University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Friday, November 12
Cullowhee, NC
7 p.m.
UNC Asheville
at
Western Carolina
Women’s Basketball returns to action on Friday at rival Western Carolina
11.11.2021 | Women's Basketball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – After opening its 2021-22 season on Tuesday, the UNC Asheville women's basketball team will be back in action on Friday when it visits rival Western Carolina for a non-conference clash. Tip-off between the Catamounts and Bulldogs is scheduled for 7 p.m., and fans can catch the game on ESPN+.
Last Time Out – The Bulldogs mounted a late rally to nearly erase a double-digit deficit in their season opener at UNC Greensboro, but the latter held on for the 52-48 victory.
Scoring from a fifth-year senior – Nadiria Evans continues to be one of Asheville's top scoring options as she enters her fifth year as a Bulldog in 2021-22. Evans netted a team-high 14 points with five rebounds and five assists in Tuesday's season opener at UNCG. Evans had now scored in double figures in 61 of her 121 career games, including 44 of the last 56 games since the beginning of her junior season in 2019-20.
Carter crashing the boards – Junior Kai Carter picked up right where she left off last season in regards to rebounding as she led Asheville with 11 rebounds in Tuesday's season opener. Carter, who led the Bulldogs with 193 boards as a sophomore, ranks second to only Campbell's Taya Bolden (16 rebounds) on the Big South's rebounding list so far.
Boost off the bench – Another highlight for Asheville from Tuesday's game was the production off the bench. The Bulldogs' reserves mainly consisted of underclassmen, but they outscored UNCG's bench, 14-9. In perspective, Asheville only had the edge in bench scoring four times in 25 games last season, and it went 3-1 in those contests.
About Western Carolina – Western Carolina picked up an early win to open its season on Tuesday as it knocked off Emory & Henry, 72-48, at home. The Catamounts are coming off one of their most successful seasons recently as it placed seventh in the Southern Conference standings with a 6-18 record overall and a 3-10 mark in league play in 2020-21. Its seventh-place finish and its three SoCon wins are the most for the program since the 2016-17 campaign.
Series Rewind vs. WCU – The all-time series between the Bulldogs and Catamounts dates back to the mid-1960s and has seen 57 meetings over the years. WCU has won 40 of the 57 matchups, but the Bulldogs have held the edge, recently winning the last three and five of the last six games in the series. In the last game between these two schools, Asheville came away with a 70-59 victory to give Head Coach Honey Brown her first career win in her first game leading the Bulldogs.
Last Time Out – The Bulldogs mounted a late rally to nearly erase a double-digit deficit in their season opener at UNC Greensboro, but the latter held on for the 52-48 victory.
Scoring from a fifth-year senior – Nadiria Evans continues to be one of Asheville's top scoring options as she enters her fifth year as a Bulldog in 2021-22. Evans netted a team-high 14 points with five rebounds and five assists in Tuesday's season opener at UNCG. Evans had now scored in double figures in 61 of her 121 career games, including 44 of the last 56 games since the beginning of her junior season in 2019-20.
Carter crashing the boards – Junior Kai Carter picked up right where she left off last season in regards to rebounding as she led Asheville with 11 rebounds in Tuesday's season opener. Carter, who led the Bulldogs with 193 boards as a sophomore, ranks second to only Campbell's Taya Bolden (16 rebounds) on the Big South's rebounding list so far.
Boost off the bench – Another highlight for Asheville from Tuesday's game was the production off the bench. The Bulldogs' reserves mainly consisted of underclassmen, but they outscored UNCG's bench, 14-9. In perspective, Asheville only had the edge in bench scoring four times in 25 games last season, and it went 3-1 in those contests.
About Western Carolina – Western Carolina picked up an early win to open its season on Tuesday as it knocked off Emory & Henry, 72-48, at home. The Catamounts are coming off one of their most successful seasons recently as it placed seventh in the Southern Conference standings with a 6-18 record overall and a 3-10 mark in league play in 2020-21. Its seventh-place finish and its three SoCon wins are the most for the program since the 2016-17 campaign.
Series Rewind vs. WCU – The all-time series between the Bulldogs and Catamounts dates back to the mid-1960s and has seen 57 meetings over the years. WCU has won 40 of the 57 matchups, but the Bulldogs have held the edge, recently winning the last three and five of the last six games in the series. In the last game between these two schools, Asheville came away with a 70-59 victory to give Head Coach Honey Brown her first career win in her first game leading the Bulldogs.
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