2017-18 UNC Asheville Men's Basketball Media Guide & Record Book

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2017-18 SPOT CHART

Donovan Gilmore

6-7/200 • JR • F Greensboro, N.C. (Wesleyan Christian)

Jonathan Baehre 6-9/200 • SO • F

Hessen, Germany (Wilkinson County)

Kevin Vannatta 6-2/200 • SR • G

Jaleen Seegars

6-4/210 • FR • G

Upper Arlington, Ohio (Upper Arlington)

Greensboro, N.C./High Point Christian

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6-4/215 • FR • G

West Palm Beach, Fla. (Royal Palm Beach)

6-2/210 • SO • G

Miami, Fla. (Westminster Christian)

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Raekwon Miller

6-3/175 • SR • G Marion, N.C. (McDowell)

Justin Brown

LJ Thorpe

Alec Wnuk

6-7/205 • SR • F Cary, N.C. (Christ School)

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Tajion Jones

6-5/180 • FR • G Oak Ridge, Tenn. (Oak Ridge)

Ahmad Thomas

6-3/215 • SR • G Danville, Va. (Hargrave Military)

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32 Grant Townsend

6-7/205 • SO • F Riverview, Fla. (Bloomingdale)

Nick McDevitt HEAD COACH FIFTH SEASON

MaCio Teague

6-3/190 • SO • G Cincinnati, Ohio (Walnut Hills)

Sean Dixon

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH FIFTH SEASON

Drew Rackley

6-1/190 • SO • G New Concord Ohio (John Glenn)

Logan Johnson

ASSISTANT COACH FOURTH SEASON

Jeremy Peck

6-8/230 • SO • F

Houston Texas (St. Thomas Aquinas)

Wes Long

ASSISTANT COACH FIRST SEASON

Sam Rardin

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS THIRD SEASON

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TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION Table of Contents...............................1 Quick Facts........................................2 The University.................................3-4 Asheville, N.C. ...............................5-6 The Big South Conference................7 Chancellor Mary K. Grant..................8 Director of Athletics Janet R. Cone....9 Athletics Communication.................10 THE 2017 SEASON Head Coach Nick McDevitt.........11-12 2017-18 Coaching Staff..............13-14 2017-18 Roster................................15 2016-17 Final Statistics...................16 Meet the 2017-18 Bulldogs.........17-32 RECORD BOOK AND HISTORY Record Book...............................33-39 Year-By-Year Results.................40-51 Success On and Off the Court.........52 Bulldogs Among the Best................53 2017-18 Schedule............ Back Cover The 2017-18 UNC Asheville Men’s Basketball Media Guide was designed by Brian Hand with special assistance from Mitchell Miegel. The cover was designed by UNC Asheville volleyball student-athlete Carter Kennedy. Photography by Adrian Etheridge. To learn more about UNC Asheville athletics, please visit the official athletic website at www.uncabulldogs.com.

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2017-18 QUICK FACTS Location: Asheville, N.C. Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 3,800 Nickname: Bulldogs School Colors: Royal Blue & White Chancellor: Mary K. Grant Athletics Director: Janet Cone Senior Woman Administrator: Terri Brne Faculty Athletics Representative: Jeff Wilcox Athletic Dept. Phone: 828-251-6459 Ticket Office Phone: 828-251-6904 UNC Asheville External Relations Brian Hand Assistant Athletic Director for External Relations/ Men’s Basketball Contact Office Phone: (828) 250-2392 Cell Phone: (803) 646-9716 Email: bhand1@unca.edu Mitchell Miegel Assistant Director of Communications Cell Phone: (770) 542-7873 Email: mmiegel@unca.edu Office Fax: (828) 251-6386 Website: www.uncabulldogs.com Mailing Address: One University Heights Justice Center, CPO #2600 Asheville, N.C. 28804 CONNECT WITH UNC ASHEVILLE ATHLETICS Official Athletics Twitter..................... @ashevilledogs Official Athletics Instagram................ @ashevilledogs Official Athletics Facebook.Facebook.com/AshevilleDogs AVL Men’s Basketball Twitter/Instagram.............@UNCABasketball

MEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS Head Coach: Nick McDevitt (Fifth Season) Alma Mater: UNC Asheville, 2001 Career Record: 77-53 (4 years) School Record: 77-53 (4 years) Big South Record: 47-23 (.671) Big South Tournament Record: 5-3 (.625) Assistant Coaches: Sean Dixon - Presbyterian College, 2007 Logan Johnson - Coastal Carolina, 2010 Wes Long - Clemson, 2004 Dir. of Basketball Operations: Sam Rardin - North Carolina, 2015 Athletic Trainer: Tim White Basketball Office Phone: 828-251-6935 Arena (capacity): Kimmel Arena (3,200) 2017-18 BREAKDOWN Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/4 Newcomers: 4 2016-17 REVIEW Overall Record: 23-10 Big South Record (Finish): 15-3 (T-1st) Big South Tournament: Loss in Quarterfinals Postseason: CollegeInsider.com Tournament MEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY First year of Basketball: 1964-65 Overall Record: 781-747 (.511) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (2003, 2011, 2012, 2016) NCAA Tournament Record: 2-4 NIT Appearances: 1 (2008) NIT Record: 0-1 CollegeInsider.Com Tournament Appearances: 1 (2017) CollegeInsider.Com Tournament Record: 0-1 Last postseason opponent: UT Martin, lost 89-75 in CollegeInsider. com Tournament Big South Regular-Season Record: 257-211 (.549) Big South Regular-Season Championships: 6 (1997-98-0208-12-17) Big South Tournament Record: 33-27 (.550) Big South Tournament Championships: 5 (1989-03-11-12-16)

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THE UNIVERSITY

As the only dedicated liberal arts institution in the University of North Carolina system, UNC Asheville kindles learning by offering students an intellectually rigorous education that builds critical thinking and workforce skills to last a lifetime. Small class size, award-winning faculty and a nationally acclaimed undergraduate research program foster innovation as well as recognition. The cornerstone of a liberal arts education is the ability to explore the connections between many different subjects as well as the options available. So learning here expands well beyond the classroom walls. Focusing on undergraduate studies, we help students dig into learning, whether they participate in faculty-mentored research projects, undertake career-related internships, study abroad, or join service projects aimed at improving the quality of life at home and around the world. We encourage everyone to seek challenges, seize opportunities and become a doer as well as a thinker. At UNC Asheville, we’ve created an environment for exploring the world as well as more than 30 different majors. About 3,900 undergraduate students and about 330 full- and part-time faculty bring the campus alive with a genuine hunger to understand and contribute to the human experience. Amid the culturally rich setting of Asheville, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, it’s all designed to spark a lifelong quest to know more — a fire that will grow brighter in the future.


The picturesque campus is home to many fun events throughout the year, including Concerts on the Quad, which happens each summer (pictured top left).

Built in 1965 with a major addition in 1990 that nearly doubled its size, Ramsey Library (above) was built in honor of D. Hiden Ramsey, a newspaper editor as well as city and state official. Today, the library holds approximately 360,000 volumes with access to more than 400,000 titles electronically.

UNC Asheville confers degrees three times during the academic year at the end of the Fall semester, at the end of the Spring semester as well as at the end of the Summer terms. Formal commencement ceremonies are held in December and May.

Petting Rocky on the path to a first class or a first job has been a rite of passage for many students and graduates and is said to bring good luck, and he was there to see the Bulldogs through one more memorable Homecoming in February.


THE BILTMORE ESTATE

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY

PISGAH NATIONAL


CHARLOTTE, NC

KNOXVILLE, TN

WELCOME TO ASHEVILLE, N.C. There’s more to life than the climb. There’s the view. There’s something unexpected around every bend.

UNC Asheville is situated in one of the most vibrant cities in the Southeast. With a population of 87,000 in the city and 391,000 in nearby metro areas, Asheville offers an inviting downtown, exciting outdoor adventures, a thriving arts community and an array of eclectic dining opportunities. MILEAGE CHART FROM ASHEVILLE Atlanta, Ga. ........................................ 200 miles Bristol, Tenn. ..........................................85 miles Charlotte, N.C. .................................... 130 miles Columbia, S.C. ....................................160 miles Greenville, S.C. .................................... 63 miles Knoxville, Tenn. .................................. 115 miles Raleigh, N.C. .......................................250 miles Spartanburg, S.C. ..................................80 miles Wilmington, N.C. .................................360 miles


THE BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE For more than 30 years, the Big South Conference has matured into a competitive leader in college athletics, actively pursuing excellence on the field of play and in the classroom. The league’s growing presence as an NCAA Division I athletic conference is evident by notable accomplishments on the national stage, innovative marketing and media partnerships, increased television packages, and quality athletic competition while intentionally fostering the academic, personal, social, athletic and leadership development of each student-athlete. This has evolved into the conference’s mission of “Developing Leaders Through Athletics” as part of a new strategic emphasis on becoming the premiere non-FBS conference in the Southeast. Since 2000, the Big South Conference has experienced its most pivotal accomplishments in the league’s history both athletically and academically, such as: • Baseball National Champion in 2016 • Six individual National Champions • Two Top 10 finishes in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship, including fifth in 2007 • The No. 1 ranked team in the national polls in 2014 and 2015 (football) • Reached the quarterfinals of the FCS Playoffs three consecutive years in 2013, 2014 and 2015 • Reached the NCAA “Sweet 16” in men’s soccer, women’s basketball and baseball • Qualified three teams for NCAA postseason play in the same sport for the first time in 2016 (men’s soccer, men’s golf) • Three NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament wins • Reached the NCAA Softball Regional Championship game three times • Multiple teams in the FCS playoffs three times since 2012 • Three berths in the NCAA Baseball Super Regionals • Multiple teams in the NCAA Baseball Regionals eight times • The No. 1 seed in the NCAA Baseball Regionals four times, including the national No. 4 seed in 2010 • Three Top 24 finishes in the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship since 2011 • The first-ever national finalist for NCAA Woman of the Year • First appearance in the round of 32 in the NCAA Men’s Singles Championship • First All-Americans in men’s and women’s cross country • A Big South-record 13 Academic All-Americans in 2003-04 and 2013-14 • A Big South-record 21 NCAA Public Recognition Awards for APR Success in 2016 • A Big South-record 85 percent Graduation Success Rate two consecutive years (2014 and 2015) • A Big South-record 42 All-Americans in 2011-12 On April 24, 1983, Charleston Southern (then Baptist College) Athletic Director Howard Bagwell and Augusta President George Christenberry began recruiting members into the Big South and less than four months later on August 21, the Big South Conference was formed when Augusta, Charleston Southern, Campbell, Coastal Carolina and Winthrop committed to the new league. One month later, Dr. Edward M. Singleton was selected as the league’s first Commissioner and continued to solicit new members. His efforts led to the additions of Armstrong State, Radford and UNC Asheville, giving the Big South more than the required six members to constitute an official conference. The Big South’s first year of competition was in the Fall of 1984, and in September 1986, the Big South Conference was granted full-fledged NCAA Division I status. During its infancy and prior to securing automatic bids to NCAA Championships, the Big South made early strides in earning at-large berths in several national postseason events, including volleyball, women’s basketball and women’s golf. In 1989, George F. “Buddy” Sasser replaced the retiring Dr. Singleton as Commissioner, and in 1990, the league received its first automatic bid -- an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Baseball Championship. Under Sasser’s seven years of leadership, the conference implemented its public relations and compliance programs, and introduced its first-ever men’s basketball television package, featuring the Big South competing against some of the finest teams in the nation.

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In August 1996, Kyle B. Kallander replaced Sasser as the league’s third Commissioner, and in his 20 years at the helm of the Big South, Kallander has been instrumental in aggressively promoting the conference to unprecedented new heights. During his tenure, men’s and women’s indoor track & field (1997), football (2002) and women’s lacrosse (2013) were added as sponsored sports. The conference has also enjoyed record levels in marketing revenue, in addition to extensive television coverage for women’s basketball, baseball, softball, men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball and women’s lacrosse for the first time. The league as a whole has enjoyed increased national television exposure through aggressive and unique television packages. Conference membership has solidified with the additions of High Point, Gardner-Webb, Presbyterian College and Longwood, plus the return of charter member Campbell University. Kallander’s long range vision has also included technological advancements, as the conference introduced its first live streaming event in 2005 and has since expanded its video offerings to more than 900 annually through a partnership with the member institutions. Ongoing equipment upgrades will allow these productions to become “TV-ready” in the near future. Under Kallander’s leadership, the Big South developed and initiated its first long-range strategic plan, re-affirming the league’s vision as a distinctive athletic conference committed to the quality of institutional life through athletic competition. An updated strategic plan was launched in 2015 with the objective to transform the Big South Conference into the premiere non-FBS conference in the Southeast. The primary areas of focus are basketball success, media exposure, academic centrality, student-athlete experience and messaging/branding. Prominent Big South athletic alumni include three-time U.S. Olympian Amber Campbell; 2016 U.S. Open Champion Dustin Johnson; former American League All-Star Ty Wiggington; Cleveland Indians pitcher Cody Allen; Oakland Athletics pitcher Ryan Dull; Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman, New York Giants running back Rashad Jennings; three-time NFL Pro Bowler Justin Bethel, WNBA veteran Avery Warley and Carolina Panthers fullback Mike Tolbert. Distinguished alumni from Big South member institutions include Charlotte Hornets President Fred Whitfield (Campbell), U.S. Senator Tim Scott (Charleston Southern), Basketball Hall of Famer Artis Gilmore (Gardner-Webb), Grammyaward winning singer/songwriter Donna Fargo (High Point), ESPN personality Samantha Ponder (Liberty), former LPGA player Tina Barrett (Longwood), HGTV President Jim Samples (Presbyterian), former U.S. National Men’s Soccer Team member Dante Washington (Radford), Weather Channel anchor Kristina Abernathy (UNC Asheville) and actress Andie MacDowell (Winthrop). The conference’s tagline, “Developing Leaders Through Athletics” was unveiled in 2008-09 in conjunction with the conference’s 25th Anniversary. The league also honored its heritage with the Top 25 “Best of the Best” moments in its history from 1983-2008, with Liberty University’s 10-year women’s basketball championship run from 1996-2007 being crowned the No. 1 moment in the league’s first 25 years. As part of the league’s 30th anniversary celebration in 2013-14, All-Decade Teams were recognized for the first time in each sport. The conference’s on-field accomplishments have been duplicated in the classroom. For the past two years, more than 50 percent of conference’s student-athletes have been named to the Big South’s Presidential Honor Roll for maintaining a 3.0 grade-point average for the academic year, including 138 4.0 students in 2015-16, and the league has had nearly 170 Academic All-Americans in its history.

CAMPBELL

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN

GARDNER-WEBB

HIGH POINT

LIBERTY

LONGWOOD

PRESBYTERIAN

RADFORD

UNC ASHEVILLE

WINTHROP


UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR

DR. MARY K. GRANT

CHANCELLOR/BIG SOUTH PRESIDENT Dr. Mary K. Grant joined UNC Asheville as the seventh chancellor in January 2015, after serving for 12 years as president of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA). During her first two years, she established UNC Asheville as a center for creativity, innovation, and excellence in the public liberal arts, bringing the community to the table for events such as the annual farm-to-table dinner on the Quad, and expanding access to higher education while increasing enrollment in North Carolina’s public liberal arts university. Dr. Grant’s leadership in strategic institutional growth encouraged a transformation of campus for the 21st century, with construction projects underway for UNC Asheville’s first apartment-style student residences and renovations to the Highsmith Student Union, followed by renovations to two academic buildings Owen and Carmichael Halls. These projects represent $67 million in campus construction or renovations, including $21.1 million funded through Connect NC bonds, on which Dr. Grant led the efforts to secure. The university also opened STEAM Studio – an innovative space for engineering and design in the River Arts Makers Place, providing a pathway for students to make their careers and establishing a driving force in the creative economy. It is the rich creative talent both in the region and the university that has led to increased interest in combining elements of art and engineering into the curriculum. A reinvigorated partnership with The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design has resulted in the launch of the university’s Center for Creative Entrepreneurship, and more than $1 million in funding to bring UNC Asheville expertise in the humanities and liberal arts into downtown Asheville. A $1.5 million grant from the N.C GlaxoSmithKline Foundation elevates undergraduate research in chemistry and biology. This clear focus on student success and academic rigor remain at the heart of a UNC Asheville education, defined as directions in the university’s strategic plan, developed and implemented under Dr. Grant’s leadership. Through this strategic planning, she fostered a deep commitment to supporting diverse and inclusive communities, making innovation a core competency, and renewing attention toward sustainability – all core values of UNC Asheville. Extracurricular experiences and community engagement complete the plan and enrich modern scholars. Engaging the community is a major goal of Dr. Grant. Whether it is hosting world renowned speakers or national undergraduate research events, the university is better connected to the region than ever before. The growth of the university and city of Asheville over the past five years has demonstrated the need for the university to participate in the community. Faculty, staff, and students connect with city leadership to help address the

issues a growing city often experiences. With successful Division I athletics, the university establishes stronger ties to the region. Community service is critical at UNC Asheville, and it will continue to be a focal point for Dr. Grant. This mission-driven approach, anchored in the liberal arts, receives accolades from students, faculty, and college guides. The university was ranked #1 for “Making an Impact,” by The Princeton Review in 2016, recognizing schools with the best community service opportunities, student governments, sustainability, and on-campus student engagement, as well as graduates with high job meaning. UNC Asheville continues to earn high marks for value and academic excellence, garnering a Top 10 place on the Best Public Liberal Arts Colleges by U.S. News and World Report. Dr. Grant is a leader in public higher education, having served as chair of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), where she directed a planning effort that culminated in bringing the COPLAC executive office to Asheville. She currently serves as president of the Big South Conference Council of Chief Executive Officers, as vice chair of the board for National Campus Compact, as a director of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce and United Way of Asheville, and a trustee of the Norman Rockwell Museum. She served as the chief academic officer and deputy CEO of UMassOnline and was a senior fellow at the John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs at UMass Boston, where she led the institute’s master’s program in public affairs and served as director of the Center for Social Policy. In addition, Dr. Grant served as assistant vice chancellor for administration and finance and human resources at UMass Boston. As president of MCLA, she oversaw growth in enrollment, strengthened the connections between the college and the community, and led the college’s first comprehensive capital campaign, resulting in approximately $100 million in new public and private support for the college. Dr. Grant has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the 2014 MCLA Distinguished Alumnus Award, and the New England Board of Higher Education’s (NEBHE) Massachusetts State Merit Award. She also received the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District I Executive Leadership Award in recognition of her success in increasing MCLA’s institutional stature in, and service to, the community. Dr. Grant was the recipient of the 2011 American Council on Education Massachusetts National Network of Women Leaders Lifetime Achievement Award, and was appointed to the Massachusetts Governor’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Advisory Council. She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from MCLA, a master’s degree in public affairs from UMass Boston, a Ph.D. in social policy from The Heller School at Brandeis University, and an honorary degree from Williams College.

