Calls go Syracuse's way in tight win
Syracuse can count itself lucky in more ways than one.
The Orange narrowly avoided becoming the first-ever No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed on Thursday, hanging on for a 72-65 win over UNC-Asheville. And a questionable call at the end that went their way gave them a huge hand.
With Syracuse up 66-63 and only 34 seconds remaining, the Orange attemped an inbounds pass that was...
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March 15, 2012
UNC Asheville 65, Liberty 51
Jaron Lane scored 15 points and Jeremy Atkinson tallied a double-double, leading UNC Asheville over Liberty 65-51 on Saturday night.
Matt Dickey added 13 points, J.P. Primm had 12 and Atkinson scored 10 and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs (18-7, 13-1 Big South Conference). Quinard Jackson and Chris Stephenson pulled down 11 rebounds apiece.
The first-place Bulldogs have now...
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February 04, 2012
UNC Asheville 66, Presbyterian 58
Jaron Lane scored 23 points and UNC Asheville shot 50 percent (25 of 50) from the field as the Bulldogs beat Presbyterian 66-58 on Saturday night.
Presbyterian cut the Bulldogs' nine-point halftime lead to four, 46-42, behind two Khalid Mutakabbir free throws with 9:06 left to play.
However, UNC Asheville used a 12-2 run to jump ahead 58-44 and seal the win.
Presbyterian ...
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January 21, 2012
UNC Asheville Basketball Falls to Catamounts, 86-67
The UNC Asheville men’s basketball team started the game against mountain rival Western Carolina University behind the eight-ball. They were short-handed, missing their sixth and seventh men (Jaron Lane and Jon Nwannunu), and fell behind early. The Catamounts placed four players in double figures, and came away with a 86-67 win in Cullowhee.
Both teams were coming off an eight...
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December 29, 2011
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December 29, 2011
UNC Asheville 66, Gardner-Webb 60
Jaron Lane scored 15 points and UNC Asheville rallied for a 66-60 victory over Gardner-Webb Thursday night in the teams' Big South opener.
The Bulldogs (4-4) trailed 26-21 at halftime, 6-foot-11 Mike Byron scoring 12 of his 16 points as Gardner-Webb (3-6) started quickly. The Runnin' Bulldogs used Byron and a swarming man-to-man defense to take a 14-1 lead. They held UNC...
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December 01, 2011
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