.