University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Saturday, February 9
Asheville, NC
2:00 PM
UNC Asheville
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Charleston Southern
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Charleston Southern
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UNC Asheville
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Photo by: Adrian Etheridge
Late Run Leads Charleston Southern Past UNC Asheville
02.09.2019 | Men's Basketball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A late run by Charleston Southern allowed the Buccaneers to pick up an 85-75 Big South Conference victory over UNC Asheville men's basketball at Kimmel Arena on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019.
Just under seven minutes into the game, Charleston Southern (11-12, 5-5 Big South) had a one-point lead over UNC Asheville (3-22, 1-10 Big South) at 10-9, but a big run by the Bulldogs allowed Asheville to take a 20-13 lead after a Coty Jude layup with 8:33 left in the opening half of action.
The two teams would be tied at 23-all with 6:25 remaining in the first half.
Asheville and Charleston Southern would trade buckets over the next minutes, but the Bulldogs would own a 31-27 lead after a Tajion Jones three-pointer with two and half to play in the first stanza.
UNC Asheville would go on to take a 34-33 lead into the halftime break.
Jones led the Bulldogs in the first half with nine points. The Bulldogs shot 37.5 percent (12-of-32) as a team in the first half. Charleston Southern closed the first half shooting 38.5 percent (10-of-26) as a team.
The second half would begin with Charleston Southern extending its lead to eight points at 50-42, but the Bulldogs would battle their way back into things over the next few minutes with things all tied at 58-58 with 8:10 left in the contest.
The Bulldogs were down just two at 65-63 with 6:13 to play in the game, but that would prove to be as close as Asheville could get with Charleston Southern eventually earning the 10-point win.
UNC Asheville shot 46.8 percent (29-of-62) in the game as a team, while Charleston Southern shot 53.8 percent (28-of-52). The Buccaneers shot 69.2 percent (18-of-26) in the second half. The Bulldogs shot 56.7 percent (17-of-30) as a team in the second stanza.
Three Bulldogs finished in double figures with LJ Thorpe scoring a career-best 24 points. He also had two steals, one assist and one rebound.
Baker finished his day with 16 points on 7-of-14 shooting. He also had one rebound, one assist and one steal. The final Bulldog in double figures was Jones with 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting. He also had two steals, one assist and one rebound.
Christian Keeling of Charleston Southern led all in the game with 27 points on 8-of-11 shooting.
BULLDOG BITES
Career Day for Thorpe
In just his second game back from an injury suffered at Winthrop on Jan. 21, LJ Thorpe picked up his first 20-point game as a Bulldog with his career-best 24 points against Charleston Southern. Thorpe was 9-of-11 from the field in the game. He scored 19 of his 24 points in the second half.
Still Scoring
DeVon Baker has now scored in double figures 21 times this season for the Bulldogs overall. He has scored in double figures in 16 out of UNC Asheville's last 17 games.
Up Next
UNC Asheville will next travel to USC Upstate for the first time as conference foes at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13. The Bulldogs picked up the win in their first-ever league meeting with the Spartans in a 71-62 victory over USC Upstate at Kimmel Arena on Wednesday, Jan. 30.
Quotable
Highlights
Just under seven minutes into the game, Charleston Southern (11-12, 5-5 Big South) had a one-point lead over UNC Asheville (3-22, 1-10 Big South) at 10-9, but a big run by the Bulldogs allowed Asheville to take a 20-13 lead after a Coty Jude layup with 8:33 left in the opening half of action.
The two teams would be tied at 23-all with 6:25 remaining in the first half.
Asheville and Charleston Southern would trade buckets over the next minutes, but the Bulldogs would own a 31-27 lead after a Tajion Jones three-pointer with two and half to play in the first stanza.
UNC Asheville would go on to take a 34-33 lead into the halftime break.
Jones led the Bulldogs in the first half with nine points. The Bulldogs shot 37.5 percent (12-of-32) as a team in the first half. Charleston Southern closed the first half shooting 38.5 percent (10-of-26) as a team.
The second half would begin with Charleston Southern extending its lead to eight points at 50-42, but the Bulldogs would battle their way back into things over the next few minutes with things all tied at 58-58 with 8:10 left in the contest.
The Bulldogs were down just two at 65-63 with 6:13 to play in the game, but that would prove to be as close as Asheville could get with Charleston Southern eventually earning the 10-point win.
UNC Asheville shot 46.8 percent (29-of-62) in the game as a team, while Charleston Southern shot 53.8 percent (28-of-52). The Buccaneers shot 69.2 percent (18-of-26) in the second half. The Bulldogs shot 56.7 percent (17-of-30) as a team in the second stanza.
Three Bulldogs finished in double figures with LJ Thorpe scoring a career-best 24 points. He also had two steals, one assist and one rebound.
Baker finished his day with 16 points on 7-of-14 shooting. He also had one rebound, one assist and one steal. The final Bulldog in double figures was Jones with 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting. He also had two steals, one assist and one rebound.
Christian Keeling of Charleston Southern led all in the game with 27 points on 8-of-11 shooting.
BULLDOG BITES
Career Day for Thorpe
In just his second game back from an injury suffered at Winthrop on Jan. 21, LJ Thorpe picked up his first 20-point game as a Bulldog with his career-best 24 points against Charleston Southern. Thorpe was 9-of-11 from the field in the game. He scored 19 of his 24 points in the second half.
Still Scoring
DeVon Baker has now scored in double figures 21 times this season for the Bulldogs overall. He has scored in double figures in 16 out of UNC Asheville's last 17 games.
Up Next
UNC Asheville will next travel to USC Upstate for the first time as conference foes at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13. The Bulldogs picked up the win in their first-ever league meeting with the Spartans in a 71-62 victory over USC Upstate at Kimmel Arena on Wednesday, Jan. 30.
Quotable
Highlights
Team Stats
CSU
AVL
FG%
.538
.468
3FG%
.435
.308
FT%
.826
.692
RB
34
26
TO
13
10
STL
4
8
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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