DURHAM, N.C. – The North Carolina Central University women's basketball team will continue its season-long, nine-game road swing with a Monday matinee at UNC Asheville with the Eagles and Bulldogs scheduled to tipoff on ESPN+ at 2 p.m.
GAME NOTES: NCCU vs. UNCA (PDF)
GAME INFO
Monday, Dec. 18 at 2 p.m.
NC Central at UNCA
Asheville, N.C. (Kimmel Arena)
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NCCU BENCH
The Eagles have lost their last five games – all on the road – and are coming off a 66-55 setback at UNC Greensboro on Thursday. NC Central (3-7 Overall) has yet to win on the road this season (0-7), despite having a chance in the fourth quarter against its last three opponents.
Senior guard
Kimeira Burks scored a game-high 17 points against the Spartans to regain the team lead in scoring at 14.0 points per game. Burks is NCCU's top 3-point shooter, averaging 2.6 made 3-pointers per game.
Freshman guard
Kyla Bryant has reached double-digit points in each of NCCU's last four games and follows just behind Burks with 13.6 points per game. Bryant also paces the Eagles with 2.2 steals per game for a squad that has eight different players averaging at least one steal per contest.
Junior forward
Morgan Callahan (10.4 PPG) is a third player averaging over 10 points per game for the Eagles and she is pulling down a team-best 8.8 rebounds per game.
NC Central will be playing UNC Asheville for the first time in a decade with the Eagles winning the last meeting, 55-52, on Nov. 28, 2014. The all-time series is tied at 2-2.
UNCA BENCH
The Bulldogs dropped a 60-51 road game at East Tennessee State University on Thursday in their last game. UNC Asheville (4-6 Overall) is 3-0 at home, marking the fourth straight opponent NCCU will be playing that is still undefeated at home in 2023-24 when the Eagles arrive to play.
A pair of Bulldogs are averaging over 10 points per game in senior guard McKinley Brooks-Sumpter (13.9 PPG) and junior guard Lalmani Simmons (11.7 PPG). Brooks-Sumpter, a Big South Conference Preseason All-Conference First Team selection, is UNCA's leading scorer and rebounder for a second straight season as she is averaging 7.5 rebounds per game.
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