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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The 25th-ranked Queens University of Charlotte men's basketball team (6-2, 1-0 SAC) hosts Anderson University (4-2, 1-0 SAC) on Saturday afternoon at the Levine Center seeking its 10^th straight win in the series. The Royals and the Trojans will meet for the 39^th time with Queens holding a 29-9 all-time advantage. Anderson last beat Queens, 76-65, on March, 5, 2014. The Trojans have not beaten the Royals in Charlotte since the 2009-2010 season.

Opening tipoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. Tickets are $6 and all Queens students will receive free admission with their Queens ID.
 
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No. 25/23 Queens Royals (6-2, 1-0 SAC)
(Game Notes)

-Last time out, Queens picked up its fifth win in its last six games defeating previously-unbeaten and No. 23 Lenoir-Rhyne University, 76-69, on Wednesday night. Daniel Carr led the Royals with 19 points, as Shaun Willett recorded his sixth double-double in eight games with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Lewis Diankulu scored 17 points on 8-for-8 shooting with eight rebounds, while Van Turner Jr. scored 14 points.

-Several Royals rank near the top of the League's statistical categories three weeks into the season. Carr currently ranks seventh in the SAC in scoring, averaging 17.3 points per game, while Willett is 10th, averaging 16.5 points per, and leads the League in rebounding, with 10.5 rebounds per game. Diankulu is the League's seventh-leading rebounder with 7.4 boards per game. Jachai Taylor is second in 3-point shooting (58.3%) and Turner is fifth (52.5%).

-For another week, Queens remained in the official coaches' poll with a No. 25 national ranking in the most recent edition of the NABC/Division II Rankings released on Tuesday. The placement in the second official poll of the season, marked the 47th consecutive week in which Queens has been featured in the national rankings dating back to the first poll of the 2015-2016 season on Nov. 24, 2015. The Royals opened the year at No. 7 in the coaches' poll and have cracked the top-10 nationally during each of the last four seasons. Additionally, Queens appeared at No. 23 nationally in the D2SIDA Media Poll released on Tuesday. The Royals are tied for third in the Southeast Region with a region record of 4-1 while receiving one first-place vote.

-Queens opened its season in the prestigious Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic presented by Hillyard. The Royals won their first game, 101-87, over William Jewell College before dropping their second game, 87-74, to Northern State University in a rematch of last year's national semifinal. The elite field featured the last two national champions and three of last year's four national semifinalists.

-The loss to Northern State put an end to the Royals' streak of consecutive unbeaten starts to the season. In the last three years, Queens had previously opened a combined 44-0 before losing a game. The streak began with a 12-0 start to the 2015-2016 campaign which at the time set program records for both longest winning streak and best start to a season. The Royals eclipsed or tied both of those records during each of the next two years, both times opening 16-0 before losing. Queens was the only NCAA men's basketball program to open each of the last three seasons at least 10-0 before losing (more than 1,200 NCAA institutions).

-The loss also marked the earliest loss in a season since Queens fell in its season opener to Georgia College on Nov. 14, 2014, and the first regular-season non-conference loss since falling to Livingstone on Dec. 3, 2014. The Royals had won 23 straight non-conference regular season games.

-Head Coach Bart Lundy is in his sixth season since returning to Queens and his 11^th overall at the helm in Charlotte. In 17 years as a head coach in Division I and II, Lundy has posted an overall record of 334-170 (.663 win pct.) and a record at Queens of 238-83 (.743 win pct.). Lundy has led Queens to all three of its Elite Eight appearances.
 
Anderson Trojans (4-2, 1-0 SAC)
(Game Notes)

-Anderson is 4-2 (1-0 SAC), having won three straight contests, last beating Tusculum University, 69-64, in its most recent contest.

-The Trojans have spread around the scoring, featuring five double-digit scorers on average and four different leading scorers in each of the last four games.

-Anderson is led by preseason first-team all-conference selection Gage Ellis, who averages 20.2 points per game (No. 2 SAC), and has scored in double figures in all six contests. Over the last two games, Ellis is averaging 28 points per game.

-Preseason second-team all-conference selection, Jeremy Bouton, is averaging 11.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. Former first-team all-conference selection and second-team all-region selection Randall Shaw is averaging 12.3 points per game. Shaw, the former SAC Freshman of the Year in 2015-2016, has scored 1,362 career points.

-Head Coach Jeff Brookman is in his fourth season leading the Trojans. He holds a coaching record of 34-58 (.369 win pct.). Anderson finished 10-19 last year and was picked eighth in this year's SAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.