Women's Basketball Heads to Charleston Southern for Saturday Conference Contest

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Basketball heads to Charleston Southern for a Big South Conference contest on Saturday (Jan. 25).

UNC Asheville at Charleston Southern

Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. | Buc Dome | Charleston, S.C.

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Game Notes

UNC Asheville comes into the contest at 2-17 on the season and 0-6 in the Big South Conference after a 77-65 loss to Gardner-Webb on Wednesday (Jan. 22).
UNC Asheville has used the highest number of different starting lineup combinations in Division I Women's Basketball on the season (13).
Asheville is sixth in the league in scoring at 59.1 points per game, while also being tied for fifth in scoring defense at 67.9 points per game.
Asheville is also eighth in the conference in rebounding at 33.5 rebounds per game, while also ranking fifth in opponent rebounding average at 36.5 rebounds per game.
LaImani Simmons is fifth in the conference in scoring at 11.7 points per game, while Abigail Wilson is 16^th in the conference at 9.8 points per game.
Wilson is also eighth in the conference in rebounding at 6.1 boards per game while Sydney Burris is 20^th in the league at 4.5 rebounds per game.
Dakota McCaughan is sixth in the conference in assists per game at 3.1, while Alana Swift is tied for 13^th at 2.1 assists per game.
McCaughan is also fifth in the conference in steals per game at 1.9, while Swift is 11^th at 1.4 per game.
Charleston Southern comes into the matchup at 7-12 overall and 3-3 in the Big South Conference after a 71-58 win at Presbyterian on Wednesday (Jan. 22).
Charleston Southern is seventh in the conference in scoring at 57.5 points per game, while also ranking seventh in scoring defense allowing 71.8 points per game.
Charleston Southern is also fifth in the conference in rebounding at 35.9 rebounds per game, and eighth in opponent rebounding average at 40.7 rebounds per game.
Catherine Alben is second in the conference in scoring at 15.4 points per game, while Keshunti Nichols (9.3) and Tyonna Bailey (9.1) are 19^th and 20^th respectively in the conference.
Madison Adamson is seventh in the conference in rebounding at 6.3 rebounds per game, while Alaina Nettles is tied for 12^th at 5.2 rebounds per game. Saniya Jones (4.6) is 19^th in the conference, while Nichols (4.3) is also tied for 22^nd in the conference.
Adamson is tied for ninth in the league in assists per game at 2.6, while Nettles is 14^th at 2.0 per game. Nichols is also tied for 21^st in the league at 1.5 per game.
Alben is tied for eighth in steals per game at 1.5, while Nichols (1.3) and Shimei Muhammad (1.2) are 14^th and tied for 15^th respectively.
Jones also leads the league in blocks per game at 0.9.
This will be the 78^th all-time meeting between Asheville and Charleston Southern, with Asheville leading the all-time series 44-34. Asheville has won the last seven meetings in the series.

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Women's Basketball Heads to Charleston Southern for Saturday Conference Contest

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Women's Basketball Heads to Charleston Southern for Saturday Conference Contest

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