North Carolina-Asheville vs. St John's: Full Game Preview

UNC Asheville

(4-7, 1-5 away)

St John's

(8-3, 7-1 home)

Venue: Alumni Hall (NY)

7:30PM ET / 4:30PM PT, December 21, 2012

Team Leaders

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
UNC Asheville	J Atkinson 17.7	J Atkinson 7.5	T Meyer 3.8
St John's	D Harrison 20.6	J Sampson 7.4	P Greene IV 3.4

It could be a good day for Red Storm basketball at Alumni Hall (NY) on December 21st as St. John's takes on North Carolina-Asheville. The game tips off at 7:30 EST. The Red Storm come in at 8-3 overall. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs have a record of 4-7. The Red Storm RPI is No. 51 and the Bulldogs are ranked No. 237.

North Carolina-Asheville StatSmack

The St. John's scoring leader (D`Angelo Harrison) has more points than the North Carolina-Asheville scoring leader (Jeremy Atkinson).
It's only wins and losses, but St. John's has a better overall record than North Carolina-Asheville this season (8-3 vs 4-7).
St. John's embarrassed North Carolina-Asheville by 55 points the last time they played (Nov 16, 1998).
Winning is in our blood. St. John's had a better record in close games than North Carolina-Asheville last season (5-3 vs 2-4).
D`Angelo Harrison is ranked 6th nationally in points and 35th nationally in steals.
We have a history of cultivating talent. Over the past 10 years, St. John's has had more players drafted by the NBA than North Carolina-Asheville (1 vs 0).
St. John's does a better job contesting shots (38.8% allowed vs 44.5% allowed) than North Carolina-Asheville this season.
We beat real teams. St. John's had more wins against the RPI Top 50 than North Carolina-Asheville last season (2 vs 0).
St. John's has a better overall winning percentage over the last 20 years (0.522 to 0.480).
Diaper Dandies love us. St. John's has recruited more McDonald's All-Americans out of high school than North Carolina-Asheville (13 vs 0).

UNCA Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
B	Jeremy Atkinson	34	18	8	2	2	0	3
C	Keith Hornsby	31	14	4	3	1	0	3
C	Trent Meyer	35	10	4	4	2	1	2
C-	Will Weeks	28	8	4	2	1	0	2
C-	D.J. Cunningham	24	9	6	1	1	3	2
D+	Jon Nwannunu	19	9	5	0	0	0	1
F	Marcus Neely	16	2	2	1	1	0	1
F	Sam Hughes	9	2	2	0	0	0	1
F	Drew Combs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
F	Zack Davis	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
F	Jaleel Roberts	6	1	2	0	0	1	0
F	C. Littlejohn	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
F	Josh Seligson	5	0	0	0	1	1	0

SJU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A-	D. Harrison	34	21	4	2	2	0	2
B+	JaKarr Sampson	31	14	7	1	1	2	2
B-	Phil Greene IV	33	11	3	3	1	0	2
B-	Chris Obekpa	25	5	5	2	1	5	1
C+	Amir Garrett	25	7	6	1	0	0	1
C	S. Pointer	21	5	4	3	1	1	1
C	Felix Balamou	12	4	2	1	0	1	0
D+	Christian Jones	14	4	2	1	0	0	1
D	M. Bourgault	7	2	1	0	0	0	0
D	David Lipscomb	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	Khadim Ndiaye	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	Sam Sealy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
D	Jamal White	2	0	0	0	0	0	0