University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Winthrop
Asheville defeats Winthrop for 3-0 Conference Start
12.29.2015 | Women's Basketball
THE RUNDOWN
Score: Asheville 63 – Winthrop 55
Teams: Asheville (10-2, 3-0 BSC)
Winthrop University (2-10, 1-2 BSC)
Location: Kimmel Arena/ Asheville, N.C.
Asheville, N.C. – The UNC Asheville Women's Basketball team defeated Winthrop in their first conference contest since defeating Coastal Carolina on December 14, tonight's win lifts the Bulldogs to a 3-0 Big South Conference start.
THE TURNING POINT
To start the second half, Asheville went on an 8-0 run that boosted them to an 11-point lead over Winthrop that they would protect to deliver their third straight conference win.
NOTABLES
-Asheville's offense was led by junior, Chatori Major who had a career night with 28 points, crushing her previous career high of 16 which she achieved at both ETSU and Presbyterian earlier this year. She was joined in double figures by Tianna Knuckles who contributed 12 points to the Bulldogs' eight-point win.
-The Bulldogs edged Winthrop off the glass with 44 rebounds to the Eagles 42. This is on par with Asheville's season average of 43 rebounds per game. Asheville had three players with five boards- Major, Webb and Fitzgerald.
- Asheville scored 21 of their 62 total points from behind the three-point line. As a team, they shot 50 percent, going 7-for-14. Major and Knuckles combined for six of the Bulldogs seven three-pointers.
-The Bulldogs produced 13 points off of Eagle turnovers, just besting Winthrop who delivered 12 points off of Asheville turnovers, eight of which were in the fourth quarter.
-In their eight-point win, Asheville shared the lead with Winthrop six times, while the two teams exchanged the lead seven times during the night.
QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH BRENDA MOCK KIRKPATRICK
"We were fortunate to come out with the victory tonight after playing well enough in spurts, but certainly giving ourselves plenty to work on in the future. I was pleased with our effort at the beginning of the third quarter we just didn't sustain that throughout the entire second half. We are going to continue working on playing to our standard of play every possession of the game. We will be more consistent in the future.
UP NEXT
-Following Tuesday evening's game, Asheville will go on the road to Buies Creek, North Carolina to take on Campbell University on January 2 at 1:00 p.m. in their first game of the New Year.
