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University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Wednesday, November 21
Asheville, NC
4:30 PM
UNC Asheville
vs
Davidson
Photo by: Adrian Etheridge
UNC Asheville Continues Home Stretch on Wednesday Versus Davidson
11.20.2018 | Women's Basketball
Game Notes
2018-19 UNC Asheville Women's Basketball Media Guide
THE MATCHUP
Teams: UNC Asheville (1-2, 0-0 Big South)
Davidson (2-2, 0-0 Atlantic 10)
Location: Asheville, N.C. (Kimmel Arena)
Date/Time: Wednesday, Nov. 21 / 4:30 p.m.
Live Stream: BSN on ESPN+
Radio: Can be heard on local radio (100.3 FM) or online HERE – Mike Gore (PBP)
Live Stats: uncabulldogs.com
Twitter: @UNCAvlWBB #ThePursuit
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – In the midst of a three-game home stretch, the UNC Asheville women's basketball team will host Davidson on Wednesday, Nov. 21 inside Kimmel Arena.
Tipoff is set for 4:30 p.m. and will be streamed on BSN on ESPN+.
BULLDOG BITES
About UNC Asheville
UNC Asheville welcomes Davidson to Kimmel Arena with a 1-2 overall record. The Bulldogs claimed their first win of the 2018-19 season on Saturday, as they downed non-conference rival Western Carolina, 74-49.
In the home opener versus the Catamounts, seniors Jessica Wall and Sonora Dengokl paced UNC Asheville. Wall tallied a game-high 24 points, as she shot an impressive 8-for-11 behind the three-point arc. Her eight made three pointers fell one short of matching a school record that she set last year versus Furman in the Women's Basketball Invitational. Denogkl added 16 points versus WCU, as the guard connected with six shots and went a perfect 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. Both Bulldogs combined for eight assists in 54 minutes of play.
Nadiria Evans also had a strong performance versus Western Carolina. The sophomore from Gainesville, Fla. knocked down four field goals en route to 10 points. She was also tied for the team lead with five rebounds. Juliet Esadah, Tiffany Wilson and Evonna McGill also totaled five rebounds each for Asheville.
On the year, Dengokl leads the team with 16 points per game. After her 24-point performance, Wall is now averaging 11.7 points per contest. Evans and Ali Trani are leading the team with an average of 3.3 rebounds per game.
Scouting Davidson
Davidson travels to Asheville with a 2-2 overall mark. The Wildcats defeated Queens in the season opener and followed that contest with a 72-34 rout of Big South Conference member Charleston Southern. The Wildcats are currently on a two-game losing streak with losses against Gardner-Webb and Appalachian State.
Davidson has five players averaging double-digits - Katie Turner, Sarah Donovan, Kianna Speight, Kelly Fitzgerald and Cassidy Gould. Turner leads the offense, as she averages 14.5 points per contest. She also averages 4.5 rebounds per contest and 31 minutes per game. Donovan is averaging a double-double in four games this year, as she averages 13.8 points and 11.8 rebounds per game.
Overall, Davidson has made 23 more field goals that its opposition and is shooting .391 percent from the field. The Wildcats can also shoot behind the three-point arc, as they are averaging 8.5 three-pointers made per game and totes a .306 three-point field goal percentage.
On the defensive side, Davidson is averaging 47 rebounds per contest. The Wildcats are also averaging five blocks per game, as Ally Welling leads the team with seven total blocks.
All-Time History Versus the Wildcats
Wednesday's matchup is only the seventh all-time meeting between the two squads. Surprisingly, both UNC Asheville and Davidson have only met three times since the 2006-07 season (2006-07, 2007-08 and 2017-18).
Last year the Wildcats edged the Bulldogs, 58-50. In that contest in Davidson, N.C., Khaila Webb (12) and Bronaza Fitzgerald (10) were the two Bulldogs that scored in double figures. Senior forward Alexis Toney tallied eight points in 28 minutes of action, while Evans totaled eight points as well in just 15 minutes of play.
BARKING ABOUT THE BULLDOGS
NATIONAL CHAMPS: The UNC Asheville men's tennis doubles duo of Oli Nolan and Henry Patten secured a national championship on Sunday, Nov. 11, with a 6-2, 6-1 win over nationally 42nd-ranked Bjorn Thomson and Parker Wynn of Texas Tech in the championship match of the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex. In addition to the national championship win, Patten was also voted by the ITA Officials at the event to receive the Sportsmanship Award for the 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships. The championship match win for Nolan and Patten was part of a tremendous fall of 2018 for the pairing. Nolan and Patten went undefeated playing together during the fall and won three titles including the national championship.
