University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Bulldogs Host Charleston Southern Monday Night
01.08.2012 | Women's Basketball
Asheville (6-9, 1-2 BSC) is coming off a great performance on Saturday when the Bulldogs downed Coastal Carolina 69-60 at Kimmel. Betsy Blose's team trailed by 11 points in the first half but Asheville held the Chanticleers scoreless for nearly seven minutes in the second half and won going away. Lindsey Thompson led the Blue & White with 18 points and eight assists. Freshman forward Leah Wormack had 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Charleston Southern brings a four-game winning streak to Asheville on Monday. The Lady Bucs have been a bit of a surprise in the Big South this season and are 3-0 in league play after a 63-53 win at Gardner-Webb on Saturday. CSU owns impressive non-conference victories over Clemson, College of Charleston and Furman this year.
The Lady Bucs have also controlled the series as of late against Asheville. CSU has won four straight in the series, including 85-74 and 98-79 wins last season.
"Charleston Southern is a well-coached team that is playing some very good basketball right now," stated Asheville coach Betsy Blose. "We had a great win on Saturday against Coastal Carolina but we have to be ready to play Monday night."
BULLDOG NOTES
Asheville allowed just 60 points against Coastal Carolina and that was season-low for a Bulldog opponent this year.
Lindsey Thompson's eight assists on Saturday was a new career high.
The Bulldogs are 5-2 at Kimmel Arena this season and won three straight home games.
Grace Blaylock has 25 field goals this season with 24 being three-pointers.
Shonese Jones collected a career-high 11 rebounds on Saturday.
Kelli Riles has 597 career rebounds. She moved into ninth place on Saturday for Asheville's career rebounding list.
Lindsey Thompson has 180 career three-pointers. She is the program's all-time leader and needs 20 to reach 200, making her the eighth person in Big South history to reach that number.
Bulldog head coach Betsy Blose is seventh all-time in the Big South with 123 career wins.