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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

JANET R. CONE

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Janet R. Cone, who has served as UNC Asheville’s Director of Athletics since 2004, is the only woman currently serving on the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee that selects and seeds the teams for March Madness. She was one of just 28 Directors of Athletics to be named as an Under Armour AD of the Year in 2013 by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. In 2014, she negotiated the first-ever college revenue development service platform with IMG College to combine athletics development and capital campaign with sponsorship sales. This partnership generated recording breaking revenue for 2014-15 for the Bulldogs. Outside of UNC Asheville, Cone helped create the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission and was a former chair. She currently serves as a founding board member for the group. In addition to her term on the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, she is currently serving on the NCAA Division I Institutional Performance Committee and on various Big South Conference Committees. Under Cone’s leadership the Bulldogs have achieved unbelievable progress with the creation and implementation of the “More Wins, More Friends, and More Resources” strategic plan. Cone, who also serves as the Senior Administrator for University Enterprises, oversaw the successful opening of the Wilma M. Sherrill Center which houses the Kimmel Arena, a new tennis facility, and the expansion of the Karl Straus Track Facility. Presently a campaign to build on-campus baseball and soccer stadiums is underway. More importantly, the Bulldog athletics department’s Academic Progress Rate is 977, and Bulldog student-athletes have an overall 3.108 GPA and a Graduation Rate of 85%. UNC

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Asheville’s athletics budget is one of the lowest in NCAA Division I Athletics; however, under Cone’s leadership, a sustainable revenue plan has been implemented to increase the athletics budget from $2.1M to $5.7M and will add another $1.2M over the next two years. In spite of the budget, Bulldogs have won Big South Conference Championships in Baseball, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, and Women’s Soccer. The Bulldogs value community engagement and perform thousands of hours of community service each year, too. Cone continues to work rigorously to improve Gender Equity, and earlier this year, she announced the addition of women’s golf as the 16th NCAA Division I athletics program at UNC Asheville. When women’s golf tees off in 2016-17, they will become the second sport added in the last five years. The revival of the women’s swimming program in 2012-13 marked the first time that the athletics department had added a sport in 20 years. Prior to coming to Asheville, Cone served as the associate athletics director for Samford University, and also coached women’s basketball at Samford, Saint Leo University, Western Carolina University and Mars Hill College. Cone holds a bachelor’s degree from Furman University and a master’s degree from the University of South Carolina.


UNC ASHEVILLE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE MEDIA Media interested in an interview with a UNC Asheville coach or student-athlete as well as those interested in a press credential are asked to contact the Athletics Communications Office. All interview requests for UNC Asheville coaches, student-athletes and administrators should be directed to the appropriate member of the Athletics Communications staff. Each member can be reached directly and quickly via email or phone number listed on this page. CREDENTIALS SIDELINE – UNC Asheville strictly follows NCAA rules regarding media representatives on the sidelines. Photographers are not permitted to shoot within the designated team areas and must display their credentials at all times. POST-GAME INTERVIEWS At the conclusion of each home contest, requested student-athletes and head coach Nick McDevitt will be available for comment following a 10-minute “cooling off” period. COACH MCDEVITT INTERVIEWS Media members wishing to interview Coach McDevitt are asked to please contact Brian Hand in the Athletics Communications Office at least 24 hours in advance. STUDENT-ATHLETE INTERVIEWS All student-athlete interviews must be coordinated through the Athletics Communications Office. Student-athlete interviews will take place either prior to or following practice. Student-athletes will not be pulled from their regular schedules during the week for interviews and should not be contacted directly. GAME NOTES UNC Asheville Athletics Communications will publish game-by-game notes, which will include updated stats, series history, and notes of interest, on UNCABulldogs.com. ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICES The Athletics Communications Office is located in the Justice Center near the main Athletics office. PRESS CREDENTIAL POLICY • Spouses, dates, children, equipment carriers and non-workers are restricted from press boxes, sidelines and locker rooms. Any abuse of a working credential will result in the media agency losing credential privileges. Credentials will not be issued to any person under the age of 18. • In some instances, due to space limitations, meeting the identified criteria does not guarantee credentials. • Space for working press, radio, and television is allocated by the UNC Asheville Athletics Communications Office, which reserves the right to deny credentials to any outlet.

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF BRIAN HAND, Assistant A.D., External Relations SPORTS: MEN’S BASKETBALL, MEN’S SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL, CROSS COUNTRY AND MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TENNIS EMAIL: bhand1@unca.edu PHONE: (803) 646-9716 ALMA MATER: BA - North Greenville (‘03) MS - Middle Tennessee State (‘04) HOMETOWN: Greer, S.C. QUICKLY: Previous stops include Executive Editor for Spurs & Feathers (4 yrs), Assistant A.D. and SID at USC Aiken (5 yrs), SID at Presbyterian (3 yrs) … Joined the UNC Asheville staff in December 2016.

MITCHELL MIEGEL, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications SPORTS: WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, WOMEN’S SOCCER, TRACK AND FIELD, SWIMMING AND WOMEN’S GOLF EMAIL: mmiegel@unca.edu PHONE: (770) 542-7873 ALMA MATER: BA - Berry (‘15) MS - East Tennessee State (‘17) HOMETOWN: Roswell, Ga. QUICKLY: Previous stops include: Grad. Assist. at East Tennessee State (2 yrs), Student Assistant at Berry (2 yrs), Assistant General Manager for Tri-Cities Otters Futbol Club (1 yr) … Joined the UNC Asheville staff in July 2017.

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HEAD COACH NICK MCDEVITT

NICK MCDEVITT

HEAD COACH, FIFTH SEASON UNC Asheville, 2001 Nick McDevitt is in his fifth year as head coach of his alma mater. He was named as the program’s sixth head coach on April 28, 2013. The 2017 Big South Conference Coach of the Year and the NABC District 3 Coach of the Year, McDevitt led the Bulldogs to their sixth Big South Conference regular-season title in the 2016-17 season (1996-97, 199798, 2001-02, 2007-08, 2011-12 and 201617). He has now been a part of five of the six Big South Conference regular-season crowns either as a player, assistant coach or head coach (1997-98, 2001-02, 2007-08,

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2011-12 and 2016-17). Just the third coach in Big South Conference history to win 15 or more games in each of his first four seasons as a head coach in the conference, McDevitt guided the Bulldogs to their second-most wins in program history in a season this past year with 23. This past year’s Bulldog team reached 20 wins faster than any other team in program history in 27 games. McDevitt’s program has now collected back-to-back 20-win seasons and made two straight postseason appearances with the Bulldogs playing in the 2016 NCAA Tourna-


HEAD COACH NICK MCDEVITT ment and the 2017 CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The appearance in this year’s CIT marked UNC Asheville’s sixth appearance in a postseason tournament with McDevitt a part of the program. The Bulldogs have advanced to the NCAA Tournament four times before (2003, 2011, 2012 and 2016) and the NIT (2008) once. McDevitt was also chosen as a finalist for the 2017 Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award. Named after the late Skip Prosser, who died suddenly in 2007 while the head coach at Wake Forest, the award is presented annually to those who not only achieve success on the basketball court but who also display moral integrity off of it as well. McDevitt overall has coached 20 different Bulldog players who have earned All-Big South Conference honors. McDevitt led the Bulldogs to the 2016 Big South Conference Tournament championship and a spot in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Asheville finished the 2015-16 season 22-12 overall and 12-6 in Big South play in the 2015-16 season. Asheville swept the season series against Big South Conference opponents Campbell, Presbyterian, Longwood, Liberty and Charleston Southern. McDevitt and Asheville finished 15-16 overall and 10-8 in Big South play in 2014-15. Asheville swept the season series against Big South opponents Campbell, Gardner-Webb and Liberty and added a win over eventual league champion Coastal Carolina at home in late January. The summer of 2015 saw a pair of former Bulldogs earn professional contracts with Jaleel Roberts (Class of 2015) becoming the first player in Asheville history to earn an invitation to NBA training camp after signing with the Washington Wizards. Jaron lane (Class of 2014) also began his professional career when he signed with the London Lions of the British Basketball League. McDevitt’s first club bounced back from a 1-7 start to post a 17-15 overall record. The Bulldogs finished second in the South Division of the league with a 10-6 mark. Asheville knocked off Radford in the quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament before losing, 80-79, to Winthrop in the semifinals when two last-second shots wouldn’t fall. The Blue and White picked up an impressive non-conference win at College of Charleston for McDevitt first victory as head coach. Asheville picked up a win

over eventual league champion Coastal Carolina at home late in the season. McDevitt succeeded long-time Bulldog head coach Eddie Biedenbach. The Madison county native both played and coached under Biedenbach. After graduating from UNC Asheville in 2001, Biedenbach immediately appointed McDevitt to his coaching staff. He served as an assistant coach for 10 seasons before being elevated to Associate Head Coach in 2011. McDevitt was a four-year letterman for the Bulldogs from 1997 through 2001. He graduated in May 2001 with a degree in history. His playing time increased steadily during his career as he became a key player for UNC Asheville off the bench in the 2000-01 season. He was fifth on the team in three-pointers made with 11 and led the team by shooting 52 percent from long distance. In addition, McDevitt enjoyed considerable success off the court. He was named to the Big South Conference All-Academic team his junior and senior years and was a member of the Dean’s List four different times at UNC Asheville. He was also a member of the Big South Presidential Honor Roll three times and served on the NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches) Student Basketball Council his junior and senior years. McDevitt enjoyed a standout career at Madison High School in Marshall. He was the starting point guard for the Patriots for three seasons and led the 2-A school to three straight conference championships and two regional appearances. McDevitt averaged 17 points and 10 assists his senior year and earned all-region honors by the Asheville Citizen-Times. In addition, he is Madison’s all-time leader in assists and steals. McDevitt coached the Tennessee Travelers 17-Under team in 2001 and assisted Bob Gibbons’ Tournament of Champions in 1999 and 2001. In the summer of 2013, he was named to Asheville’s inaugural “Forty Under 40” class by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce. McDevitt was recognized for making a mark in the Asheville area in professional achievements and commitment to excellence. McDevitt is married to the former Lauren Cooper, and the couple has one child, Cooper.

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ASSISTANT COACHES

SEAN DIXON

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH, FIFTH SEASON Presbyterian College, 2007 Sean Dixon enters his fifth season with the UNC Asheville basketball program and first as Associate Head Coach in 2017-2018. He specializes in guard development and is the program’s recruiting coordinator. Dixon has helped the program to back-to-back 20-win seasons. During the 2016-17 campaign the Bulldogs captured their sixth Big South Conference regular season title and earned a postseason appearance to the CollegeInsider.com tournament. Macio Teague and Ahmad Thomas were also Big South first-team All-Conference selections. The Bulldogs were Big South Tournament champions in 2015-16 and were a 15-seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament. They went on to lose in the first round to the eventual national champions in the Villanova Wildcats. In all, Dixon has helped coach seven All-Conference performers and been a part of 77 wins while at UNC Asheville. Prior to UNC Asheville, Dixon enjoyed a successful playing and coaching career at Big South foe, Presbyterian College. He was a part of the program’s biggest victory on Nov. 19, 2011 when they beat the 20th-ranked Cincinnati Bearcats. During his playing days, Dixon was a four-year letterwinner. A two-time team captain, he helped the program to back-to-back 20win seasons. He was a two-time first-team All-Conference selection. Dixon also earned second-team All-Conference accolades during the 2004-05 campaign. He scored 1,106 career points at PC. Dixon graduated from Presbyterian College with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management in 2007. Married to the former Tara Westendorf, the couple welcomed a daughter, Kinsley Grace, on Feb. 27, 2017.

LOGAN JOHNSON

ASSISTANT COACH, FOURTH SEASON Coastal Carolina, 2010 Logan Johnson is beginning his fourth year as an assistant coach with the UNC Asheville basketball program. The former Coastal Carolina standout joined the Bulldog program from Ouachita Baptist University where he served as an assistant to head coach Dennis Nutt for three years. OBU enjoyed two winning seasons during Johnson’s tenure with the Tigers, winning the Great American Conference in 2013. Johnson recruited four all-conference selections at OBU, including the GAC Defensive Player of the Year, the GAC Newcomer of the Year and the GAC Player of the Year. Prior to joining the staff at OBU, Johnson was a graduate assistant on Bruce Pearl’s Tennessee staff in 2010-11. During his playing career at CCU, Johnson was a starter on the 2009-2010 Big South Conference championship team. He was named to the 2010 Big South Conference All-Tournament Team and was twice named to the Big South Academic All-Conference Team (2009-2010). He enjoyed a great prep career at South Doyle High School in Knoxville, Tenn. and was named the PrepXtra Player of the Year his senior season. He was also selected to play in the Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association East-West All-Star Basketball Game.

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ASSISTANT COACHES

WES LONG

ASSISTANT COACH, FIRST SEASON Clemson, 2004 UNC Asheville men’s basketball head coach Nick McDevitt announced Wes Long as an assistant coach in early July of 2017. Long comes to UNC Asheville after spending the past couple of seasons at VCU. He also spent two seasons working at Chattanooga before joining the staff at VCU. During his time at VCU, Long was part of a staff that helped guide the Rams to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and the Atlantic 10 regular-season crown in the 2015-16 season. Before joining the staff at Chattanooga, Long spent a total of nine years at Queens University of Charlotte with him serving as head coach of the top-level NCAA Division II program during his last five years with the Royals. Long had a record 75-66 as head coach at Queens. Long led the Royals to back-to-back regular-season Conference Carolinas titles in 2010-11 and 2011-12. The 2010-11 championship was the first conference regular-season title for Queens since 2003. The 2010-11 team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II Tournament. Off the court, Long’s student-athletes had five of the seven highest GPA’s in program history during his tenure at Queens. A native of Mauldin, S.C., Long played and coached as an undergraduate at Clemson. He was a walk-on for the 2000-01 season before spending his final three seasons as a student assistant. He was a member of the Clemson team that defeated then No. 1 North Carolina, 75-66, in 2001. Long graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Clemson in 2004. He added a master’s degree in Business Administration from Queens in 2007. Married to the former Martha Wahlman, the couple welcomed a daughter, Abbie Grace, in August of 2016.

SAM RARDIN

DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS, THIRD SEASON

North Carolina, 2015

Sam Rardin is in his third year on the UNC Asheville men’s basketball coaching staff. The 2016-17 season was his first as the program’s Director of Basketball Operations. Through his position, Rardin helps oversee all of the logistical needs for the UNC Asheville men’s basketball program, including team travel planning, the budget, practice scheduling, film needs, academic monitoring and much more. He also oversees the UNC Asheville men’s basketball team managers. The Asheville native graduated from Asheville High School in 2011 and went on to earn his degree in Sports Administration from the University of North Carolina in May of 2015. While at UNC, Rardin worked for three years as a student manager for the UNC men’s basketball team.

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2017-18 ROSTER

No.

0 1 2 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 25 33 34

Name

Donovan Gilmore Jonathan Baehre Alec Wnuk LJ Thorpe Justin Brown Kevin Vannatta Jalen Seegars Raekwon Miller Tajion Jones Ahmad Thomas Grant Townsend MaCio Teague Drew Rackley Jeremy Peck

Cl.

Jr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. So. So. So.

Pos.

F F F F G G G G G. G F G G F

Ht./Wt.

6-7/200 6-9/200 6-7/205 6-4/215 6-2/210 6-2/200 6-4/210 6-3/175 6-5/180 6-3/215 6-7/205 6-3/190 6-1/190 6-8/230

Head Coach: Nick McDevitt Associate Head Coach: Sean Dixon Assistant Coach: Logan Johnson Assistant Coach: Wes Long Director of Basketball Operations: Sam Rardin Director of Sports Medicine: Tim White 15

Hometown/High School

Greensboro, N.C. / Wesleyan Christian Academy Hessen, Germany / Wilkson County Cary, N.C. / Christ School West Palm Beach, Fla. / Royal Palm Beach Miami, Fla. / Westminster Christian Upper Arlington, Ohio / Upper Arlington Greensboro, N.C. / High Point Christian Marion, N.C. / McDowell Oak Ridge, Tenn. / Oak Ridge Danville, Va. / Hargrave Military Academy Riverview, Fla. / Bloomingdale Cincinnati, Ohio / Walnut Hills New Concord, Ohio / John Glenn Houston, Texas / St. Thomas Aquinas 1 2 10 12 13 25

Pronunciation Guide Jonathan BEAR Alec WA-nuck Kevin Va-Nat-a RAY-kwon Miller Tay-jon Jones Mase-e-o Teague


2016-17 OVERALL STATISTICS UNC Asheville Basketball Statistics Asheville Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 22, 2017) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE

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14 31 10 13 02 12 32 21 33 11 05 22 15

Player

THOMAS, Ahmad TEAGUE, MaCio VANNATTA, Kevin ROBERTSON, David WNUK, Alec MILLER, Raekwon WEEKS, Will GIACOMO, Zilli RACKLEY, Drew BAEHRE, Jonathan BROWN, Justin SMITH, Malik TOWNSEND, Grant Team Total.......... Opponents......

TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game Score by Periods Asheville Opponents

gp-gs

min

33 33

6725 6725

OVERALL 23-10 15-3 8-7

Total 3-Point avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%

33-32 1088 33.0 243-447 .544 33-32 1124 34.1 169-361 .468 33-32 1060 32.1 106-242 .438 33-25 660 20.0 82-178 .461 29-0 563 19.4 78-148 .527 33-9 667 20.2 67-190 .353 33-22 857 26.0 79-148 .534 23-13 216 9.4 33-69 .478 22-0 214 9.7 23-54 .426 11-0 82 7.5 9-19 .474 11-0 34 3.1 7-14 .500 19-0 130 6.8 8-27 .296 10-0 30 3.0 4-11 .364

OT OT2 42 14 38 11

OPP 2263 68.6 816-1815 .450 249-702 .355 7.5 382-581 .657 11.6 1140 34.5 454 13.8 547 16.6 0.8 178 5.4 107 3.2 60490 18-3361 1-0 Totals 2544 2263

37-81 70-154 32-103 61-134 3-10 41-134 0-0 0-0 16-36 1-3 2-8 1-6 0-1

.457 .455 .311 .455 .300 .306 .000 .000 .444 .333 .250 .167 .000

AWAY 10-8 6-3 4-5

F-Throw ft-fta ft%

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

70-123 101-114 56-80 30-39 53-87 44-56 57-101 25-35 9-13 4-9 4-5 9-11 2-8

Date 11/11/16 11/14/16 11/17/16 11/20/16 11/22/16 11/25/16 11/19/16 12/03/16 12/06/16 12/10/16 12/17/16 12/19/16 12/22/16 12/29/16 12/31/16 01-03-17 01/07/17 1/11/17 01/14/17 01/19/17 01/21/17 01/26/17 01/28/17 02/01/17 02/04/17 02/09/17 02-11-17 02/15/17 02/18/17 02/23/17 02/25/17 03/02/17 3/16/17

.569 .886 .700 .769 .609 .786 .564 .714 .692 .444 .800 .818 .250

off

46 18 16 6 36 8 70 16 2 9 1 6 3 44 908-1908 .476 264-670 .394 464-681 .681 281 816-1815 .450 249-702 .355 382-581 .657 298

AVL 2544 77.1 +8.5 908-1908 .476 264-670 .394 8.0 464-681 .681 14.1 1106 33.5 -1.0 512 15.5 384 11.6 +4.9 1.3 306 9.3 64 1.9 22453 14-1604 -

1st 2nd 1171 1317 1023 1191

HOME 13-1 9-0 4-1

Rebounds def tot

172 218 133 151 134 150 32 38 77 113 59 67 89 159 26 42 17 19 8 17 3 4 23 29 6 9 46 90 825 1106 842 1140

NEUTRAL 0-1 0-0 0-1

avg

6.6 4.6 4.5 1.2 3.9 2.0 4.8 1.8 0.9 1.5 0.4 1.5 0.9

pf dq

a

1 77 0 90 3 110 2 38 1 36 3 49 2 75 0 11 1 12 0 5 0 1 1 7 0 1

to blk stl

69 31 57 20 50 49 51 18 14 5 4 8 3 5 33.5 553 14 512 384 34.5 586 - 454 547

Opponent at VCU at Georgia at USC Upstate SIENNA at Furman at Kansas BREVARD at Coastal Carolina at Elon WARREN WILSON WESTERN CAROLINA UNCG at Ohio State at Radford GARDNER WEBB at Liberty HIGH POINT LONGWOOD at Charleston So. at WINTHROP CAMPBELL at Presbyterian RADFORD CHARLESTON SO. at High Point WINTHROP at Longwood PRESBYTERIAN at CAMPBELL at Gardner Webb LIBERTY vs CAMPBELL at UT Martin

