Women’s Basketball Faces Mercer in Black History Month Celebration Game
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women’s basketball team is back home in Fleming Gym against the Mercer Bears with a contest at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Game Info
Where: Greensboro, NC | Fleming Gym
When: Saturday, February 4
Time: 4 p.m.
Promotion: Black History Month Celebration, Food Trucks and Venders starting at 2:30 at Coleman Building on UNCG campus. First 100 students get a FREE Black History Month Celebration T-shirt
LAST TIME OUT
UNCG fell to Samford on Thursday, February 2, 68-75, at Fleming Gym.
The Spartans had 28 bench points compared to the Bulldogs’ nine.
UNCG led the game for 4:38.
UNCG outscored Samford in the third quarter 23-15.
Antoniette Emma-Nnopu had a career-high of 15 points, to lead the team.
Akira Wiggins and Faith Price had 11 points each for the Spartans.
Khalis Cain’s 13 rebounds was a game high.
Wiggins had nine assists for a game high.
SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
UNCG is leading the conference in blocks per game (3.3).
The Spartans are second in the conference in assist/turnover ratio (0.88), assists per game (12.8), three-point attempts per game (21.2), turnover margin (2.27), and turnover forced per game (16.86).
Wiggins is leading the conference in assists (100) and assists per game (4.5).
Wiggins is nationally ranked 50th in assists, and 61st in assists per game.
Cain is leading the conference in rebounds (209), offensive rebounds per game (4.8), blocks (30) and rebounds per game (9.5).
Cain is second in the conference in blocks per game (1.36).
Nationally Cain is ranked fifth in offensive rebounds per game, 30th in rebounds, and 35th in rebounds per game.
Price is nationally ranked sixth in three-point attempts (184), 13th in three-pointers (65), and 14th in three-pointers per game (2.95).
In the conference, Price is leading in three-point attempts, three-pointers, and three-pointers per game.
SCOUTING MERCER
The Bears are coming off a 68-44 win against Western Carolina to bring them to the 5-3 record in the conference.
This is the second straight win for the Bears and third win in four games.
Mercer is leading the conference in free-throw percentage (79.6), and three-point percentage (37.5).
Mercer is ranked second in the conference in field goal percentage (43.1).
Nationally, the Bears are ranked fourth in free throw percentage and 12th in three-point percentage.
The Bears are averaging 1.0 in blocks over their opponents.
Erin Houpt is first in the nation in free-throw percentage (97.3), 22nd in three-point percentage (42.4).
In the conference, Houpt is first in free-throw percentage and three-point percentage.
Amoria Neal-Taylor is ranked third in points per game (15.6) and fourth in the conference in field goal percentage (43.8).
Summah Evans is ninth in the conference in rebounds per game (6.70).
Upcoming Schedule
UNCG goes on their last road trip of the season and heads to South Carolina to play against Wofford on Thursday, February 9th with a contest of 7 p.m. They then play Furman on Saturday February 11 with a start time of 11:30 a.m.
Series History/ Last Matchup
The Spartans trail the series, 4 -16.
UNCG won the match up earlier in the season in Macon, Georgia 72-68.
Mercer won the series last year, 60-66 (Jan. 13 in Greensboro) and 43-75 (Feb. 12 in Macon, GA).
Courtesy of Kelly Couse
Strategic Communications Coordinator
UNC Greensboro