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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – On Wednesday night at the Levine Center, the Queens University of Charlotte men's basketball team (14-6, 9-5 SAC) hosts Coker University (5-13, 4-10 SAC) in a South Atlantic Conference matchup, seeking an 11^th-straight win in the series and looking to end a three-game skid. Opening tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

General admission is $6 for adults, $4 for children ages 13-17, and free for seniors (60 and older) and children 12 and under. Queens students, faculty, and staff will also receive free admission with the presentation of their Queens ID card.

Wednesday marks the 52^nd all-time meeting between the two schools, with the Royals holding a 43-8 all-time edge. Queens won the first meeting of the season, 70-68, on a buzzer-beating tip-in by Gavin Rains on Dec. 18. Coker's last win in the series came back on Nov. 25, 2014, when the Cobras edged the Royals, 72-68. Since both schools joined the SAC prior to the 2013-2014 season, Queens leads the series, 12-1.
 

Quick Facts
Queens Royals (14-6, 9-5 SAC)
(Game Notes)

-Last time out, No. 17 Queens fell to No. 2/2 Lincoln Memorial University, 103-80, on Saturday at the Levine Center. Daniel Carr led the Royals with 16 points and five rebounds, as Jay'Den Turner followed with 11 and five boards. Kenny Dye added nine points, Jachai Taylor scored eight with six rebounds, and Jonathan Horodyski also scored eight points.

-So far this season, Queens has collected notable wins over the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (No. 3), Catawba College (No. 6), Lees-McRae College (No. 7), Anderson University (No. 8), and Emmanuel College (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 (14-0) in first place and hold a one-game lead over Anderson and Tusculum University (8-6), 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 fell three spots to No. 5 in the most recent edition of the Southeast Region Poll, D2SIDA announced on Monday, Feb. 3. Queens earned 37 points, to place behind conference rival Lincoln Memorial, UNC-Pembroke, King University and Lander University. The week's placement is the Royals' lowest regional ranking of the season.

-With a 22-point performance on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at Wingate University, Carr moved into 10th-place all-time on the Queens career scoring list, passing DeWayne Ansley who scored 1,266 points in 111 games from 1991-1996. Carr has currently scored 1,330 points in his four-year career (124 games) and is 15 points shy of tying Yogi Leo (1,345 points) for ninth 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).
 

Coker Cobras (5-13, 4-10 SAC)

-The Cobras have lost three-straight games, including a 75-74 loss at Mars Hill University on a buzzer-beater this past Saturday.

-Coker is currently tied with Carson-Newman University for 10th place in the League standings, two games back of Wingate University in ninth place and three games back of three schools tied for eighth. The top eight teams in the League standings at the end of the season will qualify for the conference tournament.

-The Cobras are led by Royce Hunter, who ranks 13th in the SAC with a scoring average of 16.8 points per game.

-First-year head coach Jared Merrill is currently on medical leave after suffering a medical emergency in the locker room minutes before the Cobras' exhibition game at the College of Charleston on Dec. 8.