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NEWBERRY, S.C. – On Wednesday night, the Queens University of Charlotte men's basketball team (16-6, 11-5 SAC) travels to Newberry College (12-10, 8-8 SAC) for a South Atlantic Conference matchup seeking to complete a season sweep of the Wolves. Opening tipoff from Eleazer Arena is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday marks the 17th all-time meeting between the two schools. The Royals lead the all-time series, 12-4, and have won each of the last nine meetings, including a 96-91 win in the season's first encounter on Jan. 8 at the Levine Center. Newberry's last win over Queens came on Feb. 18, 2015, when the Wolves topped the Royals, 90-85.
 
Quick Facts
Queens Royals (16-6, 11-5 SAC)
(Game Notes)

-Last time out, Daniel Carr scored 28 points and Van Turner Jr. scored 23 on seven of 14 3-point shooting, as Queens defeated Tusculum University, 87-72, on Saturday at Pioneer Arena. Kenny Dye scored 10 points with a career-high nine assists, Jamari Smith scored nine points with seven rebounds and Gavin Rains scored five points with six rebounds in 23 minutes in his first game back from injury.

-So far this season, Queens has collected notable wins over the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (No. 2), Catawba College (No. 6), Lees-McRae College (No. 8), and Anderson University (No. 10), all regionally-ranked teams.

-Queens is currently tied with Catawba for second place in the SAC standings. The Royals are five games back of Lincoln Memorial University (16-0) in first place and hold a two-game lead over Anderson University and Tusculum (9-7), who are tied for fourth place. The top four teams in the SAC standings at the end of the season will earn the right to host a quarterfinal game in the SAC Tournament.

-The two-time reigning regional champions remained at No. 5 in the most recent edition of the Southeast Region Poll, D2SIDA announced on Monday, Feb. 10. Queens earned 36 points, to place behind conference rival Lincoln Memorial, UNC-Pembroke, King University, and Lander University.

-With a 28-point performance on Saturday at Tusculum, Carr moved into 8th-place all-time on the Queens career scoring list, passing former teammate Todd Withers who scored 1,367 points in 116 games from 2014-2018. Carr has currently scored 1,370 points in his four-year career (126 games) and is 20 points shy of tying Antonio Stabler (1,390 points) for seventh place.

-On Tuesday, Dec. 31, the Royals fell out of the NABC / Division II Rankings for the first time this season, ending the program's streak of 65 consecutive weeks in the national coaches' poll. The streak, which began on Nov. 24, 2015, the first poll of the 2015-2016 season, lasted 1,498 days (4 years, 1 month and 7 days). 
-Over the previous three seasons, the Royals have won 93 games, the fourth most of any program at all NCAA levels during that span (Gonzaga 103, Northwest Missouri State 100, Villanova 94).

-The Royals have won 30 games or more in each of the last three seasons and are one of just two programs in all levels of NCAA basketball who have accomplished the feat (Gonzaga).

 
Newberry Wolves (12-10, 8-8 SAC)

-The Wolves last defeated the University of Virginia College at Wise, 78-73, on Saturday to snap a three-game skid.

-Newberry is currently tied for sixth place in the League standings with Lenoir-Rhyne University.

-The Wolves have posted a significantly better record at home, with a 7-3 mark inside Eleazer Arena as compared to a 5-6 record in road games.

-Newberry is led by Angelo Sales Jr., who leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 14.4 points (No. 18 SAC) and 9.0 rebounds per game (No. 1 SAC). Luke Gibson is the League's leading 3-point shooter (49.6%).

-Head Coach Jason Taylor is in his first season at Newberry and his 10th overall. Formerly the head coach at Anderson University (2006-2015), Taylor holds an overall coaching record of 169-123 (.579 win pct.). In nine seasons at Anderson, Taylor led the Trojans to a SAC Championship in 2011-2012, four NCAA Tournament appearances, two Sweet 16's and one Elite Eight. He was named the SAC and Southeast Region Coach of the Year in 2011-2012.