Spartans Release 2011-2012 Schedule

UNCG Athletics released the 2011-2012 men's basketball schedule today. You can read the article here. Some of the games, such as return games at Florida State, at Miami and a home game with VCU were known. There were the familiar names of Duke, East Carolina and NC A&T on there as well. But there were some very interesting teams. UNCG will play at Tennessee and at Georgetown as part of the Maui Invitational. While the Spartans don't actually get to make the trip over to Hawaii (they are 1 of the 4 "mainland" teams), they will get to play in a mini bracket at MTSU against the host team and either Towson or Belmont.

All-in-all I'm quite happy to see this schedule. While it does have some difficulty, there are actually some winnable contests for the Spartans. These type games have been sorely lacking the past few years. With a team that returns all but 1 player, I think this schedule will allow for some upward movement by UNCG.

11/3 Greensboro College (Exh.)#
11/11 @ Tennessee
11/14 @ Georgetown
11/17 UNC Pembroke
11/19 @ Middle Tennessee St
11/20 Towson/Belmont*
11/28 NC A&T
12/1 @ App St
12/3 @ Western Carolina
12/5 Elon
12/11 @ Florida State
12/16 East Carolina
12/19 @ Duke
12/22 VCU
12/30 @ Richmond
1/2 @ Miami
1/5 Davidson
1/12 College of Charleston
1/14 @ Citadel
1/19 Chattanooga
1/21 Samford
1/26 App St
1/28 Western Carolina
2/2 Citadel
2/4 @ Furman
2/9 @ Samford
2/11 @ Chattanooga
2/15 College of Charleston
2/18 @ Georgia Southern
2/21 Wofford
2/25 @ Elon
3/2 - 3/6 SoCon Tournament^

# Fleming Gym
* Middle Tennessee State
^ Asheville, NC

2010-2011 Highlight Video

Big thanks to UNCGfans.com poster Jeremy Adkins for making this awesome video of the highlights of the 2010-2011 season.

Brandon Evans 2010-2011 Highlights

I'm going to miss Brandon Evans. He sure excelled towards the end of the year.

Thanks, Brandon !!!

Rest of the Season

UNCG 78 - App State 80 (OT)
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UNCG 73 - Western Carolina 83
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UNCG 86 - Citadel 74
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UNCG 69 - Charleston 87
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UNCG 58 - Miami 78
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UNCG 90 - Elon 99
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UNCG 66 - Western Carolina 70
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UNCG 57 - Ga Southern 56
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UNCG 67 - Davidson 78
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UNCG 71 - Davidson 64*
* - SoCon Tournament 1st round
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UNCG 66 - Western Carolina 77^
^ - SoCon Tournament Quarterfinals
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App State (8-13) @ UNCG (4-16)

When: Wednesday, Febuary 2 7 pm
Where: Greensboro Coliseum (7,617/23,500)
TV: None/Spartan All-Access

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Spartan Notes:
-Last time out, UNCG ran out to a big lead and then had to hold on to beat Samford in Birmingham on Saturday, 91-72. Brandon Evan scored 26 and Trevis Simpson scored 22 points.
- After starting the year 0-15, the Spartans have won 4 of their last 5 games. UNCG has won 2 straight home games.
- With a conference record of 4-6, UNCG sits in 3rd place in the SoCon North Division. They are a half game ahead of App State and Elon. Western Carolina is in 2nd place at 5-5.
- Korey VanDussen leads UNCG in scoring (11.0). Aloysius Henry leads in rebounds (5.6) and Kyle Randall leads the team in assists (3.8).
- For the year, the Spartans are shooting 42.2% from the field, 37.8% from behind the arc and 67.5% from the free throw line.

Mountaineer Notes:
- Amu Saaka dropped 31 points and lead Furman to a 81-61 victory over App State in Greenville. Omar Carter led ASU with 25 points.
- ASU has now lost 4 straight games and 6 of their last 7 contests. They have lost 4 straight road games.
- At their first meeting, App State narrowly fell to UNCG in Boone, 75-74. The Mountaineers had several looks at the end to take the lead, including a Donald Sims 3 pointer at the buzzer. App State held a lead of 41-28 at halftime of that game.
- Sims leads ASU in scoring (21.0) and assists (3.7). Andre Williamson leads the Mountaineers in rebounds (6.4).
- For the season, App State is shooting 44.4% from the field, 33.5% from behind the arc and 69.4% from the free throw line.

Spartans Stay Hot, Surge Past Samford

UNCG 91 - Samford 72

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Brandon Evans (26 pts) led 4 Spartans in double figures as UNCG jumped out to lead by as many as 20 in the first half and 25 in the second half. Samford managed to fight back to get the lead down to 6. However, the Spartans made 17-19 free throws in the last 3 minutes to seal the game. Trevis Simpson (22 pts) continued his hot streak by scoring in double figures for the fourth straight game. The Spartans shot 52% from the field and 54% from behind the arc. It's UNCG's 4th win in the last 5 games.

Spartans Fall in Heartbreaker at Chattanooga

UNCG 110 - Chattanooga 111 2OT

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Korey VanDussen's career high 33 points weren't enough to over come Ricky Taylor's 41 points, as UTC surged back from a 109-102 deficit with less than 2 minutes remaining in double overtime. Trevis Simpson (13 pts) had hit a layup to send the game into the 2nd overtime, but missed a shot in the lane to give the Spartans the win.

It was an odd game that saw UNCG jump out to a quick 11-2 lead only to have the Mocs dominate for the rest of the half and part of the second half. UNCG found itself down 49-29 before getting on senior Brandon Evans's back. Evans scored all 28 of his points in the second half and overtimes.

It looked as though the Spartans had stolen the game after Kyle Randall's 3 pointer near the end of regulation. However, Keegan Bell (24 points) made a deep 3 pointer to extend the game.

4 Spartans fouled out of the contest, and UTC shot an amazing 53 free throws for the night. UNCG offset that by making 17 3 pointers out of 43 attempts (39.5%).