Liberty (6-9, 0-2) travels to play UNC-Asheville (6-7, 2-0) at 7pm on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know about the Bulldogs:
1. UNCA was just 1-7 against DI opponents entering conference play.
Their only win came against East Carolina on November 16th, and they had lost 6 straight against Division I opponents.
2. The Bulldogs stopped their losing streak against Radford to open conference play.
Jaleel Roberts tipped in the game-winner with 2 seconds left as Asheville beat Radford 62-60 on New Years’ Eve.
3. They improved to 2-0 in conference with a 80-55 thrashing of Gardner-Webb. 
The Bulldogs held Gardner-Webb to 28% shooting from the field and 4/23 (17%) from 3-point range.
4. Andrew Rowsey leads the Big South in scoring at 19.5 points per game.
He was held to just 10 combined points on 4/14 shooting in UNCA’s first 2 Big South games.
5. The game will feature the Big South’s #1 3-point FG% team vs the #1 3-point FG% defense.
UNC-Asheville leads the conference in making 36.5% of their nearly 300 3-point attempts this season. The Flames are holding their opponents to just 26% shooting from 3 this year.
6. Asheville beat the Flames, 75-72, in the teams’ only meeting a season ago.
Antwan Burrus led Liberty with 22 points and 12 rebounds while Jaron Lane had 29 points for Asheville.
7. UNCA leads the all-time series 31-20. 
The Bulldogs have won the past 4 meetings as Liberty has not beaten them since 2011. Liberty coach Dale Layer is 2-6 against Asheville in his 6 years at Liberty.
