GREENSBORO, N.C.  – UNCG women's basketball will be on the hunt for its fourth straight victory and its sixth straight win at home on New Year's Day, opening up the 2020 calendar year with a home contest against the Lenoir-Rhyne University Bears. 

Who: Lenoir-Rhyne
Where: Fleming Gymnasium | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Wednesday, January 1 | 4 PM 
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Series History

-- UNCG is 3-1 against the Bears all-time, last facing the program during the 1986-87 season.

-- The Spartans have not lost to Lenoir-Rhyne since February 3, 1983 and have never dropped a decision to the Bears in Greensboro

Five Facts To Know

-- The Spartans are the only team in the SoCon with three players ranking within the top-seven of the conference's top rebounders; Nadine Soliman (7.8) ranks fourth, while Aja Boyd (7.6) and Te'ja Twitty (7.2) sit sixth and seventh respectively

-- Twitty tallied her second straight double-double against App State this weekend, the 22nd of her career. She sits just two shy of tying the standing program record

-- With 652 made field goals, senior guard Nadine Soliman sits just nine from tying a career D1 program record, and moving into second all-time in Spartan history

-- The Spartans are on a five-game winning streak at home, with their last loss coming on their season opener against Richmond. If UNCG can go undefeated for the remainder of their current home stand it will tie their longest home winning streak in over two decades

-- Soliman's 1,550 career field goal attempts currently rank fourth among active players in Division I, while her 18.9 points per game in 2019-20 rank first in the SoCon and 29th in the nation

The Bears

-- This Wednesday's contest against the Spartans will be Lenoir-Rhyne's third game against a Division I opponent this year, dropping a 72-60 decision at UNCW and a 68-48 final at UNCA 

-- The Bears are averaging 3.5 blocked shots per game, led by senior forward Karlie Bearden, whose 16 rejections rank second in the South Atlantic Conference

Coming Up Next

The Spartans continue their current home stand with Concord University this coming Saturday, hosting the Mountain Lions at 4 p.m., inside Fleming Gymnasium. UNCG has never played Concord, facing the Mountain East Conference member for the first time in program history.

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