85 46 77 50 61 61 78 34 18 9 5 23 6

L L W W W L W Wot W W W L L Lot Wot W W W W L W W W W W Wo2 W W W L W L L

15 7 3 1 4 8 6 14 0 3 1 2 0

99 36 42 22 16 34 29 7 11 3 3 4 0

pts

avg

593 509 300 255 212 219 215 91 71 23 20 26 10

18.0 15.4 9.1 7.7 7.3 6.6 6.5 4.0 3.2 2.1 1.8 1.4 1.0

64 306 2544 107 178 2263

77.1 68.6

Score 65-80 46-60 73-57 92-80 64-58 57-95 68-50 79-77 78-69 117-52 59-57 73-75 77-79 77-80 90-85 70-57 88-58 89-68 76-67 73-76 72-56 73-47 80-69 91-73 74-71 104-101 91-69 89-48 66-53 76-81 63-45 79-81 75-89

Att. 7637 6415 537 1227 1216 16300 939 1447 1421 1229 1661 1269 11480 807 1491 1219 912 1262 755 3215 2203 602 1744 1333 1750 2732 1312 1523 1584 2289 2928 0 504

* - Conference game

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2016-17 OVERALL STATISTICS UNC Asheville Basketball Statistics Asheville Season Schedule/Results & Leaders (as of Mar 22, 2017) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE

OVERALL 23-10 15-3 8-7

HOME 13-1 9-0 4-1

AWAY 10-8 6-3 4-5

Date 11/11/16

Opponent at VCU

11/14/16 11/17/16 11/20/16 11/22/16 11/25/16

at Georgia at USC Upstate SIENNA at Furman at Kansas

W W W

11/19/16

BREVARD

W

68-50

(13)THOMAS, Ahmad (18)THOMAS, Ahmad (18)MILLER, Raekwon (22)TEAGUE, MaCio (12)VANNATTA, Kevin (12)THOMAS, Ahmad 939 (19)THOMAS, Ahmad

12/03/16 12/06/16

at Coastal Carolina at Elon

Wot W

79-77 78-69

1447 (22)THOMAS, Ahmad 1421 (17)VANNATTA, Kevin

12/10/16 12/17/16 12/19/16

WARREN WILSON WESTERN CAROLINA UNCG

12/22/16 12/29/16

at Ohio State *at Radford

12/31/16 01-03-17

*GARDNER WEBB *at Liberty

01/07/17

Score 65-80

NEUTRAL 0-1 0-0 0-1

W W

46-60 73-57 92-80 64-58 57-95

117-52 59-57 73-75

L

L

L

Att. High Points 7637 (20)THOMAS, Ahmad 6415 537 1227 1216 16300

1229 (21)ROBERTSON, David 1661 (20)THOMAS, Ahmad 1269 (29)TEAGUE, MaCio

Wot W

90-85 70-57

11480 (23)TEAGUE, MaCio 807 (14)ROBERTSON, David (14)THOMAS, Ahmad (14)TEAGUE, MaCio 1491 (25)TEAGUE, MaCio 1219 (20)ROBERTSON, David

*HIGH POINT

W

88-58

912 (19)ROBERTSON, David

1/11/17

*LONGWOOD

W

89-68

01/14/17 01/19/17

*at Charleston So. *at WINTHROP

W

76-67 73-76

01/21/17 01/26/17 01/28/17 02/01/17 02/04/17 02/09/17 02-11-17 02/15/17 02/18/17 02/23/17 02/25/17 03/02/17 3/16/17

*CAMPBELL *at Presbyterian *RADFORD *CHARLESTON SO. *at High Point *WINTHROP *at Longwood *PRESBYTERIAN *at CAMPBELL *at Gardner Webb *LIBERTY vs CAMPBELL at UT Martin

* - Conference game

Attendance Summary

Home Away Neutral Total

17

Games

14 18 1 33

77-79 77-80

L

L Lot

L

W 72-56 W 73-47 W 80-69 W 91-73 W 74-71 Wo2 104-101 W 91-69 W 89-48 W 66-53 W

Attend

22453 60490 0 82943

76-81 63-45 79-81 75-89

Avg/Game

1604 3361 0 2513

L L L

1262 (27)TEAGUE, MaCio (27)THOMAS, Ahmad 755 (18)TEAGUE, MaCio 3215 (27)THOMAS, Ahmad 2203 602 1744 1333 1750 2732 1312 1523 1584 2289 2928

(26)THOMAS, Ahmad (15)THOMAS, Ahmad (19)THOMAS, Ahmad (25)THOMAS, Ahmad (19)THOMAS, Ahmad (26)THOMAS, Ahmad (30)TEAGUE, MaCio (18)TEAGUE, MaCio (23)ROBERTSON, David (25)THOMAS, Ahmad (31)THOMAS, Ahmad (22)TEAGUE, MaCio 504 (22)THOMAS, Ahmad

High Rebounds (5)VANNATTA, Kevin (5)WEEKS, Will (6)THOMAS, Ahmad (5)THOMAS, Ahmad (8)THOMAS, Ahmad (8)THOMAS, Ahmad (5)WEEKS, Will (5)WNUK, Alec (7)THOMAS, Ahmad (7)MILLER, Raekwon (10)TEAGUE, MaCio (7)THOMAS, Ahmad (7)TEAGUE, MaCio (10)SMITH, Malik (9)WNUK, Alec (8)TEAGUE, MaCio (8)THOMAS, Ahmad (6)TEAGUE, MaCio (11)THOMAS, Ahmad (9)THOMAS, Ahmad (7)VANNATTA, Kevin (7)TEAGUE, MaCio (6)WEEKS, Will (6)TEAGUE, MaCio (8)VANNATTA, Kevin (9)VANNATTA, Kevin (6)TEAGUE, MaCio (6)THOMAS, Ahmad (9)VANNATTA, Kevin (10)THOMAS, Ahmad (13)THOMAS, Ahmad (11)VANNATTA, Kevin (6)THOMAS, Ahmad (12)WEEKS, Will (9)WEEKS, Will (6)WEEKS, Will (8)WEEKS, Will (7)WEEKS, Will (10)TEAGUE, MaCio (9)WNUK, Alec (11)THOMAS, Ahmad


2016-17 OVERALL STATISTICS UNC Asheville Basketball Statistics Asheville Team Game-by-Game (as of Mar 22, 2017) All games TEAM STATISTICS

Opponent

at VCU at Georgia at USC Upstate SIENNA at Furman at Kansas BREVARD at Coastal Carolina at Elon WARREN WILSON WESTERN CAROLINA UNCG at Ohio State at Radford GARDNER WEBB at Liberty HIGH POINT LONGWOOD at Charleston So. at WINTHROP CAMPBELL at Presbyterian RADFORD CHARLESTON SO. at High Point WINTHROP at Longwood PRESBYTERIAN at CAMPBELL at Gardner Webb LIBERTY vs CAMPBELL at UT Martin Asheville Opponents

Games played: 33 Points/game: 77.1 FG Pct: 47.6 3FG Pct: 39.4 FT Pct: 68.1

Date

Total fg-fga

Score

11/11/16 65-80 11/14/16 46-60 11/17/16 73-57 11/20/16 92-80 11/22/16 64-58 11/25/16 57-95 11/19/16 68-50 12/03/16 79-77 12/06/16 78-69 12/10/16 117-52 12/17/16 59-57 12/19/16 73-75 12/22/16 77-79 12/29/16 77-80 12/31/16 90-85 01-03-17 70-57 01/07/17 88-58 1/11/17 89-68 01/14/17 76-67 01/19/17 73-76 01/21/17 72-56 01/26/17 73-47 01/28/17 80-69 02/01/17 91-73 02/04/17 74-71 02/09/17 104-101 02-11-17 91-69 02/15/17 89-48 02/18/17 66-53 02/23/17 76-81 02/25/17 63-45 03/02/17 79-81 3/16/17 75-89 2544 2263

L L W W W L W Wot W W W L L Lot Wot W W W W L W W W W W Wot W W W L W L L

25-53 20-59 27-56 34-59 19-54 23-63 24-52 30-63 27-55 40-70 18-50 27-62 28-64 33-71 32-62 24-51 29-51 34-62 25-57 22-53 29-52 27-57 27-57 31-63 27-52 34-70 34-66 27-49 21-51 29-62 24-47 27-57 30-58

908-1908 816-1815

pct

.472 .339 .482 .576 .352 .365 .462 .476 .491 .571 .360 .435 .438 .465 .516 .471 .569 .548 .439 .415 .558 .474 .474 .492 .519 .486 .515 .551 .412 .468 .511 .474 .517

3-Pointers 3fg-fga pct

6-17 4-22 9-23 9-16 6-19 6-18 6-16 10-28 6-13 12-23 3-15 10-25 11-24 4-13 16-31 9-20 13-21 10-22 6-19 6-18 6-12 12-27 7-14 8-21 3-13 9-23 10-28 14-27 9-24 3-16 7-19 8-25 6-18

.476 264-670 .450 249-702

.353 .182 .391 .563 .316 .333 .375 .357 .462 .522 .200 .400 .458 .308 .516 .450 .619 .455 .316 .333 .500 .444 .500 .381 .231 .391 .357 .519 .375 .188 .368 .320 .333

Free throws ft-fta pct

9-14 2-5 10-14 15-20 20-27 5-11 14-20 9-15 18-28 25-38 20-35 9-13 10-15 7-12 10-17 13-19 17-25 11-16 20-29 23-31 8-15 7-7 19-30 21-25 17-23 27-32 13-15 21-33 15-23 15-29 8-10 17-21 9-14

.394 464-681 .355 382-581

.643 .400 .714 .750 .741 .455 .700 .600 .643 .658 .571 .692 .667 .583 .588 .684 .680 .688 .690 .742 .533 1.000 .633 .840 .739 .844 .867 .636 .652 .517 .800 .810 .643 .681 .657

off

7 6 12 8 10 8 7 6 6 16 9 13 9 12 11 8 3 7 14 7 6 10 10 7 5 15 10 5 9 8 3 7 7

281 298

Rebounds def tot

18 23 19 20 23 15 31 27 28 35 27 21 19 26 22 26 27 27 26 26 28 24 30 25 21 28 31 29 24 24 33 21 21

25 29 31 28 33 23 38 33 34 51 36 34 28 38 33 34 30 34 40 33 34 34 40 32 26 43 41 34 33 32 36 28 28

avg

25.0 27.0 28.3 28.3 29.2 28.2 29.6 30.0 30.4 32.5 32.8 32.9 32.5 32.9 32.9 33.0 32.8 32.9 33.3 33.2 33.3 33.3 33.6 33.5 33.2 33.6 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.8 33.9 33.7 33.5

pf

19 12 16 16 13 16 20 21 22 19 14 13 23 18 20 14 19 20 16 22 14 7 14 13 17 20 15 15 14 24 11 14 22

a t/o blk

9 10 15 23 10 10 17 21 8 26 13 15 14 11 25 17 20 14 14 12 22 19 12 19 12 18 15 16 19 16 15 12 13

13 11 7 15 11 8 18 10 9 18 10 11 10 12 20 8 11 7 12 16 12 9 11 11 12 17 12 8 8 11 13 8 15

0 4 1 4 0 0 3 1 3 3 4 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 4 2 2 3 2 4 1 1 4 1 2

stl

pts

avg

7 65 65.0 8 46 55.5 8 73 61.3 11 92 69.0 15 64 68.0 7 57 66.2 12 68 66.4 11 79 68.0 11 78 69.1 26 117 73.9 10 59 72.5 7 73 72.6 4 77 72.9 7 77 73.2 11 90 74.3 5 70 74.1 10 88 74.9 8 89 75.7 9 76 75.7 6 73 75.6 7 72 75.4 7 73 75.3 6 80 75.5 11 91 76.1 9 74 76.0 13 104 77.1 10 91 77.6 11 89 78.0 10 66 77.6 13 76 77.6 4 63 77.1 6 79 77.2 6 75 77.1

825 1106 33.5 553 512 384 64 306 2544 77.1 842 1140 34.5 586 454 547 107 178 2263 68.6

Rebounds/game: 33.5 Assists/game: 15.5 Turnovers/game: 11.6 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.3 Steals/game: 9.3 Blocks/game: 1.9

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MEET THE BULLDOG SENIORS

Alec

WNUK

#2

Sr. • F • 6-7, 205 Cary, N.C. • Christ School 2016-17: Saw action in 29 games for the Bulldogs, averaging 7.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game ... Shot 52.7 percent (78-of-148) over the course of the season ... In UNC Asheville’s home win over mid-major power Siena, Wnuk scored a career-high 16 points (11/20) ... In Asheville’s impressive road win over Furman (11/22), Wnuk played in a career-best 28 minutes ... Wnuk brought down a career-high-tying nine rebounds in Asheville’s Big South Tournament quarterfinal game with Campbell (3/2). 2015-2016: Played in 16 games, including eight Big South contests ... Tallied season-best six points in seven minutes of action against Liberty (2/25) ... Shot 68.8 percent from the floor with 22 total rebounds ... Grabbed a career-high nine rebounds in win over Johnson & Wales (12/5) ... Played season-high 21 minutes vs. Johnson & Wales. 2014-2015: Played in 15 games as a freshman ... Logged over 20 minutes in two games (Limestone 12/7 and at UAB 12/14) ... Tallied 12 points twice (Johnson & Wales 11/19 and Limestone 12/7) ... Shot 42 percent from the floor and was a 50 percent three-point shooter ...Averaged 2.1 rebounds per contest. Before UNC Asheville: As a senior, he led Christ School in scoring (14.9) and assists (3.5) ... Second on club in rebounding (4.4) ... Named to All-State team along with earning All-Conference honors ... Made the Asheville Citizen-Times All-Region second team.

Alec Wnuk’s Statistics at UNC Asheville

Alec Wnuk’s UNC Asheville Career Highs Points 16 (Siena, 11/20/16) Rebounds 9 (three times, last Campbell, 3/2/17) Assists 4 (twice, last CSU, 2/01/17) Blocks 1 (six times, last Ohio State, 12/22/16) Steals 4 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) Minutes 28 (Furman, 11/22/16)

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FGM 6 (twice, last High Point 02/04/17) FGA 10 (twice, last Campbell, 3/2/17) 3PT FGM 2 (Ohio State, 12/22/16) 3PT FGA 3 (Ohio State, 12/22/16) FTM 4 (six times, last Winthrop, 1/19/17) FTA 9 (twice, last Charleston Southern, 1/14/17)


MEET THE BULLDOG SENIORS

#10 VANNATTA Kevin

Sr. • G • 6-2, 200 Upper Arlington, Ohio • Upper Arlington

2016-17: Named to the 2016-17 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District® 3 Men’s Basketball first-team ... Also tabbed as DI-AAA ADA Scholar-Athlete ... Played in all 33 games on the season, starting 32 ... Finished junior campaign averaging 9.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and team-best and league fifth-best 3.3 assists per game ... Vannatta’s 110 assists on the year were also a career-best ... Vannatta dished out three or more assists in 17 of UNC Asheville’s 33 games ... Vannatta had a career-best nine assists in Asheville’s road win at Campbell (2/18) ... Led the Big South in assist-to-turnover ratio ... Vannatta collected his first career double-double with 11 points and a career-best 11 rebounds in UNC Asheville’s home win over Charleston Southern (2/1) ... Was third on the team and seventh in the league with 32.1 minutes played per game ... Enters his senior season with 913 career points. 2015-2016: One of two players to start all 30 games ... Tallied career-high 21 points twice vs. Furman (12/29) and at Winthrop (2/20) ... Scored in double-figures in 18 games ... The Big South leader in total minutes played (1,122), Vannatta had the second-best minutes per game average in the league (by one one-hundredth of a minute– 34.13) ... Shot 50 percent from the floor and 80 percent from the free throw line ... Asheville’s second-leading scorer, (top20 in the league), Vannatta led the team in total assists and was 12th in the league in the category. 2014-2015: Named Big South Rookie of the Year by College Sports Madness ... Played in 29 games with 18 starts, all coming in Big South Conference play .... Averaged 7.6 points per game and tallied double-digit scoring nights in eight games ... Career-best 18 points in win over Campbell (1/31) ... Shot 48 percent from the floor and was a 71 percent shooter from the free throw stripe ... Averaged 3.6 rebounds per game and 2.5 assists per contest. Before UNC Asheville: Led Upper Arlington to the Ohio state championship game as a senior … Averaged 18.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game … Connected on 80 percent of his free throws … Led school on 26-game winning streak as team finished with 28-2 overall record … Was named JJ Huddle Player of the Year … Earned first-team All-State and first-team All-District honors … Was three-year starter at Upper Arlington.

Kevin Vannatta’s Statistics at UNC Asheville

Kevin Vannatta’s UNC Asheville Career Highs Points 21 (twice, last at Winthrop, 2/20/16) Rebounds 11 (Charleston Southern, 02/01/17) Assists 9 (Campbell, 02/18/17) Blocks 1 (four times, last Villanova, 3/18/16) Steals 5 (Longwood, 12/31/15) Minutes 43 (four times, last Winthrop, 02/9/17)

FGM 8 (Furman, 12/29/15) FGA 13 (twice, last Elon, 12/06/16) 3PT FGM 3 (four times, last Gardner-Webb, 12/31/16) 3PT FGA 8 (Presbyterian, 2/12/15) FTM 11 (Western Carolina, 11/15/15) FTA 13 (Western Carolina, 11/15/15)

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Raekwon

MILLER

#12

Sr. • G • 6-3, 175 Marion, N.C. • McDowell

2016-17: Played in all 33 games for the Bulldogs ... Miller made nine starts on the season ... Averaged 6.6 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game ... Miller scored a career-best 18 points in UNC Asheville’s home win over Siena (11/20) ... In UNC Asheville’s home win over Warren Wilson (12/10) he finished with a career-best seven assists ... Miller brought down a career-high seven rebounds in UNC Asheville’s home win over Brevard (11/19). 2015-16: Played in 18 games for the Bulldogs, averaging 4.8 points and 1.1 rebounds per game ... Knocked down four three-pointers and scored 16 points in UNC Asheville’s thrilling home win over Winthrop (1/6) ... The 16 points in the win over Winthrop started a stretch where he scored in double figures in four out of five games. 2014-2015: Played in seven games as a freshman ... Logged a career-high 22 minutes and five points in victory over Johnson & Wales (11/19) ... Pulled down two rebounds in win over Johnson & Wales game ... Shot 20 percent from the floor. Before UNC Asheville: Led Western North Carolina prep players with a 23.3 scoring average as a senior … Also averaged 5.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game as a senior …Earned AP All-State honors and played in the East-West All-Star game in Greensboro … Also played in the Blue-White All-Star Game and was named the MVP after scoring 23 points with eight assists and eight rebounds to help lead Blue squad to 118-91 victory … Named to All-Conference team and earned first-team All-District honors from the N.C. Coaches Association Posted four triple-doubles during senior season … Set a McDowell single-game record with 48 points in a six-overtime playoff win over Ragsdale.

