University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
High Point
Men's Basketball Downs High Point 74-58
01.16.2008 | Men's Basketball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. ? Bryan Smithson scored 27 points and delivered seven assists to lead UNC Asheville to a 74-58 Big South Conference victory over visiting High Point before a sell-out crowd of 1,135 at Justice Center Wednesday night.
The Bulldogs improved to 13-4 overall and 2-0 in the Big South Conference. Asheville is 2-0 in league play for the first time since the 2002-03 season. The Panthers dropped to 8-7 overall and 1-1 in the league.
Vincent James finished with 13 points, while Kenny George added 12 points and three blocked shots.
“I'm really pleased to get this victory against a very good
The Panthers led 31-27 at halftime and took a 33-27 lead early in the second half before the Bulldogs went on a 15-2 run to roar to a 44-35 lead.
Smithson was 8-of-12 from the field, 3-of-3 from beyond the race and a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line. He had seven assists and four steals. The senior guard scored 25 of his 27 points in the second half.
In the first half,
UNC Asheville travels to VMI Saturday afternoon for a
NOTES ? The Bulldogs have won 17 of their last 22 games dating back to last season...Asheville has shot at or better than 50 percent in 12 of its 17 games this year...K.J. Garland moved into 18th place on the career scoring list and now has 1, 175 points...Garland has 426 career assists and needs just five to pass Josh Kohn (430) into second place on Asheville's career list...Smithson is averaging 27.7 points in his last three games...the Bulldogs have out-rebounded seven of their last eight opponents.
