WISE – Coming off of their biggest non-conference win in years in their 76-67 wire-to-wire win over ninth-ranked North Georgia this past Saturday, the UVA Wise men's basketball team will now enter South Atlantic Conference play this week as they travel to Emory & Henry Wednesday evening and host Coker on Saturday.

The SAC games are the start of a 24-game conference slate as this season every team plays a home-and-home SAC series.

GETTING WISE
- The team is 2-1 overall after the win over UNG, with the lone setback being by five points in the season opener vs. Lees-McRae.
- Bradley Dean leads the team in scoring as he averages 15.7 points a game. He also averages 4.7 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game.
- Evan Ramsey leads the team and the SAC in rebounds with 9.7 a game. The redshirt freshman also is scoring 15.3 points a game while shooting an impressive 73.9 percent from the field.
- Lav Cvetkovic' (13.0 ppg, 4,7 rpg), Anderson Cummins (12.3 ppg, 1.7 rpg), and Patrick Shelley (11.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg) are also key players for the Cavs.
- The team is averaging 79.7 points a game while holding their opponents to 75.0. UVA Wise is also shooting at a better percentage (44.1%) than their opponents (41.3%).

ABOUT EMORY & HENRY
- Since the series between UVA Wise and Southwest Virginia's Other Team was renewed in 2021, the Cavs have won four out of the last six meetings.
- The Wasps enter the game with a 2-2 record. They dropped both games of the opening weekend crossover tournament, falling to Flagler and USC Beaufort, before rebounding to capture wins over Erskine and King last week.
- The Wasps are outshooting opponents 52.2% - 41.7%, and are outscoring them 86.3 - 77.3 points a game. They also have a 3.5 rebounds a game advantage over the opposition.
- Korbin Dixon leads the Wasps in scoring (16.8 ppg) and turnovers (3.5 tpg). He also has 4.8 rebounds a game, which is third on the team.
- Draven Pilson (15.8 ppg), Gabe Brown (13.8), and Omari Curley (10.3) are also scoring leaders for the team.
- Assad Madassalia leads E&H in rebounding with 6.8 a game, while Brown is second with 6.0.

ABOUT COKER
- The Cobras are 2-0 after defeating Erskine and Emmanuel the opening weekend. After a week off they will host Wingate Wednesday in their SAC opener before coming to Wise this weekend. In both games they scored over 100 points.
- They are outscoring opponents 126.0 - 94.5 per game, and outshooting them 53.8% - 50.8%.
- Because of the high scoring thus far, six Cobras are averaging double digits in scoring. Jamie Muldowney leads the way with 18.5 ppg, while Judson Coan (17.5), Ian Blue (14.0), Xavier Harris (12.5), Logan Murray (11.0), and Max Hurray (10.5) are the others.
- Hurray leads the team on the boards with 4.0 a game, while Landon Butler is averaging 4.5 assists per game.

UP NEXT
The Cavs will host Catawba on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and then taking a quick Thanksgiving break before travelling to Lenoir-Rhyne for a 4 p.m. contest on Nov. 30.