University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Men's Basketball Will Face High Point in Quarterfinals Tuesday Night
02.27.2010 | Men's Basketball
ASHEVILLE. N.C. - The UNC Asheville men's basketball team will take on High Point in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Basketball Championship at Justice Center Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
Tickets are on sale for Tuesday's game and can be purchased on-line at www.uncabulldogs.com. They can be also purchased at the Justice Center Ticket Office on Monday starting at 10 a.m. For ticket information, call 828-251-6904.
Asheville clinched the fourth seed early Saturday night with a thrilling 89-86 victory over Gardner-Webb. The Bulldogs (14-15, 11-7 BSC) are the fourth seed for the second straight year and their 11 conference wins tie a school record for most league wins in a season.
Asheville and High Point split this year. The Panthers edged the Bulldogs back on Jan. 4 at High Point, 66-62. Asheville downed High Point on Jan. 28, 83-69 at Justice Center.
This will be the fourth time the teams have played in Big South Conference Tournament, and Asheville is looking to get its first win over the Panthers in league tournament play. High Point defeated Asheville in the quarterfinals of the 2002 and 2005 BSC Tournaments and then downed the Dogs in the semifinals in 2004.
Below is the schedule for next week's Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Men's Basketball Championship.
Following the four quarterfinal games on Tuesday, the 2010 Advance Auto Parts Men's Basketball Championship will continue with the Semifinals on Thursday, March 4 at Kimbel Arena on the campus of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C. Both games will air live on ESPNU, and the Championship game will be contested at the home site of the highest remaining seed on Saturday, March 6 live on ESPN2 at 4:00pm. The Big South's Tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. The Conference Championship schedule is as follows:
Quarterfinals - Tuesday, March 2 (at top four seeds)
Game 1: No. 2 Radford hosts No. 7 Charleston Southern, 7:00pm ET (at Dedmon Center), Live Video: Big South Network
Game 2: No. 3 Winthrop hosts No. 6 Liberty, 7:00pm ET (at Winthrop Coliseum), Live Video: Big South Network
Game 3: No. 1 Coastal Carolina hosts No. 8 VMI, 7:00pm ET (at Kimbel Arena), Live Video: Big South Network
Game 4: No. 4 UNC Asheville hosts No. 5 High Point, 7:00pm ET (at Justice Center), Live Video: Big South Network
Semifinals - Thursday, March 4 (at Kimbel Arena, Conway, S.C.)
Game 5: Semifinals - No. 2/No. 7 winner vs. No. 3/No. 6 winner, 6:00pm ET; TV: ESPNU
Game 6: Semifinals - No. 1/No. 8 winner vs. No. 4/No. 5 winner, 8:00pm ET; TV: ESPNU
Championship - Saturday, March 6 (at highest remaining seed)
Game 7: Championship - Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4:00pm ET; TV: ESPN2
