DURHAM, N.C. – The North Carolina Central University women's basketball team looks for its first home victory as the Lady Eagles take on the UNC Asheville Bulldogs on Friday, Nov. 28 in McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium at 2 p.m. Admission is free.

After falling to Winthrop 71-63 during the Lady Eagles (1-3) home opener on Tuesday, NCCU looks to grab its second win of the season against the 1-3 Bulldogs and knot the series recorded between the two programs.

Asheville currently holds the 3-2 all-time series lead over the Lady Eagles, although during the last meeting, a  season ago (Nov. 23, 2013), NCCU was able to pull of the 76-65 victory over the Bulldogs, while Khyra Conerly (Oakland, California) scored a career-best 23 points for the Lady Eagles.
 
NCCU BREAKDOWN
Senior Racquel Davis (Brooklyn, New York) scored a career-best 29 points and collected a career-high 19 boards on Tuesday, Nov. 25 against Winthrop, the most points and rebounds earned by a Lady Eagle during the Taylor era.

Senior Khyra Conerly earned the season-first MEAC Player of the Week honors, following the 2014-15 opening week, the league announced Monday, Nov. 17 while also grabbing College Sports Madness MEAC Player of the Week honors after week one.

NCCU returns 8 letterwinners and three starters this season from a squad that went 11-19 overall in 6-10 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) play, finishing ninth in the regular season a year ago.

Head coach Vanessa Taylor enters her third season at NCCU and holds a 14-50 career record with the Lady Eagles.

The Lady Eagles were picked to finish tenth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference preseason poll by the league's coaches and sports information directors.

After being named to the 2013-14 MEAC third-team, Davis was selected to repeat on the pre-season All-MEAC Third Team.