NCAA 2025-2026

January 24, 2026

WESTERN CAROLINA Logo WESTERN CAROLINA United States
88 - 58
VMI Logo VMI United States

Match Summary

WESTERN CAROLINA defeated VMI 88-58 on January 24, 2026 in the NCAA 2025-2026. WESTERN CAROLINA won by a 30-point margin. Marcus Kell led all scorers with 18 points. WESTERN CAROLINA shot 51.4% from the field while VMI managed 39.6%. WESTERN CAROLINA collected 44 rebounds and VMI grabbed 18. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States.

Points Leader

Marcus Kell basketball player - F

Marcus Kell F

6'8" - 2.03m

Efficiency Leader

Cord Stansberry basketball player - G

Cord Stansberry G

6'4" - 1.93m

88

WESTERN CAROLINA

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
0 * Cord Stansberry 28:00 17 7/15 4/7 3/8 0/0 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 19
23 * Marcus Kell 26:00 18 7/13 4/6 3/7 1/1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
22 * Tidjiane Dioumassi 26:00 7 3/5 2/4 1/1 0/0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 13
7 * Adbulai Fanta Kabba 20:00 4 2/2 2/2 0/0 0/2 7 3 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 19
8 * Tahlan Pettway 19:00 6 2/8 0/2 2/6 0/0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2
3 Julien Soumaoro 21:00 12 5/8 3/3 2/5 0/0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 14
12 Sam Dada 19:00 10 5/9 5/9 0/0 0/0 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
4 Justin Johnson 15:00 9 4/9 3/6 1/3 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
21 Taye Smith 14:00 2 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8
2 C.j. Hyland 10:00 3 1/2 0/0 1/2 0/0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
17 Max Williams 01:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Drew Hollifield 01:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1
Totals 200:00 88 37/72 24/40 13/32 1/3 27 17 17 6 4 4 0 8 0 118
58

VMI

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
44 * T.j. Johnson 36:00 9 3/8 0/3 3/5 0/0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 10
0 * Cal Liston 32:00 3 1/4 0/0 1/4 0/0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
5 * A.j Clark 32:00 17 6/10 2/4 4/6 1/2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 17
30 * Ege Tan Yildizoglu 29:00 13 5/11 2/6 3/5 0/0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 12
2 * Mario Tatum 25:00 6 3/7 3/4 0/3 0/0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
14 Walker Andrews 20:00 4 1/6 1/3 0/3 2/2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Jaylen Pazon 19:00 6 2/7 2/3 0/4 2/2 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
4 William Linus Holmstrom Riddervold 03:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Mason Lawson 02:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1
Totals 198:00 58 21/53 10/23 11/30 5/6 14 4 9 4 7 0 0 5 0 49

* Players marked with * are starters.