Following the departure of long time Asheville coach Eddie Biedenbach, Asheville will be looking for their first win of new coach Nick McDevitt's era after losing to Kentucky by a final score of 89-57 last Friday night.
The Catamounts leads the series 24-20 all-times. In the Kentucky game, sophomore forward Will Weeks led the Bulldogs with 19 points and seven reboundsm while freshman guard Andrew Rowsey put up 12 points.
The Bulldogs took a hit from last season's team to graduation/transfers, losing their top two scorers. Jeremy Atkinson led UNCA with a 17.8 average and was lost to graduation, while Keith Hornsby averaged 15 points per game and was second in the nation in free throw percentage at .925 before transferring during the off season.
The Bulldogs will also be missing a couple of roster players in the backcourt for Monday's game. Senior guard Trent Meyer is out with an ankle injury. Meyer is the leading returning Bulldog scorer with a 9.7 average. Sophomore guard Marcus Neely will take a medical red-shirt with a knee injury.
According to the UNCA media relations office, Asheville is the tallest team in the Big South this season. They are listing five players 6-9 or above. The UNCA roster has two 6-9 forwards: Mike Bedulskis, Giacomo Zilli, a 6-9 center/forward: Chudier Pal, and a 6-11 center: D.J. Cunningham along with 7-0 center: Jaleel Roberts.
During the Kentucky game, D.J. Cunningham started at center, playing 19 minutes and just missed a double-double with eight points and 10 rebounds. Of the other big men: Bedulskis played 3 minutes scoring 1 field goal and had no rebounds; Zilli played 7 minutes without scoring and pulled in one rebound; Pal played 4 minutes, without scoring, but pulled down 3 rebounds; Roberts was in for 10 minutes, attempted 3 field goals but not scoring and had one rebound.
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