University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
UNC Greensboro
Bulldogs Build Win Streak to Seven Straight with Thursday Victory
12.10.2015 | Women's Basketball
THE RUNDOWN
Score: Asheville 95 – UNC Greensboro 52
Teams: Asheville (7-1, 1-0 BSC)
UNC Greensboro (4-6, 0-0 SoCon)
Location: Kimmel Arena/Asheville, N.C.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville women's basketball team extended their winning streak to seven after a 43-point win over UNC Greensboro at home on Thursday night, cruising to a 95-52 victory to improve to 7-1 on the season.
THE TURNING POINT
Late in the first quarter with Asheville leading 16-11, Tianna Knuckles boosted the Bulldogs to 19-11 advantage with a deep three-pointer. Asheville never looked back and led for the remainder of the game.
NOTABLES
-The Bulldogs had four players finish with double-figures in the scoring column, with Knuckles leading the way with 15 points. K.J. Weaver notched 14 points off the bench, while Paige Love added 11 points and Chatori Major tallied 10 points to round out the Bulldog top scorers.
-Asheville's Bench proved ready tonight, contributing 49 (51%) of the Bulldogs' 95 points, with Weaver leading the way with her 14-point effort. Weaver just missed a double-double after finishing with nine rebounds.
-As a team, the Bulldogs shot 47 percent (8-of-17) from three-point range. Knuckles tallied the most threes, going 5-of-7 from long distance.
-Defensively, Asheville contained the Spartans to 52 points, their second lowest scoring game of the season. The Bulldogs pulled down 30 defensive rebounds and collected 12 steals on the night.
-The Bulldogs played strong in the paint, turning 17 offensive rebounds into 18 second chance points. After Weaver's nine rebounds, Tiffany Wilson, Paige Love and Chatori Major all grabbed five rebounds each.
-Tonight's win builds Asheville's current win streak to seven consecutive games and pushes their start to the season to 7-1, their best in program history since moving to the NCAA Division I level.
QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH BRENDA MOCK
On the Win- “Obviously very proud of another team win tonight. It was pretty obvious towards the end of the game that we still have some things to work on defensively and rebounding-wise. But, I'm really proud of our girls having three great days of prep and practice and executing that game plan tonight against a really good team.”
On Containing Mason- “We keyed in on (Lucy) Mason, we had to, she's the nation's third leading scorer. We had a game plan that we would help off of some other players, and make some other people score against us. I was pretty pleased with that until the fourth quarter, she got loose a couple of times and we didn't contest her shots.”
On Coastal- “It will be another major test for us on the road. We're opening the (Big South Conference) season with five of six games on the road, so one at a time obviously, but we are excited about that. We were already talking about it in the post-game huddle, we need to get ready for Coastal.”
UP NEXT
-Following tonight's win, the Bulldogs jump back into conference play on Monday at 7:00 p.m. when they travel to Myrtle Beach to play Coastal Carolina in their second conference game of the year.
