SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
Who: Western Carolina (10-19, 4-12)
Where: Greensboro Coliseum | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 | 7 p.m. 
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Game Notes: UNCG | Western Carolina

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team returns home to start its final homestand of the 2021-22 season.
 
The first test for the Spartans is in-state foe Western Carolina. It's the penultimate home and regular-season contest for UNCG. Western Carolina stunned UNCG last year at the Greensboro Coliseum, 82-81.
 
The Spartans are celebrating Student Appreciation Night. UNCG Students attending the game will have an opportunity to win a JBL speaker, navy Yeti cooler, electric scooter, $500 Harris Teeter gift card, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Apple Airpods, along with two concert tickets of your choice.
 
In addition to the prizes, students will witness a meaningful late-season contest that will be played with playoff intensity.
 
Heading into the final weekend of the regular-season, the Spartans are tied for fifth-place with Mercer and Wofford with 8-8 conference records. UNCG is a game behind VMI and Samford, who are both tied for fourth place at 9-7.
 
Last Time Out

• Kobe Langley scored 15 points to lead UNCG during a 55-49 loss to Samford.
• Marlow Gilmore's 19 points helped Western Carolina beat Mercer, 69-65.

 
A Look At UNCG

• In two games last week, Bas Leyte led the Spartans with an average of 18 points.
• Leyte scored a career-best 23 points in a road win over Chattanooga.
• Kobe Langley averaged 12 points per game in the Spartan road trip to Chattanooga and Samford.
• For the season, De'Monte Buckingham leads UNCG with a 12.4 points per game average.
• Leyte is averaging 9.3 points per game.
• Buckingham and Leyte are averaging over six rebounds per game.
• UNCG has held 13 opponents below 60 points this season.
• Kaleb Hunter has 99 career 3-pointers.
• The Spartans lead the SoCon in scoring defense (64.5 points) and rebounding margin (+5.7).
• UNCG is 3-4 in SoCon home games this season.

 
A Look At Western Carolina

• Gilmore has scored 15 and 19 points in his last two games for the Catamounts.
• Marvin Price had 16 points in the win over Mercer.
• Vonterius Woolbright filled the stat sheet with 11 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists.
• Western Carolina is 2-13 on the road and 0-8 in the SoCon.
• Nicholas Robinson leads Western Carolina in scoring at 14.9 points per game and rebounding (7.1 per game).
• Woolbright averages 10.1 points per game.
• Western Carolina is last in the SoCon in scoring defense (77.4), field goal percentage (40.0), 3-point field goal percentage (31.8).
• The Catamounts lead the conference in rebounding offense (38.0).

 
2022 SoCon Tournament

• For information regarding the 2022 Ingles Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships at Harrah's Cherokee Center – Asheville in Asheville, N.C., which will run from March 3-7, please visit www.soconhoops.com. If you would like to purchase tickets, please contact the UNCG Ticket Office at 336-334-3250.

 
Series History

• UNCG rolled to a 68-49 victory over Western Carolina on Feb. 7 in Cullowhee.
• The teams split last year's season series with each claiming a road victory.
• Western Carolina leads the all-time series, 33-27.
• UNCG has won 11 of the last 12 matchups in this series.

 
Up Next

• UNCG concludes the regular season by hosting ETSU on Sunday, February 27, 2022.
• The game will be nationally televised by CBS Sports Network at 4 p.m.