Thursday, February 12,2009 {The Blue Banner} —
^Ugst sets record as Bulldogs blow past Buccaneers
Reid Augst
By Dan Weller
Staff Writer
DJWELLER@UNCA.EDU
^NC Asheville (11-13, 7-6) defeated
' Charleston Southern Buccaneers (7-15,
9) 80-71 Saturday at the Justice Center.
CNCA senior forward Reid Augst
ored 19 points and
a school record
from beyond the
Augst pushed his
to 1,008 points for
s career. He is only the
th player in school
®tory and the 91st
;^ycr in Big South his-
b' to reach the century
ark.
tt felt good to reach this accomplish-
Augst said. “I couldn’t have done it
'thout my teammates.”
Bulldogs placed five players in
'^ole figures, including Augst. Freshman
John Primm came off the bench to
13 points and gave four assists.
^6d-shiit sophomore forward John Wil-
contributed 14 points. Junior guard
Smith added 10 points and now has
at least 10 points in his past four
'Fes.
^'■eshman guard Matt Dickey led the
^ court as lie scored 15 points and shot
Percent from the field and a perfect
from the charity stripe.
^ m feeling a lot more comfortable
Dickey said. “And I’m just letting
■ game come to me. I have to be ready
I’m called on to come in at any
le.”
^Fpliomore guards Jamarco Warren and
Daileywho led the Buccaneers with
13 points respectively,
cnior center Giedrius Knysas collect
's second double-double of the season
. Il points and 13 rebounds.
fell behind early as they shot
A9 from the field and went down 18-6
Opening seven minutes.
Bulldogs rallied back with two
O'nters and finished the first half shoot-
percent. Primm’s 3-pointers led the
. Ian Shannon - Staff Photographer
John Primm topples Charleston Southern defenders for a second half layup.
“It felt good to reach
this accomplishment.
I couldn’t have done it
without my teammates. ’’
Fgs on a 24-10 run to take a 30-28
-Reid Augst
halftime.
'0 Bulldogs’ second-half defense sty-
as they shot under 50 percent
^ the field and only 21 percent from
the arch.
^0 came out kind of flat in the begin-
hut we did a nice job of bouncing
^^t the end of the first half and played
“h better in the second half,” said Head
Coach Eddie Biedenbach.
UNCA maintained the offensive mo
mentum from the first half as Augst scored
all of his 19 points in the second half, and
went 5-of-5 from the 3-point line to lift
UNCA.
The Buccaneers kept the game close
until the final minutes. CSU shot only 53
percent from the free throw line and just
27 percent in the first half
“It was a great win for us,” Bieden
bach said. “Charleston Southern has a lot
of good talent, a lot of young talent, and
I feel like we are getting better and better
as the season goes on.”
The Bulldogs are now tied for 5th in
the Big South Conference and have just
four games left on their regular season
schedule, including Saturday against
Radford at home.
Their regular season ends Feb. 28 at
Presbyterian and the conference tourna
ment begins March 3.
John Primm is the first freshman
since Josh Kohn (1992-1993) to record
100 assists in a season.
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Big South Conference
Standings
Men’s Basketball
Team Big South Overall
VMI 11-2 20-4
Radford li-2 14-10
Liberty 9.5 I8-8
Gardner-Webb 7-6 11-12
UNO Asheville 7-6 11-13
Presbyterian 7-6 10-14
Winthrop 5-8 10-15
Coastal Caroiina 4-9 10-15
Charleston Southern 2-10 7-16
High Point ' 2-11 6-17
Women’s Basketball
Team Big South Overall
Liberty 9-0 15-7
High Point 7-3 11-12
Radford 5-4 6-14
Winthrop 5-4 10-11
Coastal Carolina 5-5 13-10
UNC Asheville 5-5 8-15
Gardner-Webb 4-6 12-11
Charleston Southern 3-7 9-14
Presbyterian 0-9 3-18