GREENSBORO, N.C. - UNCG women's basketball returns home for a matchup against the Mercer Bears (4-16, 1-4), Thursday night inside Fleming Gymnasium. The Spartans (15-5, 4-1) are off to their best start in 28 years (19-5; 1991-92).
Nadine Soliman enters the game needing 18 points to set a new program scoring record (1,908).
Who: Mercer
Where: Fleming Gymnasium | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Thursday, January 30th | 7 p.m.
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LAST TIME OUT
The Spartans saw their nine-game winning streak come to an end at the hands of the Wofford Terriers. In Spartanburg,
Aja Boyd scored a team-high 18 points and pulled down eight rebounds. It was the second time this season Boyd has led UNCG in scoring. Soliman and Te'Ja Twitty each netted 12 points.
SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
-- UNCG ranks 15th in the nation in scoring defense (54.4 ppg)
-- Senior stretch-4
Alexus Willey has taken her shooting to another level this season. She sits 26th in the nation in three-point FG percentage (43.0); also good for 2nd in the SoCon
-- The Spartans 44.8 FG percentage tops the SoCon and is good for 32nd in the country.
SCOUTING MERCER
-- The Bears are led by sophomore forward Jaron Dougherty (16.4 ppg); Dougherty was named the SoCon Player of the Week after back-to-back 20-point games last week. She netted 23 points vs. ETSU (Jan. 23), followed by a double-double performance of 29 points, 12 against Chattanooga on Saturday, January 25th.
-- Despite winning just one of their last 11 games, Mercer ranks No. 1 in the SoCon in blocks (87) and steals per game (9.0)
SERIES HISTORY
-- Mercer leads the all-time series, 12-0, dating back to the 1978-79 season. After their first matchup, the teams didn't faceoff again until the 2014-15 season, a 73-74 loss in Greensboro
-- Their last meeting occurred in Macon, Ga.; a 73-85 loss to the Bears. In that game, Soliman (21pts) and Te'Ja Twitty (15pts) were two of four Spartans to score in double figures
