GREENSBORO, N.C. - The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's basketball team will open the 2022-23 season with an inner-city match with Guilford College on Monday, November 7 at 7:30 p.m. inside of Fleming Gym.
The game will be the second of a season-opening doubleheader with the men's basketball team. The men will begin the night hosting Johnson & Wales (Charlotte) at 5 p.m. It will be an exhibition for Guilford College.
All fans are encouraged to wear white for both games!
GAME INFO
Where: Fleming Gymnasium | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Monday, November 7 | 7:30 p.m.
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PROMOTION: The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive a free t-shirt!
SEASON LOOK AHEAD
- UNCG will have two Power-5 opponents this season, both against members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
- The Spartans will play the Kentucky Wildcats on December 4th for a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. in Lexington.
- Later in the month, they will head down south to Florida for another matinee against the Florida Gators with a start time at 2 p.m. on December 18th.
- Four of seven games in November will be inside of Fleming Gym.
- The Spartans will open SoCon play with a trip to the reining conference champions, Mercer Bears on January 5 at 7 p.m.
- The SoCon Tournament will be held at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C. from March 2-5.
SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
- The Spartans welcome back 12 players from last season's team, including the sophomore duo of Isys Grady and Nia Howard. Grady led the team in total points with 267, while Howard returns as the team's leading three-point shooter.
- Grady was the only Spartan to earn a spot on the Southern Conference's (SoCon) All-Conference Preseason Team.
- Also returning for the Blue and Gold is leading rebounder Khalis Cain. The junior finished the 2021-22 season with 179 rebounds, averaging 6.6 per game.
- Head coach Trina Patterson added three players in the off-season: Faith Price, Antoniette Emma-Nnopu, and Akira Wiggins.
- The Spartans were voted to finish seventh in the 2022-23 Coaches poll and sixth in the media poll.
- They finished the 2021-22 season with a 9-19 overall record, 5-9 in conference.
SCOUTING GUILFORD
- The Guilford College Quakers are members of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference in Division III.
- They were voted to finish eighth in the ODAC Preseason Poll.
- The Quakers finished the 2021-22 season with an 8-17 overall record, 5-13 in the conference.
- 10 of the 18 players are freshman, five are sophomores, one junior, and three seniors.
- Head coach Sarah Mathews is in her second season as the head coach.
SERIES HISTORY
- UNCG leads the all-time series with Guilford, 11-3.
- The teams met last in 1988-89.
- The first meeting was in 1977-78, where Guilford last beat the Spartans in 1985-86.
