Games 6 & 7 | at High Point December 19 & 20, 2020 | 2 p.m. High Point, N.C. UNC ASHEVILLE Millis 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 (1-4) AT HIGH POINT PANTHERS (2-3) MATCHUP BULLDOG BITES 2020-21 SCHEDULE 1-4, 0-0 LAST TIME OUT Asheville came up on the losing side of a 69-60 on DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT the road at South Carolina State last Saturday. The 11/25 WESTERN CAROLINA W - 70-59 loss pushed UNC Asheville’s record to 1-4. 11/29 AT APPALACHIAN STATE L - 70-60 12/6 WOFFORD L - 76-50 NADIRIA NOTE 12/9 FLORIDA L - 70-48 12/12 AT SOUTH CAROLINA STATE L - 69-60 Despite the loss to South Carolina State, Nadiria 12/19 AT HIGH POINT* 2 PM Evans scored a career-high 28 points on 12-for-16 UNC HIGH POINT 12/20 AT HIGH POINT* 2 PM shooting from the field to pace the Bulldog of- ASHEVILLE 12/30 LONGWOOD* 2 PM fense. Evans, who is closing in on the 1,000-point 12/31 LONGWOOD* 2 PM 2020-21 Record 2020-21 Record mark, currently ranks second in the league in 1/4 AT PRESBYTERIAN* 6 PM 1-4, 0-0 Big South 2-3, 0-0 Big South scoring averaging 18.4 points per contest. 1/5 AT PRESBYTERIAN* 5 PM 1/9 HAMPTON* 2 PM Last Game Last Game CARTER COLLECTING REBOUNDS 1/10 HAMPTON* 2 PM at SC State vs. Liberty Kai Carter has been Asheville’s top rebound- 1/15 AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* 7 PM L, 69-60 L, 76-66 er lately as she leads the team averaging 7.2 1/16 AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* 5 PM Kimmel Arena High Point, N.C. rebounds per game. Furthermore, Carter has set 1/22 AT RADFORD* 5 PM new single-game highs for rebounding on three 1/23 AT RADFORD* 3 PM Head Coach Head Coach different occasions, including an 11-rebound effort 2/5 USC UPSTATE* 5 PM Honey Brown Chelsea Banbury at SC State Saturday. 2/6 USC UPSTATE* 4 PM Maryville (Tenn.) (1994) Florida Gulf Coast (2007) 2/12 AT CAMPBELL* TBA 1-4 . 1st Season 18-16 . 2nd Season BEGINNING BIG SOUTH PLAY 2/13 AT CAMPBELL* TBA Asheville High Point Even in the unique season that is the 2020-21 2/19 WINTHROP* 5 PM 1-4 Career Record 18-16 Career Record campaign, importance on conference games re- 2/20 WINTHROP* 4 PM 1st Career Season 2nd Career Season mains unchanged. Asheville has won its Big South 2/26 GARDNER-WEBB* 5 PM opener in two of the last three seasons, including 2/27 GARDNER-WEBB* 4 PM SERIES HISTORY a 54-39 win over Presbyterian last December. This weekend will serve as a new challenge for the *Big South Game All-Time Record: 16-39 Bulldogs, however, as the conference schedule will #Big South Tournament Game First Meeting: 1980-81 - HPU - 101, AVL - 58 consist of back-to-back games against the same Most Recent Meeting: 3/7/20 - HPU - 89, AVL - 62 opponent on back-to-back days in an effort to cut Streak: L1 down travel during the coronavirus pandemic. Last AVL Victory: 1/9/20 - AVL - 76, HPU - 60 Possible Starters BROADCAST INFO Play-By-Play Luke Hallett #0 #1 #2 #14 #24 NADIRIA AMARYAH TAMIAH AMANDA KAI EVANS CORPENING LEWIS BLAKE CARTER PPG 18.4 PPG 10.6 PPG 3.2 PPG 1.6 PPG 12.2 Reb. 2.4 Ast 2.0 Ast 0.6 Reb. 2.8 Reb. 7.2 Ast. 1.6 Reb. 4.4 Reb. 2.0 Blk. 0.2 Stl. 89 FG%. .557 FG% .333 FG% .261 FG% .375 FG% .339 FT% .727 FT% .667 3PT% .231 Min. 66 3FG% .344 /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 PRESEASON PREDICTION 1. Campbell (6) 112 This weekend also marks the beginning of confer- UNC Asheville was projected to finish 2. Radford (2) 107 ence play for High Point. The Panthers, who are seventh in the annual Big South Preseason 2-3 in 2020-21, have played four of their first five Poll earlier this month. It marks the third 3. High Point (3) 104 games at home. Individually, HPU is led by the time in program history, the Bulldogs have 4. Hampton 86 Big South’s leading scorer in Skyler Curran (20.6 been predicted to finish seventh, with the 5. Gardner-Webb 70 PPG). Curran isn’t the only scoring threat from the last being in 2015-16. In that instance, the Panthers though as Jenson Edwards (16.2 PPG) Bulldogs racked up 26 victories on their way 6. Longwood 66 and Jordan Edwards (13.3 PPG) are also averaging to winning the Big South Regular Season and 7. UNC Asheville 56 over 13 points thus far. Tournament Championships. 