University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Radford
Bulldogs Roll Past Radford, 70-50
12.02.2010 | Men's Basketball
Asheville (3-4, 1-0 BSC) is now 14-1 in Big South Conference openers under Eddie Biedenbach.
The Bulldogs were led by D.J. Cunningham with 16 points and eight rebounds. Matt Dickey added 14 points and six assists. J.P. Primm finished with 14 points and seven rebounds.
"It's always good to win on the road and this was a workmanlike victory," commented Asheville coach Eddie Biedenbach. "We did what we had to do to win. I thought our zone defense was very effective in the second half. To hold a team to 50 points in the Big South, you have to play good defense.
"D.J. Cunningham had a strong game and he got us going on offense early and then he did a nice job on the boards in the second half," added Biedenbach. "I'm really proud of our guys to bounce back after a tough loss at USC Upstate on Monday.
Radford was led by Gorkem Sonmez with 17 points. He went 5-of-6 from the three-point line, including four treys in the opening half. He fouled out with nine minutes remaining.
The Bulldogs opened the second half on a 21-7 spurt, capped off by a Dickey four-point play, which stretched the margin to 49-34, with 11:39 left. Asheville built the lead to many as 22 points in the second half before settling for the 20-point win.
The 20-point margin was the second biggest on the road for the Bulldogs in Big South Conference play.
Asheville led throughout the first half as the Bulldogs shot 54 percent (12-of-22) from the field. Dickey scored 10 points in the opening half. Asheville went on a 9-0 run midway through the half to grab a 19-10 lead. The Bulldogs got points from four different players during the run.
But Radford refused to go away. Sonmez connected on four 3-pointers and scored 14 points in the opening half to keep the Highlanders close. Radford was within three points late in the half but Lane scored four points for Asheville to end the half as the Bulldogs led 34-27 at halftime.
Asheville limited Radford to just 28 percent (14-of-50) shooting from the field. The Highlanders were 8-of-15 from the three-point line but just 6-of-35 inside the arc.
The Bulldogs finish their five-game road trip at Big South foe High Point Saturday night starting at 7 p.m. Asheville next home game will be with Montreat on Saturday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m.
BULLDOG NOTES
UNC Asheville led at halftime (34-27) for just the second time this year and first time on the road.
J.P Primm and Matt Dickey scored in double figures for the seventh straight game.
Asheville shot a season-high 39 free throws.
The Bulldogs had 10 steals in the game and have been in double figures for steals in six games this season.
