University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Women's Basketball Hosts Brevard Monday Night at Justice Center
11.28.2010 | Women's Basketball
Asheville (3-1) has won its last two games and posted an impressive 95-76 victory over USC Upstate Tuesday night at Justice Center. Junior guard Lindsey Thompson tallied a career-high 26 points in the victory.
"We really raised the tempo in the game and took them out of what they wanted to do," said Asheville head coach Betsy Blose. "We got contributions from so many people. Lindsey Thompson is getting better and better each week and all of the kids are starting to buy into our style of play."
Brevard (3-4) has won three of its last four games as the Tornados knocked off Lees-McRae on Saturday, 71-56.
"We know Brevard will bring a scrappy and determined team to Justice Center on Monday night," commented Blose. "We've had a nice break but now it's time for us to play. We want to keep playing well and earning some wins."
Asheville is being led by Thompson this year. She leads the Bulldogs and the Big South in scoring with a 21.0 scoring average. Senior guard Kendall Shepard is next with a 19.0 average. Sophomore forward Kelli Riles leads Asheville and the Big South in rebounding with an 11.0 per game mark. She's also averaging 10.3 points per game.
Brevard is led in scoring this year by sophomore guard Micheala Watkins with a 12.3 average. Candice Fritz, who played for the Bulldogs in the first part of the year last season, is averaging 10.6 points last season.
BULLDOG NOTES
UNC Asheville is looking to go 4-1 for the first time since the 2003-04 season.
The Bulldogs lead the Big South Conference in field goal percentage at 43.2 percent.
Asheville is second in the Big South in scoring (77.5) and three-point field goals made (7.3).
This is the first meeting ever between Brevard and UNC Asheville.
Brevard was once coached by Tammy George, who was an assistant at UNC Asheville for Betsy Blose in her first year with the Bulldogs in the 2002-03 season. George left for Brevard after one season in Asheville. She is now the head coach at USC Upstate.
