University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Men's Basketball to Play at Radford on ESPNU
02.12.2025 | Men's Basketball
BIG SOUTH RELEASE
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – ESPNU has selected the UNC Asheville at Radford men's basketball contest as its fifth Big South Wildcard broadcast of the 2024-25 season, it was announced on Wednesday (Feb. 12) by the Big South Conference office. The game will move from its current Wednesday, Feb. 19 date to Thursday, Feb. 20 and will tip at 7:00pm inside the Dedmon Center on the campus of Radford University.
It will be the fifth all-time "Wildcard" meeting between the squads on ESPNU and first in two years. Asheville entered this week in second-place in the Big South standings with an 8-2 record, and won the first matchup this season with the Highlanders, 72-65, on Jan. 29. The Bulldogs were led by Jordan Marsh's 19 points, and are looking to sweep the season series for the third consecutive year. Marsh is the scoring leader in Big South games with 24.4 points, and in league action, Asheville averages 84.1 points as a team and owns a conference-best +5.40 turnover margin.
Next Thursday's contest will be Asheville's second ESPNU game of the season, as the Bulldogs hosted Gardner-Webb on national TV this past Thursday (Feb. 6) in Kimmel Arena, and defeated the Runnin' Bulldogs 78-70. The matchup marks the 18th ESPNU Wildcard game for Asheville.
Radford, which is 3-1 all-time vs. Asheville in the Big South's ESPNU "Wildcard" series, sits in fourth-place in the conference standings at 6-5, and was led by Brandon Maclin in the first contest with 19 points. The Highlanders' bench scoring is tops in the Big South with its 31.27 average, which ranks 16th nationally. Radford is allowing the fewest points in conference games this season (70.6) and is second in 3-point field goal percentage against Big South foes at 40.1 percent.
This is the 12th year of the Big South's ESPNU Wildcard series, which again features six Thursday primetime broadcasts –- Jan. 2 (at High Point 76, Radford 58), Jan. 16 (at Longwood 82, High Point 80), Feb. 6 (at UNC Asheville 78, Gardner-Webb 70), Feb. 13 (Longwood at High Point - 7:00pm), Feb. 20 (UNC Asheville at Radford - 7:00pm) and Feb. 27 (7:00pm) -- that are selected 7-14 days in advance. A total of 56 games have been played in the series that began in 2013-14, and while the home teams are 36-20, the 56 contests have been decided by an average of 9.52 points, with 32 (57.1 percent) of those being decided by single-digits.
The UNC Asheville Athletic Department will be hosting a watch party at Bear's Smokehouse BBQ on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. for fans to watch the Bulldogs take on the Highlanders on national TV.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – ESPNU has selected the UNC Asheville at Radford men's basketball contest as its fifth Big South Wildcard broadcast of the 2024-25 season, it was announced on Wednesday (Feb. 12) by the Big South Conference office. The game will move from its current Wednesday, Feb. 19 date to Thursday, Feb. 20 and will tip at 7:00pm inside the Dedmon Center on the campus of Radford University.
It will be the fifth all-time "Wildcard" meeting between the squads on ESPNU and first in two years. Asheville entered this week in second-place in the Big South standings with an 8-2 record, and won the first matchup this season with the Highlanders, 72-65, on Jan. 29. The Bulldogs were led by Jordan Marsh's 19 points, and are looking to sweep the season series for the third consecutive year. Marsh is the scoring leader in Big South games with 24.4 points, and in league action, Asheville averages 84.1 points as a team and owns a conference-best +5.40 turnover margin.
Next Thursday's contest will be Asheville's second ESPNU game of the season, as the Bulldogs hosted Gardner-Webb on national TV this past Thursday (Feb. 6) in Kimmel Arena, and defeated the Runnin' Bulldogs 78-70. The matchup marks the 18th ESPNU Wildcard game for Asheville.
Radford, which is 3-1 all-time vs. Asheville in the Big South's ESPNU "Wildcard" series, sits in fourth-place in the conference standings at 6-5, and was led by Brandon Maclin in the first contest with 19 points. The Highlanders' bench scoring is tops in the Big South with its 31.27 average, which ranks 16th nationally. Radford is allowing the fewest points in conference games this season (70.6) and is second in 3-point field goal percentage against Big South foes at 40.1 percent.
This is the 12th year of the Big South's ESPNU Wildcard series, which again features six Thursday primetime broadcasts –- Jan. 2 (at High Point 76, Radford 58), Jan. 16 (at Longwood 82, High Point 80), Feb. 6 (at UNC Asheville 78, Gardner-Webb 70), Feb. 13 (Longwood at High Point - 7:00pm), Feb. 20 (UNC Asheville at Radford - 7:00pm) and Feb. 27 (7:00pm) -- that are selected 7-14 days in advance. A total of 56 games have been played in the series that began in 2013-14, and while the home teams are 36-20, the 56 contests have been decided by an average of 9.52 points, with 32 (57.1 percent) of those being decided by single-digits.
The UNC Asheville Athletic Department will be hosting a watch party at Bear's Smokehouse BBQ on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. for fans to watch the Bulldogs take on the Highlanders on national TV.
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