Women's Basketball Battles UNC Greensboro on Tuesday

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Basketball battles UNC Greensboro on Tuesday (Nov. 19) in a mid-morning non-conference clash.

UNC Asheville at UNC Greensboro

Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. | Greensboro, N.C. | Fleming Gymnasium

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Game Notes

UNC Asheville enters the week at 0-3 after a 59-47 loss to Charlotte last Friday (Nov. 15).
Asheville is fifth in the conference in scoring at 53.7 points per game, while ranking sixth in the league in scoring defense at 73.0 points per game.
Asheville also averages 27.0 rebounds per game, while also being third in the league in rebounding defense at 37.3 rebounds per game.
LaImani Simmons is 18^th in the conference in scoring at 8.7 points per game, while Abigail Wilson is tied for 13^th in rebounding at 4.7 boards per game.
Trinity Fields is tied for 15^th in the conference in assists per game at 2.0, while Alana Swift is 20^th at 1.7 assists per game.
Swift is also tied for 20^th in steals per game at 1.0, while Sydney Burris is tied for 10^th in the conference in blocks per game (0.5).
Asheville is 38th in the nation in bench points per game (32.0) and also 32nd in the nation in three-point percentage defense (21.7 percent).
UNC Greensboro comes into the game at 3-1 after a 68-55 win over Appalachian State on Saturday (Nov. 16).
UNCG is second in the Southern Conference in scoring at 70.8 points per game, while also leading the league in scoring defense at 52.2 points per game.
UNCG is seventh in the conference in rebounding at 34.2 boards per game.
Jayde Gamble leads the team and is fourth in the league in scoring at 13.0 points per game, while Jaila Lee is tied for sixth at 12.2 points per game.
Khalis Cain is tied for sixth in rebounding at 6.5 rebounds per game, while Gamble is tied for 13^th in the conference at 5.5 rebounds per game.
Gamble is fourth in the conference in assists per game at 3.8, while Tasia Johnson is tied for ninth at 2.8 per game.
Gamble is fourth in the conference in steals per game at 2.5, while Yacine N'Diaye is tied for fifth in blocks per game at 1.0.
This will be the 22nd all-time meeting between Asheville and UNC Greensboro, with UNC Greensboro leading the all-time series 16-5. Asheville won last year's meeting in Kimmel Arena in Asheville 72-71 back on Dec. 21, 2023.

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Women's Basketball Battles UNC Greensboro on Tuesday

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Players Mentioned

Sydney Burris

Trinity Fields

Jaila Lee

LaImani Simmons

Alana Swift

Abigail Wilson

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Women's Basketball Battles UNC Greensboro on Tuesday

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Players Mentioned

Sydney Burris

Trinity Fields

Jaila Lee

LaImani Simmons

Alana Swift

Abigail Wilson

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