No. 9/6 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. 9 Queens Royals (17-2, 9-0 SAC) Home Venue: Curry Arena (Levine Center) vs. Capacity: 3000 Nickname: Royals Wingate Bulldogs (10-7, 6-3 SAC) School Colors: Navy and Vegas Gold Wednesday, Jan. 23, 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: 345-170(17th Year) 249-83 (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 #QUvsWU: Queens hosts Wingate University on Wednesday night for CAREER SCORING LEADERS the 36th meeting between the two schools. The Royals lead the all-time 1. 1810 - Reginald HOPKINS (114 games) - 2007-11 series with the Bulldogs, 21-14, and have won each of the last four meetings 2. 1771 - Daniel BAILEY (114 games) - 2008-12 by an average of 19.3 points per. Queens last lost to Wingate, 86-79, on Feb. 8, 2017. 3. 1603 - Carlos ANDRADE (114 games) - 1999-03 4. 1602 - Chris BENSON (119 games) - 1999-03 Scouting the Opponent: Wingate is 10-7 overall, 6-3 in conference 5. 1462 - Chuck WITTMAN (113 games) - 1993-97 play and currently in a three-way tie for third place in the South Atlantic Con- 6. 1400 - Spencer ROSS (62 games) - 2002-04 ference standings. The Bulldogs are led by Marco Haskins who averages 7. 1390 - Antonio STABLER (113 games) - 2009-13 19.5 points (No. 3 SAC) and 8.1 rebounds per game (No. 2 SAC), and ranks fourth in the SAC in 3-point shooting percentage (47.2%). Haskins is the 8. 1367 - Todd WITHERS (116 games) - 2014-18 only player to twice this season be named AstroTurf SAC Men’s Basketball 9. 1345 - Yogi LEO (84 games) - 1993-96 Player of the Week, most recently receiving the award on Jan. 7. 10. 1266 - DeWayne ANSLEY (111 games) - 1991-93,94-96 Bulldogs head coach Brian Good is in his 11th year at Wingate after spend- ing four seasons as the head coach at Queens (2004-2008). Good holds an overall coaching record of 308-355 (.465 win pct.) in 24 years and a record CAREER REBOUND LEADERS at Wingate of 185-131 (.585 win pct.). 1. 883 - Kendrick HARRIS (113 games) - 2002-06 2. 812 - Daniel BAILEY (54o-758d) - 2008-12 Last Time Out: No. 10/6 Queens opened on a 21-3 run and cruised to a 3. 776 - Todd WITHERS (155o-607d) - 2014-18 98-69 road victory over Mars Hill University on Saturday at Chambers Gym- 4. 761 - Carlos ANDRADE (114 games) - 1999-03 nasium. Shaun Willett led Queens with 19 points and 10 rebounds as Daniel Carr also scored 19 with six rebounds and six assists. Lewis Diankulu 5. 727 - Darryl WHITE (76o-651d) - 1990-92,14-18 scored 14 points while grabbing eight rebounds and Blake Morrow scored 6. 700 - DeWayne ANSLEY (111 games) - 1991-93,94-96 14 points as well. 7. 691 - Yogi LEO (84 games) - 1993-96 WWWWWWWWWWWW: Saturday’s win stretched the Royals’ win- 8. 624 - Antonio STABLER (89o-535d) - 2009-13 ning streak to 12 games, giving Queens a winning streak of 12 games or 9. 608 - Brent EVANS (126o-482d) - 2010-14 more in each of the last four seasons. The current hot streak is the fourth 10. 576 - Soce FAYE (58 games) - 1996-98 longest active winning streak in Division II. Queens last lost a game on Nov. 24, versus Belmont Abbey College, 76-55, at the Levine Center. Mr. Double-Double: With his 16th double-double on Saturday versus SEASON SCORING LEADERS Mars Hill, Willett maintained his NCAA lead (more than 1,200 institutions) for 1. 788 - Spencer ROSS (33 games) - 2002-03 double-doubles this season. At the Division II level, Kendrick Colvin of Em- manuel College and Will Vorhees of Notre Dame College are tied for second 2. 627 - J.R. GAMBLE (32 games) - 2000-01 with 12 double-doubles. In Division I, Davontae Cacok of the University of 3. 