NCAA 2025-2026

January 14, 2026

WESTERN CAROLINA Logo WESTERN CAROLINA United States
72 - 68
EAST TENNESSEE STATE Logo EAST TENNESSEE STATE United States

Match Summary

WESTERN CAROLINA defeated EAST TENNESSEE STATE 72-68 on January 14, 2026 in the NCAA 2025-2026. WESTERN CAROLINA won by a 4-point margin. Brian Taylor led all scorers with 23 points. WESTERN CAROLINA shot 48.2% from the field while EAST TENNESSEE STATE managed 38.6%. WESTERN CAROLINA collected 35 rebounds and EAST TENNESSEE STATE grabbed 26. 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

72

WESTERN CAROLINA

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
0 * Cord Stansberry 31:00 20 7/13 2/3 5/10 1/1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 19
23 * Marcus Kell 30:00 15 6/15 5/9 1/6 2/2 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 7
22 * Tidjiane Dioumassi 29:00 8 4/6 4/6 0/0 0/0 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 14
3 * Julien Soumaoro 28:00 9 3/8 0/2 3/6 0/0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 9
7 * Adbulai Fanta Kabba 14:00 2 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 5
12 Sam Dada 25:00 13 5/6 5/6 0/0 3/4 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 24
8 Tahlan Pettway 16:00 2 1/5 1/2 0/3 0/1 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
21 Taye Smith 11:00 2 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
4 Justin Johnson 09:00 0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -2
2 C.j. Hyland 07:00 1 0/1 0/1 0/0 1/2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Totals 200:00 72 27/56 18/30 9/26 9/12 26 9 17 3 12 1 0 17 0 84
68

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 23 7/13 3/6 4/7 5/8 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 20
13 * Blake Barkley 35:00 15 5/13 4/11 1/2 4/5 8 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 20
15 * Cameron Morse 29:00 19 8/14 8/13 0/1 3/4 1 2 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 23
5 * Allen Strothers 23:00 4 1/2 0/0 1/2 1/2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
35 * Jordan Mccullum 10:00 0 0/3 0/2 0/1 0/0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1
4 Jaylen Smith 27:00 0 0/5 0/1 0/4 0/0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 Makhi Johnson 19:00 0 0/2 0/0 0/2 0/0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
24 Isaiah Sutherland 11:00 5 1/4 0/1 1/3 2/2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
21 Gabe Sisk 07:00 2 0/1 0/0 0/1 2/2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 200:00 68 22/57 15/34 7/23 17/23 17 9 12 10 4 2 0 10 0 73

* Players marked with * are starters.