Game 2 | at Appalachian State November 29, 2020 | 2 p.m. Boone, N.C. UNC ASHEVILLE Holmes Convocation Center BULLDOGS BASKETBALL | 1 Big South Regular Season Title | 3 Big South Tournament Titles 2020-21 GAME NOTES | Contact: Andy Fisher Phone: (320) 583-3658 Email: [email protected] UNC ASHEVILLE BULLDOGS (1-0) at APPALACHIAN STATE MOUNTAINEERS (1-0) MATCHUP BULLDOG BITES 2020-21 SCHEDULE 1-0, 0-0 WIN NUMBER ONE For the second straight year, the Bulldogs came DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT away with a victory in their season-opener as 11/25 WESTERN CAROLINA W - 70-59 they knocked off Western Carolina, 70-59, on 11/29 AT APPALACHIAN STATE 2 PM Wednesday at Kimmel Arena. The win also marked 12/6 WOFFORD 2 PM the first for new Head Coach Honey Brown in her 12/9 FLORIDA 4 PM 12/12 AT SOUTH CAROLINA STATE TBA first game. 12/19 AT HIGH POINT* 2 PM UNC Appalachian 12/20 AT HIGH POINT* 2 PM STATS ON A SENIOR ASHEVILLE State 12/30 LONGWOOD* 2 PM Senior Nadiria Evans showed why she was named 12/31 LONGWOOD* 2 PM 2020-21 Record 2020-21 Record to the Preseason All-Big South First Team early 1/4 AT PRESBYTERIAN* 6 PM 1-0, 0-0 Big South 1-0, 0-0 Sun Belt this month with her performance against Western 1/5 AT PRESBYTERIAN* 5 PM Carolina. The Gainesville, Florida native scored a 1/9 HAMPTON* 2 PM Last Game Last Game team-high 22 points on an 8-for-14 effort from the 1/10 HAMPTON* 2 PM vs. Western Carolina vs. Charlotte floor to help lead her team to victory. It marked 1/15 AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* TBA W, 70-59 W, 74-68 the tenth time that Evans has scored 20 or more 1/16 AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* TBA Kimmel Arena Boone, N.C. points in a game during her time with the Bulldogs. 1/22 AT RADFORD* 5 PM 1/23 AT RADFORD* 3 PM Head Coach Head Coach SOPHOMORE SHOUTOUT 2/5 USC UPSTATE* 5 PM Honey Brown Angel Enderkin Another primary reason why the Bulldogs knocked 2/6 USC UPSTATE* 4 PM Maryville (Tenn.) (1994) Southern Maine (1999) off Catamounts was the play of sophomore Kai 2/12 AT CAMPBELL* TBA 1-0 . 1st Season 1-0 . 7th Season Carter. Carter scored a career-high 18 points, 2/13 AT CAMPBELL* TBA Asheville Appalachian State which included four three-pointers. Carter also 2/19 WINTHROP* 5 PM 1-0 Career Record 78-111 Career Record added five rebounds and three steals to help the 2/20 WINTHROP* 4 PM 1st Career Season 7th Career Season cause. 2/26 GARDNER-WEBB* 5 PM 2/27 GARDNER-WEBB* 4 PM SERIES HISTORY DEFENSE IS KEY In Wednesday’s win over the Catamounts, Ashe- *Big South Game All-Time Record: 4-14 ville held WCU to 59 points. This continues the #Big South Tournament Game First Meeting: 1972-73, APP-75 AVL-9 trend of defensive turning into Bulldog wins that Most Recent Meeting: 3-20-19, APP-57 AVL-55 began last season. Since the start of the 2019-20 Streak: L1 campaign, the Bulldogs are 15-3 when opponents Last AVL Victory: 12/21/17, AVL-69 APP-60 (OT) score 60 points or fewer. Possible Starters BROADCAST INFO #0 #1 #2 #24 #40 NADIRIA AMARYAH TAMIAH KAI ABIGAIL EVANS CORPENING LEWIS CARTER WILSON PPG 22.0 PPG 13.0 PPG 3.0 PPG 18.0 PPG 6.0 Reb. 3.0 Ast 6.0 Ast 1.0 Reb. 5.0 Reb. 5.0 Ast. 1.0 Reb. 4.0 Reb. 6.0 Stl. 3.0 Min. 32 FG%. .570 FG% .429 Min. 30 FG% .625 FG% .750 FT% .667 FT% .700 3PT% .333 FT% .667 FGM/A 3/4 /UNCAvlBulldogs2020-21 BULLDOGS BASKETBALL@UNCAvlWBB | @UNCAVLBULLDOGS | @uncavlwbb@UNCAVLWBB | #KEEPCLIMBINGwww.UNCABulldogs.com | #FEO IT’S WHAT YOU NOTE BULLDOG BITES MORE BULLDOG BITES 2020-21 BIG SOUTH PRESEASON POLL RK TEAM (1st-place votes) POINTS ABOUT THE OPPONENT REPLACING SOME KEY PLAYERS 1. Campbell (6) 112 Like Asheville, Appalachian State started its 2020- Like many college basketball programs, 2. Radford (2) 107 21 season with a win as it defeated Charlotte, the Bulldogs will be looking for ways to 74-68. The Mountaineers had five players score in replicate production from players no longer 3. High Point (3) 104 double figures, including Pre Stanley, who paced all with the program. Among Asheville’s losses 4. Hampton 86 scorers with 20 points. are 1,000-point scorer Sonora Dengokl and 5. Gardner-Webb 70 All-Big South Honorable Mention selec- SERIES REWIND tion Brooke Jordan-Brown, who grabbed a 6. Longwood 66 The Bulldogs and Mountaineers have matched league-leading 314 rebounds last season. 