Games 8 & 9 | vs Longwood December 30 & 31, 2020 | 2 p.m. Asheville, N.C. UNC ASHEVILLE Kimmel Arena 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] LONGWOOD LANCERS (3-4, 2-0 BIG SOUTH) AT UNC ASHEVILLE BULLDOGS (2-5, 1-1 BIG SOUTH) MATCHUP BULLDOG BITES 2020-21 SCHEDULE 2-5, 1-1 LAST TIME OUT The Bulldogs fell on the road at High Point in their DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT last time out, 77-63. The loss pushed Asheville’s 11/25 WESTERN CAROLINA W - 70-59 record to 2-5 overall and 1-1 in league action. 11/29 AT APPALACHIAN STATE L - 70-60 12/6 WOFFORD L - 76-50 1,000 POINT WATCH 12/9 FLORIDA L - 70-48 12/12 AT SOUTH CAROLINA STATE L - 69-60 Senior Nadiria Evans is on the doorstep of joining 12/19 AT HIGH POINT* W - 63-54 an exclusive club in UNC Asheville women’s UNC LONGWOOD 12/20 AT HIGH POINT* L - 77-63 basketball history. Evans, who is averaging a ASHEVILLE 12/30 LONGWOOD* 2 PM league-best 20.3 points per game, needs just two 12/31 LONGWOOD* 2 PM 2020-21 Record 2020-21 Record more points to become the 22nd player in program 1/4 AT PRESBYTERIAN* 6 PM 2-5, 1-1 Big South 3-4, 2-0 Big South history to reach this milestone. 1/5 AT PRESBYTERIAN* 5 PM 1/9 HAMPTON* 2 PM Last Game Last Game DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE 1/10 HAMPTON* 2 PM at High Point vs. Howard The Bulldogs notched their first conference victory 1/15 AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* 7 PM L, 77-63 W, 89-78 of the season on December 19 at High Point, 1/16 AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* 5 PM High Point, N.C. Farmville, Va. defeating the Panthers 63-54. The low point total 1/22 AT RADFORD* 5 PM against High Point continues a trend for Asheville 1/23 AT RADFORD* 3 PM Head Coach Head Coach when it comes to defense. Since the start of last 2/5 USC UPSTATE* 5 PM Honey Brown Rebecca Tillett season, the Bulldogs are 16-3 when holding their 2/6 USC UPSTATE* 4 PM Maryville (Tenn.) (1994) William & Mary (1999) opponents to 60 points or fewer. 2/12 AT CAMPBELL* 5 PM 2-5 . 1st Season 18-49 . 3rd Season 2/13 AT CAMPBELL* 3 PM Asheville Longwood 30 POINT GAME 2/19 WINTHROP* 5 PM 2-5 Career Record 18-49 Career Record Another big key in the Bulldogs win over High Point 2/20 WINTHROP* 4 PM 1st Career Season 3rd Career Season was the play of Evans in that contest. The senior 2/26 GARDNER-WEBB* 5 PM from Gainesville, Florida, netted a career-high 34 2/27 GARDNER-WEBB* 4 PM SERIES HISTORY points, including a 14-for-15 effort from the free throw line in the victory. The 34-point outburst is *Big South Game All-Time Record: 13-7 the most of any Big South player this season and #Big South Tournament Game First Meeting: 2004-05 - AVL - 66, LWU - 50 the first 30-point performance by a Bulldog since Most Recent Meeting: 2/4/20 - LWU - 54, AVL - 51 Sonora Dengokl scored 36 points on January 15, Streak: L2 2019, against USC Upstate. Last AVL Victory: 2/19/19 - AVL - 68, LWU - 57 Possible Starters BROADCAST INFO Play-By-Play Matt Stradley Color Commentary Phil Marcello #0 #1 #14 #23 #24 NADIRIA AMARYAH AMANDA FAITH KAI EVANS CORPENING BLAKE ADAMS CARTER Play-By-Play Mike Gore PPG 20.3 PPG 9.4 PPG 2.3 PPG 3.7 PPG 13.0 Reb. 3.0 Ast 1.9 Reb. 4.0 Reb. 2.1 Reb. 7.9 Ast. 2.4 Reb. 4.4 Blk. 0.3 Ast. 1.3 Stl. 1.1 FG%. .562 FG% .280 FG% .467 MPG 22.4 FG% .341 FT% .750 FT% .700 MPG 13.3 FT% .833 3FG% .295 /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 BIG SOUTH SUCCESS AT HOME BUILDING A WINNING CULTURE 1. Campbell (6) 112 Wednesday and Thursday will be the first Big South Despite having their 2019-20 season cut 2. Radford (2) 107 games for the Bulldogs at home this season. Ashe- short, the Bulldogs were still able to finish the ville has built up a stellar home-court advantage campaign with a winning record at 16-14. It 3. High Point (3) 104 against its conference foes recently. Since the start marks the fifth straight winning season for 4. Hampton 86 of the 2017-18 season, the Bulldogs have won 64 Asheville. Radford is the only other Big South 5. Gardner-Webb 70 percent of their games at home against league op- school that can say the same among current ponents, and they have finished with a .500 record conference members that have competed in 6. Longwood 66 or better in each season. the league each season since 2015-16. 