8. Presbyterian 48 SERIES REWIND VS. HIGH POINT YOUTH, YOUTH, YOUTH 9. USC Upstate 30 The series between Asheville and High Point has Bulldog fans will see plenty of new faces on 10. Charleston Southern 24 been a competitive one as of late as the two teams the court for the team this season. Asheville have split the season series in each of the past returns just five players that logged minutes 11. Winthrop 23 three seasons. HPU, which has won 39 of the 55 in Bulldog Blue last season. Evans, along all-time meetings, won the last time these two pro- with Amaryah Corpening, Tamiah Lewis, Faith grams matched up defeating the Bulldogs, 89-62. Adams, and Kai Carter, are the Bulldogs’ vs. 2020-21 OPPONENTS returners. WIN #1 DOWN Nonconference With the victory over Western Carolina in late HEY, I KNOW YOU November, Head Coach Honey Brown picked up Unlike the players, there will be some familiar Western Carolina 17-40 her first win in her first game leading the Bulldog faces coaching the Bulldogs. In addition to Appalachian State 4-15 program. She is the first Bulldog Head Coach to win Head Coach Honey Brown, who spent the Wofford 8-8 their first game since Lalon Jones began his tenure past eight seasons on the coaching staff, Florida 0-1 with an 84-76 win over Tusculum in 1989. Andre Jurko returns for his fifth season with South Carolina State 4-4 the team, and alums Paige Love (‘16) and BUILDING A WINNING CULTURE Jessica Wall (‘19) return to Asheville to coach the 2020-21 Bulldogs. Big South Conference Despite having their 2019-20 season cut short, the Bulldogs were still able to finish the campaign Presbyterian 17-12 with a winning record at 16-14. It marks the fifth STAYING HOME Hampton 0-4 straight winning season for Asheville. Radford is One of the Bulldogs’ newcomers might not Campbell 15-40 the only other Big South school that can say the be a new name to fans that follow local USC Upstate 9-5 same among current conference members that high school basketball. Asheville native have competed in the league each season since Lani Woods suited up for her hometown High Point 16-39 2015-16. school for the first time last Sunday against Radford 25-56 Wofford Woods played for North Buncombe Charleston Southern 38-34 High School in Asheville before joining the Gardner-Webb 13-21 Bulldogs. Woods is the first Asheville native to Longwood 13-7 suit up for the Bulldogs since Gentry Manley (Roberson HS) back in 2012-13. Winthrop 38-39 INSIDE THE MATCHUP AVL STAT HPU Bulldogs vs. High Point - Total (Per Game Averages) 57.6 Scoring Offense 76.2 Name GP Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. 68.8 Scoring Defense 72.0 Nadiria Evans 6 66 (11.0) 8 (1.3) 7 (1.2) 3 (.5) .374 Field Goal % .397 Amarayah Corpening 6 15 (2.5) 1 (.2) 6 (1.0) 2 (.3) .441 FG Defense % .409 Tamiah Lewis 3 3 (1.0) 2 (.7) 1 (.3) - .221 3PT Field Goal % .333 Lani Woods - - - - - .321 3PT FG Defense % .235 Maliyah Lockett - - - - - .655 Free Throw % .796 Jamia Blake - - - - - 30.6 Rebound Per Game 38.2 Raquel Cassidy - - - - - -7.0 Rebound Margin -3.4 Amanda Blake - - - - - 7.2 Assists Per Game 14.2 Summer Dilwood - - - - - 16.4 Turnovers Per Game 16.2 Faith Adams 2 5 (2.5) 4 (2.0) 3 (1.3) - 5.2 Steals Per Game 5.2 Kai Carter 2 - 4 (2.0) - - 0.8 Blocks Per Game 2.6 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.