University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Men's Hoops Preparing for ESPNU Showdown with Coastal Carolina on Thursday
01.20.2015 | Men's Basketball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville men's basketball team returns to Kimmel Arena on Thursday night for a Big South showdown with first-place Coastal Carolina at Kimmel Arena starting at 7 p.m. in a game that will be televised nationally by ESPNU.
Tickets are going fast for this contest that features the two teams that have won three of the last four Big South Conference championships. The Bulldogs won in 2011 and 2012 with CCU winning last year's crown. Fans can get tickets at uncabulldogs.com/tickets or by calling 828-258-7900.
The first 2000 fans coming to Thursday's game will get a blue UNC Asheville T-shirt, courtesy of Ingles. Bulldog students are encouraged to come as one lucky student will receive a free stay in Myrtle Beach this spring.
The Bulldogs are 8-9 on the season but 4-2 in Big South Conference play. Asheville is in the middle of a tough stretch that will see it play the two tops teams in the league in a three-day span. The Bulldogs face the Chanticleers on Thursday and then turn around and go to High Point on Saturday night as the Panthers are tied with CCU for first place in the league.
Coastal Carolina, under the direction of veteran head coach Cliff Ellis, has a 14-4 overall record and is 5-1 in league play.
Sophomore guard Andrew Rowsey of Asheville has a chance to make history on Thursday as he needs just 17 points to become the first sophomore in school history to reach 1,000 career points. He scored 34 points at CSU Monday night and now has 973 points entering Thursday's contest.
