Women's Basketball Heads to Winthrop for Saturday Afternoon Conference Clash

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Basketball heads to Winthrop for a Saturday afternoon (Jan. 18) Big South Conference clash.

UNC Asheville at Winthrop

Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. | Winthrop Coliseum | Rock Hill, S.C.

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Game Notes

UNC Asheville comes into the matchup at 2-15 overall and 0-4 in the Big South Conference after a 60-57 loss at USC Upstate on Wednesday (Jan. 15).
Asheville enters the matchup fifth in the Big South in scoring at 59.7 points per game, while also ranking fifth in scoring defense at 67.6 points per game.
The Bulldogs are eighth in the conference in rebounding at 33.1 rebounds per game, while also ranking fifth in opponent rebounding average at 36.5 rebounds per game.
LaImani Simmons leads the Bulldogs and is fifth in the conference in scoring at 12.2 points per game, while Abigail Wilson is also tied for 13^th at 10.2 points per game.
Wilson is ninth in the conference in rebounding at 6.0 rebounds per game, while Sydney Burris is 12^th in the league at 5.2 rebounds per game.
Dakota McCaughan is tied for sixth in the conference at 2.6 assists per game, while Alana Swift is 11^th at 2.2 assists per game.
McCaughan is fifth in the league in steals per game at 2.0, while Swift is tied for seventh at 1.6 per game.
Winthrop comes into the game at 9-9 overall and 3-2 in the Big South Conference after a 78-50 loss at Charleston Southern on Wednesday (Jan. 15).
Winthrop is fourth in the league in scoring at 62.7 points per game, while also ranking third in scoring defense at 63.1 points per game.
Winthrop is also fourth in the league in rebounding at 36.7 rebounds per game, while also ranking fourth in opponent rebounding average at 36.3 rebounds per game.
Winthrop is second in the Big South Conference and 23^rd in the nation in bench points per game at 27.5.
Amourie Porter is third in the conference in scoring at 13.4 points per game, while Marissa Gasaway is 25^th in the conference at 8.3 points per game.
Gasaway is fifth in the league at 7.2 rebounds per game, while Porter is 10^th in the league at 5.7 rebounds per game and Blessing Okoh is tied for 18^th at 4.8 rebounds per game.
Leonor Paisana is tied for fourth in the league at 3.2 assists per game, while Olivia Wagner is tied for eighth at 2.6 per game.
Paisana is also tied for seventh in steals per game at 1.6, while Wagner is tied for 11^th at 1.3. Mya Pierfax and Ronaltha Marc also average 1.2 steals per game.
This will be the 83^rd all-time meeting between Asheville and Winthrop, with Asheville leading the all-time series 43-39. Winthrop swept last season's regular season series.

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Women's Basketball Heads to Winthrop for Saturday Afternoon Conference Clash

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Women's Basketball Heads to Winthrop for Saturday Afternoon Conference Clash

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