Storylines – vs. Queens (N.C.)
Head Coach Bart Lundy's Royals visit Wise with an 8-3 overall record and a 3-2 mark in the South Atlantic Conference and are currently 3-1 on the road so far this season. Queens (N.C.) closed out 2019 with three SAC matchups in December, picking up a two-point victory over Coker University while dropping a home contest to Tusculum University and a road test at nationally ranked Lincoln Memorial University. Coach Lundy's team was selected to finish first in the league with eight first-place votes in the preseason coaches' poll. Senior Daniel Carr and redshirt senior Van Turner, Jr. both earned preseason honors with Carr named first team all-conference while Turner picked up a second team all-conference selection. The Royals are averaging 82.7 points per game so far this season while opponents are averaging just under 80 points per contest. From the field Queens is shooting 45 percent and 36.1 percent from behind the arc. Three Royals are averaging double-figures so far this campaign led by preseason first-team selection Daniel Carr who is recordingn 16.1 points per game. Carr also leads his team in assists, registering 4.2 per game. Freshman Gavin Rains is posting a team-high 6.8 boards per game while the team is collecting 37.2 rebounds per contest. Coach Lundy's squad will return home to face Newberry College Wednesday  night at 7:30 p.m.

About UVA Wise
UVA Wise captured its final win of 2019 on Kids Day in a 86-59 win over Ohio University - Chillicothe last month as the Cavs now sit at a 5-6 overall mark and are 1-4 in South Atlantic Conference play. As a team, UVA Wise is averaging 84.5 points per game while holding opponents to 79.1 ppg. Sophomore Cameron Whiteside currently claims the sixth spot in the league in scoring, posting 18.5 ppg. Four more Cavaliers are averaging double-figures so far this season in redshirt sophomore Briggs Parris (16.5 ppg), senior Eric Okenchi (10.2 ppg), senior Chance Sheffey (10.1 ppg), and sophomore Kaeleb Carter (11.3 ppg). The Cavalier men rank in the top-5 in several individual categories in the league with Parris' securing the top spot with his 3.8 three-point field goals made per game while freshman Drew Greene remains first in the SAC in free throw percentage (95.8 percent). Sheffey's 5.6 assists per game lead the Cavs and place him second among league leaders in the category as UVA Wise is dishing out 18.4  apg. Okenchi sits atop the rebounding category for the Cavs, grabbing 6.1 boards per game while the team is averaging 38.2 rebounds per contest at a +1.3 margin over opponents. Head coach Blake Mellinger's team will face another tough conference matchup following Saturday's contest as the Cavs visit nationally-ranked Lincoln Memorial University Wednesday night with tip slated for 7:30 p.m.