University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Sunday, November 19
Clarksville, TN
3:00 PM
UNC Asheville
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79
Austin Peay
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OT 1
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UNC Asheville
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Austin Peay
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Photo by: Adrian Etheridge
UNC Asheville Picks Up Thrilling Overtime Road Win at Austin Peay
11.19.2017 | Men's Basketball
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – UNC Asheville picked up a thrilling 82-79 overtime road win at Austin Peay on Sunday, Nov. 19, at the Dunn Center.
Over the course of the first few minutes of the game the two teams would play back and forth with the game tied at 10-all with 15:01 to play in the first half after a MaCio Teague three-pointer.
An 8-0 run by Austin Peay shortly thereafter garnered the Governors an 18-10 advantage, but another Teague three-pointer ended the run and pulled the Bulldogs back to within five at 18-13 with just over 13 minutes left until the halftime break.
Austin Peay would own a 25-15 lead with a little over 10 minutes remaining in the first half of action.
The Bulldogs would be down by 11 at 27-16 with 9:01 to play, but an 11-3 run by UNC Asheville pulled them back to within three at 30-27 after an Ahmad Thomas three-pointer with 4:20 to play in half No. 1.
UNC Asheville (2-2) would hold the momentum for the rest of the first half with a Teague layup with 2:42 to play in the opening stanza giving the Bulldogs the lead at 33-32.
In total, UNC Asheville would outscore Austin Peay (1-3), 25-9, over the final just over nine minutes of the first half to take a 41-36 lead into intermission.
Teague finished the first half with 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting. He knocked down four three-pointers in the first half.
As a team, UNC Asheville shot 57.7 percent (15-of-26) in the first half. The Bulldogs were 5-of-11 (45.5 percent) as a team from beyond the arc in the first half. Austin Peay shot 38.2 percent (13-of-34) from the floor in the first half as a team.
The second half would open with the Bulldogs scoring 12 of the first 21 points the half to own a 53-45 lead after a Teague mid-range jumper with 11:50 remaining in the contest.
During a stretch where Austin Peay was held without a field goal for over four minutes the Bulldogs would extend their lead to double digits for the first time at 63-53 after a Kevin Vannatta three-pointer with 6:46 left in the game.
Austin Peay would fight its way back into the game over the ensuing minutes with the Bulldogs clinging to a 67-66 lead with 1:31 remaining.
UNC Asheville's Vannatta would make one of two free throws with 38 seconds left to give the Bulldogs a 68-66 advantage. Austin Peay's Terry Taylor would then tie things up at 68-all with six seconds to play.
Shortly thereafter, Vannatta's last-second attempt just rimmed out to send the two teams into the extra frame tied at 68-68.
Raekwon Miller would start the overtime for the Bulldogs by connecting on a three-point play to give the Bulldogs a 71-68 lead.
Austin Peay would score the next four to take a 72-71 lead, but a Thomas jumper in the paint with 3:13 left in the overtime garnered a 73-72 lead for the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs would be down 76-75 with 2:03 left, but a driving Vannatta jumper and a beautiful tip-in by Thomas had the Bulldogs leading 79-76 with 39 seconds to play in the contest.
Donovan Gilmore added one more to the Bulldog lead with 12 seconds left by making one of two free throws to give the Bulldogs an 80-76 lead. Austin Peay's Dayton Gumm then hit a three-pointer with five seconds left to pull the Governors within one at 80-79.
From there one of the best free throw shooters in the country in Teague would ice things by hitting two free throws to give the Bulldogs the thrilling three-point win.
Teague led four Bulldogs in double figures with a season-best 26 points. He also had three rebounds, two steals, one assist and one block.
Vannatta ended his efforts with 19 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals. Thomas closed out his day with 11 points, four rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal.
Gilmore just missed on his first double-double as a Bulldog in the game with 10 points and nine rebounds. He also had three blocks and one steal.
Taylor scored a game-high 29 points to go along with 10 rebounds to lead Austin Peay in its loss.
UNC Asheville closed out its win shooting 52.8 percent (28-for-53) as a team. The Bulldogs shot 46.7 percent (7-of-15) from beyond the arc.
Austin Peay was limited to 39.7 percent (29-of-73) shooting as a team. The Governors only shot 14.3 percent (2-of-14) from beyond the arc.
BULLDOG BITES
First in the Series
UNC Asheville's win over Austin Peay was its first-ever over the Governors. The meeting was only the second meeting all-time between the two with the last meeting being before today being in the 1978-79 season with the Governors picking up a 79-71 win.
First half heroics
MaCio Teague's 20 points in the first half against Austin Peay marked the second time in his career that he has scored 20 or more in the first half. Teague also had 24 points in the first half in UNC Asheville's 91-69 Big South Conference road win over Longwood on Feb. 11, 2017.
Quotable
"I thought our guys showed a little bit of resilience down the stretch. We turned the basketball over a few too many times to put ourselves in that position, but I thought we responded well in a good environment. Austin Peay played well, and we were forced to get some stops down the stretch and fortunately we came up with some good efforts on the defensive end." – Head Coach Nick McDevitt
Up Next
UNC Asheville will next return home for a battle of two of the top mid-major programs in the country with Monmouth visiting Kimmel Arena for a 7 p.m. game on Wednesday, Nov. 22. The game is UNC Asheville's final game of the 2017 NIT Season Tip-Off.