Raekwon Miller’s Statistics at UNC Asheville

Raekwon Miller’s UNC Asheville Career Highs Points 18 (Siena, 11/20/16) FGM 6 (twice, last Ohio State, 12/22/16) Rebounds 7 (Brevard, 11/19/16) FGA 12 (Ohio State, 12/22/16) Assists 7 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) 3PT FGM 4 (four times, last High Point, 1/07/17) Blocks 1 (seven times, last Ohio State, 12/22/16) 3PT FGA 10 (Winthrop, 1/6/16) Steals 4 (twice, last Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) FTM 5 (twice, last Gardner-Webb, 02/23/17) Minutes 36 (Winthrop, 1/6/2016) FTA 7 (Winthrop, 1/19/17)

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Ahmad

THOMAS

#14

Sr. • G • 6-3, 215 Danville, Va. • Hargrave Military Academy 2016-17: The 2016-17 Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Year, Thomas will enter his senior season in the 2017-18 season with 1,098 points and 519 rebounds ... The 56th player in Big South Conference history to score over 1,000 points and collect over 500 rebounds, Thomas with 189 steals in his career is nearing becoming just the sixth player in league history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 steals ... Thomas’ 99 steals this past season for the Bulldogs is a program record ... Named first-team All-Big South and first-team All-District 3 by the NABC ... Thomas averaged a team-best 18.0 points and 6.6 rebounds per game ... Averaged 3.0 steals per game, which ended the year good for second in the conference and in the top-10 in all of NCAA Division I basketball ... Thomas collected a program-record 10 steals in UNC Asheville’s home win over Warren Wilson (12/10) ... Thomas scored in double figures in all but two games ... Started every game but one with only non-start coming on Senior Day (2/25) ... Thomas scored a career-best 31 points in the Senior Day home win over Liberty (2/25) that allowed UNC Asheville to claim a share of the Big South Conference regular-season title ... Just missed on a triple-double with 16 points, nine rebounds and nine assists in UNC Asheville’s thrilling home overtime win over Gardner-Webb (12/31) ... Thomas had five double-doubles on the year ... Thomas led the Big South Conference in field goal percentage (54.4 percent) ... In addition to leading the way in field goal percentage, Thomas also finished in the top-10 in the Big South Conference in steals (second-99), scoring (third-18.0), minutes played (sixth-33.0), rebounding (seventh-6.6) and defensive rebounds (sixth-5.2) ... Named Big South Player of the week three times (12/12, 2/13 and 2/26). 2015-2016: Played in all 30 games with 29 starts (only non-start was Senior Day (2/27) ... Finished with 27 points against Liberty in the Big South Tournament, adding seven rebounds in the win ... Tallied 27 points in win at Liberty (1/2) ... Finished with 16 games of 10-plus points and six games with 15-plus points ... Pulled down a career-best 12 rebounds as part of a double-double effort against Gardner-Webb (1/16) ... Recorded six double-doubles ... Finished with the second-most total steals in the league (69) and steals per game average (1.97) and finished No. 14 nationally in total steals and No. 22 in steals per game average (2.09) ... A top-10 player in total rebounds per game average (6.5), Thomas had the sixth-best defensive rebound average in the league (4.80) as 74 percent of his boards came on the defensive end of the floor ... Had seven games with at least 10 rebounds. 2014-2015: Played in 23 contests with two starts and was a key contributor off the bench as a freshman ... Averaged 17.6 minutes per game with a 5.6 points per contest scoring average .... Recorded four double-digit scoring games, including two of the final three games of the season ... Tallied career-best 19 points at Liberty (2/28) ... Finished with five or more rebounds in nine games, including nine against Coastal Carolina in BSC Tournament (3/6). Before UNC Asheville: A key player at Hargrave as he averaged 14 points, six rebounds and two steals per game … Senior year at George Washington, averaged 16 points, 7.5 rebounds and six assists per game as he earned All-Conference and All-Region honors.

Ahmad Thomas’ Statistics at UNC Asheville

Ahmad Thomas’ UNC Asheville Career Highs Points 31 (Liberty, 2/25/17) Rebounds 13 (Radford, 1/28/17) Assists 9 (Gardner-Webb, 12/31/16) Blocks 3 (Siena, 11/20/16) Steals 10 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) Minutes 44 (twice, last Winthrop, 02/9/17)

FGM 13 (Liberty, 1/2/16) FGA 20 (twice, last Liberty, 2/25/17) 3PT FGM 4 (Liberty, 2/25/17) 3PT FGA 6 (Liberty, 2/25/17) FTM 12 (Gardner-Webb, 1/16/16) FTA 15 (Gardner-Webb, 1/16/16) 22


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#0

Donovan

GILMORE

R-Jr. • F • 6-7, 200 Greensboro, N.C. • Wesleyan Christian 2016-17: Redshirted per NCAA transfer rules ... Attended the 2017 NCAA Convention in Nasheville, Tenn. as part of his duties with the UNC Asheville Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Before UNC Asheville: Attended Wesleyan Christian Academy ... Came to UNC Asheville from College of Charleston ... As a sophomore, played in 25 games, making six starts ... Started 21 games as a freshman at the College of Charleston, shooting 54 percent from the floor and averaging 5.1 points per game and 4.2 rebounds per contest ... Named the Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week in November 2014, Gilmore was an All-Conference performer in high school and averaged a double-double in points and rebounds during his senior high school season.

Donovan Gilmore’s Statistics at College of Charleston Individual Career History G ilm o re, D o n o v an Seas o n

2014-1 2015-1 TOTAL

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Jonathan

BAEHRE

#1

So. • F • 6-9, 200 Hessen, Germany • Wilkinson County 2016-17: Played in 11 games as a true freshman for the Bulldogs, averaging 2.1 points and 1.5 rebounds per game ... Saw action in a career-best 17 minutes in a Bulldog home win over Presbyterian on Wednesday, Feb. 15 ... Scored career-best five points in road win at Campbell on Saturday, Feb. 18, and brought down career-high six boards in road win at Longwood on Saturday, Feb. 11. Before UNC Asheville: Grew up and played in Hessen, Germany, before moving to Georgia and playing his senior high school season at Wilkinson County High School in Irwinton, Ga. ... A GHSA Division A State Champion, Baehre was named Co-MVP of the championship game ... Was named to the All-State team in Hessen, Germany in 2013 ... Received an invitation to the U18 German National team tryouts in 2013.

Jonathan Baehre’s Statistics at UNC Asheville

Jonathan Baehre’s UNC Asheville Career Highs Points 5 (Campbell, 02/18/17) Rebounds 6 (Longwood, 02/11/17) Assists 2 (twice, last Presbyterian, 02/15/17) Blocks 1 (three times, last Presbyterian, (02/15/17) Steals 2 (Presbyterian, 02/15/17) Minutes 17 (Presbyterian, 02/15/17)

FGM 2 (twice, last Campbell, 02/18/17) FGA 4 (Presbyterian, 02/15/17) 3PT 1 (Gardner-Webb, 02/23/17) 3PT FGA 2 (Gardner-Webb, 02/23/17) FTM 2 (Presbyterian, 02/15/17) FTA 4 (Presbyterian, 02/15/17)

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Justin

BROWN

#5

So. • G • 6-2, 210 Miami, Fla. • Westminster Christian 2016-17: Played in 11 games as a true freshman for the Bulldogs, averaging 1.8 points per game in 3.1 minutes per game ... Shot 50 percent (7-of-14) from the floor over the course of the season ... In UNC Asheville’s home win over Presbyterian on Wednesday, Feb. 15, Brown ended his night with a career-best eight points to go along with two rebounds. Before UNC Asheville: Attended Westminister Christian School ... During time at Westminster he averaged 27.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game and held a 60 percent field goal percentage ... Throughout high school he accumulated 1,637 total points ... Brown was named both first-team All-Dade (All Miami-Dade County) and first-team All-State.

Justin Brown’s Statistics at UNC Asheville

Justin Brown’s UNC Asheville Career Highs Points 8 (Presbyterian, 02/15/17) Rebounds 2 (Presbyterian, 02/15/17) Assists 1 (Kansas, 11/25/16) Blocks 1 (Brevard, 11/19/16) Steals 2 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) Minutes 9 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16)

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FGM 3 (Presbyterian, 02/15/17) FGA 4 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) 3PT FGM 2 (Presbyterian, 02/15/17) 3PT FGA 2 (twice, last Presbyterian, 02/15/17) FTM 2 (twice, last Campbell, 02/18/17) FTA 2 (twice, last Campbell, 02/18/17)


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#15 TOWNSEND Grant

So. • F • 6-7, 205 Riverview, Fla. • Bloomingdale

2016-17: Saw action in 10 games as a true freshman, averaging 3.0 minutes per game ... Townsend scored a career-high seven points to go along with a career-best six rebounds in UNC Asheville’s home win over Warren Wilson (12/10). Before UNC Asheville: Townsend came to Asheville from Bloomingdale High ... Averaged 11 points per game and grabbed six rebounds per contest as a senior ... Named All-Hillsboro County as a junior ... Named the UNCF All-Star game MVP.

Grant Townsend’s Statistics at UNC Asheville

Grant Townsend’s UNC Asheville Career Highs Points 7 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) Rebounds 6 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) Assists 1 (Brevard, 11/19/16) Blocks N/A Steals N/A Minutes 7 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16)

FGM 3 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) FGA 4 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) 3PT FGM N/A 3PT FGA N/A FTM 1 (twice, last Presbyterian 02/15/17) FTA 4 (twice, last Presbyterian 02/15/17)

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MaCio

TEAGUE

#25

So. • G • 6-3, 190 Cincinnati, Ohio • Walnut Hills 2016-17: The 2016-17 Big South Conference Freshman of the Year, MaCio Teague ended his first year in a Bulldog uniform with 509 points to become just one of seven players in league history to record 500 or more points during their freshman season ... Chosen to Kyle Macy Freshmen All-America Team ... A first-team Big South Conference choice, a Big South All-Freshman team member and NABC All-District 3 first-team selection also, Teague finished his freshman season averaging 15.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game ... At one point during Big South Conference play, Teague connected on 29 consecutive free throw attempts ... Teague started all but one game for the Bulldogs over the course of the season ... Scored in double figures in 25 of UNC Asheville’s 33 games ... He scored 20 or more points in eight games ... In UNC Asheville’s road win at Longwood (2/18), Teague finished with a career-best 30 points ... Twice during the season Teague knocked down six three-pointers in a single game (UNCG and at Longwood) ... Teague just missed on a triple-double with 15 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists in UNC Asheville’s thrilling overtime road win at Coastal Carolina (12/3) ... The game was one of two double-doubles on the year for Teague as he also had 12 points and a career-high-tying 10 rebounds in the Big South Conference regular-season-clinching home win over Liberty (2/25) ... In total, Teague finished in the top-10 in the Big South Conference in free throw percentage (second-88.6), field goal percentage (fourth-46.8), minutes played (fourth-34.1), three-point field goals made (sixth-70), scoring (seventh-15.4) and assists (ninth-2.7) ... Chosen Big South Freshman of the Week four times (11/21, 1/2, 1/9 and 2/13) ... Selected Big South Player of the Week on Dec. 27. Before UNC Asheville: Teague joined UNC Asheville from Cincinnati, Ohio ... Attended Walnut Hills High School ... Averaged 26.4 points per game and grabbed 7.5 rebounds per contest as a senior ... Broke the high school single-game scoring record with a 51-point game ... Led Ohio in Division I scoring ... Was named the Eastern Cincinnati Conference Player of the Year, the District 16 Player of the Year and the Prep Hoop Ohio Division I Player of the Year as a senior ... Teague was a second team All-State selection ... Completed a prep year at nationally-known Montverde Academy in Florida.

MaCio Teague’s Statistics at UNC Asheville

MaCio Teague’s UNC Asheville Career Highs Points 30 (Longwood, 02/11/17) Rebounds 10 (twice, last Liberty, 2/25/17) Assists 7 (Coastal Carolina, 12/3/16) Blocks 1 (three times, last Liberty, 2/25/17) Steals 5 (Coastal Carolina, 12/3/16) Minutes 47 (Winthrop, 02/9/17)

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FGM 10 (twice, last Longwood, 02/11/17) FGA 16 (three times, last Longwood, 02/11/17) 3PT FGM 6 (twice, last Longwood 02/11/17) 3PT FGA 10 (twice, last Longwood, 02/11/17) FTM 12 (Charleston Southern, 1/14/17) FTA 12 (Charleston Southern, 1/14/17)


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Drew

RACKLEY

#33

So. • G • 6-1, 190 New Concord, Ohio • John Glenn 2016-17: Played in 22 games for the Bulldogs as a true freshman ... Averaged 3.2 points per game in 9.7 minutes played per outing ... Scored a career-best 14 points in UNC Asheville’s home win over Warren Wilson (12/10) ... Rackley knocked down a career-best four three-pointers in the win over Warren Wilson ... Finished in double figures twice in Big South play, scoring 11 against Longwood (1/11) at home and 11 on the road at Presbyterian (1/26). Before UNC Asheville: Rackley attended John Glenn High ... Was named AP Ohio Division II Player of the Year and the Ohio Coaches Division II Player of the Year ... Averaged 22.1 points per game, 6.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game as a senior ... Named the District Player of the Year and Muskingum Valley League Player of the Year ... Was a first-team All-East District and first-team All-Ohio selection ... Led John Glenn High to the Division II State Championship in 2016.

Drew Rackley’s Statistics at UNC Asheville

Drew Rackley’s UNC Asheville Career Highs Points 14 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) Rebounds 3 (Presbyterian, 02/15/17) Assists 4 (Presbyterian, 02/15/17) Blocks N/A Steals 2 (Gardner-Webb, 12/31/16) Minutes 23 (Presbyterian, 02/15/17)

FGM 4 (three times, last Presbyterian, 1/26/17) FGA 8 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) 3PT FGM 4 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) 3PT FGA 6 (Warren Wilson, 12/10/16) FTM 2 (three times, last Presbyterian, 02/15/17) FTA 5 (Presbyterian, 02/15/17)

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LJ

THORPE

#4

Fr. • G • 6-4, 215 West Palm Beach, Fla. • Royal Palm Beach BEFORE UNC ASHEVILLE: The 6-foot-4 combo guard finished his senior season averaging 14.1 points, 7.2 assists and 6.7 rebounds per game ... He had four triple-doubles ... For his efforts during his senior season, Thorpe was tabbed first-team All-Conference and All-Palm Beach County ... He was chosen first-team All-Area by the Palm Beach Post ... He was a Sun-Sentinel first-team All-County selection ... One year earlier as a junior, Thorpe averaged 13.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game ... Thorpe was tabbed first-team All-Area by the Palm Beach Post as a junior as well as first-team All-Conference and All-Palm Beach County ... He was a second-team All-County choice by the Sun-Sentinel.

2017-18 UNC Asheville Men’s Basketball Managers

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Jalen

SEEGARS

#11

Fr. • G • 6-4, 210 Greensboro, N.C. • High Point Christian BEFORE UNC ASHEVILLE: As a sophomore at High Point Christian, he averaged 17 points and eight rebounds per game ... As a junior, he averaged 18 points and five rebounds per game ... His team finished second in the state ... For his efforts, he was named first-team All-Area ... Seegars was ranked as one of the top-10 prep players in North Carolina by Phenom Hoop Report.

2017-18 UNC Asheville Men’s Basketball Team

Standing left-to-right: Tim White, Tyler McDevitt, Landen Smith, Nick McDevitt, Wes Long, Kevin Vannatta, Alec Wnuk, Ahmad Thoms, Raekwon Miller, Logan Johnson, Sean Dixon, Ryan Oliva and Sam Rardin. Seated left-to-right: Drew Rackley, Justin Brown, Jalen Seegars, Jeremy Peck, Jonathan Baehre, Grant Townsend, Tajion Jones, Donovan Gilmore, LJ Thorpe and MaCio Teague. 30


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Tajion

JONES

#13

Fr. • G • 6-5, 180 Oak Ridge, Tenn. • Oak Ridge BEFORE UNC ASHEVILLE: Jones put together a prolific career at Oak Ridge High School where he was a finalist this past season for Mr. Basketball at the 3A level in the state of Tennessee ... He finished his prep career with 1,246 points, 148 steals and 136 assists ... Jones knocked down 199 three-pointers during his time playing with Oak Ridge High School ... He connected on 43.2 percent of his shots from beyond the arc ... During his senior year at Oak Ridge, Jones averaged 18.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.1 steals per game ... For his efforts in addition to being a finalist for Mr. Basketball in Tennessee, Jones was chosen as All-District, All-Region and All-State ... He was also selected as the Most Valuable Player for his district.

2017-18 UNC Asheville Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff

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#34

Jeremy

PECK

So • F • 6-8, 230 Houston, Texas • St. Thomas Aquinas 2017-18: Due to NCAA transfer rules, Peck will sit out the 2017-18 season. BEFORE UNC ASHEVILLE: Peck joins the Bulldogs from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa. ... A native of Houston, Texas, Peck saw action in 19 games for Drexel as a true freshman in the 2016-17 season ... He averaged 1.6 points and 1.6 rebounds per game in 6.4 minutes of action per game ... His best game of the year came against Kean where he scored six points to go along with 10 rebounds ... Peck attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Houston where he was a two-year team captain ... The St. Thomas Aquinas Most Valuable Player was a two-time first-team All-State selection ... He garnered All-District accolades three times ... During Peck’s junior season he averaged 16 points and nine rebounds per game before averaging a double-double as a senior.

Jeremy Peck’s Statistics at Drexel

Individual Career History Peck, Jeremy

Season

2016-17 TOTAL

gp-gs

19-0 19-0

min/avg

121/6.4 121/6.4

Total fg-fga

11-22 11-22

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.500 .500

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2-5 2-5

pct

.400 .400

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.778 .778

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9 9

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UNC ASHEVILLE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS MOST POINTS Game: 44, Mickey Gibson vs. Washington & Lee (1969-70) Season: 648, Andrew Rowsey, (2013-14) Career: 1,919 Bamford Jones (1974-78)

MOST STEALS Game: 10 by Ahmad Thomas vs. Warren Wilson (12-10-16) Season: 99 by Ahmad Thomas (2016-17 season) Career: 248 by JP Primm (2008-12)

BEST SCORING AVERAGE Season: 23.3, Mickey Gibson (1969-70) Career: 21.9, Guy Batsel (1966-68)

MOST BLOCKED SHOTS Game: 10 by Kenny George vs. Lees-McRae (11-11-07) 10 by Kenny George at Campbell (11-17-07) Season: 98 by D.J. Cunningham (2013-14) Career: 278 by D.J. Cunningham (2009-14)

MOST FIELD GOALS Game: 20, Jim Baker vs. UNC Charlotte (1965-66) 20, Mickey Gibson vs. Washington & Lee (1969-70) Season: 270, Bamford Jones (1976-77) Career: 835, Bamford Jones (1974-78)

Current Players in BOLD

MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Game: 29, Willie Simpson vs. Winthrop (1985-86) Season: 566, Jim McElhaney (1968-69) Career: 1810, Jim McElhaney (1966-71) BEST FIELD GOAL ACCURACY Game (10 or more): Jaleel Roberts vs. Winthrop (12-of-12, 2-18-15) Season (100 or more): *-Kenny George (151-of-217, .696) 2007-08 Career (Min. 400): William Funderburk (265-of-463, .572) (1984-88) *-Led the nation MOST FREE THROWS Game: 22, Andre Smith vs. Elon (2-1-03) Season: 182, Matt Dickey (2011-12) Career: 487, Matt Dickey (2008-12) MOST FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Game: 26, Andre Smith vs. Elon (2002-03) Season: 234, Kevin Martin (1998-99) Career: 578, Matt Dickey (2008-12) FREE THROW ACCURACY Game: (12 or more), 13-of-13, Paul Allen (1982-83) 13-of-13, Tom Haus (1983-84) 13-of-13, Bryan Smithson (3-1-08) 12-of-12, MaCio Teague (1-14-17) Consecutive: 45 by Keith Hornsby (2012-13) Season: (Min. 75): Keith Hornsby (99-of-107, .925) Career; (Min. 250): Andrew Rowsey (278-of-317, .877) (2013-15) MOST THREE-POINTERS Game: 8 by Josh Kohn vs. Winthrop (2-19-94) 8 by Omar Collington vs. Birmingham-Southern (1-7-06) 8 by Sean Smith vs. Liberty (1-31-09) 8 by Andrew Rowsey at Longwood (2-1-14) 8 by Andrew Rowsey at Winthrop (2-26-14) 8 by Andrew Rowsey vs. High Point (2-26-15) Season: 106 by Andrew Rowsey (2013-14) Career: 296 by Josh Kohn (1992-96) MOST REBOUNDS Game: 30 by Rod Healy vs. Belmont-Abbey (1969-70) Season: 393 by Frank Rhyne (1973-74) Career: 1,121 by Rod Healy (1967-71) MOST ASSISTS Game: 14 by Jeff Lippard vs. Charleston Southern (1-28-91) Season: 205 by Mike Grace (1973-74) Career: 607 by J.P. Primm (2008-12)

