FLORENCE, Ala. (November 3, 2023) – The 2023-24 women's basketball team will begin their season at home on Monday, Nov. 6 inside CB&S Bank Arena at Flowers Hall, matching up with Southern States Athletic Conference member UT Southern of the NAIA.
The game will serve as the front end of a doubleheader with UNA Men's Basketball, who plays Blue Mountain Christian at 7:45 p.m.
Premium Seating at CB&S Bank Arena is sold out for the year, but general admission season tickets and single game tickets are still available. For ticket information, contact bbond@una.edu, call 256-765-5466 or visit online at this link.
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OPENING DAY MAGIC: With the game against Tennessee Southern, North Alabama will look to start a streak of three straight opening night wins. The Lions had season-opening wins against Blackburn College, 114-52, on Nov. 9, 2021 and Christian Brothers, 78-68, on Nov. 7, 2022. UNA has also been the victors of seven of its last eight home openers dating back to 2016.
SECOND IN ASUN VICTORIES SINCE 2018-2019: Since North Alabama made the jump to Division I in the 2018-19 season, the UNA Women's basketball program is second among all ASUN Schools in conference wins with 45. The Lions trail just FGCU with 79 wins in that time frame. The Lions are just ahead of Stetson (41) and North Florida (38).
ROSTER MAKEUP: The Lions have 13 players on the 2023-24 roster, including eight returning lettermen and eight newcomers. Of this group, there are three freshmen, five sophomores, one junior and four seniors.
EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER: The Lions return two starters from the 2022-23 season —Emma Kate Tittle and Alexis Callins. Tittle and Callins both picked up 13 starts last season, the most among any UNA returners for 2023-24. North Alabama also brings back five others with starting experience, including Ruth Balogun, Alyssa Clutter, Olivia Jones, Rhema Pegues and Cameron Jones.
CURRY RANGE: The University of North Alabama women's basketball team can put up points in a hurry, as they finished the 2022-23 season ranked in the top 10 in both three-point attempts and three pointers per game among all Division I schools. The Lions were fifth in attempted three pointers with 28.0 per contest and sixth in made threes with 9.3 per game. UNA was second in the ASUN in both categories, trailing just FGCU in both.
11 YEARS AT THE HELM: The 2023-24 season will represent North Alabama head coach Missy Tiber's 11th at the helm of the women's basketball program. Tiber turned in a 15-15 record in 2022-23, bringing her career record at UNA to 155-129 in her 10 seasons with the Lions.
PRESEASON POLLS: North Alabama was picked sixth and seventh of 12 teams in the preseason polls for the ASUN, including sixth in the ASUN Media Poll and seventh in the ASUN Coaches Poll. Defending champion FGCU picked to win in both polls.
HOME SWEET HOME: The University of North Alabama women's basketball team boasted a 10-5 record in games played in Florence last season. The Lions put together a 5-1 record in non-conference play in CB&S Bank Arena and followed up with a 5-4 record in ASUN matches.
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