Coastal Carolina vs. UNC Asheville: Recap and Stats

Coastal Carolina 60

(8-9, 1-7 away)

UNC Asheville 63

(10-10, 7-2 home)

Venue: Kimmel Arena

7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT, January 23, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Coastal Carolina	36	24	60
UNC Asheville	37	26	63

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Coastal Carolina	R Trapps 27	R Trapps 8	K Greenwood 4
UNC Asheville	J Atkinson 16	J Atkinson 7	T Meyer 3

On Wednesday, January 23rd, North Carolina-Asheville took on Coastal Carolina and just barely beat the Chanticleers 63-60 in conference play. The Bulldogs were led by Jeremy Atkinson, who got a team-high 16 points plus nine rebounds. D.J. Cunningham had seven points and added 11 rebounds. Anthony Raffa finished with a game-high 27 points and four rebounds (3 Ast 3 Stl) for the Chanticleers. The next game will be on Saturday, January 26th when North Carolina-Asheville (10-10, 4-2 Big South) hosts High Point (7-9, 3-2 Big South).

North Carolina-Asheville Game Notes

The last time UNCA started the season 10-10 was 2010.
The Bulldogs have won 2 close games this season (a win by 5 or fewer points). Since 2007, North Carolina-Asheville has won 23 close games.
North Carolina-Asheville has won 80% of the time this season (4-1) after committing 20 or fewer turnovers.
This season North Carolina-Asheville has won 75% of the time (6-2) when Jeremy Atkinson has 4 assists or more.
The Bulldogs have recorded more blocks than their opponents for the past 6 games.
This is the 8th game at home this season--UNCA has a 13.3 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
The top two scorers (Jeremy Atkinson and Keith Hornsby) accounted for 46.0% of the points.
D.J. Cunningham accounted for 33.3% of the team's rebounds.
Jeremy Atkinson has led the team in scoring in 10 out of 20 games this season.
D.J. Cunningham has led the team in rebounding in 3 out of 20 games this season.
Will Weeks has 3 straight double-digit point games.
Jeremy Atkinson has 7 straight double-digit point games.
D.J. Cunningham recorded the 14th double-digit rebound game of his career.

Coastal Carolina Game Notes

The Chanticleers have lost 3 times this season in games decided by 5 or fewer points. Since 2007, Coastal Carolina has lost 25 close games.
Anthony Raffa recorded a team season high in three pointers attempted with 11.
Anthony Raffa accounted for 45.0% of the team's points.
The top two rebounders (Michel Enanga and El Hadji Ndieguene) accounted for 41.3% of the rebounds.
Anthony Raffa has led the team in scoring 12 times in 17 games this season.
Michel Enanga has led the team in rebounding 5 times in 17 games this season.
This marks the 28th 20-point game of Anthony Raffa's career.
Anthony Raffa has 3 straight 20+ point games.
Warren Gillis set a career high with 4 steals.

CCAR Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Anthony Raffa	38	27	4	3	3	0	0
B+	Michel Enanga	28	4	7	0	2	0	0
B	E. Ndieguene	31	6	5	1	2	0	1
C+	Warren Gillis	30	11	3	1	4	0	6
C	Uros Ljeskovic	13	2	4	0	0	0	1
C	Charles Ashford	9	4	0	1	0	0	1
C-	Badou Diagne	19	2	3	0	0	0	1
D	K. Greenwood	26	4	1	2	0	0	5
-	Bisi Addey	5	0	0	0	0	0	0

UNCA Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Jeremy Atkinson	34	16	9	4	2	0	7
B+	D.J. Cunningham	31	7	11	3	1	2	4
B+	Will Weeks	39	12	6	0	3	0	1
B	Keith Hornsby	36	13	1	2	3	0	2
B-	Jon Nwannunu	10	5	2	1	0	0	1
C	Trent Meyer	20	10	0	1	1	0	3
D	Marcus Neely	21	0	3	0	0	0	0
-	Sam Hughes	5	0	0	0	2	0	1
-	C. Littlejohn	4	0	0	1	0	0	1