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UNC ASHEVILLE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Rebounds Player 1. Rod Healy 2. Tony Bumphus 3. Pat Jolley 4. D.J. Cunningham 5. Brent Keck 6. Chris Lee 7. John Williams 8. Randy Pallas 9. Frank Rhyne 10. Paul Allen

Games 110 121 115 112 116 110 120 83 65 107

Years 1967-71 1975-78 1981-84 2009-14 1987-91 1967-71 2007-11 1972-75 1973-75 1980-84

Rebounds Avg. 1121 10.2 968 8.0 847 7.4 819 7.3 703 6.1 701 6.4 684 5.7 620 7.5 612 9.4 611 5.7

Games Played Player 1. Matt Dickey J.P. Primm 3. Chris Stephenson Sam Hughes 5. Quinard Jackson 6. Bamford Jones 7. Tony Bumphus 8. Reid Augst Mike Grace Jaron Lane

Games 130 130 127 127 123 122 121 120 120 120

Years 2008-12 2008-12 2008-12 2012-15 2008-12 1974-78 1974-78 2005-09 1974-78 2009-13

Current Players in BOLD

Assists Player 1. J.P. Primm 2. K.J. Garland 3. George Gilbert 4. Josh Kohn 5. Matt Dickey 6. Maurice Caldwell 7. Andre Smith 8. Jeff Lippard 9. Bamford Jones 10.Vincent Krieger

Years Assists 2008-12 607 2003-08 520 1976-80 460 1992-96 430 2008-12 429 1986-90 370 1999-03 358 1990-92 343 1974-78 319 1994-98 311

Steals Player 1. J.P. Primm 2. Andre Smith 3. Ahmad Thomas 4. Matt Dickey 5. Josh Pittman 6. Josh Kohn 7. K.J. Garland 8. Paul Allen Bryan McCullough 10. Oliver Holmes

Years Steals 2008-12 248 1999-03 223 2014- 189 2008-12 188 1994-98 175 1992-96 162 2003-08 153 1981-84 147 2001-05 147 2002-06 140

Blocked Shots Player 1. D.J Cunningham 2. John Williams 3. C.J. Walker 4. Pat Jolley 5. Robert Stevenson 6. Adam Earnhardt 7. Kenny George 8. Jaleel Roberts 9. Milton Moore 10. Dirk Lommerse

Years Blocks 2009-14 278 2007-11 255 2003-07 190 1980-84 164 1994-98 163 1997-01 160 2006-08 140 2011-15 129 1986-90 98 1996-98 77

Three-Point Field Goals Made Player 1. Josh Kohn 2. Andrew Rowsey 3. J.P. Primm 4. Matt Dickey 5. Sean Smith 6. David Robertson 7. Willie Black 8. K.J. Garland 9. Omar Collington 10. Darryl Sanders

Years 3-Pointers 1992-93 296 2013-15 208 2008-12 205 2008-12 199 2006-10 197 2013-17 169 1990-95 162 2003-08 144 2002-06 140 1989-91 133

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UNC ASHEVILLE TEAM RECORDS MOST POINTS Game: 144 vs.Voorhees (11-28-87) Big South Game: 114 vs.VMI (2-13-10) Season: 2756 (1972-73) Best Scoring Average: 90.7 (1971-72) MOST FIELD GOALS Game: 57 vs.Voorhees (11-28-87) Big South Game: 40 vs.VMI (2-13-10) Season: 1192 (1972-73) MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Game: 86 vs. Montreat (11-16-11) Big South Game: 81 vs. Coastal Carolina (1-27-16) Season: 2635 (1973-74) BEST FIELD GOAL ACCURACY Game: .705, 31-of-44 vs. Coastal Carolina (1994-95) Season: 805-of-1568, .513 (1987-88) MOST FREE THROWS Game: 38 vs. Radford (2011-12) 38 vs. Coastal Carolina (2013-14) Season: 682 (2011-12) MOST FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Game: 52 vs. Mars Hill (1982-83) 52 vs Coastal Carolina (2013-14) Season: 893 (2011-12) BEST FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Game: 1.000, 24-of-24 vs. High Point (1999-00) 1.000, 14-of-14 vs. Charleston Southern (2015-2016) Season: .772, 419-of-543 (1987-88) MOST THREE-POINTERS Game: 16 vs.VMI (12-6-08) 16 vs. Gardner Webb (12-31-16) Season: 235 (1992-93) MOST THREE-POINTERS ATTEMPTED Game: 37 at VMI (1-19-08) Season: 662 (1992-93) BEST THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE Game: .800, 12-of-15 vs.Voorhees (11-26-88) Big South Game: .700, 7-of-10 vs. Winthrop (2-2-13) Season: .447, 98-of-219 (1987-88) MOST REBOUNDS Game: 89 vs. Belmont-Abbey (1969-70) Big South Game: 52 vs. Coastal Carolina (2015-16) Season: 1676 (1971-72) Rebound Average: 55.9 (1971-72) MOST ASSISTS Game: Big South Game: Season:

38 vs. Mars Hill (11-16-11) 25 vs.VMI (2-13-10), 25 25 vs. Radford (2-26-11) 25 vs. Gardner Webb (12-31-16) 572 (2007-08)

MOST STEALS Game: 26 vs. Warren Wilson (12-10-16) Season: 333 (1989-90) MOST BLOCKED SHOTS Game: 16 at Campbell (11-17-07) Big South Game: 12 vs. Gardner Webb (3-1-14) Season: 196 (2007-08)

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MOST WINS Season: 24 (2011-12) Winning Percentage: .710, 22-9 (1982-83) Longest Winning Streak: 11 games (1996-97) MOST LOSSES Season: 24 (1993-94) Lowest Percentage: .111, 3-24 (1993-94) Longest Losing Streak: 17 games (1993-94) MOST WINS BIG SOUTH Season: 16 (2011-12) Winning Percentage: .917, 11-1 (1997-98) Longest Winning Streak: 9 games (2016-17) MOST LOSSES BIG SOUTH Season: 17 (1993-94) Lowest Percentage: .055, 1-17 (1993-94) Longest Losing Streak: 21, 1992-93 to 1993-94 BIGGEST MARGINS OF VICTORY Game: 77 vs. St. Andrews 67 vs. Johnson & Wales, 103-36, (12-05-15) 65 vs. Warren Wilson, 117-52, (12-10-16) 62 vs. Clearwater Christian 59 vs.Voorhees (11-26-88) 58 vs.Virginia Intermont, 116-58 (11-20-10) 51 vs.Voorhees (11-28-87) 51 vs. Mars Hill (11-16-11) Big South Game: 33 vs. Campbell, 97-64 (1989-90) BIGGEST LOSING MARGIN Game: 75 at Tennessee, 124-49 (11-17-09) Big South Game: 40 vs. Winthrop, 90-50 (1999-00) MOST POINTS ALLOWED Game: 120 vs. N.C. State, 120-71 (12-13-95) 120 vs. Gardner-Webb, 120-97 (1970-71) 117 vs. Connecticut, 117-67 (12-21-02) 116 vs. North Carolina 116-48 (11-30-08) Big South Game: 107 vs. Winthrop, 100-107 (2013-14) FEWEST POINTS IN GAME Game: 27 vs. Clemson, 38-27 (1979-80) Big South Game: 43 vs. Radford, 70-43 (1993-94) 43 at Liberty, 65-43 (1995-96) TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 1969 – NAIA District 6 championship, NAIA Tournament, Kansas City 1971 – NAIA District 6 championship, NAIA Tournament, Kansas City 1989 – Big South Conference championship 1997 – Big South Conference regular-season championship 1998 – Big South Conference regular-season championship 2002 – Big South Conference regular-season championship 2003 – Big South Conference championship, NCAA Tournament in Dayton, Ohio and Birmingham, Ala. 2008 – Big South Conference regular-season championship, NIT Bid at Ohio State 2011 – Big South Conference championship, NCAA Tournament in Dayton, Ohio and Washington, D.c. 2012 – Big South Conference championship 2016 – Big South Conference championship 2017 – Big South Conference regular-season championship


MEN’S BASKETBALL SCORING LEADERS

UNC Asheville’s Men’s Basketball 1,000-Point Scorers 1. Bamford Jones – 1,919 (1974-78) 2. Jim McElhaney – 1,904 (1966-71) 3. Matt Dickey -1,778 (2008-12) 4. Paul Allen – 1,693 (1980-84) 5. JP Primm – 1,689 (2008-12) 6. Josh Pittman – 1,547 (1994-98) 7. George Gilbert – 1,523 (1976-80) 8. Andre Smith – 1,495 (1999-2003) 9. Josh Kohn – 1,467 (1992-96) 10. Milton Moore – 1,439 (1986-90) 11. Tony Bumphus – 1,429 (1974-78) 12.Van Wilkins – 1,388 (1983-87) 13. Gray Gautier – 1,379 (1971-75) 14. KJ Garland – 1,363 (2003-08) 15. Kevin Martin – 1,340 (1996-99) 16. Rod Healy – 1,334 (1967-71) 17. Jaron Lane – 1,297 (2009-14) 18 Andrew Rowsey – 1,224 (2013-15) 19. Tom Haus – 1,233 (1981-85) 20. Brent Keck – 1,186 (1987-91) 21. Bryan McCullough – 1,181 (2001-05) 22. Mickey Gibson – 1,179 (1968-70) 23. Eddie Latta – 1,171 (1976-81) 24. John Williams – 1,169 (2007-11) 25. Chris Stephenson – 1,145 (20008-12) 26. Robert Watson – 1,141 (1988-91) 27. Mike Grace – 1,136 (1970-74) 28. Reid Augst – 1,120 (2005-09) 29. Ahmad Thomas – 1,098 (201530. Guy Batsel – 1,076 (1966-68) 31. Lee Shuster – 1,001 (1966-70) 32. DJ Cunningham 1,000 (2009-14)

Matt Dickey

Current Players in BOLD

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UNC ASHEVILLE IN THE BIG SOUTH REGULAR SEASON RECORD/FINISH Year 1985-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005

W L .PCT Finish Head Coach 4 2 .666 5th Jerry Green 5 3 .625 3rd Jerry Green 5 7 .416 5th Jerry Green 6 6 .500 4th Don Doucette 7 5 .583 3rd Don Doucette 4 10 .286 6th Don Doucette 6 8 .429 7th Don Doucette 2 14 .125 9th Don Doucette 1 17 .056 8th Randy Wiel 7 9 .438 5th Randy Wiel 9 5 .642 3rd Randy Wiel 11 3 .786 1st Eddie Biedenbach 11 1 .916 1st Eddie Biedenbach 5 5 .500 3rd Eddie Biedenbach 7 7 .500 T-3rd Eddie Biedenbach 9 5 .643 3rd Eddie Biedenbach 10 4 .714 T-1st Eddie Biedenbach 7 7 .500 5th Eddie Biedenbach 6 10 .375 7th Eddie Biedenbach 8 8 .500 3rd Eddie Biedenbach

ALL CONFERENCE HONORS 1985-86 Jeff Jones (First team) Byron Samuels (All-Tournament) 1986-87 Van Wilkins (First team, All-Tournament) 1987-88 Ricky Chatman (First Team) 1988-89 Milton Moore (First Team, All-Tournament, Tournament MVP Harvey Shropshire (All-Tournament) Brent Keck (All-Tournament) 1989-90 Milton Moore (First Team,All-Tournament, Tournament MVP) 1990-91 Brent Keck (Second Team) 1991-92 Robert Watson (Second Team) 1995-96 Josh Kohn (First Team) Randy Wiel (Big South Coach of the Year 1996-97 Josh Pittman (First Team, Player of the Year) Kevin Martin (Second Team) Eddie Biedenbach (Coach of the Year) 1997-98 Josh Pittman (First Team, Player of the Year,Alltournament) Kevin Martin (First team, All-Tournament) Robert Stevenson (First Team) 1998-99 Kevin Martin (First Team, Player of the Year,AllTournament) Mike Matthews (Second Team) 1990-00

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Year 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-17 Totals

Andre Smith (Rookie of the Year, Second Team, All-Tournament, All-Rookie) Brandon Carter (All-Rookie) Brett Carey (All-Tournament) 2000-01 Brett Carey (Second Team) Billy Allen (All-Rookie) 2001-02 Andre Smith (First Team) Eddie Biedenbach (Coach of the Year) 2002-03 Ben McGonagil (First team, All-Tournament) Andre Smith (First team, All-Tournament, Tournament MVP) Bryan McCullough (All-Tournament) Alex Kragel (All-Tournament) 2003-04 K.J. Garland (All-Rookie, All-Tournament) 2004-05 Bryan McCullough (Second team) 2005-06 Michael Ellis (Freshman of the Year) 2006-07 K.J. Garland (All-Tournament) Donovan Jones (All-Rookie) 2007-08 Bryan Smithson (First, All-Tournament) K.J. Garland (Second team, All Tournament Kenny George (Second team, Defensive Player of the Year) Eddie Biedenbach (Coach of the Year) 2008-09 Reid Augst (Second Team) Matt Dickey (All-Freshman) 2009-10 John Williams (Second team) 2010-11 Matt Dickey (First Team, Tournament MVP, AllAcademic)

W L .PCT Finish Head Coach 6 10 .375 7th Eddie Biedenbach 6 8 .429 5th Eddie Biedenbach 10 4 .714 T-1st Eddie Biedenbach 10 8 .556 4th Eddie Biedenbach 11 7 .611 4th Eddie Biedenbach 11 7 .611 3rd Eddie Biedenbach 16 2 .889 1st Eddie Biedenbach 10 6 .625 3(South) Eddie Biedenbach 10 6 .625 2(South) Nick McDevitt 10 8 .556 6th Nick McDevitt 12 6 .667 T-2nd Nick McDevitt 15 3 .833 T-1st Nick McDevitt 257 211 .549

J.P. Primm (Second Team, All-Tournament) John Williams (All-Tournament) 2011-12 Matt Dickey (First Team, All-Academic, Player of the Year) J.P. Primm (Second Team, All-Tournament, Tournament MVP) Jeremy Atkinson (All-Tournament) Chris Stephenson (All-Tournament) 2012-13 Jeremy Atkinson (First Team) Will Weeks (All-Freshman) Keith Hornsby (All-Academic) 2013-14 Andrew Rowsey (First Team, All-Freshman, Freshman of the Year) Jaron Lane (Second Team) D.J. Cunningham (Second Team, AllTournament) 2014-15 Andrew Rowsey (Second Team) Kevin Vannatta (All-Freshman) Giacomo Zilli (All-Academic, Scholar Athlete of the Year) 2015-16 Dylan Smith (Honorable Mention, All Freshman) Dwayne Sutton (All-Freshman, All-Tournament Tournament MVP) Kevin Vannatta (All-Academic) Ahmad Thomas (All-Tournament) 2016-17 MaCio Teague (Freshman of the Year, First Team, All-Freshman) Ahmad Thomas (Defensive Player of the Year, First Team) Giacomo Zilli (All-Academic, Scholar Athlete of the Year) Nick McDevitt (Coach of the Year)


UNC ASHEVILLE IN THE BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT Year 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

W-L AVL Opponent W 64 Radford L 64 Charleston Southern W 73 Coastal Carolina L 76 Campbell L 58 Winthrop W 62 Radford W 88 Coastal Carolina W 93 Campbell W 79 Augusta W 78 Radford L 53 Augusta L 52 Liberty L 87 Winthrop L 56 Towson State L 47 Radford W 69 Winthrop L 60 Liberty W 54 UMBC L 57 Charleston Southern W 46 Liberty L 61 Radford W 106 Liberty L 79 Radford W 77 Liberty W 78 Radford L 62 Winthrop L 48 Liberty L 71 High Point W 68 Elon W 81 Winthrop W 85 Radford W 49 Winthrop L 49 High Point L 93 High Point (OT) L 62 Coastal Carolina W 77 Coastal Carolina L 60 Winthrop W 87 Charleston Southern W 75 Liberty L 48 Winthrop W 76 Winthrop L 86 Radford W 84 High Point L 73 Coastal Carolina W 72 Charlseton Southern W 62 High Point W 60 Coastal Carolina W 86 High Point W 91 Charlseton Southern W 80 VMI L 72 Longwood W 96 Radford L 79 Winthrop W 80 Liberty L 57 Coastal Carolina W 80 Liberty W 80 High Point W 77 Winthrop L 79 Campbell

Opp. Site 62 Savannah, Ga. 65 Savannah, Ga. 68 Savannah, Ga. 79 Savannah, Ga. 73 Rock Hill, S.C. 58 Rock Hill, S.C. 76 Rock Hill, S.C. 78 Rock Hill, S.C. 73 Rock Hill, S.C. 72 Rock Hill, S.C. 62 Anderson, S.C. 85 Anderson, S.C. 101 Charleston, S.C. 64 Charleston, S.C. 63 Lynchburg,Va. 61 Lynchburg,Va. 73 Lynchburg,Va. 51 Lynchburg,Va. 67 Lynchburg,Va. 42 Lynchburg,Va. 63 Lynchburg,Va. 98 Asheville, N.C. 92 Asheville, N.C. 63 Asheville, N.C. 71 Asheville, N.C. 75 Asheville, N.C. 60 Roanoke,Va. 72 Roanoke,Va. 66 Elon, N.C. 80 Lynchburg,Va. 71 Lynchburg,Va. 46 Rock Hill, S.C. 64 High Point, N.C. 98 Asheville, N.C. 78 Conway, S.C. 64 Conway, S.C. 79 Rock Hill, S.C. 63 Asheville, N.C. 57 Asheville, N.C. 66 Asheville, N.C. 68 Asheville, N.C. 94 Radford,Va. 73 Asheville, N.C. 92 Conway, S.C. 63 Asheville, N.C. 45 Conway, S.C. 47 Conway, S.C. 61 Asheville, N.C. 64 Asheville, N.C. 64 Asheville, N.C. 87 Conway, S.C. 87 Conway, S.C. 80 Conway, S.C. 70 Conway, S.C. 74 Conway, S.C. 49 Buies Creek, N.C. 69 Buies Creek, N.C. 68 Buies Creek, N.C. 81 Rock Hill, S.C.

UNC ASHEVILLE VS.TOURNEY OPPONENTS

Opponent Radford Coastal Carolina Campbell Augusta Charleston So. Towson State Liberty Winthrop UMBC High Point Elon VMI Longwood

Won 6 4 1 1 3 0 6 5 1 4 1 1 0

Lost 4 4 2 1 2 1 3 6 0 3 0 0 1

.PCT .600 .500 .33 .500 .600 .000 .667 .400 1.000 .571 1.000 1.000 .000

Last Game 96-87, 2014 57-74, 2015 79-81, 2017 53-62, 1991 91-64 2012 54-64, 1994 80-49, 2016 79-80, 2014 54-51, 1997 80-69, 2016 68-66, 2003 80-64, 2012 72-87, 2013

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT TITLE GAMES

Year 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Champion (Score) Charleston So. (68) Charleston So. (64) Winthrop (71) UNC Asheville (93) Coastal Carolina (76) Coastal Carolina (89) Campbell (67) Coastal Carolina (78) Liberty (76) Charelston So. (68) UNCG (79) Charleston So. (64) Radford (63) Winthrop (86) Winthrop (75) Winthrop (60) Winthrop (70) UNC Asheville (85) Liberty (87) Winthrop (68) Winthrop (51) Winthrop (84) Winthrop (66) Radford (108) UNC Asheville (60) UNC Asheville (80) Liberty (87) Coastal Carolina (76) Coastal Carolina (81) UNC Asheville (77) Winthrop (76)

Runner-Up (Score) Site Augusta (60) Savannah, Ga. Augusta (63) Savannah, Ga. Radford (58) Rock Hill, S.C. Campbell (78) Rock Hill, S.C. UNC Asheville (73) Rock Hill, S.C. Augusta (54) Anderson, S.C. Charleston So. (53) Anderson, S.C. Winthrop (65) Charleston, S.C. Campbell (62) Charleston, S.C. UNCG (67) Lynchburg,Va Liberty (53) Lynchburg,Va. Liberty (54) Lynchburg,Va. UNC Asheville (61) Lynchburg,Va. Radford (74) Asheville, N.C. UNC Asheville (62) Asheville, N.C. Radford (58) OT Roanoke,Va. High Point (48) Roanoke,Va. Radford (71) Lynchburg,Va. High Point (42) Lynchburg,Va. Charleston So. (46) Rock Hill, S.C. Coastal Carolina (50) Rock Hill, S.C. VMI (81) Rock Hill, S.C. UNC Asheville (48) Asheville, N.C. VMI (94) Radford,Va. Coastal Carolina (47) Conway, S.C. VMI (64) Asheville, N.C. Charleston So. (76) Conway, S.C. Winthrop (61) Conway, S.C. Winthrop (70) Conway, S.C. Winthrop (68) Buies Creek, N.C. Campbell (59) Rock Hill, S.C.

