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Asheville Derails Presbyterian to Stay Atop Conference Standings
01.26.2016 | Women's Basketball
THE RUNDOWN
Score: Asheville 68 – Presbyterian 59
Teams: Asheville (15-4, 8-2 BSC)
Presbyterian College (11-8, 7-3 BSC)
Location: Kimmel Arena/ Asheville, N.C.
ASHEVILLE – The UNC Asheville Women's Basketball team defeated Presbyterian College in front of a home crowd to pick up their eighth conference win and remain in contention for first place in the Big South Conference.
THE TURNING POINT
Asheville came out strong and took the lead with 2:41 left to play in the first quarter. The Bulldogs would maintain that early lead for the remainder of the game, building it to as many as 16 points in the second quarter. Asheville held on to finish the contest with a nine point advantage.
NOTABLES
-Asheville's win tonight lifts them to an 8-2 mark in Big South Conference play. The Bulldogs are joined by Liberty University who also picked up their eighth conference win over Gardner-Webb University tonight. Asheville has four conference games on the schedule before they face the Flames at home in Kimmel Arena on February 13.
-The Bulldogs' offense was led by Chatori Major with 20 points. This is the third time this season that Major has scored 20 points or more. Also in double figures for Asheville tonight was Bree Fitzgerald with 13 points, and Khaila Webb with 12 points.
-Asheville came out on top in a close battle of the boards. The Bulldogs pulled down 39 team rebounds to Presbyterian's 38. Asheville collected 26 boards off of the defensive glass and picked up 13 offensive rebounds that created 12 second chance points. Freshman, Sonora Dengokl led the Bulldogs in boards with nine.
- Tonight's win puts Asheville at 4-4 in the series with Presbyterian over the past four years. It also marks the first time for Coach Kirkpatrick and her staff that the Bulldogs have swept the Blue Hose in the regular season.
QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH BRENDA MOCK KIRKPATRICK
“I am proud of the girls' overall effort tonight. It wasn't perfect, but it was solid and collectively we covered each other's mistakes. Presbyterian is a great team and we knew how hard we would need to work to beat them as well as they had been playing coming into this game.”
UP NEXT
-Following tonight's win, Asheville will go on the road to Virginia to face Radford University for the first time this season on Saturday Jan 30 at 2:00 p.m.