MORE THAN MAKING THE GRADE: For the 2017-18 athletic year, the UNC Asheville student-athletes showed their commitment to the classroom by finishing the academic year with a combined grade-point average of 3.142. Impressively, 72 percent (161 of 223) UNC Asheville student-athletes during the 2017-18 athletic year received Athletic Director Honor Roll recognition with a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
TWO-TIME SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: For the second time in his career, UNC Asheville senior Blanton Gillespie was selected as a Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Gillespie was chosen as the 2018 Big South Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the Big South Cross Country Championship presented by Musco Sports Lighting and UCS at the Ivey M. Redmon Sports Complex on Friday, Oct. 26. The honor is just the latest for Gillespie, who was named the 2018 Big South Outdoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year in May of 2018.
BIG SOUTH WOMAN OF THE YEAR: UNC Asheville graduate Kayli Nichols was selected as the 2017-18 Big South Conference's Woman of the Year. With degrees in German and Political Science and a minor in Spanish, Nichols graduated from UNC Asheville with a GPA of 3.974. During her senior campaign, she was named the Big South Outdoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the Big South Indoor Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
BIG SOUTH MALE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: On the same day that he started his new full-time position in the Corporate Analyst Development Program at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Columbus, Ohio on July 11, 2018, former UNC Asheville men's basketball standout Kevin Vannatta was chosen as the 2017-18 Big South Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In addition to winning the Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award for the conference, Vannatta was also chosen as the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association (DI-AAA ADA) Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's basketball and as the Big South Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The Upper Arlington, Ohio native was also selected to the 2017-18 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). An Accounting major at UNC Asheville, Vannatta graduated with a 3.94 grade-point average.
How To Follow The Game Live
The game versus Davidson will be streamed on BSN on ESPN+. The streaming link can be found by clicking HERE. The game can also be heard locally on the radio on REWIND 100.3 or online by clicking HERE. Live stats will also be available, and the link can be found by clicking HERE.
What's Next?
UNC Asheville will conclude its three-game home stretch on Sunday, Nov. 25. The women's basketball team will square off with Wofford at 2 p.m. inside Kimmel Arena. That contest will be part of a doubleheader with the UNC Asheville men's basketball team, as the Bulldogs host Furman at 4 p.m. Both games will be streamed on BSN on ESPN+.
2018-19 UNC Asheville Women's Basketball Media Guide
THE MATCHUP
Teams: UNC Asheville (1-2, 0-0 Big South)
Davidson (2-2, 0-0 Atlantic 10)
Location: Asheville, N.C. (Kimmel Arena)
Date/Time: Wednesday, Nov. 21 / 4:30 p.m.
Live Stream: BSN on ESPN+
Radio: Can be heard on local radio (100.3 FM) or online HERE – Mike Gore (PBP)
Live Stats: uncabulldogs.com
Twitter: @UNCAvlWBB #ThePursuit
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – In the midst of a three-game home stretch, the UNC Asheville women's basketball team will host Davidson on Wednesday, Nov. 21 inside Kimmel Arena.
Tipoff is set for 4:30 p.m. and will be streamed on BSN on ESPN+.
BULLDOG BITES
About UNC Asheville
UNC Asheville welcomes Davidson to Kimmel Arena with a 1-2 overall record. The Bulldogs claimed their first win of the 2018-19 season on Saturday, as they downed non-conference rival Western Carolina, 74-49.
In the home opener versus the Catamounts, seniors Jessica Wall and Sonora Dengokl paced UNC Asheville. Wall tallied a game-high 24 points, as she shot an impressive 8-for-11 behind the three-point arc. Her eight made three pointers fell one short of matching a school record that she set last year versus Furman in the Women's Basketball Invitational. Denogkl added 16 points versus WCU, as the guard connected with six shots and went a perfect 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. Both Bulldogs combined for eight assists in 54 minutes of play.
Nadiria Evans also had a strong performance versus Western Carolina. The sophomore from Gainesville, Fla. knocked down four field goals en route to 10 points. She was also tied for the team lead with five rebounds. Juliet Esadah, Tiffany Wilson and Evonna McGill also totaled five rebounds each for Asheville.
On the year, Dengokl leads the team with 16 points per game. After her 24-point performance, Wall is now averaging 11.7 points per contest. Evans and Ali Trani are leading the team with an average of 3.3 rebounds per game.
