Women's Basketball Hosts Gardner-Webb in Midweek Conference Matchup

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Basketball hosts Gardner-Webb in a midweek Big South Conference matchup on Wednesday (Jan. 22) at Kimmel Arena. The game will also be locally televised on CW.

UNC Asheville vs. Gardner-Webb

Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 | 6:00 p.m. | Kimmel Arena | Asheville, N.C.

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Game Notes

UNC Asheville enters the matchup at 2-16 overall and 0-5 in the Big South Conference after a 63-43 loss at Winthrop on Saturday (Jan. 18).
Asheville enters the contest sixth in the Big South in scoring at 58.8 points per game, while also ranking fifth in scoring defense at 67.4 points per game.
Asheville is also eighth in the conference in rebounding at 33.1 boards per game, while also ranking fifth in opponent rebounding average at 36.3 rebounds per game.
LaImani Simmons is fifth in the league in scoring at 11.8 points per game, while Abigail Wilson is 17^th at 9.9 points per game.
Wilson is also tied for eighth in rebounding at 6.0 boards per game, while Sydney Burris is tied for 15^th at 4.8 rebounds per game.
Dakota McCaughan is tied for sixth in the league at 2.9 assists per game, while Alana Swift is 12^th at 2.1 assists per game.
McCaughan is also fifth in the league in steals per game at 1.9, while Swift is tied for eighth at 1.5 per game and Burris is tied for 19^th at 1.1 steals per game.
Gardner-Webb comes into the game at 6-12 overall and 3-3 in the Big South Conference after a 79-73 win over USC Upstate on Saturday (Jan. 18).
Gardner-Webb is third in the conference in scoring at 65.6 points per game, while also ranking eighth in scoring defense at 72.2 points per game.
Gardner-Webb also ranks 15^th in the nation in free throw percentage at 77.9 percent, and 29^th in the nation in three-point attempts per game at 25.8.
Gardner-Webb leads the league in rebounding at 39.2 rebounds per game, while also ranking last in the league in opponent rebounding average at 43.2 rebounds per game.
Ashley Hawkins leads the league in scoring at 18.1 points per game, while Elle Blatchford is ninth in the league at 10.8 points per game. Elze Motekaityte is 15^th in the conference at 10.2 points per game, while Lauren Bailey is also tied for 19^th at 9.1 points per game.
Motekaityte is fourth in the conference in rebounding at 7.9 rebounds per game, while Maja Rohkohl is sixth at 6.6 per game. Bailey is also 24^th in the conference at 4.1 rebounds per game.
Hawkins also leads the league in assists per game at 4.8, while also being tied for 14^th in the league in steals per game at 1.2. Blatchford is also tied for 19^th averaging 1.1 steals per game.
This will be the 45^th all-time meeting between Asheville and Gardner-Webb, with Gardner-Webb leading the series 28-16. Asheville won two of last year's three meetings including a thrilling 75-74 victory in the Big South Conference tournament on Mar. 6, 2024.

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Women's Basketball Hosts Gardner-Webb in Midweek Conference Matchup

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