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Western Carolinian Volume 69 Number 13

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21 WCnewsmagazine Brempong, Niandu and Woodyard graduating from Catamounts basketball team by Andy Gambill * WCnewsmagazine The loss to Georgia Southern in the first round of the Southern Conference basketball tournament wrapped up the careers of three seniors on the mens Catamount basketball team. Those seniors included Rans_ Brempong, Lunzaya Nilandu- and __ Terrence Woodyard. Brempong will leave his fingerprints all over the WCU basketball program. As a senior, Brempong destroyed the SoCons all-time blocked shots record by finishing his career with 308 blocks, compared to the second place total of 269 blocks by George Singleton of Furman. Brempong now owns the top four spots in the WCU single-season blocked shots list with 93 as a freshman, 83 as senior, 66 as a sophomore and 65 as a junior. The 68 Brempong, who only weighs 210 lbs, was coming back for his second try at a senior season. Last year, Brempong played in only one game as he broke his jaw in the opener against Georgia. Luckily, Brempong received a medical redshirt and was granted a fifth year of eligibility by the NCAA. Rans Brempong has been making noise at Western since his freshman year, though. In his freshman year, the native of Ontario, Canada, was named to the SoCon All-Freshman team after leading the Southern Conference in blocked shots with 93 and finishing 13" nationally with an average of 3.0 blocks per game. He was one of only two freshmen that year to finish in the top 15 nationally in blocks per game, joining the elite company of Eddie Griffin of Seton Hall (Griffin left after his freshmen year and was the 7" pick overall in the NBA Draft). Brempongs 93 blocked shots also shattered the WCU single-season record by 33, and was good enough for second on the SoCons single-season list. The 93 blocked shots also tied for first in the SoCons single-season blocked shots list for freshmen. Brempong also tied the single game record for blocked shots at WCU with 7 against Mercer. Brempong endured a sophomore slump in his second season at WCU, though, as his scoring, rebounding and blocked shot averages dropped. Brempong still made a major impact on the program as he was named team captain, even though the Catamounts had four seniors onthe squad. Brempong Still finished the season with 66 blocks, which was good enough for third all-time in the WCU single- season records, and 13th at the time in the SoCon record book. Brempong ended the season as the second in the Southern Conference and 31* in the nation in blocked shots with 2.4 per game. Rans also broke the all-time record for blocked shots at WCU in his second season with a four block game against Senior Rans Brempong. photo by WCU OPI Senior Lunzaya Nlandu. photo by WCU OPI Guilford. The four blocks tied previous WCU record holder Tommy Lavelle with 112 rejections. Brempong only needed 39 games for the 112 blocks while Lavelle needed 117 games. Brempong responded to the sophomore slump with an outstanding junior season. In his junior year, Rans finished with 65 blocks to lead the SoCon and to finish 20" nationally with an average of 2.5 per game. Brempong also upped his averages from 5.4 points per game, 4.8 rebounds per game and 2.4 blocks per game in his sophomore year to 7.5 points per game, 6.3 rebounds per game and 2.5 blocks per game. Brempong was named the SoCon Player of the Week on Jan. 28 after hitting two game winning shots in Westerns three games during the seven days. Perhaps the biggest accomplishment of the season for Brempong came after the game against the University of Tennessee. In the game, Brempong rejected a dunk attempt on a fast break by All-Southeastern Conference player Ron Slay; the play garnered Brempong a spot in the Top 10 plays on ESPNs SportsCenter. In his second attempt at a senior season, Brempong finished his career in style. Rans upped his scoring average once again as he finished this year with an 8.6 average. Brempong also had his second best season in blocking shots. He finished the year with 83 blocks, an average of 2.8 per game. That average was good enough for second in the Southern Conference and 13" in the nation. After starting 80 out of 116 games in his career and averaging 7.2 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game, and 2.7 blocks per game, Brempong will be sorely missed. Rans Brempong will always be remembered as a fan favorite for his aggressive style of play, unique name, and crazy hairstyle. Hopefully, he can have as much success in his pursuits outside of Western as he had while playing basketball for the Catamounts. The second senior that the Cats will see leave at the end of the year is forward Lunzaya Nlandu. Nlandu has also left a distinct mark upon the Senior Terrence Woodyard. photo by WCU OPI Catamount basketball program. While Nlandu has been a solid role player and has always given 110% while playing basketball for the Catamounts, he leaves his mark with his work ethic, sportsmanship, positive relationships, grace and dignity. Nlandu was named as one of fourteen semifinalists for the John Wooden Trophy. The trophy is presented by Athletes for a Better World. Lunzaya became a semifinalist thru his work on Africed, which means African Education. Niandu started Africed along with classmate Paul Aloo. After being a student in Africa once, Nlandu and Aloo realized the need for educational resources in Africa. They went around campus asking different departments and professors for educational resources to help build Resource Center/Libraries. Nlandu also serves as a tutor for a local elementary school and volunteers at the Community Table of Sylva. The rock solid Nlandu (67, 240 Ibs) transferred to Western after his sophomore year at Santa Fe Community College in Florida. Nlandu didnt enjoy the best of debut seasons at Western as he was sidelined the whole second half of the season with a fractured left ankle. Nlandu still finished the season with 6 starts out of 10 games and averaged 5 rebounds per game, which was good enough for second on the team. Nlandu had a much healthier senior season as he played in 29 of WCUs 30 games. Nlandu will finish his career at WCU averaging only 3.4 points per game, and 4.1 rebounds per game, but anybody who has ever seen him play knows that he contributed much more than that each game. Nlandu showed a great amount of toughness and strength each time he suited up for the Catamounts and displayed an astute level of citizenship off the court. Western will no doubt have a hard time replacing such a good ballplayer and citizen as Nlandu. The final senior that deserves mention for the Catamounts is Terrence Woodyard. The lanky Woodyard (69, 185 Ibs) came to Western from Mt. Zion High School, the same high sc>ool that produced NBA superstar Tracy McGrady. \\odyard has played in 107 out of Westerns 114 nes in the last four years. Woodyard finished |} career just 5 blocks shy of making the WCU a! .e top 10 list for blocked shots with 45 blocks. dyard never missed a game in his first three se. ons at WCU, and that durability will certainly be m ed by the Catamount basketball program.

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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