University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Asheville Women Return Home to Face Carson-Newman on Wednesday
01.06.2009 | Women's Basketball
ASHEVILLE, N.C.?UNC Asheville's women's basketball team, coming off its first road victory of the season on Monday, retunrs to action on Wednesday night as it hosts Carson-Newman in a 7 p.m. game at the Justice Center. The game will be video streamed on the Big South Edge.
UNC Asheville (4-10) has played its last six games on the road but returns home hoping to win back-to-back games for the first time this season. Freshman Lindsey Thompson had an outstanding road trip as she was in double-figures in all five games on the trip. Thompson shot 19-for-38 from three-point range and hit a season-high five three-pointers at Charleston Southern on Monday. She led all Bulldogs with 18 points giving her career-highs in points in consecutive games.
Chioma Okoli has been leading the Dogs in scoring all season at 11.6 points per game. She had 17 points in the win on Monday. Ana Baker moved into second place on Asheville's division I assists and steals lists. She needs eight more assists to reach the school record. Baker has scored at least 10 points in each of the last three games.
Carson-Newman comes into the contest with a 9-3 record after dropping falling 69-61 to Newberry on Saturday. Ashley Kyle leads the Eagles averaging 14.6 points per game. Shari Buford averages 12.2 points and Mandy Mendenhall is scoring 11.2 points per game. The Eagles recently dropped out of the WBCA Division II top 25 but still received nine votes in the poll. Carson-Newman is 6-0 at home but just 1-2 on the road so far this season.
Carson-Newman leads the all-time series 3-0 against UNC Asheville although none of the players that will play had been born the last time these two schools played in 1982. The series ran from 1980-82 with the Eagles winning all three games by an average of 8.6 points. Both teams were members of the NAIA at that time.
