No. 10/9 QUEENS MEN's BASKETBALL 2018-19 Media Notes
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No. 10/9 QUEENS MEN’S BASKETBALL Queens Athletics Communications 1900 Selwyn Avenue, Charlotte, N.C. 28274 Office|704-688-2819 2018-19 Media Notes Fax| 704-337-2237 GENERAL INFORMATION School Name: Queens University of Charlotte Abbreviated: Queens (NOT Queens University) Location: Charlotte, N.C. VS. Founded: 1857 Enrollment: 2500 (approximate) Affiliation: NCAA Division II Conference: South Atlantic Conference No. 10 Queens Royals (23-3, 15-1 SAC) Home Venue: Curry Arena (Levine Center) vs. Capacity: 3000 Nickname: Royals Catawba Indians (19-5, 12-4 SAC) School Colors: Navy and Vegas Gold Feb. 20, 2019—8 p.m. Mascot: Rex the Lion Curry Arena—Levine Center Website: www.queensathletics.com Charlotte, N.C. ADMINISTRATION LIVE VIDEO: queensathletics.com/royalslive President: Dr. Pamela Davies Phil Constantino (pxp), John Short (color) Director of Athletics: Cherie Swarthout LIVE STATS: queensathletics.com/royalslive Senior Assoc. AD/Compliance/SWA: Melissa Barrett COACHING STAFF Assoc. AD for Strategic Planning & Leadership: Head Coach: Bart Lundy Jeff Dugdale Alma-Mater: Winthrop University Assoc. AD for Athletic Facilities: Randall Goble Record: 351-171(17th Year) 255-84 (Queens) Assoc. AD for Development: Todd Nebeker Contact Info: 704-337-2510 [email protected] @QueensRoyals SPORTS MEDICINE and PERFORMANCE Asst. AD for Sports Medicine and Performance: Associate Head Coach: Grant Leonard Brandon Johnson Alma-Mater: William Penn University Contact Info: 704-337-2528 Contact Info: 704-337-2405 [email protected] @QueensAthletics [email protected] Assistant Coach: Brian Steele Director of Sports Performance: Mark Lepkowski Alma-Mater: University of South Carolina Contact Info: 704-688-2807 Contact Info: 704-337-2528 [email protected] [email protected] ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Assistant Coach: Paul Davis @QueensAthletics Asst. AD for Communications: Phylicia Short Alma-Mater: Winston-Salem State University Contact Info: 704-688-2819 Contact Info: 704-337-2528 [email protected] [email protected] Director of Broadcasting & Multimedia: Director of Basketball Operations: Gary Clark Phil Constantino Contact Info: 704-337-2528 Contact Info: 704-688-2585 [email protected] @QueensSports QUEENS MEN’S BASKETBALL Game Notes #QUvsCC: Queens hosts Catawba College on Wednesday night at the CAREER SCORING LEADERS Levine Center for Student Appreciation Night sponsored by Coca-Cola. With 1. 1810 - Reginald HOPKINS (114 games) - 2007-11 a win, the Royals will clinch at least a share of the South Atlantic Confer- 2. 1771 - Daniel BAILEY (114 games) - 2008-12 ence regular-season championship for the second time in three years. 3. 1603 - Carlos ANDRADE (114 games) - 1999-03 Queens will secure the outright title with a win and a loss by Lincoln Memori- 4. 1602 - Chris BENSON (119 games) - 1999-03 al University versus Mars Hill University. 5. 1462 - Chuck WITTMAN (113 games) - 1993-97 Queens and Catawba will meet for the 19th time, with the Royals holding a 6. 1400 - Spencer ROSS (62 games) - 2002-04 14-4 all-time edge, and having won 12 straight in the series. Queens 7. 1390 - Antonio STABLER (113 games) - 2009-13 claimed the season’s first meeting, 87-86, over then-No. 25 Catawba on 8. 1367 - Todd WITHERS (116 games) - 2014-18 Jan. 16, on the road. 9. 1345 - Yogi LEO (84 games) - 1993-96 Scouting the Opponent: Catawba enters Wednesday night tied for 10. 1266 - DeWayne ANSLEY (111 games) - 1991-93,94-96 second place in the SAC standings with an overall record of 19-5, and a conference record of 12-4. The Indians have won six-straight games, the longest active winning streak in the League, and most recently beat Carson- CAREER REBOUND LEADERS Newman University, 90-75, on Saturday. Catawba is led by the combo of Jameel Taylor (14.6 PPG, No. 12 SAC) and Marcell Haskett (14.5 PPG, No. 1. 883 - Kendrick HARRIS (113 games) - 2002-06 13 SAC). Taylor recently moved into fifth place on Catawba’s all-time scor- 2. 812 - Daniel BAILEY (54o-758d) - 2008-12 ing list with 1,737 career points. 3. 776 - Todd WITHERS (155o-607d) - 2014-18 4. 761 - Carlos ANDRADE (114 games) - 1999-03 Last Time Out: Up 14 points at halftime, No. 10 Queens scored 66 sec- 5. 727 - Darryl WHITE (76o-651d) - 1990-92,14-18 ond-half points and ran away from Newberry College, 115-84, on Wednes- day night at the Levine Center. Shaun Willett led Queens with 24 points and 6. 700 - DeWayne ANSLEY (111 games) - 1991-93,94-96 16 rebounds to earn his 22nd double-double of the season. Kenny Dye set a 7. 