By Brenda June Temple

12/30/2023

Cullowhee, N.C. – Western Carolina saw two players eclipse career-scoring milestones on Saturday evening as the Catamounts extended their seasonal winning streak to five straight games with their ninth-consecutive home victory on Ingles Court at the Ramsey Center with a 90-62 victory over Division II King University to conclude the nonconference portion of the schedule.

Seniors Vonterius Woolbright and Tre Jackson both crested the 20-point mark in the team’s 11th out-of-conference victory to eclipse the 1,000-career point plateau as NCAA Division I student-athletes in the winning effort. Woolbright secured his NCAA-leading 10th double-double of the season with a game-high 23 points and 10 rebounds while classmate Tre Jackson scored 20 points including four 3-pointers and a trio of thefts on his stat line.

Woolbright needed just seven points to hit the career milestone which he did at the 13:34 mark of the first half on a jumper in the lane. The Albany, Ga., product has scored all 1,016 of his D-I points in the Purple & Gold over the past three years. Jackson transferred to WCU from Iowa State with 317 points over three seasons playing for the Cyclones and was a mere 19 points shy entering Saturday. On the cusp with 999 points late in the going, Jackson drained a jumper just outside the painted lane at the 2:09 mark of the second half to surpass 1,000.

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