University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Tuesday, February 22
Conway, S.C.
7 p.m.
UNC Asheville
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at
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Coastal Carolina
Dickey?s Last Second Trey Leads Asheville Over Coastal Carolina
02.22.2011 | Men's Basketball
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- With 2.8 seconds remaining in the game and Coastal Carolina inbounding the ball from UNC Asheville's baseline, junior guard Matt Dickey intercepted the inbounds pass and hit a 27 foot three-pointer to lift the Bulldogs over the Chanticleers, 61-58, in Big South Conference action at Kimbel Arena.
In a game that featured eight ties and eight lead changes, the Bulldogs had possession of the ball with the score tied at 58 and 22 seconds on the clock. Asheville ran the clock down to six seconds before Dickey attempted a three-pointer that would have given the Bulldogs the lead.
The shot went off the side of the rim and was rebounded by Coastal who quickly called a timeout. Coming out of that timeout, the Bulldogs were running a full-court press on the inbounds play when Dickey made the steal, dribbled forward a couple of steps and then sent up the game-winning shot. The pass was tipped by Jaron Lane.
With the win, Asheville improves to 14-13 overall and 9-7 in the Big South. The Bulldogs also remain firmly in third place in the league standings and control their own destiny to remain that No. 3 seed heading into the Big South Tournament beginning next week.
“To come back after two disappointing losses against Charleston Southern and Northeastern last week and win on the road in a hostile environment says a lot about our guys,” said Asheville head coach Eddie Biedenbach. “In the second half, we were playing good enough to win, but we had a couple of breaks go against us. However, we played some great defense down the stretch and made some big stops when we had to have them.”
The Chanticleers fall for only the second time in conference play, as they move to 25-4 overall and 15-2 in the Big South. It was also the second conference home loss in as many games, with Gardner-Webb upsetting Coastal at the Kimbel Arena last week.
Jaron Lane led all players with 16 points, including a four-minute stretch in the second half where he scored 13 of Asheville's 15 points. Dickey finished the night with 13 points, while J.P. Primm and Chris Stephenson each contributed 10 to the Bulldogs' total.
Anthony Raffa led the Chants with 15 points, while senior Chad Gray finished the night with 14. Gray was honored before the game as a part of senior night at Kimbel Arena as the forward was playing in his last regular season game in front of the Coastal faithful.
All in all Asheville forced 17 turnovers by the Chanticleers, while committing only 10 as a team. The Blue & White scored 18 points off of those turnovers, with the Chants only scoring five off of Asheville miscues. Coastal did outscore Asheville 34-22 in the paint but the Bulldogs converted seven treys to just two for the Chants.
Asheville will be at home the rest of the regular season as the Bulldogs will host league foe High Point on Thursday evening at home at 7 p.m. and then will close out the regular season with Radford on Saturday at the Justice Center starting at 2 p.m. The game against the Highlanders will be the last regular season game ever played at the Justice Center.
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