GREENSBORO, N.C.  – No. 3 UNCG women's basketball opens its postseason against No. 6 ETSU this Thursday, facing off with the side in the quarterfinals of this year's SoCon Championship tournament. The Spartans won a share of this year's conference regular season title after tallying a 10-4 record in SoCon play, their first title since 2002. 

Who: No. 6 ETSU
Where: Harrah's Cherokee Center | Asheville, N.C.
When: Thursday, March 5 | 5:45 PM
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Series History
-- The Spartans are 16-19 against ETSU all-time, sweeping their regular season series with the Bucs, and outscoring the side by an average of 18 points this year
-- Te'ja Twitty has recorded back-to-back double-doubles against the Bucs this year, averaging 13.5 points and 11.5 rebounds

Five Facts To Know
-- Senior guard Nadine Soliman earned 2020 Women's Basketball SoCon Player of the Year last week, leading the conference with 17.0 points per game 
-- Head Coach Trina Patterson received her second career SoCon Coach of the Year honor this past week, with Te'ja Twitty garnering Second Team All-Conference nods
-- The Spartans' scoring defense ranks 13th in Division I women's basketball, allowing just 54.9 points per game 
-- Twitty sits second in the conference with an average of 3.2 offensive rebounds per contest, with Aja Boyd close behind in fifth with 2.3 per game
-- UNCG has a 21-8 (10-4) record on the year, the most conference wins UNCG has had since 2011 (10-10) and the most overall wins since 2002 (21-10)

The No. 6 Bucs
-- Tijuana Kimbro ranks second in the SoCon with 50 blocks on the year, averaging 1.85 rejections per contest
-- ETSU won just one of their final six games of the regular season, and has won just four games away from home all year

Coming Up Next
With a win over No. 6 ETSU, the Spartans will face the winner of the matchup between No. 2 Chattanooga and No. 7 Mercer in the SoCon semifinal. UNCG has twice beaten the Bears this year, while splitting their season series against the Mocs.

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