University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Saturday, January 11
Charleston, SC
5:30 PM
UNC Asheville
at
Charleston Southern
Photo by: Adrian Etheridge
Return Trip to Charleston on Deck for Bulldogs
01.09.2020 | Men's Basketball
GAME NOTES | at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
CHARLESTON, S.C. – UNC Asheville's men's basketball team returns to the road when it travels to Charleston Southern for a Big South Conference clash set for 5:30 p.m., Saturday, January 11, at Buccaneer Fieldhouse.
The matchup will be the second game of a doubleheader at Buccaneer Fieldhouse, with Charleston Southern's women's team set to play at 3 p.m.
This will be the second trip to Charleston this season for the Bulldogs, as they traveled to The Citadel, November 9, and emerged with 91-76 victory – their first of the season.
The Bulldogs (6-7, 0-2 Big South) return to action after hosting Campbell, Wednesday night, at Kimmel Arena. The Dogs overcame a 17-point halftime deficit to tie the game in the late stages, but ultimately fell, 64-62.
The Buccaneers (7-8, 1-2 Big South) played Wednesday night at home as well, falling 74-56 to Longwood. They opened the conference season at home, January 2, with an 89-75 victory against USC Upstate.
UNC Asheville holds a 45-38 lead in the all-time series, though Charleston Southern won both meetings a season ago. Prior to that, Asheville had won seven straight matchups in the series. The last time the Bulldogs played at Charleston Southern, Feb. 27, 2019, the Bucs won 77-48. The Bulldogs' last victory in the series came in the 2018 Big South Conference Tournament with a 71-66 win at Kimmel Arena.
Saturday's game will be live streamed on ESPN+ HERE, while Brian Hall will have the radio call on News Radio 570 AM that can also be found streaming HERE. Live stats will also be available HERE.
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BY THE NUMBERS
CHARLESTON, S.C. – UNC Asheville's men's basketball team returns to the road when it travels to Charleston Southern for a Big South Conference clash set for 5:30 p.m., Saturday, January 11, at Buccaneer Fieldhouse.
The matchup will be the second game of a doubleheader at Buccaneer Fieldhouse, with Charleston Southern's women's team set to play at 3 p.m.
This will be the second trip to Charleston this season for the Bulldogs, as they traveled to The Citadel, November 9, and emerged with 91-76 victory – their first of the season.
The Bulldogs (6-7, 0-2 Big South) return to action after hosting Campbell, Wednesday night, at Kimmel Arena. The Dogs overcame a 17-point halftime deficit to tie the game in the late stages, but ultimately fell, 64-62.
The Buccaneers (7-8, 1-2 Big South) played Wednesday night at home as well, falling 74-56 to Longwood. They opened the conference season at home, January 2, with an 89-75 victory against USC Upstate.
UNC Asheville holds a 45-38 lead in the all-time series, though Charleston Southern won both meetings a season ago. Prior to that, Asheville had won seven straight matchups in the series. The last time the Bulldogs played at Charleston Southern, Feb. 27, 2019, the Bucs won 77-48. The Bulldogs' last victory in the series came in the 2018 Big South Conference Tournament with a 71-66 win at Kimmel Arena.
Saturday's game will be live streamed on ESPN+ HERE, while Brian Hall will have the radio call on News Radio 570 AM that can also be found streaming HERE. Live stats will also be available HERE.
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NOTABLY
- The Bulldogs have not turned the ball over more than their opponent in any game so far this season and lead the country in turnover margin at plus-7.8 per game. They rank 22nd in the country in fewest total turnovers.
- The Bulldogs force their opponents into 20.2 turnovers per game, which ranks fourth in the country. They also average 10 steals per game, ranking seventh in the nation. DeVon Baker leads the Big South and is 45th in the NCAA, averaging 2.1 steals per game, while Lavar Batts, Jr. (1.9 spg), LJ Thorpe (1.8 spg) and Trent Stephney (1.5 spg) all rank in the top 150 nationally in steals.
- Four Bulldogs rank inside the Top 19 in scoring in the Big South Conference (Tajion Jones – 4th, 16.6; DeVon Baker – 5th, 16.2; Lavar Batts, Jr. – 10th, 13.2; LJ Thorpe – 19th, 11.2). No other team has more than two players in the Top 19.
- The Bulldogs are averaging 79.5 points per game, ranking 32nd in the country and second in the Big South. The Bulldogs finished the 2018-19 campaign ranked 349th nationally in scoring, averaging 59.9 points per game. The team is averaging 19.6 more points per game than it did last season. The Bulldogs lead the Big South in field goal percentage, hitting 45.9 percent from the floor.
- According to KenPom, the Bulldogs rank fifth in the country in turnover percentage defense, forcing opponents into turnovers on more than a quarter of their possessions during a game, with 26 percent of opponents' possessions ending in a turnover.
- Since being held scoreless in the season opener against Tennessee, Tajion Jones has not scored fewer than 12 points in any game and leads the Bulldogs with 12 double-digit scoring efforts on the year.
- The Dogs are second in Big South and 48th nationally with 9.1 makes per game from beyond the arc.
BY THE NUMBERS
- 1 – The Bulldogs have used just one starting lineup all season, and all five starters average double-digits in scoring: (Jones - 16.6; Baker - 16.2; Batts - 13.2; Thorpe - 11.2; Jude - 10.1).
- 8 – The Bulldogs have forced eight of their last 10 opponents into 20-or-more turnovers. The 25 turnovers they forced against Campbell were the most against a Division I opponent this season.
- 9 – After recording 12 steals against Campbell, the Bulldogs have notched at least 10 steals in a game nine times this season.
- 11.3 – The Dogs rank second in the Big South and in the top 100 nationally in offensive rebounds, averaging 11.3 on the offensive glass per game. Tajion Jones is seventh in the Big South, averaging 1.9 offensive boards per game
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