University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Bulldogs to Battle Charleston Southern on Tuesday in Big South Tourney Game
02.26.2011 | Men's Basketball
The Bulldogs (16-13, 11-7 BSC) have won three games in a row after downing Radford on Saturday, 81-58 at Justice Center. Asheville and Charleston Southern played two close games during the regular season with the home team winning each time. The Bulldogs downed CSU on Jan. 22, 77-69 as Jaron Lane scored six late points to seal the victory. The Buccaneers evened the score when they rallied past Asheville, 79-70 on Feb. 15 at the CSU Fieldhouse behind 31 points from Jamarco Warren. The Bulldogs led 39-29 at halftime but the Bucs rallied to out-score the Bulldogs 50-31 in the second half.
This will be just the fourth meeting between the teams in Big South Tournament history with Charleston Southern holding a 2-1 advantage. Asheville did win the last meeting in the quarterfinals of the 2008 tournament at Justice Center, 87-63.
Tickets are on sale on-line and can be purchased at www.uncabulldogs.com. Fans can purchase tickets at the Bulldog Ticket Office starting on Monday at 10 a.m. For more information, you can call the ticket office at 828-251-6904
Big South Conference Pairings
Quarterfinals - Tuesday, March 1 (at top four seeds) - all games available on Big South Network
Game 1: No. 2 Liberty hosts No. 7 High Point, 7:00pm ET (at Vines Center) | TV: Flames Sports Network, ESPN Full Court
Game 2: No. 3 UNC Asheville hosts No. 6 Charleston Southern, 7:00pm ET (at Justice Center)
Game 3: No. 1 Coastal Carolina hosts No. 8 Gardner-Webb, 7:00pm ET (at Kimbel Arena) | TV: HTC TV
Game 4: No. 4 VMI hosts No. 5 Winthrop, 7:00pm ET (at Cameron Hall)
Semifinals - Thursday, March 3 (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 5 (at highest remaining seed)
Game 7: Championship - Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4:00pm ET; TV: ESPN2
