University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Monday, January 21
Rock Hill, SC
2:00 PM
UNC Asheville
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66
Winthrop
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UNC Asheville
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WINTHROP
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Photo by: Adrian Etheridge
Jones and Edoka Post Double-Figure Outputs in Road League Loss at Winthrop
01.21.2019 | Men's Basketball
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Tajion Jones and Stephen Edoka both finished in double figures in UNC Asheville's 66-45 Big South Conference loss to Winthrop on Monday, January 21, 2019.
The game opened with Winthrop (13-6, 5-1 Big South Conference) scoring the first 13 points before UNC Asheville (2-18, 0-6 Big South Conference) scored its first bucket of the game with 11:34 left in the first half.
The Eagles would go ahead by as many as 19 in the first half, but 11 straight points from Tajion Jones pulled the Bulldogs back to within eight at 23-15 with under five minutes left in the first half.
The Bulldogs would go on to hold the Eagles without a field goal for over five minutes and would be down just six after a Stephen Edoka dunk off a beautiful assist by LJ Thorpe.
Winthrop would own a 32-21 lead at the halftime break.
UNC Asheville closed out the first half shooting 27.6 percent (8-of-29) as a team. Winthrop shot 37.9 percent (11-of-29) as a team in the first stanza.
The second half commenced with the Eagles narrowly outscoring the Bulldogs 14-9 over the first almost eight minutes of the half to own a 46-30 advantage.
That would be as close as the Bulldogs would be able to get the rest of the way with Winthrop picking up the 66-45 win.
Jones closed his day shooting 7-of-12 from the field en route to his game-best 17 points. He also had four rebounds and one steal.
Edoka collected a career-high 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting in the game. He also had four rebounds and one block.
Four Eagles ended their days in double figures with Nych Smith leading the way with 15 points.
As a team, UNC Asheville finished the game shooting 31.5 percent (17-of-54). Winthrop shot 41.5 percent (22-of-53) as a team.
BULLDOG BITES
Baby Bulldogs Learning on the Fly
UNC Asheville had a season-high 190 of its overall 200 minutes played by freshmen in the game at Winthrop.
Stepping Up
Tajion Jones had not scored in double figures for the Bulldogs in league play before posting 17 at Winthrop. Jones now has eight games for the Bulldogs this season where he has scored in double figures. He scored a career-best 30 points in UNC Asheville's home win over Milligan on Dec. 21, 2018. In addition, Stephen Edoka not only scored for the first time in conference play at Winthrop, but he also set a new career-best with 11 points. It marked the first time he finished in double figures for the Bulldogs.
Up Next
UNC Asheville will next have a few days off before traveling to High Point on Saturday, Jan. 26, for a 7 p.m. tipoff. The Bulldogs own a 31-22 all-time series lead over High Point.
Quotable
The game opened with Winthrop (13-6, 5-1 Big South Conference) scoring the first 13 points before UNC Asheville (2-18, 0-6 Big South Conference) scored its first bucket of the game with 11:34 left in the first half.
The Eagles would go ahead by as many as 19 in the first half, but 11 straight points from Tajion Jones pulled the Bulldogs back to within eight at 23-15 with under five minutes left in the first half.
The Bulldogs would go on to hold the Eagles without a field goal for over five minutes and would be down just six after a Stephen Edoka dunk off a beautiful assist by LJ Thorpe.
Winthrop would own a 32-21 lead at the halftime break.
UNC Asheville closed out the first half shooting 27.6 percent (8-of-29) as a team. Winthrop shot 37.9 percent (11-of-29) as a team in the first stanza.
The second half commenced with the Eagles narrowly outscoring the Bulldogs 14-9 over the first almost eight minutes of the half to own a 46-30 advantage.
That would be as close as the Bulldogs would be able to get the rest of the way with Winthrop picking up the 66-45 win.
Jones closed his day shooting 7-of-12 from the field en route to his game-best 17 points. He also had four rebounds and one steal.
Edoka collected a career-high 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting in the game. He also had four rebounds and one block.
Four Eagles ended their days in double figures with Nych Smith leading the way with 15 points.
As a team, UNC Asheville finished the game shooting 31.5 percent (17-of-54). Winthrop shot 41.5 percent (22-of-53) as a team.
BULLDOG BITES
Baby Bulldogs Learning on the Fly
UNC Asheville had a season-high 190 of its overall 200 minutes played by freshmen in the game at Winthrop.
Stepping Up
Tajion Jones had not scored in double figures for the Bulldogs in league play before posting 17 at Winthrop. Jones now has eight games for the Bulldogs this season where he has scored in double figures. He scored a career-best 30 points in UNC Asheville's home win over Milligan on Dec. 21, 2018. In addition, Stephen Edoka not only scored for the first time in conference play at Winthrop, but he also set a new career-best with 11 points. It marked the first time he finished in double figures for the Bulldogs.
Up Next
UNC Asheville will next have a few days off before traveling to High Point on Saturday, Jan. 26, for a 7 p.m. tipoff. The Bulldogs own a 31-22 all-time series lead over High Point.
Quotable
Team Stats
AVL
WINTHROP
FG%
.315
.415
3FG%
.167
.325
FT%
.636
.600
RB
34
41
TO
9
9
STL
5
4
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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