Women's Basketball Travels to Longwood for Saturday Night Big South Conference Battle

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Basketball travels to Longwood for a Saturday night (Feb. 22) Big South Conference battle. Tip-off is set for 6:00 p.m. from the Joan Perry Brock Center in Farmville, Va.

UNC Asheville at Longwood

Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 | 6:00 p.m. | Farmville, Va. | Joan Perry Brock Center

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UNC Asheville enters the matchup at 2-24 overall and 0-13 in the Big South Conference after a 63-39 loss to Radford on Wednesday (Feb. 21).
Asheville is also second in the conference and 29^th nationally in three-point percentage defense allowing 27.4 percent from beyond the arc.
Asheville is seventh in the conference in scoring at 57.2 points per game, while also ranking sixth in scoring defense at 66.8 points per game.
Asheville also ranks eighth in the conference in rebounding at 34.0 rebounds per game, while ranking fifth in opponent rebounding average at 36.7 rebounds per game.
LaImani Simmons and Abigail Wilson are tied for ninth in the conference in scoring at 10.5 points per game.
Deborah Orianegbena is ninth in the league in rebounding at 5.8 rebounds per game, while Wilson is 11^th at 5.7 rebounds per game. Sydney Burris is also tied for 24^th at 3.9 rebounds per game.
Dakota McCaughan is fifth in the conference in assists per game at 3.0, while Alana Swift is tied for 14^th at 1.9 assists per game. Simmons is also tied for 21^st at 1.5 assists per game.
McCaughan is fifth in the conference in steals at 2.0 per game, while Swift is tied for 13^th at 1.2 steals per game.
Longwood comes into the matchup at 18-9 and 9-4 in the Big South Conference after a 75-46 win at Gardner-Webb on Wednesday (Feb. 19).
Longwood leads the Big South and ranks 14^th in the country in bench points per game at 28.0 per game, while also being second in the nation in steals per game at 14.4. Longwood is also leading the Big South and 22^nd in the country in three-point percentage defense, holding opponents to 27.1 percent from beyond the arc.
Longwood leads the conference and is sixth in the nation in turnover margin (6.93), while also leading the nation in turnovers forced per game at 25.22.
Longwood leads the Big South Conference in scoring at 70.6 points per game, while also ranking second in scoring defense at 59.6 points per game.
Longwood is tied for second in the conference in rebounding at 37.5 rebounds per game, while also ranking seventh in opponent rebounding average at 37.9 rebounds per game.
Amor Harris is eighth in the conference in scoring at 11.0 points per game, while Mariah Wilson (10.3) and Kiki McIntyre (10.1) are 12^th and 13^th respectively. Malea Brown is also 25^th at 8.7 points per game.
Otaifo Esenabhalu is second in the conference in rebounds at 8.5 per game, while Frances Ulysse is 16^th in the conference at 4.9 per game.
McIntyre is second in the conference in assists per game at 3.3, while Brown is 11^th at 2.3. McIntyre also leads the conference and is second in the country in steals per game at 4.0, while Brown and Wilson each average 2.5 steals per game which is second in the conference and 25^th in the nation.
Harris is also tied for 17^th in the league at 1.1 steals per game.
This will be the 32^nd all-time meeting between Asheville and Longwood, with Asheville leading the series 16-15. Longwood has won the last two meetings in the series.

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Women's Basketball Travels to Longwood for Saturday Night Big South Conference Battle

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Sydney Burris

Dakota McCaughan

Deborah Orianegbena

LaImani Simmons

Alana Swift

Abigail Wilson

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Women's Basketball Travels to Longwood for Saturday Night Big South Conference Battle

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Dakota McCaughan

Deborah Orianegbena

LaImani Simmons

Alana Swift

Abigail Wilson

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