University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Charleston Southern
Women's Basketball Faces Charleston Southern on Homecoming Saturday
02.14.2025 | Women's Basketball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Basketball faces Charleston Southern on Homecoming Saturday (Feb. 15) inside Kimmel Arena. Tip-off is set for 2:00 p.m.
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UNC Asheville vs. Charleston Southern
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Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. | Kimmel Arena | Asheville, N.C.
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Game Notes
- UNC Asheville comes into the matchup at 2-22 overall and 0-11 in Big South Conference play after a 60-51 loss to USC Upstate on Wednesday (Feb. 12).
- Asheville is second in the conference and 43rd in the nation in three-point percentage defense allowing just 27.8 percent shooting from beyond the arc.
- Asheville ranks sixth in the Big South Conference in both scoring offense (58.2 points per game) and scoring defense (67.3 points per game).
- Asheville is also eighth in the league in rebounding at 33.8 rebounds per game and fifth in the league in opponent rebounding average at 36.6 rebounds per game.
- LaImani Simmons is tied for eighth in the conference in scoring at 10.6 points per game, while Abigail Wilson is 12th in the league at 10.3 points per game.
- Wilson is also eighth in the league in rebounding at 5.8 rebounds per game, while Deborah Orianegbena is 12th in the league at 5.4 rebounds per game. Sydney Burris is also tied for 22nd in the league at 4.2 rebounds per game.
- Dakota McCaughan is fifth in the conference in assists per game at 3.0, while Alana Swift is tied for 14th at 2.0 per game and Simmons is tied for 24th at 1.3 per game.
- McCaughan is also fifth in the league in steals per game at 2.0, while Swift is tied for 11th at 1.3 steals per game.
- Charleston Southern comes into the matchup at 11-14 overall and 7-5 in the Big South Conference after a 79-65 win over Presbyterian on Wednesday (Feb. 12).
- Charleston Southern is seventh in the conference in both scoring offense (57.7 points per game) and scoring defense (68.3 points per game).
- Charleston Southern is also fourth in the league in rebounding at 36.5 rebounds per game, while ranking eighth in the league in opponent rebounding average at 39.3 rebounds per game.
- Catherine Alben is second in the league in scoring at 16.9 points per game, while Keshunti Nichols is tied for 21st in the league at 9.1 points per game.
- Madison Adamson is tied for fifth in the league at 6.7 rebounds per game, while Alaina Nettles is tied for 10th in the league at 5.6 rebounds per game. Nichols is also tied for 19th at 4.4 rebounds per game, while Saniya Jones is tied for 24th at 4.1 rebounds per game.
- Adamson and Nettles are also tied for seventh in assists per game at 2.6, while Alben also averages 1.5 assists per game.
- Alben is tied for eighth in the league at 1.5 steals per game, while Shimei Muhammad is tied for 14th at 1.2 steals per game. Nichols (1.1) and Nettles (1.0) are tied for 19th and 20th in the league respectively.
- This will be the 80th all-time meeting between Asheville and Charleston Southern, with Asheville leading the all-time series 44-35. Charleston Southern won the first matchup this season down in Charleston 57-52 back on Jan. 25.
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