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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte women's basketball team hosts Mars Hill University in its final home game of the 2017-18 season on Saturday. The game is also designated as Senior Day and the program will honor seniors Melissa Blatnik, Cheyenne Logan, Mendy McNeese and Victoria Robinson in a ceremony during halftime of the men's basketball game.

Opening tipoff is set for 2 p.m. inside Curry Arena. Live statistics will be provided by the Queens Athletic Department and a live broadcast of the event will be provided by the Queens Sports Network with Phil Constantino.

The Series

Mars Hill leads the overall series 5-4 but Queens tallied a 65-62 victory over Mars Hill on January 6 in Mars Hill, N.C. earlier this season.

Junior forward Lade Adepoju had career-highs of 27 points and 16 rebounds after making 9-of-16 shots from the floor and 9-of-11 attempts from the free throw line to help Queens to its first South Atlantic Conference win of the season.

Head Coach Sarah Jansen, who previously spent four years in charge of the Mars Hill program, picked up her 50th career coaching victory with the triumph.

After trailing by a one-point margin at intermission, the Royals took a one-point lead with 6:48 remaining in the third following two Adepoju free throws. The lead changed hands six times across the final five minutes of the period with the final lead change coming with 47 seconds left after a jump shot from Robinson.

Mars Hill briefly retook the lead early in the fourth quarter on a three-pointer from Mariah Johnson, but four unanswered points from Queens' freshman Herning Wang put her team back in front for good with just under seven minutes left to play.

Freshman Kristian Eanes, Robinson and Adepoju combined to make six free throws over the last minute of regulation to put the game away.

Eanes was the team's second-leading scorer against MHU, finishing with 10 points to go along with career-highs of five assists and four steals. Fellow freshman Caitlyn Moore chipped in nine points, while Robinson registered five points, five rebounds and three assists in 19 minutes off of the bench.

Queens Royals (4-19, 1-16 SAC)
(Game Notes)

-Queens most recently fell in 49-32 to Newberry College inside the Levine Center on Wednesday night.

- The Royals ranked fourth among SAC schools on defense, forcing 18.3 turnovers per contest.

- The Royals are led by Adepoju who averages 17.4 points with 6.3 rebounds per contest while shooting 53.4% from the floor. The Alicante, Spain native is the SAC's leading scorer and her field goal percentage is second overall all qualified players. She also ranks ninth in the league in rebounds per game, including sixth overall with 2.5 offensive boards per contest.

-McNeese and Eanes provide added scoring with 11.1 and 9.8 points per game, respectively. Moore chips in 8.2 points per game and shoots 36.7% from three-point range.

Mars Hill University (1-24, 0-17 SAC)
(Game Notes)

-The Lions have lost 23 consecutive games, with the team's lone win coming against region foe Converse College in early-November.

- Junior Sheena Johnson leads the Mars Hill charge with 11.4 points per game, while Mariah Johnson follows with 11.2 points per game of her own. Shayla Smith is also in double figures with 10.4 points per game to go along with 6.7 rebounds per contest.

-In the first meeting this season, M. Johnson scored 18 points for the Lions, while Smith tallied 17 points and nine rebounds off of the bench.