UNC ASHEVILLE ALL-TIME BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT RECORD 33-27

26 Tournaments Tournament Titles Won: 5 (1989, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2016) Times in Championship Game: 9 (1989, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016) Times in Semifinals: 19 (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016) Times Lost in Semifinals: 10 (1986, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014) Times Lost in Quarterfinals: 11 (1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2015, 2017) Times Lost in First Round: 2 (1993, 2013)

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BULLDOGS IN THE POSTSEASON 1969 NAIA District 6 Playoffs (Semifinals) Asheville-Biltmore 76, Erskine 70 (Championship Game) Asheville-Biltmore 90, Newberry 81 1969 NAIA National Tournament (in Kansas City, MO) Asheville-Biltmore 86, Grambling 74 Monmouth 115, Asheville-Biltmore 81

1977 NAIA District 6 Playoffs (Semifinals) Mars Hill 79, UNC Asheville 78

2008 National Invitation Tournament (Opening Round at Columbus, OH) Ohio State 84, UNC Asheville 66

1983 NAIA District 26 Playoffs (Semifinals) UNC Asheville 70, Gardner-Webb 68 (Finals) Catawba 74, UNC Asheville 55

2011 NCAA Tournament (First Four at Dayton, OH) Asheville 81, Arkansas-Little Rock 77 (OT) (Second Round at Washington, D.C.) Pittsburgh 74, UNC Asheville 51

1971 NAIA District 6 Playoffs (Semifinals) UNC Asheville 99, South Carolina State 90 (Championship Game) Asheville 62, Western Carolina 61 (OT) 1971 NAIA National Tournament (in Kansas City, MO) Stephen F. Austin 91, UNC Asheville 73

1984 NAIA District 26 Playoffs (Semifinals) UNC Asheville 48, Belmont Abbey 46 (Finals) Pembroke State 50, UNC Asheville 46

2012 NCAA Tournament (Second Round at Pittsburgh, PA) Syracuse 72, UNC Asheville 65

1973 NAIA District 6 Playoffs (Semifinals) UNC Asheville 108, Presbyterian 98 (Championship Game) South Carolina State 87, UNC Asheville 78 1974 NAIA District 6 Playoffs (Semifinals) Belmont Abbey 66, UNC Asheville 56

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2003 NCAA Tournament (Opening Round at Dayton, OH) UNC Asheville 92, Texas Southern 84 (OT) (First Round at Birmingham, AL) Texas 82, UNC Asheville 61

2016 NCAA Tournament (First Round at Brooklyn, N.Y.) Villanova 86, UNC Asheville 56 2017 CollegeInsider.Com Tournament (First Round in Martin, Tenn.) UT Martin 89, UNC Asheville 75

Bulldogs In the Big South Conference...

Regular Season Titles: 6 1996-97, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2007-08, 2011-12, 2016-17 Big South Tournament Titles: 5 1989, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2016


YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1964-65 (14-13) Head Coach: Bob Hartman AVL 77 Tusculum 76 @Tusculum 86 Milligan 84 UNC Charlotte 79 @Pikeville 64 @King 109 Tampa 72 Pembroke St. 71 @UNC Wilmington 59 Catawba 45 @Oglethorpe 89 Milligan 93 St. Andrews 70 Mars Hill 66 @Maryville 79 @Pembroke St. 84 @Rollins 86 @Tampa 80 @Florida Pres. 71 @UNC Charlotte 99 Pikeville 74 @Mars Hill 89 @St. Andrews 77 UNC Wilmington 75 Maryville 56 Oglethorpe

OPP 70 91 74 70 109 85 87 78 88 101 90 62 71 68 62 65 87 96 94 72 85 72 83 83 70 61

1965-66 (15-8) Head Coach: Bob Hartman AVL 71 @Tusculum 82 St. Andrews 80 UNC Wilmington 82 Tusculum 74 @King 68 @Athens St. 69 @Western Carolina 64 @Concord 93 UNC Charlotte 73 Milligan 71 Pembroke St. 66 King 87 @Maryville 76 @UNC Wilmington 79 @Frederick 111 @St. Andrews 66 @Pembroke St. 105 UNC Charlotte 69 @Augusta 55 @Oglethorpe

OPP 83 68 67 72 67 78 74 60 77 80 63 56 76 97 103 80 65 63 59 79

1966-67 (17-8) Head Coach: Bob Hartman AVL 88 Augusta 85 Shorter

OPP 76 86

96 Milligan 78 @Pembroke St. 68 Oglethorpe 77 @Shorter 84 Mars Hill 83 @UNC Wilmington 80 @Newberry 80 @Presbyterian 113 St. Andrews 83 Florida Pres. 72 @Augusta 76 @Emory & Henry 97 UNC Wilmington 87 @St. Leo 79 @Biscayne 94 Maryville 108 @St. Andrews 89 Pembroke St. 81 Emory & Henry 96 @Milligan 74 St. Leo 106 @Maryville 69 @Mars Hill

76 87 79 62 64 78 81 72 36 66 71 84 86 72 75 76 68 94 74 105 69 81 70

1967-68 (16-9) Head Coach: Bob Hartman

1969-70 (14-13) Head Coach: Bob Hartman

AVL OPP 95 Hanover 93 79 Pembroke St. 69 82 @High Point 94 103 Mars Hill 73 79 @UNC Wilmington 80 53 @Washington & Lee 61 78 @Milligan 73 89 Campbell 81 89 @Appalachian St. 83 97 @Shorter 69 98 Earlham 110 94 @Maryville 68 114 Milligan 83 99 Newberry 87 69 @Augusta 68 108 UNC Wilmington 85 82 @Campbell 95 83 @Pembroke St. 99 87 @Greensboro 76 62 @UT-Chattanooga 88 89 @Mars Hill 57 56 @Oglethorpe 111 1968-69 (19-9) • District 6 Champions • Head Coach: Bob Hartman AVL 98 Mars Hill 69 Hanover 102 @Mars Hill 63 Pembroke St. 88 Campbell 97 Baptist 101 J.C. Smith

97 @Shorter 75 101 @Berry 102 96 Mars Hill 94 67 @Augusta 78 78 @Belmont-Abbey 79 99 @UNC Wilmington 78 69 Augusta 80 64 @Pembroke St. 67 103 Lander 78 111 Washington & Lee 83 68 @Campbell 70 91 @Lincoln Memorial 80 97 @Lander 64 85 @Baptist 86 109 Maryville 69 121 UNC Wilmington 92 83 @Maryville 74 District 6 Playoffs 76 Erskine 70 90 Newberry 81 NAIA Tournament at Kansas City, MO. 86 Grambling 74 81 Monmouth 115

OPP 94 73 87 54 72 91 84

AVL OPP 76 @Carson-Newman 90 66 Berry 61 86 Gardner-Webb 87 74 @North Carolina A&T 110 92 @Guilford 76 52 Appalachian St. 63 81 Lander 62 84 @Kentucky St. 100 60 Macalester 57 89 @High Point 85 67 @Lenior-Rhyne 70 84 @Campbell 81 68 @Gardner-Webb 76 74 @Western Carolina 61 69 Erskine 63 80 Baptist 84 97 @Wofford 74 60 @Appalachian St. 73 60 @Erskine 64 88 @Gardner-Webb 80 89 Mars Hill 72 66 Western Carolina 53 59 @Lander 67 103 Belmont-Abbey 83 87 Wofford 63 87 @Mars Hill 67 80 @Baptist 90 64 Western Carolina 53

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1970-71 (20-10) • District 6 Champions • Head Coach: Bob Hartman AVL OPP 67 @Guilford 72 72 Mars Hill 68 74 Gardner-Webb 65 84 Western Carolina 81 75 @Appalachian St. 64 77 West Florida 69 100 Guilford 79 110 Emory & Henry 79 66 Campbell 63 114 @Carson-Newman 105 112 Lander 72 79 @Erskine 83 81 Wofford 80 82 Appalachian St. 64 88 @Baptist 78 84 @West Florida 94 79 @LSU-New Orleans 88 73 @Mars Hill 65 117 Erskine 82 75 @High Point 77 100 @Belmont-Abbey 76 80 @Wofford 92 97 @Gardner-Webb 120 116 Baptist 97 98 Mars Hill 81 77 @Lander 98 District 6 Playoffs 99 South Carolina St. 90 62 Western Carolina 61 NAIA Tournament at Kansas City, MO. 73 Stephen F. Austin 91 1971-72 (19-12) Head Coach: Bob Hartman AVL OPP 85 High Point 74 88 Gardner-Webb 94 99 @King 77 94 @Western Carolina 102 92 @Erskine 73 115 Lander 104 82 @Carson-Newman 90 81 Guilford 79 99 Gardner-Webb 103 104 Southern Tech 102 96 Milligan 73 86 @Baptist 87 78 @Appalachian St. 69 104 @Guilford 118 85 @Erskine 75 80 Appalachian St. 68 86 @Wofford 72 70 @Univ. of Virgin Islands 65 80 @Univ. of Virgin Islands 69 78 @High Point 76 92 Baptist 74 106 Belmont-Abbey 113 60 @Western Carolina 67

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122 @Voorhees 65 @Gardner-Webb 87 Mars Hill 124 Voorhees 92 Wofford 84 @Mars Hill 99 @Lander

102 97 88 89 85 93 105

1972-73 (15-17) Head Coach: Bob Hartman AVL 89 Allen 86 Gardner-Webb 71 High Point 110 Claflin 74 @High Point 101 South Carolina St. 66 Mars Hill 72 @Middle Tennessee 87 Catawba 110 @Southern Tech 76 @Morgan St. 77 @Lincoln (Pa.) 79 @Baptist 80 @South Carolina St. 95 Western Carolina 99 Gardner-Webb 84 @Lander 87 @Appalachian St. 79 @Mars Hill 102 @Barber-Scotia 86 Baptist 82 Belmont-Abbey 74 @Western Carolina 96 @Catawba 91 @Gardner-Webb 102 King 84 Florida Tech 68 Lander 82 Barber-Scotia District 6 Playoffs 106 Presbyterian 78 South Carolina St.

OPP 67 87 69 89 71 72 62 87 89 91 83 75 76 86 82 112 66 90 74 105 77 94 81 104 105 88 88 76 88 98 87

1973-74 (17-18) Head Coach: Bob Hartman AVL 70 @Milligan 81 Union 74 Carson-Newman 77 @Mars Hill 68 @Presbyterian 69 @Newberry 80 @Lander 96 Southern Tech 84 Mars Hill 86 Western Carolina 89 @Pfeiffer 66 @Mars Hill 88 @Southern Tech 92 @LSU-New Orleans 83 Mars Hill

OPP 75 73 88 90 74 81 61 82 81 80 69 73 89 105 80

77 @Baptist 98 Newberry 88 @Carson-Newman 95 Lander 55 @Erskine 85 Presbyterian 69 Pembroke St. 71 @Western Carolina 73 @Wofford 78 @Appalachian St. 70 @Virginia Comm. 67 @Pembroke St. 66 @Mars Hill 56 Erskine 88 @Gardner-Webb 66 Wofford 98 Baptist 86 @Presbyterian District 6 Playoffs 56 @Belmont-Abbey

75 95 87 80 51 76 68 83 69 80 111 88 77 57 95 81 86 93 66

1974-75 (12-17) Head Coach: Bob Hartman AVL OPP 54 Carson-Newman 95 93 Shorter 77 68 N.C. State 111 78 East Texas State 101 63 East Tennessee State 62 74 @Appalachian State 83 84 Augusta 80 85 Belmont-Abbey 72 77 @Florida Southern 101 79 @UNC Wilmington 97 69 @Pembroke State 77 76 @Methodist 73 74 Milligan 73 70 @Carson-Newman 73 55 Newberry 71 57 Gardner-Webb 59 63 UNC Wilmington 47 75 @Presbyterian 77 69 @Western Carolina 94 53 @Newberry 54 82 @Wofford 103 82 Western Carolina 84 63 @Augusta 61 57 Pembroke State 59 88 @Gardner-Webb 116 73 Mars Hill 68 66 Wofford 65 71 Lander 67 79 Presbyterian 78


YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1975-76 (8-22) Head Coach: Bob Hartman AVL OPP 79 Lander 80 71 Hanover 57 75 Gardner-Webb 86 69 @UNC Wilmington 75 69 @Mars Hill 81 60 N.C. State 111 88 USC-Aiken 67 80 @Milligan 79 69 @UNC Wilmington 76 67 Augusta 72 80 @Catawba 69 49 @Pembroke St. 55 70 @UT-Chattanooga 85 70 Milligan 82 72 @Gardner-Webb 94 62 UNC Wilmington 63 78 Belmont-Abbey 86 93 Presbyterian 82 67 Mars Hill 90 67 @Wofford 58 70 Carson-Newman 79 71 Western Carolina 86 61 @Augusta 62 80 @USC-Aiken 77 52 @Newberry 54 69 UT-Chattanooga 72 96 Wofford 75 60 @Belmont-Abbey 73 84 @Presbyterian 89 1976-77 (14-18) Head Coach: Bob Hartman AVL OPP 79 @High Point 91 119 Clearwater Christian 57 71 Carson-Newman 68 71 @Pembroke State 64 65 @East Carolina 68 83 @Gardner-Webb 102 70 @Carson-Newman 72 74 @Milligan 81 73 @Lander 81 78 Augusta 77 73 @Wake Forest 84 70 @Pembroke St. 74 65 @Methodist 61 71 @College of Char. 70 93 @USC-Aiken 95 70 @Presbyterian 72 78 @Wofford 88 86 Milligan 61 72 Belmont-Abbey 70 83 @Lenoir-Rhyne 107 90 Wofford 74 77 Augusta 87 79 @Southern Miss. 89 82 USC-Aiken 75 106 @Limestone 85 86 Mars Hill 89

74 Newberry 89 Lenoir-Rhyne 67 @Mars Hill 79 Belmont-Abbey 70 Presbyterian District 6 Playoffs 78 @Mars Hill

81 100 68 72 54 79

1977-78 (17-15) Head Coach: Bob Hartman AVL OPP 68 @Carson-Newman 81 89 Spring Arbor 87 106 Milligan 89 73 USC-Spartanburg 61 85 Lander 65 84 Newberry 82 86 Presbyterian 78 71 @East Tennessee State 81 99 Milligan 84 77 Augusta 71 62 @Middle Tennessee 74 83 @College of Charleston 67 70 @Florida Tech 88 62 @Augusta 71 76 @Wake Forest 94 57 Carson-Newman 62 65 @Appalachian State 89 78 @Milligan 65 77 Belmont-Abbey 70 101 @East Carolina 92 73 USC-Spartanburg 64 97 @Southern Mississippi 98 100 Limestone 86 84 @Wofford 75 82 @Gardner-Webb 89 72 @Newberry 81 77 Lenoir-Rhyne 97 89 @Mars Hill 75 84 Belmont-Abbey 93 75 Presbyterian 60 90 Wofford 78 80 Mars Hill 88

89 @Mars Hill 78 @Limestone 81 Carson-Newman 74 Mars Hill 67 @Elon 81 @Milligan 75 @Morehead St. 83 Belmont-Abbey 88 Baptist 87 UNC Wilmington 62 Lenoir-Rhyne

81 70 78 75 84 95 99 90 70 90 58

1979-80 (11-16) Head Coach: Jerry Green AVL OPP 65 Carson-Newman 58 74 @Belmont-Abbey 77 83 Wingate 73 100 Bristol 41 72 @Milligan 93 70 @East Tennessee State 105 80 Central Wesleyan 71 54 Augusta 59 65 @Pembroke St. 73 64 @Wake Forest 90 64 @Mars Hill 62 51 @East Carolina 52 64 @James Madison 67 71 @Gardner-Webb 73 76 Lenoir-Rhyne 69 76 Milligan 54 56 @Augusta 66 65 Mars Hill 68 74 Belmont-Abbey 57 59 @Carson-Newman 58 57 @UNC Wilmington 69 78 @Lenoir-Rhyne 93 83 Limestone 62 70 Pembroke State 78 84 @Newberry 90 69 Gardner-Webb 63 27 @Clemson 38

1978-79 (7-20) Head Coach: Bob Hartman AVL OPP 66 @Carson-Newman 62 69 @North Carolina A&T 80 73 @East Carolina 89 57 @Baptist 60 71 Elon 81 68 @East Tennessee State 94 73 @Georgia 85 68 Augusta 70 70 @Wake Forest 91 61 @Middle Tennessee 98 71 @Austin Peay 79 75 @UNC Wilmington 82 92 Milligan 75 81 Gardner-Webb 84 91 @Belmont-Abbey 107

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1980-81 (14-15) Head Coach: Jerry Green AVL OPP 79 King 59 87 Tusculum 81 64 @UNC Charlotte 71 54 @East Tennessee 71 57 @South Carolina 85 113 Central Wesleyan 99 66 Wofford 59 70 Voorhees 61 57 Milligan 56 70 @Wofford 72 69 @Carson-Newman 56 69 @East Carolina 70 74 Gardner-Webb 86 65 @Lenoir-Rhyne 67 75 @Milligan 61 71 Limestone 74 75 Mars Hill 69 68 @Wake Forest 99 93 @Limestone 113 59 Belmont-Abbey 62 60 Friendship 50 74 @Furman 94 83 @Tusculum 64 70 Lenoir-Rhyne 68 51 UNC Wilmington 53 72 @Mars Hill 51 86 Carson-Newman 67 82 @Gardner-Webb 84 63 @Belmont-Abbey 81 1981-82 (19-10) Head Coach: Jerry Green AVL OPP 86 Wofford 53 82 Tusculum 59 74 Carson-Newman 68 78 Averett 51 61 @South Carolina 75 64 @UNC Charlotte 71 81 Milligan 71 48 USC-Spartanburg 54 58 @Mars Hill 67 87 @Barber-Scotia 71 75 Livingstone 65 62 @Carson-Newman 64 58 Gardner-Webb 56 64 Lenoir-Rhyne 63 83 Claflin 66 61 @Livingstone 56 56 @Wofford 64 88 @Milligan 76 60 @Belmont-Abbey 65 75 Benedict 70 91 Voorhees 55 73 @Tusculum 64 76 @Lenoir-Rhyne 88 68 Barber-Scotia 54 68 Mars Hill 59 66 @Tennessee Tech 91

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77 55

1982-83 (22-9) Head Coach: Jerry Green AVL OPP 103 Lee 57 80 N.C. Central 77 56 @Lincoln Memorial 72 85 @Carson-Newman 91 87 Anderson 73 69 @UNC Charlotte 59 52 @Milligan 36 54 @Wake Forest 72 82 Mars Hill 67 73 Barber-Scotia 71 81 @Gardner-Webb 84 81 Knoxville 66 71 Methodist 60 89 Lenoir-Rhyne 83 66 @Lee 60 90 Voorhees 58 59 USC-Spartanburg 58 70 Lincoln Memorial 58 60 @Knoxville 51 55 Belmont-Abbey 50 55 @USC-Spartanburg 57 84 Benedict 56 76 @Lenoir-Rhyne 73 58 @Barber-Scotia 59 82 Gardner-Webb 95 59 @Belmont-Abbey 56 58 Milligan 47 71 Carson-Newman 80 63 @Mars Hill 59 District 26 Playoffs 70 @Gardner-Webb 68 55 @Catawba 74 1983-84 (21-10) Head Coach: Jerry Green AVL OPP 88 Lincoln Memorial 77 111 Lee 62 84 N.C. Central 66 60 @South Carolina 71 57 @UNC Charlotte 56 58 Knoxville 54 59 Oglethorpe 51 50 @Transylvania 58 63 @Milligan 44 86 @Barber-Scotia 68 77 Gardner-Webb 75 80 Palm Beach Atlantic 46 77 @Carson-Newman 78 72 Milligan 52 54 @Lee 50 68 @Knoxville 62 71 Mars Hill 57 49 @Belmont-Abbey 61

