Women's Basketball Hosts Winthrop for Senior Day on Saturday

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Basketball hosts Winthrop for Senior Day on Saturday (Mar. 1). Senior recognition will take place 20 minutes prior to tip-off.

UNC Asheville vs. Winthrop

Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. | Asheville, N.C. | Kimmel Arena

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Game Notes

UNC Asheville enters the matchup at 3-25 on the season including 1-14 in Big South Conference play after a 67-60 win at Presbyterian on Wednesday (Feb. 26).
Asheville leads the conference and ranks 23^rd in the nation in three-point percentage defense allowing opponents just 27.3 percent from beyond the arc.
Asheville is tied for sixth in the Big South in scoring offense at 57.6 points per game, along with ranking sixth in scoring defense at 66.6 points per game.
Asheville is also seventh in the conference in rebounding at 34.5 rebounds per game, while ranking sixth in opponent rebounding average at 36.8 rebounds per game.
LaImani Simmons and Abigail Wilson are tied for 11^th in the conference in scoring at 10.4 points per game, while Wilson is tied for seventh in the league in rebounding at 6.0 boards per game.
Deborah Orianegbena is is also tied for 10^th in the league at 5.8 rebounds per game.
Dakota McCaughan is fourth in the conference in assists per game at 3.1, while Alana Swift is tied for 12^th at 2.1 assists per game. Simmons is also tied for 24^th at 1.4 per game.
McCaughan is also fifth in the conference in steals per game at 2.1, while Swift is tied for 13^th at 1.2 steals per game.
Winthrop enters the matchup at 14-14 overall and 8-7 in the Big South after a 59-55 loss against Longwood on Wednesday (Feb. 26).
Winthrop is fifth in the conference in scoring at 61.4 points per game, while also ranking third in the league in scoring defense at 61.6 points per game.
Winthrop ranks fifth in the league in rebounding at 35.8 rebounds per game, while also ranking third in opponent rebounding average at 35.3 rebounds per game.
Amourie Porter is fourth in the conference in scoring at 13.0 points per game, while Marissa Gasaway is sixth in the conference in rebounding at 6.3 rebounds per game and Porter is ninth at 5.9 per game.
Olivia Wagner is tied for ninth in assists per game at 2.5, while Ronaltha Marc is tied for 21^st at 1.5 per game.
Marc is eighth in the conference in steals per game at 1.5, while Wagner and Mya Pierfax are tied for 13^th at 1.2 per game and Konner Gambrell is also tied for 21^st at 1.0 per game.
This will be the 84^th all-time meeting between Asheville and Winthrop, with Asheville leading the all-time series 43-40. Winthrop has won the last three meetings in the series.

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Women's Basketball Hosts Winthrop for Senior Day on Saturday

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Women's Basketball Hosts Winthrop for Senior Day on Saturday

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