University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Tianna Knuckles Named BCBSNC Athlete of the Week
12.15.2014 | Women's Basketball
Sophomore women's basketball player Tianna Knuckles is this week's Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Athlete of the Week at UNC Asheville.
Each week the school selects a BCBSNC Athlete of the Week upon their performance from the previous week's action.
Tianna scored 16 points at Furman on Wednesday as the Bulldogs battled SoCon leader Furman tough before falling 81-71. She then scored all 14 of her points in the second half of Asheville's 60-44 Big South Conference win vs. Longwood Sunday afternoon. The win over the Lancers pushed the Bulldogs record to 2-0 in Big South Conference play for the first in eight seasons
For the week, Tianna went 10-of-13 from the field and 5-of-6 from the three-point line. She also collected five rebounds in each game.
Tianna and the Bulldogs are back in action this Wednesday morning at 11:30 a.m. when they host Western Carolina at Kimmel Arena for Education Day.