Scouting Davidson
Davidson travels to Asheville with a 2-2 overall mark. The Wildcats defeated Queens in the season opener and followed that contest with a 72-34 rout of Big South Conference member Charleston Southern. The Wildcats are currently on a two-game losing streak with losses against Gardner-Webb and Appalachian State.
Davidson has five players averaging double-digits - Katie Turner, Sarah Donovan, Kianna Speight, Kelly Fitzgerald and Cassidy Gould. Turner leads the offense, as she averages 14.5 points per contest. She also averages 4.5 rebounds per contest and 31 minutes per game. Donovan is averaging a double-double in four games this year, as she averages 13.8 points and 11.8 rebounds per game.
Overall, Davidson has made 23 more field goals that its opposition and is shooting .391 percent from the field. The Wildcats can also shoot behind the three-point arc, as they are averaging 8.5 three-pointers made per game and totes a .306 three-point field goal percentage.
On the defensive side, Davidson is averaging 47 rebounds per contest. The Wildcats are also averaging five blocks per game, as Ally Welling leads the team with seven total blocks.
All-Time History Versus the Wildcats
Wednesday's matchup is only the seventh all-time meeting between the two squads. Surprisingly, both UNC Asheville and Davidson have only met three times since the 2006-07 season (2006-07, 2007-08 and 2017-18).
Last year the Wildcats edged the Bulldogs, 58-50. In that contest in Davidson, N.C., Khaila Webb (12) and Bronaza Fitzgerald (10) were the two Bulldogs that scored in double figures. Senior forward Alexis Toney tallied eight points in 28 minutes of action, while Evans totaled eight points as well in just 15 minutes of play.
BARKING ABOUT THE BULLDOGS
NATIONAL CHAMPS: The UNC Asheville men's tennis doubles duo of Oli Nolan and Henry Patten secured a national championship on Sunday, Nov. 11, with a 6-2, 6-1 win over nationally 42nd-ranked Bjorn Thomson and Parker Wynn of Texas Tech in the championship match of the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex. In addition to the national championship win, Patten was also voted by the ITA Officials at the event to receive the Sportsmanship Award for the 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships. The championship match win for Nolan and Patten was part of a tremendous fall of 2018 for the pairing. Nolan and Patten went undefeated playing together during the fall and won three titles including the national championship.
MORE THAN MAKING THE GRADE: For the 2017-18 athletic year, the UNC Asheville student-athletes showed their commitment to the classroom by finishing the academic year with a combined grade-point average of 3.142. Impressively, 72 percent (161 of 223) UNC Asheville student-athletes during the 2017-18 athletic year received Athletic Director Honor Roll recognition with a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
TWO-TIME SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: For the second time in his career, UNC Asheville senior Blanton Gillespie was selected as a Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Gillespie was chosen as the 2018 Big South Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the Big South Cross Country Championship presented by Musco Sports Lighting and UCS at the Ivey M. Redmon Sports Complex on Friday, Oct. 26. The honor is just the latest for Gillespie, who was named the 2018 Big South Outdoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year in May of 2018.
BIG SOUTH WOMAN OF THE YEAR: UNC Asheville graduate Kayli Nichols was selected as the 2017-18 Big South Conference's Woman of the Year. With degrees in German and Political Science and a minor in Spanish, Nichols graduated from UNC Asheville with a GPA of 3.974. During her senior campaign, she was named the Big South Outdoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the Big South Indoor Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
BIG SOUTH MALE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: On the same day that he started his new full-time position in the Corporate Analyst Development Program at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Columbus, Ohio on July 11, 2018, former UNC Asheville men's basketball standout Kevin Vannatta was chosen as the 2017-18 Big South Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In addition to winning the Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award for the conference, Vannatta was also chosen as the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association (DI-AAA ADA) Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's basketball and as the Big South Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The Upper Arlington, Ohio native was also selected to the 2017-18 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). An Accounting major at UNC Asheville, Vannatta graduated with a 3.94 grade-point average.
How To Follow The Game Live
The game versus Davidson will be streamed on BSN on ESPN+. The streaming link can be found by clicking HERE. The game can also be heard locally on the radio on REWIND 100.3 or online by clicking HERE. Live stats will also be available, and the link can be found by clicking HERE.
What's Next?
UNC Asheville will conclude its three-game home stretch on Sunday, Nov. 25. The women's basketball team will square off with Wofford at 2 p.m. inside Kimmel Arena. That contest will be part of a doubleheader with the UNC Asheville men's basketball team, as the Bulldogs host Furman at 4 p.m. Both games will be streamed on BSN on ESPN+.
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