University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Men's Basketball to Play at High Point on ESPNU
02.09.2026 | Men's Basketball
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – ESPNU has selected the UNC Asheville at High Point men's basketball contest on Feb. 19 as its third Big South Wildcard broadcast of the 2025-26 season, it was announced on Monday (Feb. 9) by the Big South Conference office. The game will tip at 7:00 p.m. inside the Qubein Center in High Point, N.C.
It will be the third all-time Wildcard meeting between the squads on ESPNU, as Asheville won the most recent national TV match-up on Feb. 2, 2023 (89-63), with High Point the victor in the first meeting on Feb. 26, 2015 (75-71). The Feb. 19 broadcast will conclude the two-game season series, as the Panthers won the first meeting in the conference opener on Dec. 31, 87-69. In that contest, Scotty Washington led HPU with a game-high 26 points, while Kameron Taylor paced the Bulldogs with 21.
Asheville's game against High Point will be the 21st all-time appearance for the Bulldogs in the Big South ESPNU Wildcard series (8-11 record). The Bulldogs are currently tied for fourth-place with a 5-5 Big South record, and will appear on ESPNU this Thursday, Feb. 12, at Longwood.
The UNC Asheville Athletic Department will be hosting a watch party for both ESPNU contests at Bear's Smokehouse BBQ.
Two nights. Two games. One spot to watch. 😤🍖🏀 Catch the Bulldogs twice at Bear's Smokehouse for our Watch Parties vs. Longwood and High Point! Tip-off at 7 PM both nights!#ALLinAVL #IWWD pic.twitter.com/IK1MRbwH8I
— Asheville Basketball (@UNCAvlMBB) February 5, 2026
During the conference season, the Bulldogs are second in three-point percentage (36.2) and turnover margin (+1.60), while Taylor is the second-leading scorer in Big South action with 22.6 points per game. Toyaz Solomon is four rebounds away from 500 rebounds, which would make him the 20th player in Big South history with 1,000 career points, 500 career rebounds, and 100 career block shots. In league play, Solomon is averaging 14.8 points per game, and Justin Wright is averaging 17.7 while leading the team with 34 assists.
High Point is currently tied for first-place in the Big South standings at 10-1, and will make its second appearance on ESPNU this season and 15th overall (7-7 record). Through 11 conference games, High Point is the league leader in scoring (84.8 points), scoring defense (71.2 points allowed), scoring margin (+13.6), free throw percentage (74.5), assists (14.8) and steals (10.8), while Terry Anderson is sixth with 19.4 points against league foes.
This is the 13th year of the Big South's ESPNU Wildcard series, which features four Thursday primetime broadcasts –- Jan. 29 (at High Point 84, Presbyterian 81), Feb. 12 (UNC Asheville at Longwood – 7:00 p.m.), Feb. 19 (UNC Asheville at High Point - 7:00 p.m.) and Feb. 26 (7:00 p.m.) -- that are selected 14-21 days in advance. A total of 60 games have been played in the series that began in 2013-14, and the home teams are 39-21 while the 60 contests have been decided by an average of 9.95 points, with 33 (55.0 percent) of those being decided by single-digits.
