GAME PREVIEW: Men’s Basketball Heads to Presbyterian for Saturday Tilt

GAME DETAILS

UNC Asheville (10-6, 1-1) vs. Presbyterian (12-5, 1-2)
Saturday, January 11, 2025
2 p.m.
Clinton, S.C. || Templeton Center
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CONFERENCE RIVALRY

Saturday marks the 43rd matchup between Asheville and Presbyterian, with Asheville holding a 29-13 series lead.
Asheville has won the last seven games and has a 7-3 record through the last 10 matchups.
Dating back to 2009, Asheville has a 12-2 home record, a 10-5 road record, and a 22-6 conference record over PC.

LAST TIME OUT

Despite four Bulldogs finding their way into the double-digit scoring column Wednesday evening, the UNC Asheville men's basketball team suffered a 76-85 loss on the road to Big South Conference foe Longwood.
Asheville dominated Longwood in the paint, as the Bulldogs outscored the Lancers 40-28. The Bulldogs also outscored Longwood on turnovers (16-14), fast breaks (17-5) and off the bench (27-12). Longwood outscored Asheville 26-2 following second chance points, as Longwood finished the night with 48 rebounds, 24 offensive and 24 defensive, and Asheville finished with 23 total rebounds.
The Bulldogs shot 53.7% from the field, while Longwood shot 38.7%. Asheville was 6-20 from 3-point range (30%) while Longwood was 8-26 (30.8%). The Lancers had 39 attempts from the free throw line and made 29 of their shots, while Asheville was 12-16 from the charity stripe.
Game Leaders:
- Marsh: 15 pts (6-11 fg), 3 asts, 1 stl
- Taylor: 14 pts (6-10 fg)
- Banks: 12 pts (3-5 3pt)
- Solomon: 10 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts
- Gantt: 7 rebs, 4 pts
- Abee: 8 pts
- Davis: 7 pts
- Dubsky: 6 pts, 2 stls

BULLDOG LEADERBOARD

Asheville is No. 15 in the nation in scoring offense, as the Bulldogs average 85.3 points per game.
The Bulldogs are No. 1 in the league in nine separate categories:
- Assist/turnover ratio: 1.38
- Assists per game: 15.4
- Blocks per game: 3.9
- Fastbreak Points: 14.31 (No. 44 in nation)
- Field goal percentage: 48.2% (No. 48 in nation)
- Scoring offense: 85.3 (No. 15 in nation)
- Three-point attempts per game: 24.6
- Three-point percentage defense: 29.5%
- Three-pointers per game: 8.6
Entering Saturday's contest, Asheville checks in at No. 2 in the Big South and No. 97 in the nation in toughest schedule.
As a team, Asheville has shot over 50% from the field in eight different games with their highest field goal percentage on the season being .611 vs. St. Andrews.
Jordan Marsh leads the team in scoring, averaging 15.6 points per game. He is No. 1 in free throw percentage (.875), No. 2 in assist/turnover ratio (1.91), and No. 4 in assists (67) and assists per game (4.2). He leads the team in assists and steals (22).
Josh Banks follows with 15.5 points per game. He is No. 1 in 3-pointers per game with 2.86 and is No. 2 in three-point percentage at .412.
Toyaz Solomon is averaging 14.9 points per game. He leads the league in field goal percentage (.615), is No. 2 in field goals (104), No. 4 in the league in rebounding (7.7 avg/g), and is No. 4 in blocked shots per game (1.3). He has 20 blocks on the season.
Fletcher Abee is the fourth Bulldog averaging double-figures with 11 points a game. Abee leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage (.426) and is second in the Big South, averaging 2.67 3-pointers a game.
Kameron Taylor is averaging 9.4 points a game and is third on the team with 4.3 rebounds a game.
Greg Gantt Jr. averages 6.1 rebounds a game, 4.3 points per game, and is second on the team with 47 assists and 20 steals.

SCOUTING PRESBYTERIAN

Presbyterian opened the conference season with an 80-68 win over Longwood before dropping their next two games to Gardner-Webb and USC Upstate.
PC is No. 1 in the league and No. 54 in the nation in three-point percentage, as the Blue Hose are shooting 37.1% from beyond the 3-point arc.
Jaylen Peterson is No. 1 in the league in blocks (26) and blocks per game (1.44).
Kory Mincy is Presbyterian's leading scorer, averaging 14.9 points per game. He leads the team with 35 3-pointers, a .819 free-throw percentage, and 29 steals.
Kory Mincy is No. 42 in the nation and No. 3 in the league in assists with 79. He is also No. 3 in the league in assists per game at 4.4.
Presbyterian has two other players averaging double-digit points, with Kobe Stewart scoring 14.5 a game and Jonah Pierce scoring 13.1.
Jaylen Peterson and Pierce lead the Blue Hose in rebounding with 7.1 and 7.0 a game.

STATISTICAL COMPARISON

2024-25 Season	Asheville	Presbyterian
Scoring Offense	85.3	75.9
Scoring Defense	75.3	68.9
Scoring Margin	10.0	7.1
FG Percentage	.482	.468
FG Pct. Defense	.431	.432
3PT Percentage	.348	.372
FT Percentage	.692	.685
Rebounds Per Game	37.3	36.0
Assists Per Game	15.4	13.6
Steals Per Game	7.2	6.9
Blocks Per Game	3.9	3.3

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