GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's basketball team will continue on the road, facing Big South foe Gardner-Webb on Wednesday at 6 p.m. inside Paul Porter Arena.
The overall series between the Spartans and Runnin' Bulldogs is even at 4-4. However, the Spartans have claimed the last two contests with the most recent being a 54-52 win in Greensboro on Nov. 21, 2025.
Wednesday's contest with Gardner-Webb will be the second of five Big South opponents the Spartans will face in their nonconference campaign.
Game details
Game 4: UNC Greensboro (2-1, 0-0 SoCon) at Gardner-Webb (1-0, 0-0 Big South)
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 11
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Paul Porter Arena (Boiling Springs, N.C.)
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Last time out for the Spartans
- UNCG most recently dropped its first road test of the season at Clemson, 72-44, on Sunday in Littlejohn Coliseum.
- Gloria Tony and Savannah Robinson-Holmes paced the Spartans in double figures with 13 points apiece.
- Amy Jakpa chipped in five points and recorded a career-best eight rebounds.
- Tiarna Chambers-Desmond recorded a career-best seven points and added six boards.
- Tony paced UNCG from behind the arc with a career-best three triples.
- Leyla Minor added five points, six boards and led UNCG with two assists.
- Clemson edged UNCG in the rebounding margin, 43-41.
Scouting the Spartans
- Through three games this season, Tony is pacing UNCG in double-figure scoring with an 11.3 points per game average.
- Minor is pacing The Southern Conference (SoCon) in assists (13) and rebounds (25) and is second in blocks (5) and rebounds per game (8.3).
- Minor and Kristina Rakotobe have both notched one double-double apiece in week one of the 2026-27 season, sitting tied for first in the SoCon.
- As a team, the Spartans are currently second in the conference in blocks per game (5.7), offensive rebounds per game (16.3) and rebounds per game (44.00).
- The Spartans concluded the 2025-26 season 14-16 overall and 4-10 in the SoCon.
- Last season was ended in a 62-50 loss to ETSU in the SoCon Tournament Quarterfinals at Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina.
- UNCG was selected to finish eighth in the 2026-27 SoCon Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- Head Coach Trina Patterson returns for her 11th season at the helm of the UNCG women's basketball team, leading the Spartans to 160 victories during her time.
- The three-time SoCon Coach of the Year, Patterson saw her winningest season as a head coach in the 2024-25 season, leading UNCG to a 25-7 overall record and its second NCAA Tournament appearance in program history.
- The 2026-27 squad features 11 newcomers, including eight freshmen and three transfers.
- Among the returners for the Spartans are Minor, Joella Davis and Salimata Traore.
- Minor is the returning leading scorer for the Spartans, averaging 4.7 points per game last season.
- Minor and Rakotobe are the leading returners in rebounding after averaging 2.5 boards per game each last year.
- As a team, the Spartans concluded the 2025-26 season first in the SoCon in five statistical categories, including assist/turnover ratio (0.92), assists per game (13.3), scoring defense (56.5), scoring margin (7.0) and turnover margin (2.87).
- The Spartans' 56.5 scoring defense finished 10th in the country last season.
Scouting the Runnin' Bulldogs
- Gardner-Webb comes into Wednesday's contest 1-0 after defeating Catawba, 84-72, in Salisbury, North Carolina, for their 2026-27 season opener.
- Shiriah Harris led Gardner-Webb with 14 points. Amira Ofunniyin added 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds, while Laila Tull and Taryn Thompson chipped in 11 points apiece.
- Gardner-Webb concluded the 2025-26 season 12-19 overall and 9-7 in the Big South.
- The Runnin' Bulldogs were picked to finish fourth in the Big South 2026-27 Women's Basketball Preseason Poll.
- Makayla Legette received Preseason All-Big South Second Team honors after being selected to the Big South All-Freshman Team last season.
- Head Coach Terri Williams is in her second season at the helm of the Gardner-Webb women's basketball program.
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The Spartans will return to Bodford Arena on Saturday to host USC Upstate at 1 p.m. Saturday's matchup will feature a special recognition of the 2024-25 UNCG Women's Basketball Championship Team.