7. UNC Asheville 56 ABOUT THE OPPONENT PRESEASON PREDICTION 8. Presbyterian 48 Longwood will bring a three-game winning streak UNC Asheville was projected to finish 9. USC Upstate 30 into Kimmel Arena on Wednesday. During this seventh in the annual Big South Preseason 10. Charleston Southern 24 stretch, the Lancers have knocked off Radford Poll earlier this month. It marks the third twice (91-60, 84-55) and Howard (89-78). Long- time in program history, the Bulldogs have 11. Winthrop 23 wood enters its matchup with the Bulldogs as one been predicted to finish seventh, with the of just two teams in the Big South to still have an last being in 2015-16. In that instance, the undefeated record in conference play (2-0) with Bulldogs racked up 26 victories on their way vs. 2020-21 OPPONENTS Charleston Southern (2-0) being the other. Sitting to winning the Big South Regular Season and at a 3-4 record overall, the Lancers lead the Big Tournament Championships. Nonconference South in scoring offense (76.3 PPG) and blocks (5.3 BPG). HEY, I KNOW YOU Western Carolina 17-40 Unlike the players, there will be some familiar Appalachian State 4-15 SERIES REWIND VS. LONGWOOD faces coaching the Bulldogs. In addition to Wofford 8-8 The series history between the Bulldogs and Head Coach Honey Brown, who spent the Florida 0-1 Lancers is relatively small compared to others past eight seasons on the coaching staff, South Carolina State 4-4 within the conference. Asheville has won 13 of the Andre Jurko returns for his fifth season with 20 meetings, including the first matchup back in the team, and alums Paige Love (‘16) and Jessica Wall (‘19) return to Asheville to coach Big South Conference the 2004-05 season. However, Longwood won both games between the two programs last season by the 2020-21 Bulldogs. High Point 17-40 scores of 73-56 and 54-51. Longwood 13-7 STAYING HOME Presbyterian 17-12 WIN #1 DOWN One of the Bulldogs’ newcomers might not Hampton 0-4 With the victory over Western Carolina in late be a new name to fans that follow local November, Head Coach Honey Brown picked up high school basketball. Asheville native Charleston Southern 38-34 her first win in her first game leading the Bulldog Lani Woods suited up for her hometown Radford 25-56 program. She is the first Bulldog Head Coach to win school for the first time last Sunday against USC Upstate 9-5 their first game since Lalon Jones began his tenure Wofford Woods played for North Buncombe Campbell 15-40 with an 84-76 win over Tusculum in 1989. High School in Asheville before joining the Winthrop 38-39 Bulldogs. Woods is the first Asheville native to suit up for the Bulldogs since Gentry Manley Gardner-Webb 13-21 (Roberson HS) back in 2012-13. INSIDE THE MATCHUP AVL STAT LWU Bulldogs vs. Longwood - Total (Per Game Averages) 59.1 Scoring Offense 76.9 Name GP Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. 67.8 Scoring Defense 76.3 Nadiria Evans 6 46 (7.7) 14 (2.3) 14 (2.3)10 (1.6) .368 Field Goal % .384 Amarayah Corpening 5 25 (5.0) 4 (0.8) 8 (1.6) 5 (1.) .411 FG Defense % .427 Tamiah Lewis 4 11 (2.8) 4 (1.0) 2 (0.5) - .231 3PT Field Goal % .254 Lani Woods - - - - - .294 3PT FG Defense % .290 Maliyah Lockett - - - - - .708 Free Throw % .808 Jamia Blake - - - - - 34.7 Rebound Per Game 41.9 Raquel Cassidy - - - - - -2.6 Rebound Margin -3.5 Amanda Blake - - - - - 7.6 Assists Per Game 11.3 Summer Dilwood - - - - - 16.1 Turnovers Per Game 14.6 Faith Adams 2 - 2 (1.0) - - 5.3 Steals Per Game 8.9 Kai Carter 2 2 (1.0) 2 (1.0) - 2 (1.0) 0.9 Blocks Per Game 5.3 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.