Women's Basketball Travels to Tennessee State on Saturday

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Basketball travels to Tennessee State on Saturday (Nov. 30) for a non-conference clash.

UNC Asheville (0-6) at Tennessee State (3-4)

Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | Nashville, Tenn. | Gentry Center

This game will not be streamed on ESPN+.

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UNC Asheville enters the matchup at 0-6 after a 75-56 loss at Wofford on Tuesday (Nov. 26).
Asheville is seventh in the Big South Conference in scoring at 52.7 points per game, while also ranking fifth in the league in scoring defense at 70.0 points per game.
Asheville also pulls in 26.7 rebounds per game as a team, while ranking third in opponent rebounding average at 34.0 rebounds per game.
Abigail Wilson is fourth in the conference in scoring at 9.5 points per game, while LaImani Simmons is 17^th at 9.0 points per game.
Wilson is also eighth in the league in rebounding at 5.8 boards per game, while Dakota McCaughan is tied for 14^th in the league in assists per game at 1.8, while Alana Swift is tied for 17^th at 1.7 per game.
Swift and McCaughan are tied for 13^th in steals per game at 1.3.
The Bulldogs also rank third in the conference and 45^th nationally in points per game off the bench at 28.0.
Tennessee State enters the matchup at 3-4 after a 92-62 loss at Western Kentucky on Wednesday (Nov. 27).
Tennessee State is fifth in the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring at 65.1 points per game, while also ranking seventh in scoring defense at 72.3 points per game.
Tennessee State ranks third in the OVC in rebounding at 40.7 rebounds per game, while also ranking sixth in opponent rebounding average at 40.9 boards per game.
Somah Kamara is third in the conference in scoring at 16.0 points per game, while Sanaa' St. Andre is tied for 18^th at 11.3 points per game.
Lyric Cole is fifth in the conference in rebounding at 7.4 boards per game, while Kiki Roberts is eighth in the league at 6.4 rebounds per game.
St. Andre ranks 11^th in the conference in assists per game at 3.1, while Saniah Parker is tied for 22^nd at 2.0 per game.
St. Andre is tied for 12^th in steals per game at 2.0, while Parker is tied for 19^th at 1.6 per game.
This will be the fourth all-time meeting between Asheville and Tennessee State, with Asheville leading the all-time series 3-0. Asheville won last year's meeting inside Kimmel Arena 53-38 back on Nov. 12, 2023.

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Women's Basketball Travels to Tennessee State on Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Dakota McCaughan

LaImani Simmons

Alana Swift

Abigail Wilson

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Women's Basketball Travels to Tennessee State on Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Dakota McCaughan

LaImani Simmons

Alana Swift

Abigail Wilson

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