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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte men's basketball team opens South Atlantic Conference play on Wednesday, December 2 against new League member Limestone University. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. from the Timken Center in Gaffney, S.C.
 
Wednesday marks the 34th all-time meeting between the two schools with Queens holding a decisive 23-10 advantage in the series. The two teams met annually from 1998-2013 but have not matched up on the court since the Royals left Conference Carolinas to join the SAC. Limestone has won the last two matchups, taking the season series during the 2012-13 season.
 
The Limestone University Athletics Department has made the decision to close all men's and women's basketball games played in the Timken Center to spectators. Attendance restrictions will include home and visiting fans, family, students, faculty, and nonessential staff members.
 
Quick Facts
 
Queens Royals (1-1)
(Game Notes)
 
-Queens opened the 2020-21 season in the DC Paradise Jam last week, playing against NCAA Division I institutions Belmont University, George Mason University and Howard University.
 
-Against George Mason, the Royals fell by a 66-65 score before knocking off Howard 85-71 for their first win of the season. Queens' third game of the season was an exhibition loss to Belmont on Saturday afternoon.
 
-The Royals surpassed the 20-win mark last season for the fifth straight year. The Royals have a total of 608 victories in program history since its inception in 1989-90.
 
-The Royals were ranked No. 10 overall in both the D2SIDA Media Poll and the NABC Preseason Coaches Poll . Queens finished the 2019-20 season ranked No. 15 in the final edition of the D2SIDA Media Poll and held a No. 23 ranking in the NABC Coaches Poll.
 
- Over the past five seasons, the Royals have won 142 games and have won at least 30 games in three of the last four years.
 
-The two-time reigning regional champions were picked to finish second in the South Atlantic Conference's Preseason Poll, as voted on by the League's coaches. The Royals received one of 13 first-place votes and 144 total votes to place second behind preseason favorite Lincoln Memorial University.
 
-Junior Kenny Dye and redshirt-sophomore Jamari Smith were each named to the SAC's Preseason All-Conference Team, as voted on by the League's coaches.
 
-Dye is averaging 17 points, 4.5 assists and four steals per game thus far, while freshman Justin Thomas is scoring 13.5 points per game on 73.3 percent shooting from the field. Sophomore Gavin Rains chips in 11 points and 7.5 rebounds per game as the team's primary option in the post.
 
-Head Coach Bart Lundy is in his 13^th season at Queens and 19^th season overall as a collegiate head coach. Lundy boasts a 384-181 (.680) career record and is Queens' all-time winningest coach with a 288-94 (.755) mark.
 
 
Limestone Saints (0-0, 4-24 in 2019-20)
 
-Wednesday's contest marks the season opener for the Saints as they enter their first season as members of the South Atlantic Conference. Limestone previously spent 22 seasons as members of Conference Carolinas.
 
-Limestone, picked to finished 13^th overall in the SAC Preseason Poll, returns two starters from last year's team in junior Miguel Diaz and sophomore Ben Gahlert.
 
-Freshman Isayah Owens has led the team in scoring in each of its exhibition contests against James Madison University and the College of Charleston, scoring 20 and 15 points, respectively.  
 
-Kyle Perry is in his second season with Limestone and third overall as a collegiate head coach after previously spending one season at NCAA Division I institution USC Upstate. Perry has an 11-49 career record.