691 - Yogi LEO (84 games) - 1993-96 new career high with 18 points and Blake Morrow tied a season-high, also scoring 18. 8. 624 - Antonio STABLER (89o-535d) - 2009-13 9. 608 - Brent EVANS (126o-482d) - 2010-14 Road Warriors: A road victory on Feb. 6 at Coker College improved the 10. 576 - Soce FAYE (58 games) - 1996-98 Royals’ road record to 10-0 and extended their road winning streak to 11 games dating back to last season. The current road winning streak is sec- ond to Northwest Missouri State University for the longest such active streak in Division II, and includes three wins over ranked teams. This season SEASON SCORING LEADERS Queens has posted road wins over No. 23 Lenoir-Rhyne University, 76-69, on Nov. 28, and No. 24 Catawba, 87-86, on Jan. 16. 1. 788 - Spencer ROSS (33 games) - 2002-03 2. 627 - J.R. GAMBLE (32 games) - 2000-01 20 and Counting: With a win on Saturday, Feb. 2, at Lincoln Memorial 3. 612 - Spencer ROSS (29 games) - 2003-04 University, Queens won for the 20th time this season, notching a 20-win campaign for the 15th time in the program’s 30-year history and the fourth 4. 586 - Glen HARRIS (34 games) - 1998-99 year in a row. This season is Bart Lundy’s eighth 20-win season as a head 5. 572 - Reginald HOPKINS (29 games) - 2010-11 coach and his seventh in 11 years at Queens. 6. 569 - Adrien PRITCHARD (31 games) - 1998-99 7. 563 - Walter AIKENS (28 games) - 1990-91 Mr. Double-Double: With 22 double-doubles, Willett leads the NCAA (more than 1,200 institutions) in double-doubles this season. At the Division 8. 561 - Rob Lewis (31 games) - 2015-16 II level, Will Vorhees of Notre Dame College is second with 17 double- 9. 553 - Yogi LEO (31 games) - 1995-96 doubles. In Division I, Davontae Cacok of the University of North Carolina 10. 550 - Soce FAYE (30 games) - 1997-98 Wilmington has 20, and in Division III, Kevin Dennis of Morrisville State Col- lege also has 20. Rebounding Machine: With 316 rebounds in the season’s first 26 games, Willett has already recorded the second-most rebounds in a single SEASON REBOUND LEADERS season in program history. He is 19 rebounds shy of tying Soce Faye who 1. 335 - Soce FAYE (30 games) - 1997-98 holds the single-season rebounding record with 335 (1997-98, 30 games). 2. 288 - Todd WITHERS (36 games) - 2017-18 3. 276 - Yogi LEO (31 games) - 1995-96 Bevo Francis Award: On Friday, Willett was named to the Bevo Fran- cis Award Top 50 Watch List, Small College Basketball announced. The 4. 260 - John THOMPSON (30 games) - 2007-08 Clarence "Bevo" Francis Award is presented annually to the player who has 5. 253 - Darryl WHITE (26 games) - 1991-92 had the finest season across NCAA Divisions II and III, NAIA Divisions I and 6. 249 - Daniel BAILEY (28 games) - 2008-09 II, USCAA Divisions I and II and NCCAA Divisions I and II. The watch list, which began with a Top 100 on Jan. 15 and also featured Daniel Carr, will 7. 242 - Kendrick HARRIS (28 games) - 2004-05 be trimmed down to 25 players on March 15. Finalists will be announced on 8. 241 - Soce FAYE (28 games) - 1996-97 April 6 and the award winner will be announced on April 8. 9. 240 - Chris JONES (29 games) - 2006-07 10. 238 - Todd WITHERS (34 games) - 2016-17 QUEENS MEN’S BASKETBALL Game Notes SCHEDULE WWWWWWWWWWWWWW: From Nov. 28-Jan. 30, Queens won 14 consecutive games before falling to Lenoir-Rhyne, 93-79. The winning streak Date Opponent Time/Result stands as the third longest in program history and marked the fourth consec- Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic utive season in which Queens put together a winning streak of at least 12 11/3/18 William Jewell (Mo.) W, 101-87 games. 11/4/18 Northern State L, 87-74 CC/SAC Challenge The Streak Continues!: For another week, Queens remained in the 11/9/18 Emmanuel (Ga.) W, 85-68 official coaches’ poll holding at No. 10 in the most recent edition of the 11/10/18 Young Harris W, 85-69 NABC/Division II Rankings released on Tuesday, Feb. 19. The placement in 11/14/18 West Georgia W, 90-73 the 12th official poll of the season marks the 57th consecutive week in which 11/17/18 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 82-74 (OT) Queens has been featured in the national rankings dating back to the first 11/24/18 Belmont Abbey L, 76-55 poll of the 2015-2016 season on Nov. 24, 2015. The Royals opened the year 11/28/18 Lenoir-Rhyne* W, 76-69 at No. 7 in the coaches’ poll and have cracked the top-10 nationally during 12/1/18 Anderson* W, 79-77 each of the last four seasons. Additionally, Queens improved on spot to No. 9 12/3/18 Virginia Union W, 92-72 in the D2SIDA Media Poll released on Tuesday.