Women's Basketball Welcomes Furman for Wednesday Night Non-Conference Clash

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Basketball welcomes Furman for a Wednesday night (Dec. 11) non-conference clash at Kimmel Arena.

UNC Asheville (1-7) vs. Furman (8-3)

Wednesday, Dec. 11 | 6:30 p.m. | Kimmel Arena

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Game Notes

UNC Asheville enters the matchup at 1-7 after the first win of the Tynesha Lewis era on Wednesday (Dec. 4), a 98-23 victory over Warren Wilson.
Asheville is fifth in the conference in scoring at 62.6 points per game, while also ranking fourth in the league in scoring defense at 66.9 points per game.
Asheville collects 33.0 rebounds per game as a team, while ranking third in the conference in opponent rebounding average at 35.1 boards per game.
Asheville is also 41^st nationally and leading the Big South Conference in three-point percentage defense allowing 25.5 percent shooting from beyond the arc.
Abigail Wilson is tied for eighth in the conference in scoring at 10.3 points per game, while LaImani Simmons is tied for 11^th at 9.9 points per game.
Wilson is sixth in the conference in rebounding at 6.5 boards per game, while Dakota McCaughan (2.6) and Alana Swift (2.1) are tied for sixth and tied for ninth respectively in assists per game. Simmons is also tied for 22^nd at 1.4 helpers per game.
McCaughan is tied for seventh in the league in steals per game at 1.5, while Swift is tied for 10^th at 1.4. Deborah Orianegbena is tied for 22^nd at 1.0 steals per game.
Furman enters the matchup at 8-3 on the season after a 58-42 win over Charleston Southern back on Sunday (Dec. 8).
Furman leads the Southern Conference in scoring at 73.0 points per game, while ranking fifth in the conference in scoring defense at 60.5 points per game.
Furman also leads the league in rebounding at 42.2 rebounds per game.
Tate Walters (13.5) and Kate Johnson (13.3) rank third and fourth in the SoCon respectively in points per game, while Sydney Ryan also ranks seventh at 12.5 points per game and Niveya Henley is ninth at 11.6 points per game.
Johnson (8.1) and Clare Coyle (7.4) are third and tied for fourth respectively in rebounds per game, while Ryan is also tied for seventh at 6.5 rebounds per game.
Walters is sixth in the conference in assists per game at 3.3, while Bella LaChance (3.0) and Chantelle Stuart (2.7) are tied for seventh and ninth respectively.
Walters is tied for third in the conference in steals per game at 2.2, while Stuart is tied for fifth at 1.7.
Johnson is also third in the conference in blocks per game at 1.4.
This will be the 24^th all-time meeting between Asheville and Furman, with Furman leading the all-time series 18-5. Furman won last year's matchup in Greenville 71-61 to open the season back on Nov. 7, 2023.

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Women's Basketball Welcomes Furman for Wednesday Night Non-Conference Clash

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LaImani Simmons

Alana Swift

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