48 @USC-Spartanburg

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63 @Lincoln Memorial 67 Lenoir-Rhyne 96 Barber-Scotia 90 @Mars Hill 62 @Gardner-Webb 70 Belmont-Abbey 91 USC-Spartanburg 103 Benedict 58 Lenoir-Rhyne District 26 Playoffs 48 @Belmont-Abbey 46 @Pembroke State

75 68 61 96 48 57 71 81 50 46 50

1984-85 (15-13) Head Coach: Jerry Green AVL OPP 59 Coastal Carolina 57 67 Pembroke State 60 71 Winthrop 66 73 @Livingstone 81 61 @USC-Spartanburg 60 71 @East Tennessee State 77 68 Greensboro 49 114 Barber-Scotia 86 85 Milligan 81 60 @Coastal Carolina 72 64 @Pembroke State 65 68 USC-Spartanburg 70 68 @Winthrop 57 55 Columbus 53 60 @Belmont-Abbey 67 74 @Gardner-Webb 75 66 @Benedict 67 78 @Barber-Scotia 81 83 @Mars Hill 80 78 Gardner-Webb 82 69 Belmont-Abbey 75 87 Milligan 77 108 Livingstone 83 69 Armstrong State 67 119 Benedict 89 72 @Armstrong State 73 69 @Columbus 87 84 Mars Hill 89 1985-86 (20-9) Head Coach: Jerry Green AVL 68 @UNC Charlotte 98 Voorhees 71 @Furman 76 @Pembroke State 57 @East Tennessee State 71 @Milligan 84 Pembroke State 66 @Pfeiffer 65 @Longwood

OPP 92 85 72 79 71 81 78 67 62


YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 80 Webber 75 61 @Coastal Carolina 44 68 Milligan 66 70 Belmont-Abbey 69 73 @Armstrong State 93 75 Coastal Carolina 66 78 Mars Hill 61 70 @Belmont-Abbey 59 71 @Winthrop 76 71 Armstrong State 60 101 Barber-Scotia 72 65 @Coastal Carolina 62 69 @Mars Hill 61 Big South Conference Tournament 64 Radford 62 64 Baptist 65 1986-87 (15-11) Head Coach: Jerry Green AVL OPP 58 @Clemson 89 86 Barber-Scotia 65 85 @Western Carolina 67 69 @East Tennessee State 66 65 Furman 62 65 @N.C. State 81 63 @James Madison 64 107 Methodist 64 74 Western Carolina 60 68 @Eastern Kentucky 97 69 @UT-Chattanooga 77 69 @Augusta 63 68 @Appalachian State 54 63 @Radford 76 63 Baptist 73 78 Campbell 70 73 Eastern Kentucky 72 65 @The Citadel 71 80 Radford 74 70 @Baptist 67 67 Appalachian State 79 100 Augusta 73 61 @Campbell 70 103 East Tennessee State 74 Big South Conference Tournament 73 Coastal Carolina 68 76 Campbell 79 1987-88 (13-15) Head Coach: Jerry Green AVL 144 Voorhees 87 @Eastern Kentucky 85 The Citadel 76 Western Carolina 65 @Georgia 90 James Madison 58 @California 77 @East Tennessee State 69 @Western Carolina 55 @Appalachian State 86 Benedict

OPP 93 110 72 71 95 81 53 88 74 65 67

72 Augusta 69 63 Winthrop 55 63 @Coastal Carolina 79 62 Radford 69 91 Campbell 73 80 Appalachian State 86 74 @Furman 64 75 @Baptist 77 69 Coastal Carolina 72 62 @Winthrop 53 72 Baptist 65 69 @Augusta 66 60 @Campbell 78 81 @Radford 83 117 Covenant 78 76 @N.C. State 87 Big South Conference Tournament 58 @Winthrop 63 1988-89 (16-14) • Big South Champions • Head Coach: Don Doucette AVL OPP 64 @Georgia Tech 97 103 Voorhees 44 96 Eastern Kentucky 84 77 @The Citadel 93 85 Eckerd 74 94 @Western Carolina 91 57 @Appalachian State 71 65 @Georgia 108 77 UT-Chattanooga 82 74 VMI 70 62 Appalachian State 77 71 Coker 57 96 @Augusta 87 53 @Winthrop 66 60 Coastal Carolina 86 75 @Radford 87 72 Western Carolina 76 71 @Campbell 82 82 Baptist 74 74 @Coastal Carolina 91 98 King 50 67 Winthrop 59 74 @Baptist 75 97 Augusta 75 76 Campbell 71 75 @N.C. State 90 105 Radford 76 Big South Conference Tournament 62 Radford 58 88 Coastal Carolina 76 93 Campbell 78 1989-90 (18-12) Head Coach: Don Doucette AVL 114 Voorhees 92 King 83 @VMI

OPP 67 57 77

62 @Virginia Tech. 83 74 @Mercer 59 78 Western Carolina 70 73 @Appalachian State 87 70 @N.C. State 110 63 @Providence 77 61 Davidson 56 70 @College of Charleston 81 50 @Clemson 74 87 Augusta 64 74 @Coastal Carolina 83 78 Radford 72 87 @Winthrop 68 97 Campbell 63 74 @Baptist 90 61 @Davidson 58 63 Coastal Carolina 68 89 Winthrop 90 90 @Augusta 76 83 College of Charleston 73 72 @Campbell 84 87 Baptist 84 96 Western Carolina 83 75 @Radford 65 Big South Conference Tournament 79 Augusta 73 78 Radford 72 73 Coastal Carolina 76 1990-91 (8-20) Head Coach: Don Doucette AVL OPP 92 Averett 74 66 @Vanderbilt 103 79 Western Carolina 81 89 Milligan 76 84 Mercer 72 71 @Davidson 73 51 @Cincinnati 95 76 @Central Florida 91 60 @N.C. State 99 89 Davidson 86 72 Appalachian State 76 69 @College of Charleston 70 66 VMI 74 68 Augusta 80 73 @Radford 86 91 Winthrop 68 58 @Campbell 91 90 Charleston Southern 86 74 @Coastal Carolina 84 73 @Winthrop 64 77 @Western Carolina 86 78 @Augusta 94 67 Coastal Carolina 91 61 Campbell 62 76 @Baptist 93 62 College of Charleston 56 67 Radford 97 Big South Conference Tournament 53 Augusta 62

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1991-92 (9-19) Head Coach: Don Doucette AVL OPP 60 Union 65 85 @Western Carolina 100 68 @Syracuse 83 88 @Stetson 91 81 Murray State 101 81 Milligan 63 77 Warren Wilson 42 54 @Florida State 107 63 Charleston Southern 70 54 @Clemson 94 45 Davidson 64 85 @Coastal Carolina 93 75 @Campbell 69 76 @Liberty 90 68 @Radford 81 64 Winthrop 59 51 @VMI 62 57 Campbell 71 66 Coastal Carolina 62 75 Western Carolina 83 59 @Charleston Southern 83 82 Liberty 77 63 @Appalachian State 65 78 @Winthrop 75 71 @Mercer 66 68 @Davidson 76 79 Radford 76 Big South Conference Tournament 54 Liberty 85 1992-93 (4-23) Head Coach: Don Doucette AVL OPP 69 @N.C. State 72 67 Milligan 57 46 Western Carolina 73 52 @South Carolina 89 87 Montreat-Anderson 72 71 @Virginia Tech 91 56 @Missouri 99 82 @UMBC 91 64 @Towson St. 84 75 Winthrop 79 72 Radford 69 50 @Liberty 73 62 @Radford 81 59 Coastal Carolina 65 62 Campbell 75 73 Liberty 80 66 @Winthrop 79 99 Charleston Southern 92 65 @Campbell 90 72 @Charleston Southern 91 68 @Coastal Carolina 100 69 Mercer 74 60 Towson State 75 75 UMBC 91 69 @Western Carolina 82 81 @UNC Greensboro 96

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Big South Conference Tournament Winthrop 101 1993-94 (3-24) Head Coach: Randy Wiel

AVL OPP 81 Montreat-Anderson 74 60 @Miami (Fla.) 82 59 @Ohio State 93 63 Mars Hill 72 58 @N.C State 70 74 Erskine 65 55 @Xavier 82 44 @Kansas 90 67 @Charleston Southern 81 76 @Coastal Carolina 80 71 Liberty 79 61 UNC Greensboro 82 66 @Campbell 74 80 @Winthrop 82 68 @UMBC 78 45 @Towson State 54 43 Radford 70 56 Charleston Southern 81 44 Coastal Carolina 58 51 @Liberty 56 52 @Radford 69 44 Campbell 45 44 @UNC Greensboro 69 85 Winthrop 72 61 UMBC 73 70 Towson State 74 Big South Conference Tournament 56 Towson State 64

1994-95 (11-16) Head Coach: Randy Wiel AVL OPP 66 @South Carolina 68 70 Montreat-Anderson 69 60 @UNC Wilmington 73 93 Troy State 86 72 Mars Hill 67 44 @Vanderbilt 82 61 Samford 65 57 @N.C. State 77 77 @North Carolina 95 113 Tusculum 75 62 Charleston Southern 73 78 Coastal Carolina 55 57 @Liberty 46 57 @UNC Greensboro 74 101 Winthrop 87 66 UMBC 72 84 Towson State 79 68 @Radford 81

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@Charleston Southern @Coastal Carolina

61 66

73 Liberty 67 65 Radford 67 64 UNC Greensboro 85 57 @Winthrop 47 62 @UMBC 63 62 @Towson State 69 Big South Conference Tournament 47 Radford 63 1995-96 (18-10) Head Coach: Randy Wiel AVL OPP 97 Bryan 70 41 @Clemson 83 73 @Furman 71 105 Montreat 69 66 @Vanderbilt 80 68 @Samford 60 71 @N.C. State 120 49 North Carolina 66 84 Milligan 76 98 Tusculum 51 67 Charleston Southern 81 77 @Coastal Carolina 66 66 Liberty 48 64 UNC Greensboro 65 76 UMBC 73 83 @Winthrop 65 74 @Radford 56 82 Wofford 53 64 @Charleston Southern 63 93 Coastal Carolina 86 43 @Liberty 65 65 @UNC Greensboro 56 76 @Wofford 67 61 @UMBC 62 89 Winthrop 72 74 Radford 77 Big South Conference Tournament 69 Winthrop 61 60 @Liberty 73 1996-97 (18-10) Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL 69 @East Tennessee 54 @Kansas State 84 Montreat 73 @Kansas 80 @South Carolina 82 @Marshall 51 @Kentucky 69 @Mount St. Mary’s 65 Maine 65 @New Mexico State 69 UMBC 83 Marshall 63 @Radford

OPP 78 80 45 105 74 109 105 72 57 64 45 63 56


YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 73 @Georgia State 72 63 Winthrop 59 84 Charleston Southern 71 81 Coastal Carolina 74 68 @UNC Greensboro 65 60 @Coastal Carolina 70 66 @Charleston Southern 73 78 Radford 87 68 @Liberty 65 51 @UMBC 48 74 UNC Greensboro 67 81 Winthrop 70 Big South Conference Tournament 54 UMBC 51 57 Charleston Southern 67 1997-98 (19-9) Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL OPP 57 @Syracuse 60 69 @Tennessee 75 69 East Carolina 61 74 Georgia State 64 69 @Arizona 97 84 East Tennessee 61 89 Montreat 50 60 @Florida State 77 61 East Carolina 57 52 @Maryland 110 55 Richmond 71 68 @UT-Chattanooga 70 71 @UMBC 68 53 Radford 50 70 @Liberty 60 75 @Winthrop 54 91 @Charleston Southern 80 78 Coastal Carolina 58 92 High Point 67 66 @Coastal Carolina 60 87 Charleston Southern 66 89 @Radford 93 75 Liberty 59 90 UMBC 82 77 Elon 53 76 Winthrop 66 Big South Conference Tournament 46 @Liberty 42 61 Radford 63 1998-99 (11-18) Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL 64 @Purdue 50 @St. John’s 88 Tennessee Tech 76 @Virginia Tech 60 @Auburn 71 @East Tennessee 64 @Clemson 59 @Mercer 82 Marshall 68 @Campbell

OPP 101 105 74 83 91 79 73 64 91 75

39 @Michigan State 64 67 @Texas Christian 101 75 Montreat 63 77 @Liberty 72 79 @Radford 70 72 @Elon 63 89 High Point 78 94 Coastal Carolina 67 71 @Charleston Southern 80 79 Winthrop 86 94 Radford 101 69 @High Point 66 72 Elon 73 81 Charleston Southern 77 73 @Coastal Carolina 81 89 Liberty 86 57 @Winthrop 61 Big South Conference Tournament 106 Liberty 98 79 Radford 92 1999-2000 (11-19) Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL OPP 69 @Missouri 75 72 @Saint Louis 84 63 @Tennessee 79 51 @Tennessee Tech 85 61 Virginia Tech 83 86 @Western Carolina 94 68 @Connecticut 98 41 @Kentucky 86 58 @N.C. State 80 67 East Tennessee 63 66 @Marshall 102 73 Mercer 82 76 Montreat 55 77 Charleston Southern 62 62 @Liberty 70 79 @Radford 92 58 @High Point 60 88 Elon 76 64 Winthrop 63 73 @Coastal Carolina 74 74 Radford 80 82 Liberty 68 63 @Elon 73 72 High Point 57 88 Coastal Carolina 80 76 @Charleston Southern 71 50 @Winthrop 90 Big South Conference Tournament 77 Liberty 63 78 Radford 71 62 Winthrop 75 2000-01 (15-13) Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL 70 Campbell

OPP 85

63 Lenoir-Rhyne 52 76 @Mercer 60 70 @East Tennessee 65 59 @Tennessee 85 79 Western Carolina 59 84 @Appalachian State 64 55 @South Carolina 80 66 @N.C. State 87 43 @Texas 74 76 @UNC Greensboro 77 77 Montreat 75 68 @Florida State 76 72 Charleston Southern 65 81 High Point 71 61 @Elon 58 83 Radford 75 59 @Liberty 52 54 @Winthrop 67 97 Coastal Carolina 95 51 @High Point 56 70 Elon 57 73 Liberty 54 80 @Radford 83 77 @Coastal Carolina 74 60 @Charleston Southern 64 58 Winthrop 71 Big South Conference Tournament 48 Liberty 60 2001-02 (13-15) Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL OPP 57 @West Virginia 83 49 UNC Greensboro 75 65 @Minnesota 92 72 @Campbell 77 71 East Tennessee 77 72 @Western Carolina 66 58 @Furman 69 86 Montreat 91 54 @N.C. State 92 56 @Michigan State 76 38 @Auburn 83 79 Appalachian State 76 87 Charleston Southern 63 74 @Radford 60 68 @Liberty 54 69 Brevard 62 83 High Point 72 76 Elon 64 78 @Coastal Carolina 88 66 Winthrop 73 80 Radford 71 67 @High Point 61 85 Liberty 69 72 @Elon 58 92 Coastal Carolina 81 68 @Charleston Southern 77 62 @Winthrop 77 Big South Conference Tournament 71 High Point 72

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 2002-03 (15-17) • Big South Champions • Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL OPP 52 @Michigan State 66 81 @Minnesota 87 102 Montreat 73 77 Western Carolina 72 69 @East Tennessee 87 99 Campbell 89 67 @Connecticut 117 53 @Holy Cross 84 64 @Oklahoma 100 50 @Kansas 102 81 Liberty 80 71 Charleston Southern 58 68 @Radford 74 71 @Birmingham-Southern 88 62 Mercer 86 62 @Winthrop 65 64 @High Point 60 80 Coastal Carolina 76 93 Elon 87 78 High Point 76 82 Birmingham-Southern 68 72 @Liberty 73 75 Radford 68 72 @Elon 75 55 @Coastal Carolina 68 68 @Charleston Southern 76 65 Winthrop 76 Big South Conference Tournament 68 @Elon 66 81 vs. Winthrop 80 85 vs. Radford 71 NCAA Tournament 92 Texas Southern 84 61 Texas 82 2003-04 (9-20) Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL OPP 46 @N.C. State 71 80 @Iowa 107 79 Brevard 51 65 Charlotte 92 56 East Tennessee Stare 78 70 @Western Carolina 81 56 Furman 60 38 @UNC Wilmington 77 85 Montreat 52 63 @Syracuse 81 67 @Tennessee 80 61 VMI 48 54 Birmingham-Southern 72 72 @Liberty 84 58 @Radford 73 62 Winthrop 76 62 @Charleston Southern 49 65 @Coastal Carolina 73

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70 High Point 83 76 Radford 62 68 Liberty 82 52 @Birmingham-Southern 89 59 @VMI 51 78 @High Point 73 72 Coastal Carolina 68 47 Charleston Southern 67 68 @Winthrop 75 Big South Conference Tournament 49 @Winthrop 46 49 @High Point 63 2004-05 (11-17) Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL OPP 55 @Texas Tech 119 59 @Clemson 78 54 UNC Wilmington 57 68 @Furman 72 85 Western Carolina 71 72 @Maryland 96 75 Lenoir-Rhyne 61 95 Montreat 60 52 @Charlotte 64 63 @Michigan State 92 54 @Michigan 75 63 Charleston Southern 64 70 Winthrop 78 73 @High Point 92 87 VMI 77 78 @Birmingham-Southern 58 71 @Liberty 72 75 Radford 72 66 @Charleston Southern 63 54 @Coastal Carolina 70 89 High Point 77 60 @Winthrop 66 77 @VMI 72 68 Birmingham-Southern 59 83 Coastal Carolina 71 80 Liberty 92 75 @Radford 91 Big South Conference Tournament 93 High Point (OT) 98 2005-06 (9-19) Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL OPP 52 @Georgia Tech 80 63 @ Wake Forest 79 78 Lenior-Rhyne 81 64 @ Western Carolina 80 79 Furman 65 56 @ North Carolina State 86 82 Brevard 48 50 @ UNC Wilmington 68 47 @ UNC Chapel Hill 89 59 @ Charlotte 92 87 @ Radford 80

66 Birmingham-Southern 80 49 @ Winthrop 74 68 @ Charleston Southern 70 72 @ Coastal Carolina 84 83 VMI 65 77 Liberty 65 45 High Point 64 61 @ Birmingham-Southern 75 64 Radford 57 83 @ Liberty (OT) 81 82 @VMI 74 70 Coastal Carolina 88 65 Winthrop 78 83 @ Eastern Kentucky 77 67 @ High Point 88 71 Charleston Southern 75 Big South Conference Tournament 62 @Coastal Carolina 78 2006-07 (12-19) Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL OPP 87 Montreat 72 46 Western Carolina 61 76 @ Duquesne (OT) 77 64 @ Virginia 81 54 Eastern Kentucky 73 69 Lenoir-Rhyne 59 75 @ Furman 67 73 @ Charlotte 81 84 Tusculum 66 62 @ North Carolina 93 65 @ East Tennessee State 73 77 @ South Carolina State 79 51 @ South Carolina 71 51 @ Louisville 66 84 Liberty* 77 60 Coastal Carolina* 68 64 @ High Point* 90 62 @ Winthrop* 61 77 @ Radford* 67 92 VMI* 102 53 Charleston Southern* 40 65 @ Liberty* 80 69 Winthrop* 88 78 Brevard 70 88 @ VMI* 102 67 High Point* 69 78 Radford* 68 82 @ Coastal Carolina* 77 73 @ Charleston Southern* 56 Big South Conference Tournament 77 Coastal Carolina 64 60 Winthrop 79 2007-08 (23-10) • Big South Regular Season Champions • Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL 78 Furman 74 Lees-McRae 75 Brevard

