Women's Basketball Heads to Wofford for Mid-Morning Tip-Off

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Basketball heads to Wofford for a mid-morning tip-off on Tuesday (Nov. 26).

UNC Asheville at Wofford

Tuesday, Nov. 26 | 11:00 a.m. | Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium | Spartanburg, S.C.

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Game Notes

UNC Asheville comes into the game at 0-5 after a 67-51 loss at Loyola (Md.) on Saturday (Nov. 23).
Asheville enters the week eighth in the Big South Conference in scoring at 52.0 points per game, while also ranking fourth in the league in scoring defense at 69.0 points per game.
Asheville pulls in a combined 27.4 rebounds per game, while also ranking second in opponent rebounding average allowing 33.0 rebounds per game.
Abigail Wilson is tied for 11^th in the conference in scoring at 9.8 points per game, while Alana Swift is 18^th at 8.7 points per game and LaImani Simmons is tied for 19^th at 8.6 points per game.
Wilson is also seventh in the conference in rebounding at 5.8 rebounds per game, while Swift is tied for eighth at 2.0 assists per game.
Swift is also 13^th in the league in steals per game at 1.4, while Dakota McCaughan is tied for 17^th at 1.2 and Deborah Orianegbena is tied for 20^th at 1.0.
Asheville is also third in the Big South and 43^rd nationally in bench points per game at 28.6.
Wofford comes into the matchup at 4-2 after a 71-65 win over High Point back on Nov. 21.
Wofford is fourth in the Southern Conference in scoring at 70.3 points per game, while also ranking fourth in scoring defense allowing 55.5 points per game.
Wofford is also third in the SoCon at 38.3 rebounds per game.
Maddie Heiss is tied for seventh in the conference in scoring at 11.5 points per game, while Evangelia Paulk is tied for 13^th at 10.3 points per game.
Rachel Rose is also 12^th in the league in rebounding at 6.0 rebounds per game, and also fourth in the league in assists per game at 4.0.
Paulk leads the league in steals per game at 3.5, while Rose is tied for sixth in the league at 2.0 per game.
This will be the 20^th all-time meeting between Asheville and Wofford, with Wofford leading the all-time series 10-9. Wofford won last year's matchup in Spartanburg 63-54.

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Women's Basketball Heads to Wofford for Mid-Morning Tip-Off

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Players Mentioned

Dakota McCaughan

Deborah Orianegbena

LaImani Simmons

Alana Swift

Abigail Wilson

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Women's Basketball Heads to Wofford for Mid-Morning Tip-Off

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Dakota McCaughan

Deborah Orianegbena

LaImani Simmons

Alana Swift

Abigail Wilson

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