Now That He’s Proposed, What Will Coach Do If Catamounts Win It All?
How excited was Western Carolina Coach Phil Hopkins about the Catamounts’ 69-60 Southern Conference, title-clinching victory over Davidson on Sunday?
Excited enough to propose marriage to his girlfriend, Bronda Dedmon, after receiving the trophy. Dedmon nodded yes from among a crowd of Western Carolina fans.
The game was nowhere near that easy for Hopkins.
The Catamounts squandered a 17-point second-half lead but rallied to end a 19-game unbeaten streak by Davidson (25-4) and earn Western Carolina its first title in school history.
The Catamounts (17-12) will make their initial trip to the NCAA tournament after 20 years of Division I basketball.
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