Under the Radar Game of the Day – Wednesday, January 10th

UNC-Asheville (10-7, 2-0) at High Point (13-4, 2-0)

First place in the Big South is at stake tonight when the Bulldogs of UNC-Asheville travel east along I-40 to visit the High Point Panthers. UNC-A opened conference play with back-to-back wins against USC-Upstate at home and against Presbyterian on the road. Drew Pember had 29 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs in the 84-80 victory against Presbyterian.

High Point started conference play with a 14-point win at Radford to get people’s attention in the Big South. That effort was followed up with an 85-76 win at home against Gardner-Webb. Kezza Giffa has scored 54 points in both of the Panthers’ league wins so far; he had 24 in the win against Radford and 30 points in the win against G-W.