Home of the UNC Asheville Men’s Basketball program. 8x Big South Regular Season Champions. 6x Big South Tournament Champions 🏆
#IWWD
🎟 SEASON TICKETS 🔽
Final from Sacramento.
The Bulldogs finish the season 27-8, the best record in program history. Thank you Bulldog Nation for your support!
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
Our guy Drew Pember (
@drewpember
) has had one of the best of seasons ever by a
@BigSouthSports
player
🏆 Preseason Player of the Year
🏆 Player of the Year
🏆 Tournament MVP
He is just the second player in league history to win all three in the same season!
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
BULLDOGS WIN!!!!!
Drew Pember nets 40 points as Asheville outlasts UCF 98-95 in a double overtime thriller to open the season! We hope to see you at Kimmel Arena on Saturday for our home opener at 3 p.m. vs. Brevard!
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
BULLDOGS WIN!!!! Asheville is going to its first
@BigSouthSports
Tournament Championship Game since 2016!!!!! Game time is set for 1 p.m. tomorrow on ESPN2!
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
Two-time Player of the Year: Drew Pember 👏👏
Pember is the first back-to-back Player of the Year recipient for the Big South since 2008-10.
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
No Bulldog has scored more points in a single season than Drew Pember has during the 2022-23 season! 651 points and counting! Congrats Drew!
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
Here is your 2022-23
@BigSouthSports
Player of the Year, Drew Pember (
@drewpember
)!
⭐ 1st Big South player to lead the league in scoring, rebounding & blocks in a season
⭐ Scored a school record 48 points vs. Presbyterian in January
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
If you thought you had seen it all from DP…
- First individual in program history with two triple-doubles
- First 30-point triple-double in the NCAA this season
- First 30 point triple-double in a DI conference tournament game since 1996-97
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
Lavar Batts, Jr. became the program's first 40-point scorer in six seasons and was just four-points off the all-time program scoring record.
📰
#IWWD
#KeepClimbing
SportsCenter's recap of the Big South title game includes a
@TajionJones3
hype reel and a studio-assessed technical foul on
@CoachMMorrell
for the post-game celebration 😂😅 What more could we ask for?
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
Meet your NEW all-time leader in 3-pointers made in UNC Asheville men's basketball history, Tajion Jones (
@TajionJones3
)! He's up to 298 3-pointers & he's not done yet!
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
No player in UNC Asheville men's basketball history has scored more points than our guy Tajion Jones (
@TajionJones3
)! 1,920 points scored and he's not done yet!!!!
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
BULLDOGS WIN!!
We had numerous guys put together complete efforts in tonight's exhibition victory against Bob Jones!
#IWWD
#KeepClimbing
Up Next: We open the regular season next Tuesday at
@Vol_Hoops
, if you can't make it to Knoxville join the Bulldogs at
@HighlandBrews
!
No Bulldog has EVER scored as many points in a game as Drew Pember has tonight...46 POINTS! It also matches the most points scored by a Division I men's basketball player this season!
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
BULLDOGS WIN!!!!! Asheville defeats Gardner-Webb by a score of 75-63! With Radford's loss to Longwood, your Bulldogs are 2022-23 Big South Regular Season Champions!!!!!!
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
Tajion Jones has been on 🔥 this year! 😤
🎯 18.6 Points Per Game (3rd in BSC)
🎯 .484 FG% (3rd in BSC)
🎯 .422 3-PT FG% (3rd in BSC)
🎯 3.9 3-PT/Game (1st in BSC, 8th in NCAA)
🎯 35 Made 3-PT on the Season (6th in NCAA)
#IWWD
#KeepClimbing
Our number 3 to the 704!
@TajionJones3
is on the summer league mini camp roster for the Charlotte
@hornets
! Some big names as teammates and a big opportunity for our guy!
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
🔗:
R-Sophomore
@TajionJ_3
posted his third game with 20+ points this season on Tuesday, has now reached double-figures in five straight games & his 16.4 PPG is 5th in
@BigSouthSports
, along with 1st in 3FG per game (2.5) & 3rd in the league in FG% at 54.7% ...
#IWWD
#KeepClimbing
Freshman guard
@StephneyTrent1
posted career highs in assists (6), steals (4) and minutes (30) in our win on Tuesday evening..
#IWWD
#KeepClimbing
He now sits 13th in assists per game & 5th in steals per game in
@BigSouthSports
, the highest among non-starters in both categories.
Assistant Coach
@V_WoodyTaylor
tells his story of how fell in love with basketball and what led him to pursue a career in coaching. To watch the full video, click the link below!
📽️:
#IWWD
#KeepClimbing
BULLDOGS WIN!!!! Asheville rallies to knock off Longwood, 54-46! Your Bulldogs, who improve to 7-0 at home, move into first place in the
@BigSouthSports
play!
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
The accolades continue to pile up for
@drewpember
🏆
Congratulations to Drew on becoming the first Bulldog to earn a spot on the Lou Henson All-America Team! He is also the lone
@BigSouthSports
player on this list! 👏👏👏
📰:
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
Want to celebrate with UNC Asheville Men’s Basketball & be on national TV!? 🏀📺
CBS will have a live reaction from Kimmel Arena during tonight’s Selection Show! We hope you can come out and join us as we find out where & who the Bulldogs will be playing in the NCAA Tournament!
Last but certainly not least, Mike Morrell (
@CoachMMorrell
) is the 2022-23
@BigSouthSports
Coach of the Year!
⭐ Matched school records for overall wins (24) & conference wins in a season (16)
⭐ 1st Big South regular season championship since 2017-18 season
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD
Here is your 2022-23 Male Athlete of the Year from
@UNCAvlMBB
@drewpember
!
⭐️ Lou Henson All-American
⭐️1st
@BigSouthSports
player to be named Preseason Player of the Year, Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year & Tournament MVP in the same season
#ALLinAVL
#IWWD