612 - Spencer ROSS (29 games) - 2003-04 North Carolina Wilmington has 14, and in Division III, two players are tied 4. 586 - Glen HARRIS (34 games) - 1998-99 with 14. 5. 572 - Reginald HOPKINS (29 games) - 2010-11 Coach of the Week: Bart Lundy was named HoopDirt.com NCAA Divi- 6. 569 - Adrien PRITCHARD (31 games) - 1998-99 sion II Coach of the Week presented by Just Play Solutions for week nine of 7. 563 - Walter AIKENS (28 games) - 1990-91 the college basketball season. Lundy led Queens to a perfect week with SAC wins over Newberry College, on the road, 96-94, on Jan. 9, and versus 8. 561 - Rob Lewis (31 games) - 2015-16 Carson-Newman University, 81-77, on Jan. 12, at the Levine Center. 9. 553 - Yogi LEO (31 games) - 1995-96 10. 550 - Soce FAYE (30 games) - 1997-98 Player(s) of the Week: Willett was named AstroTurf SAC Men's Bas- ketball Player of the Week for games played Jan. 7-13, after averaging 25 points, 16 rebounds and one steal across two games. The award was Wil- lett's first Player of the Week selection of his career, and the third time that a Queens player claimed the conference's weekly honor in five weeks. SEASON REBOUND LEADERS 1. 335 - Soce FAYE (30 games) - 1997-98 Lewis Diankulu was named Player of the Week, for all games played Dec. 2. 288 - Todd WITHERS (44o-230d) - 2017-18 17-Jan. 1, after a career-high 34-point performance in a 96-79 win over Coker College on Dec. 19. Diankulu also grabbed 10 rebounds to record his 3. 276 - Yogi LEO (31 games) - 1995-96 third double-double of the season. The honor was the first weekly accolade 4. 260 - John THOMPSON (30 games) - 2007-08 of his career. 5. 253 - Darryl WHITE (26 games) - 1991-92 Daniel Carr was named Player of the Week for his performance Dec. 3-Dec. 6. 249 - Daniel BAILEY (28 games) - 2008-09 9, earning his first weekly conference honor. For the week, Carr averaged 7. 242 - Kendrick HARRIS (28 games) - 2004-05 21 points, 4.5 assists, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 50 percent from the floor, 60 percent from the 3-point line and 100 percent 8. 241 - Soce FAYE (28 games) - 1996-97 from the free throw line as Queens picked up wins at Virginia Union Univer- 9. 240 - Chris JONES (29 games) - 2006-07 sity (92-72) on Dec. 3, and versus Lincoln Memorial University (90-62) on 10. 238 - Todd WITHERS (50o-188d) - 2016-17 Dec. 8. QUEENS MEN’S BASKETBALL Game Notes SCHEDULE #SCTOP10:Willett was featured in SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays of the Night, on Jan. 3, 2019, for a dunk that helped Queens to 102-85 victory over Date Opponent Time/Result Virginia Union. The dunk, which was Willett's fourth of the game, was ranked Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic No. 7 by ESPN. Willett became the second Queens player to ever appear in 11/3/18 William Jewell (Mo.) W, 101-87 the nightly countdown by ESPN's flagship program. On Nov. 18, 2016, a 11/4/18 Northern State L, 87-74 dunk by Daniel Camps received the No. 9 ranking from ESPN's Top Plays in CC/SAC Challenge an 84-69 win over Lees-McRae College. 11/9/18 Emmanuel (Ga.) W, 85-68 11/10/18 Young Harris W, 85-69 Filling it up!: Willett currently ranks fourth in the SAC in scoring, averag- 11/14/18 West Georgia W, 90-73 ing 19.0 points per game. He is first in the League in rebounding, and third 11/17/18 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 82-74 (OT) nationally, with 12.0 rebounds per game. Carr is seventh in the SAC in scor- 11/24/18 Belmont Abbey L, 76-55 ing (16.7 PPG), fifth in assists (4.8 APG), and sixth in 3-point field goal per- 11/28/18 Lenoir-Rhyne* W, 76-69 centage (45.4%).