Appalachian State returned to the Holmes Center Wednesday after a two game road trip against Power Five teams to blow out the Big South preseason No. 1 team, UNC Asheville 81-51 in a convincing win to end their non-conference schedule.
The Mountaineers (5-6) came out with an extremely aggressive defense that held UNC Asheville (6-3) to eleven points, and allowed App State to claim a two point lead at the end of the first quarter.
“We had a team coming today that shoots 46 percent and my hope today was keeping them at 35 percent [FG], but our players responded by holding them to 27 percent,” head coach Angel Elderkin said.