Over the course of the first few minutes of the game the two teams would play back and forth with the game tied at 10-all with 15:01 to play in the first half after a MaCio Teague three-pointer.
An 8-0 run by Austin Peay shortly thereafter garnered the Governors an 18-10 advantage, but another Teague three-pointer ended the run and pulled the Bulldogs back to within five at 18-13 with just over 13 minutes left until the halftime break.
Austin Peay would own a 25-15 lead with a little over 10 minutes remaining in the first half of action.
The Bulldogs would be down by 11 at 27-16 with 9:01 to play, but an 11-3 run by UNC Asheville pulled them back to within three at 30-27 after an Ahmad Thomas three-pointer with 4:20 to play in half No. 1.
UNC Asheville (2-2) would hold the momentum for the rest of the first half with a Teague layup with 2:42 to play in the opening stanza giving the Bulldogs the lead at 33-32.
In total, UNC Asheville would outscore Austin Peay (1-3), 25-9, over the final just over nine minutes of the first half to take a 41-36 lead into intermission.
Teague finished the first half with 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting. He knocked down four three-pointers in the first half.
As a team, UNC Asheville shot 57.7 percent (15-of-26) in the first half. The Bulldogs were 5-of-11 (45.5 percent) as a team from beyond the arc in the first half. Austin Peay shot 38.2 percent (13-of-34) from the floor in the first half as a team.
The second half would open with the Bulldogs scoring 12 of the first 21 points the half to own a 53-45 lead after a Teague mid-range jumper with 11:50 remaining in the contest.
During a stretch where Austin Peay was held without a field goal for over four minutes the Bulldogs would extend their lead to double digits for the first time at 63-53 after a Kevin Vannatta three-pointer with 6:46 left in the game.
Austin Peay would fight its way back into the game over the ensuing minutes with the Bulldogs clinging to a 67-66 lead with 1:31 remaining.
UNC Asheville's Vannatta would make one of two free throws with 38 seconds left to give the Bulldogs a 68-66 advantage. Austin Peay's Terry Taylor would then tie things up at 68-all with six seconds to play.
Shortly thereafter, Vannatta's last-second attempt just rimmed out to send the two teams into the extra frame tied at 68-68.
Raekwon Miller would start the overtime for the Bulldogs by connecting on a three-point play to give the Bulldogs a 71-68 lead.
Austin Peay would score the next four to take a 72-71 lead, but a Thomas jumper in the paint with 3:13 left in the overtime garnered a 73-72 lead for the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs would be down 76-75 with 2:03 left, but a driving Vannatta jumper and a beautiful tip-in by Thomas had the Bulldogs leading 79-76 with 39 seconds to play in the contest.
Donovan Gilmore added one more to the Bulldog lead with 12 seconds left by making one of two free throws to give the Bulldogs an 80-76 lead. Austin Peay's Dayton Gumm then hit a three-pointer with five seconds left to pull the Governors within one at 80-79.
From there one of the best free throw shooters in the country in Teague would ice things by hitting two free throws to give the Bulldogs the thrilling three-point win.
Teague led four Bulldogs in double figures with a season-best 26 points. He also had three rebounds, two steals, one assist and one block.
Vannatta ended his efforts with 19 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals. Thomas closed out his day with 11 points, four rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal.
Gilmore just missed on his first double-double as a Bulldog in the game with 10 points and nine rebounds. He also had three blocks and one steal.
Taylor scored a game-high 29 points to go along with 10 rebounds to lead Austin Peay in its loss.
UNC Asheville closed out its win shooting 52.8 percent (28-for-53) as a team. The Bulldogs shot 46.7 percent (7-of-15) from beyond the arc.
Austin Peay was limited to 39.7 percent (29-of-73) shooting as a team. The Governors only shot 14.3 percent (2-of-14) from beyond the arc.
BULLDOG BITES
First in the Series
UNC Asheville's win over Austin Peay was its first-ever over the Governors. The meeting was only the second meeting all-time between the two with the last meeting being before today being in the 1978-79 season with the Governors picking up a 79-71 win.
First half heroics
MaCio Teague's 20 points in the first half against Austin Peay marked the second time in his career that he has scored 20 or more in the first half. Teague also had 24 points in the first half in UNC Asheville's 91-69 Big South Conference road win over Longwood on Feb. 11, 2017.
Quotable
"I thought our guys showed a little bit of resilience down the stretch. We turned the basketball over a few too many times to put ourselves in that position, but I thought we responded well in a good environment. Austin Peay played well, and we were forced to get some stops down the stretch and fortunately we came up with some good efforts on the defensive end." – Head Coach Nick McDevitt
Up Next
UNC Asheville will next return home for a battle of two of the top mid-major programs in the country with Monmouth visiting Kimmel Arena for a 7 p.m. game on Wednesday, Nov. 22. The game is UNC Asheville's final game of the 2017 NIT Season Tip-Off.
Team Stats
AVL
APSU
FG%
.528
.397
3FG%
.467
.143
FT%
.679
.704
RB
38
37
TO
21
11
STL
6
12
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
26
FGM
9
3FGM
4
FTM
4
Pts
19
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
6
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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