OPP 75 48 35


YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 83 @ Campbell 71 83 @ Western Carolina 73 87 East Tennessee State (OT) 89 84 Tusculum 73 51 @Virginia Tech 65 79 Campbell 76 87 South Carolina State 76 73 @ Tennessee 86 101 Buffalo (OT) 90 94 Montreat 64 61 @ South Carolina 58 81 @ North Carolina 93 74 Liberty* 70 74 High Point* 58 90 @ VMI* (OT) 87 82 Radford* 63 86 @ Charleston Southern* 73 56 @ Coastal Carolina* 52 71 Winthrop* 56 54 @ Liberty* 83 71 @ High Point* 80 75 VMI* 97 53 @Radford* 62 85 Charleston Southern* 73 78 Coastal Carolina* 72 63 @ Winthrop* 50 Big South Conference Tournament 87 Charleston Southern 63 75 Liberty 57 48 Winthrop 66 Postseason NIT Tournament 66 @ Ohio State 84 2008-09 (15-16) Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL OPP 75 Belmont-Abbey 63 91 Montreat 78 84 Liberty* 56 57 @ Campbell 94 69 @ Wofford 74 48 @ North Carolina 116 69 @ Tennessee 87 105 VMI* 114 84 Catawba 67 56 @ Duke 99 52 @ Buffalo 71 59 @ Ohio State 83 81 Western Carolina 78 76 @ Charleston Southern* 65 86 @ Gardner-Webb* 76 88 @ Radford* (OT) 98 61 High Point* 59 67 @ Winthrop* 87 57 @ Coastal Carolina* 64 68 Presbyterian* 58 49 Winthrop* 56 66 @ Liberty* 78 103 @ VMI* (OT) 95 80 Charleston Southern* 71 87 Gardner-Webb* (OT) 78 65 Radford* 66 81 @High Point* (OT) 78

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Coastal Carolina* 63 @ Presbyterian* 76 Big South Conference Tournament 76 Winthrop 68 86 @ Radford 94 2009-10 (15-16) Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach

59 Coastal Carolina 80 77 Charleston Southern 69 81 @Liberty 83 100 @VMI 87 88 Presbyterian College 55 53 Winthrop 57 57 @Gardner-Webb 54 70 @Charleston Southern 79 82 Northeastern 83 61 @Coastal Carolina 58 76 High Point 62 81 Radford 58 Big South Conference Tournament 72 Charleston Southern 63 62 High Point 45 60 @Coastal Carolina 47 NCAA Tournament 81 Arkansas-Little Rock (OT) 77 51 Pittsburgh 74

AVL OPP 70 @ Charlotte 86 49 @ Tennessee 124 66 Campbell 85 58 @ Georgia 79 66 Furman 72 57 @ Kentucky 94 58 @ Gardner-Webb* 56 100 Montreat 49 94 Catawba 81 42 Wofford 68 76 @ Western Carolina 87 2011-12 (24-10) 74 at Radford* 82 Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach 62 at High Point* 66 57 Coastal Carolina* 58 AVL OPP 74 Charleston Southern*(OT) 77 75 @ N.C. State 84 97 @ VMI* 84 75 North Carolina 91 74 @ Liberty* 70 126 Mars Hill 75 97 Bluefield 74 89 Brevard 48 66 WInthrop* 53 63 vs. UConn (Battle4Atlantis) 73 99 Presbyterian* 89 66 vs. C of Charleston (B4A) 68 83 High Point* 69 87 vs. Utah (Battle4Atlantis) 65 92 Radford* 84 66 @Gardner-Webb* 60 54 @ Charleston Southern* 62 88 USC Upstate 81 62 @ Coastal Carolina* 98 109 Montreat 61 75 Liberty* 72 68 @Tennessee 72 114 VMI* 97 67 @Western Carolina 86 69 @ Presbyterian* (OT) 66 73 @Winthrop* (OT) 68 65 @Winthrop* (OT) 68 66 @Radford* 56 89 Gardner-Webb* 86 94 VMI* 85 Big South Conference Tournament 98 Liberty* 75 84 High Point 73 89 @Campbell* 82 73 @ Coastal Carolina 92 86 @High Point* 79 88 Coastal Carolina* 81 2010-11 (20-14) 88 Charleston Southern* 93 Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach 66 @Presbyterian* 58 90 High Point* 70 AVL OPP 95 Campbell* 84 70 @Auburn (OT) 69 89 @VMI* 86 67 @Furman 69 65 @Liberty* 51 116 Virginia Intermont 58 88 Radford* 62 69 @UNC Chapel Hill 80 69 @Coastal Carolina* 74 72 @Georgetown 87 62 @Ohio 81 91 @USC Upstate (2OT) 93 71 Gardner-Webb* 61 70 @Radford 50 67 Winthrop* 55 73 @High Point 76 Big South Conference Tournament 86 Montreat 57 86 High Point 61 90 King College 72 91 Charleston Southern 64 49 @Ohio State 96 80 VMI 64 85 Western Carolina (OT) 79 NCAA Tournament 72 VMI 83 65 Syracuse 72 55 Liberty 59 88 @Winthrop 67 74 @Presbyterian College 48 68 Gardner-Webb 59

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 2012-13 (16-16) Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach AVL OPP 71 Western Carolina 61 59 UNC Wilmington 67 68 vs.Tenn (in Puerto Rico) 75 63 vs. Akron (in Puerto Rico) 82 67 vs. Providence (in PR) 72 80 @ N.C. State 82 71 USC Upstate 73 85 Montreat 51 66 Lenoir-Rhyne 55 72 @ Ohio State 90 79 @ Northeastern 73 72 @ St. John’s 65 95 Bluefield 66 63 @ Charlotte 71 83 @ Liberty* 69 71 @ Gardner-Webb* 78 79 Radford* 61 68 @ Charleston Southern* 74 68 Longwood* 65 63 Coastal Carolina* 60 69 High Point* 58 77 @ Presbyterian* 74 78 @ Campbell* 61 69 Winthrop* 56 90 @ VMI* 79 65 Gardner-Webb* 67 65 Charleston Southern* 73 64 @Coastal Carolina* 65 69 Jacksonville State* 71 74 Presbyterian* 62 61 @ Winthrop* 70 Big South Conference Tournament 72 Longwood 87 2013-14 (17-15) Head Coach: Nick McDevitt

82 Charleston Southern* 71 100 Coastal Carolina* 85 100 @ Winthrop* (OT) 107 83 Gardner-Webb* 71 Big South Conference Tournament 96 Radford 87 79 Winthrop 8 2014-15 (15-16) Head Coach: Nick McDevitt AVL OPP 69 @ Wake Forest 80 83 @ East Carolina 79 87 Johnson & Wales 48 87 @ ETSU 98 75 @ South Carolina 89 63 Charlotte (OT) 66 91 Limestone 66 78 Tusculum 40 71 @ UAB 79 55 @ Jacksonville State 64 62 Western Carolina 66 62 @ Radford* 60 80 Gardner-Webb* 55 71 Liberty* 54 69 Winthrop* 84 69 @ Campbell* 65 75 @ Charleston Southern* 82 75 Coastal Carolina* 65 51 @ High Point* 72 74 @ Longwood* 64 70 Campbell* 63 56 @ Coastal Carolina* 68 71 Longwood* 56 92 @Gardner-Webb* 89 65 Presbyterian* 69 70 @ Winthrop* 91 68 Radford* 75 71 High Point* 75 95 @ Liberty 77 Big South Conference Tournament 80 Liberty 70 57 Coastal Carolina 74

AVL OPP 57 @ Kentucky 89 67 @ Western Carolina 74 67 @ Coll. of Charleston(OT) 58 2015-16 (22-12) 55 @ Duke 91 Head Coach: Nick McDevitt 78 vs. Norfolk State 80 56 @ Rhode Island 73 AVL OPP 70 vs. East Carolina 81 72 @ Tennessee 82 56 @ Charlotte 77 81 @Western Carolina 90 92 Bluefield 56 84 Mars Hill 51 73 @ USC Upstate 63 47 @Texas A&M 75 83 Virginia Intermont 58 85 vs. Drexel (in Alaska) 66 75 UNC Wilmington 61 61 vs. Middle Tenn. (in Alaska) 63 80 Montreat 41 59 Loyola Chicago (in Alaska) 48 70 Ohio 79 103 Johnson & Wales 36 81 @ Gardner-Webb* 77 80 Campbell* 60 84 Presbyterian* 70 84 East Tennessee State 64 78 @ Coastal Carolina* 81 79 @Georgetown 73 80 @ Charleston Southern* 76 81 Elon* 86 81 Winthrop* 66 67 Furman* 65 67 @High Point* 78 70 @Longwood* 61 105 VMI* 109 79 @Liberty* 69 67 @Longwood* 66 85 Winthrop* 84 86 Campbell* 73 83 @Charleston Southern* 73 75 Liberty* 72 86 @Radford* (OT) 91 92 @ Radford* 102 75 Gardner-Webb* 69 71 @ Presbyterian* 72 69 @High Point* 73

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67 Presbyterian* 55 66 @Coastal Carolina* (OT) 68 88 Longwood* 74 63 Charleston Southern* 55 81 Campbell* 71 59 Radford* 60 70 @Presbyterian* 61 80 @Winthrop* 81 73 Liberty* 56 79 Coastal Carolina* 81 Big South Conference Tournament 80 Liberty 49 80 High Point 69 77 Winthrop 68 NCAA Tournament 56 Villanova 86 2016-17 (23-10) Head Coach: Nick McDevitt AVL OPP 65 @VCU 80 46 @Georgia 60 73 @USC Upstate 57 92 Siena 80 64 @Furman 58 57 @Kansas 95 68 Brevard 50 79 @Coastal Carolina (OT) 77 78 @Elon 67 117 Warren Wilson 52 59 Western Carolina 57 73 UNCG 75 77 @Ohio State 79 77 @Radford* (OT) 80 90 Gardner-Webb* 85 70 @Liberty* 57 88 High Point* 58 89 Longwood* 68 76 @Charleston Southern* 67 73 @Winthrop* 76 72 Campbell* 56 73 @Presbyterian* 47 80 Radford* 69 91 Charleston Southern 73 74 @High Point* 71 104 Winthrop* (2OT) 101 91 @Longwood* 69 89 Presbyterian* 48 66 @Campbell* 53 76 @Gardner-Webb* 81 63 Liberty* 45 Big South Conference Tournament 79 Campbell 81 CollegeInsider.Com Tournament 75 @UT Martin 89


SUCCESS ON AND OFF THE COURT

Left-to-right: UNC Asheville men’s basketball May 2017 graduates Giacomo Zilli, Will Weeks and David Robertson. The UNC Asheville men’s basketball team was noted for its performance in the classroom during the 2016-17 athletic year by earning the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award. The fifth annual Team Academic Excellence Awards, created by the NABC Committee on Academics, recognize outstanding academic achievement by teams with cumulative grade-point averages (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 201617 season. In order to earn a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA must count the grade-point averages of all men’s basketball student-athletes who competed during the 2016-17 season. The UNC Asheville men’s basketball team finished the 2016-17 athletic year with a cumulative team grade-point average of 3.094. “This honor means a great deal to our program,” UNC Asheville men’s basketball head coach Nick McDevitt said. “Our program truly takes a great deal of pride in taking care of things in the classroom, and this honor further emphasizes that our student-athletes care about winning on and off the court.” Three UNC Asheville men’s basketball student-athletes were named to the 2016-17 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court that was released on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. The three UNC Asheville men’s basketball student-athletes recognized were graduated senior forwards Will Weeks and Giacomo Zilli and rising senior guard Kevin Vannatta. Weeks graduated from UNC Asheville in May of 2017 with a degree in Management. He closed out his career owning a 3.588 gradepoint average. During UNC Asheville’s road win at Longwood on Feb. 11, 2017, Weeks became the 83rd player in Big South Conference history to surpass 500 rebounds. Weeks ended his time as a Bulldog with 537 career rebounds. He closed out his Bulldog career with 805 total points. Weeks played in 33 games in the 2016-17 season, starting 22. He

averaged 6.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. In UNC Asheville’s thrilling home win over Winthrop on Feb. 9, 2017, Weeks picked up his lone double-double of the season with 14 points and a career-best 12 rebounds. He just missed on a triple-double in the contest as he also dished out a career-high-tying six assists. Zilli graduated in May of 2017 from UNC Asheville as a double major in Management and Economics. He concluded his time at UNC Asheville with a 3.964 grade-point average. A key four-year contributor for UNC Asheville men’s basketball, Zilli was chosen as the 2014-15 and 2016-17 Big South Men’s Basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year. This past season, Zilli averaged 4.0 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. He made 13 starts on the year for the Big South Conference regular-season co-champion Bulldogs. Zilli along with Vannatta were two of only 10 selected to the 201617 DI-AAA ADA Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete Team. Vannatta enters his senior season with the Bulldogs owning a 3.94 grade-point average as an Accounting major. Vannatta was named to the 2016-17 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District® 3 Men’s Basketball first-team in addition to being tabbed as a DI-AAA ADA Scholar-Athlete. Vannatta also represents UNC Asheville and the Big South Conference on the NCAA Division I National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Last season, Vannatta played in all 33 games on the season, starting 32. He finished his junior campaign averaging 9.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and team-best and league fifth-best 3.3 assists per game. Vannatta’s 110 assists on the year were also a career-best. Vannatta led the Big South in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.93). He enters his senior season with 913 career points.

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BULLDOGS AMONG THE BEST IN THE NATION

Kevin Vannatta at NCAA National Office in Indianapolis as part of his duties as National SAAC Representative. The 2016-17 UNC Asheville men’s basketball team was featured among the best in the nation in the final NCAA Division I men’s basketball statistics. The Bulldogs finished with the second-best turnover margin in the entire country at 4.9. UNC Asheville as a team forced its opponents into 547 turnovers (10th-best in Division I) while only turning the basketball over 384 times. The stingy Asheville defense also ended the 2016-17 season in the top-10 in the country in steals per game at 9.3 (seventh). The 306 steals this past year as a team by the Bulldogs was tied for sixth-best in NCAA Division I. These top-10 honors are on top of the numerous categories the Bulldogs led in the Big South as a team, including three-point field goal percentage (.394 – 19th in Division I), steals, turnover margin and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3 – 28th in Division I). Individually, Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Year Ahmad Thomas finished fourth in the country in total steals with 99 and fifth in steals per game at 3.00. The junior do-it-all Thomas led the Big South Conference in field goal percentage at 54.4 percent shooting (243-of-447). Asheville junior guard Kevin Vannatta led the Big South Conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.9. Big South Conference Freshman of the Year MaCio Teague ended his freshman All-America campaign second in the Big South Conference and 22nd in NCAA Division I in free throw percentage at 88.6 (101-of-114). At one point during Big South play this past season, Teague connected on 29 consecutive free throws. UNC Asheville head coach Nick McDevitt and his staff guided the Bulldogs to their sixth Big South Conference regular-season title in the 2016-17 season (1996-97, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2007-08, 2011-12 and 2016-17). The Bulldogs will commence the 2017-18 season having now collected back-to-back 20-win seasons and having made two straight postseason appearances with the Bulldogs playing in the 2016 NCAA Tournament and the 2017 CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The 2016-17 Bulldogs collected the second-most wins in program history in a season with 23. Asheville reached 20 wins faster than any other team in program history in 27 games.

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UNC Asheville Men’s Basketball Individual and Team Awards in the 2016-17 Season NABC Team Academic Excellence Award MaCio Teague – Big South Player of the Week (Dec. 27) Ahmad Thomas – Big South Player of the Week (Dec. 12, Feb. 13 and Feb. 26) MaCio Teague – Big South Freshman of the Week (Nov. 21, Jan. 2, Jan. 9 and Feb. 13) Kevin Vannatta – CoSIDA Academic All-District Three Team Ahmad Thomas – Preseason All-Big South Conference Kevin Vannatta – Preseason All-Big South Conference Donovan Gilmore – SAAC Representative at NCAA Convention Kevin Vannatta – Big South’s NCAA National SAAC Representative Giacomo Zilli – Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year MaCio Teague – Big South Freshman of the Year Ahmad Thomas – Big South Defensive Player of the Year MaCio Teague – Big South All-Conference first-team Ahmad Thomas – Big South All-Conference first-team MaCio Teague – Big South All-Freshman Team Giacomo Zilli – Big South All-Academic Team Bulldogs Ranked as high as 19th in CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 Big South Conference regular-season champions CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament No. 1 seed Ahmad Thomas – NABC District Three first-team selection MaCio Teague – NABC District Three second-team selection Nick McDevitt – NABC District Three Coach of the Year Giacomo Zilli – DI-AAA ADA Scholar-Athlete Kevin Vannatta – DI-AAA ADA Scholar-Athlete Nick McDevitt – Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award finalist MaCio Teague – Kyle Macy Freshmen All-America team selection Will Weeks - NABC Honors Court Giacomo Zilli - NABC Honors Court Kevin Vannatta - NABC Honors Court


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DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME NOVEMBER Fri. Nov. 10 Rhode Island Kingston, R.I. 7:00 PM Mon. Nov. 13 Lees-McRae Kimmel Arena 7:00 PM Fri. Nov. 17 Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. 8:00 PM Sun. Nov. 19 Austin Peay Clarksville, Tenn. 1:00 PM Wed. Nov. 22 Monmouth Kimmel Arena 7:00 PM Sun. Nov. 26 Wofford Kimmel Arena 4:30 PM Wed. Nov. 29 USC Upstate Kimmel Arena 7:00 PM

DECEMBER Sun. Dec. 3 Clemson Clemson, S.C. 3:00 PM Tue. Dec. 5 Furman Greenville, S.C. 7:30 PM Sun. Dec. 10 Milligan Kimmel Arena 3:30 PM Sun. Dec. 17 Western Carolina Cellular Center 4:30 PM Tue. Dec. 19 UNCG Greensboro, N.C. 7:00 PM Fri. Dec. 22 St. Mary’s Moraga, Calif. 10:00 PM Sat. Dec. 30 Campbell* Kimmel Arena 2:00 PM JANUARY Wed. Jan. 3 High Point* High Point, N.C. 7:00 PM Sat. Jan. 6 Radford* Radford, Va. 4:00 PM Tue. Jan. 9 Longwood* Kimmel Arena 7:00 PM Fri. Jan. 12 Presbyterian* Clinton, S.C. 7:00 PM Mon. Jan. 15 Charleston Southern* Kimmel Arena 7:00 PM Thur. Jan. 18 Winthrop* Rock Hill, S.C. 7:00 PM Sun. Jan. 21 Liberty* Lynchburg, Va. 2:00 PM Wed. Jan. 24 Gardner-Webb* Kimmel Arena 7:00 PM Sat. Jan. 27 High Point* Kimmel Arena 4:30 PM FEBRUARY Thur. Feb. 1 Campbell* Buies Creek, N.C. 7:00 PM Sat. Feb. 3 Presbyterian* Kimmel Arena 4:30 PM Wed. Feb. 7 Longwood* Farmville, Va. 7:00 PM Sat. Feb. 10 Radford* Kimmel Arena 2:00 PM Thur. Feb. 15 Liberty* Kimmel Arena 7:00 PM Sun. Feb. 18 Charleston Southern* Charleston, S.C. 5:30 PM Thur. Feb. 22 Winthrop* Kimmel Arena 7:00 PM Sat. Feb. 24 Gardner-Webb* Boiling Springs, N.C. 4:30 PM All times Eastern standard time and subject to change home games appear in BOLD, played at Kimmel Arena * - Big South Conference game 54


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