7. UNC Asheville 56 up a total of 18 times since the early 1970s. Appalachian State has won 14 of the 18 meetings, YOUTH, YOUTH, YOUTH 8. Presbyterian 48 but the two teams have split the last two. The last Bulldog fans will see plenty of new faces on 9. USC Upstate 30 game between the two programs occurred in the the court for the team this season. Asheville 10. Charleston Southern 24 opening round of the 2019 WBI Tournament, where returns just five players that logged minutes Appalachian State came away with a 57-55 win in Bulldog Blue last season. Evans, along 11. Winthrop 23 at Kimmel Arena. The Bulldogs will be looking for with Amaryah Corpening, Tamiah Lewis, their first win in Boone since the 2000-01 season Faith Adams, and Kai Carter, are the Bull- on Sunday. dogs’ returners. vs. 2020-21 OPPONENTS NOTE ON NOVEMBER HEY, I KNOW YOU Nonconference The Bulldogs will be aiming to notch their second Unlike the players, there will be some famil- straight winning November against the Mountain- iar faces coaching the Bulldogs. In addition Western Carolina 17-40 eers on Sunday. Asheville went 3-1 in the season’s to Head Coach Honey Brown, who spent the Appalachian State 4-14 first month last year and hopes to wrap up Novem- past eight seasons on the coaching staff, Wofford 8-7 ber 2020 with a record of 2-0. Andre Jurko returns for his fifth season Florida 0-0 with the team, and alums Paige Love (‘16) South Carolina State 4-3 BUILDING A WINNING CULTURE and Jessica Wall (‘19) return to Asheville to Despite having their 2019-20 season cut short, coach the 2020-21 Bulldogs. Big South Conference the Bulldogs were still able to finish the campaign with a winning record at 16-14. It marks the fifth STAYING HOME Presbyterian 17-12 straight winning season for Asheville. Radford is One of the Bulldogs’ newcomers might not Hampton 0-4 the only other Big South school that can say the be a new name to fans that follow local Campbell 15-40 same among current conference members that high school basketball. Lani Woods, a USC Upstate 9-5 have competed in the league each season since 5-10 guard, will suit up for her hometown 2015-16. school after playing for North Buncombe High Point 16-39 High School in Asheville. Woods will be the Radford 25-56 PRESEASON PREDICTION first Asheville native to suit the Bulldogs Charleston Southern 38-34 UNC Asheville was projected to finish seventh in since Gentry Manley (Roberson HS) back in Gardner-Webb 13-21 the annual Big South Preseason Poll earlier this 2012-13. Longwood 13-7 month. It marks the third time in program history, the Bulldogs have been predicted to finish seventh, Winthrop 38-39 with the last being in 2015-16. In that instance, the Bulldogs racked up 26 victories on their way to INSIDE THE MATCHUP winning the Big South Regular Season and Tourna- ment Championships. AVL STAT APP Bulldogs vs. Appalachian State - Total (Per Game Averages) 70.0 Scoring Offense 74.0 Name GP Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. 59 Scoring Defense 68.0 Nadiria Evans 2 13 (6.5) 1 (0.5) 4 (2.0) 1 (0.5) .511 Field Goal % .333 Amarayah Corpening 2 2 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 2 (1.0) - .382 FG Defense % .355 Tamiah Lewis - - - - - .313 3PT Field Goal % .290 Lani Woods - - - - - .111 3PT FG Defense % .250 Maliyah Lockett - - - - - .613 Free Throw % .680 Jamia Blake - - - - - 34.0 Rebound Per Game 51.0 Raquel Cassidy - - - - - +11.0 Rebound Margin +3.0 Amanda Blake - - - - - 9.0 Assists Per Game 13.0 Summer Dilwood - - - - - 16 Turnovers Per Game 13.0 Faith Adams - - - - - 6.0 Steals Per Game 8.0 Kai Carter - - - - - 0.0 Blocks Per Game 3.0 Abigail Wilson - - - - - 2020-21 BULLDOGS BASKETBALL | @UNCAVLBULLDOGS | @UNCAVLWBB | #KEEPCLIMBING | #FEO 2020-21 BULLDOGS ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 Nadiria Evans G 5-8 Sr. Gainesville, Fla. / Oak Hall School 1 Amaryah Corpening G 5-7 Sr. Morganton, N.C. / Freedom HS 2 Tamiah Lewis G 5-7 Sr. Atlanta, Ga. / Greater Atlanta Christian 3 Lani Woods G 5-10 Fr. Asheville, N.C. / North Buncombe HS 5 Maliyah Lockett G 5-9 R-Fr. Blythewood, S.C. / Westwood HS 11 Jamia Blake G 5-8 Fr. Rock Hill, S.C. / South Pointe HS 12 Raquel Cassidy F 5-11 So. Gainesville, Fla. / College of Central Florida 14 Amanda Blake F 6-2 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. / Ashley Ridge HS 22 Summer Dilwood G 5-9 R-Fr. Atlanta, Ga. / Tucker HS 23 Faith Adams G 5-6 So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. / Oakland HS 24 Kai Carter G 6-0 So.