University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
22-12,12-4Big South
Longwood
21-13,6-10Big South
Bulldogs Lose in Big South Conference Championship Game to Lancers
03.10.2024 | Men's Basketball
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The UNC Asheville men's basketball team lost 85-59 to Longwood University in the Hercules Tires Big South Conference Championship finals on Sunday.
Drew Pember led the team with 14 points, adding six rebounds, three blocks, and two assists to his stat line. Toyaz Solomon, Nick McMullen, and Josh Banks followed with eight points each. Solomon led the team with three steals, followed by Banks with two, McMullen recorded six rebounds, and Caleb Burgess handed out six assists.
Pember was named to the Big South Conference All-Tournament team. Pember finished the weekend averaging 22.6 points, 11 rebounds and five assists per game.
Solomon recorded the first basket of the game a little over a minute into the contest, which ended up being the Bulldogs' only lead of the day, as Longwood answered with a 3-pointer and never looked back.
At 16:06 in the first half, Asheville trailed by three following a layup from Burgess, but the Lancers responded with a 13-0 run to jump ahead 22-6. Longwood led by double figures for the remainder of the contest.
The Bulldogs are now 6-5 in program history in Big South Championship title games.
Asheville finishes its season 22-12.
