Lenoir-Rhyne Men’s Basketball | Game #15 LRBears.com | @bearssports | #GOBEARS MATCHUP » 2020-21 SCHEDULE NEWBERRY WOLVES (9-5, 9-5 SAC) VS. Date Opponent Time/Result LENOIR-RHYNE BEARS (8-6, 8-6 SAC) D. 12 Catawba W, 93-86 D. 16 at Mars Hill W, 69-65 MAR. 1 | ELEAZER ARENA | NEWBERRY, S.C. | 7 P.M. J.2 at #19 Queens L, 68-88 J. 9 #2 Lincoln Memorial W, 89-83 J. 11 at Anderson PPD J. 13 at UVA Wise W, 98-63 » THE COACHES » THE SERIES J. 16 at Carson-Newman L, 54-73 J. 18 #15/12 Queens W, 71-66 Newberry: Overall: Lenoir-Rhyne leads, 74-33 J. 20 Wingate W, 86-85 Jason Taylor Current streak: L3 J. 23 at Coker W, 75-64 Career Record: 179-132 (11 years) Last matchup: Newberry 76, LR 72 (2/22/20) Record at Newberry: 23-20 (2nd year) J. 25 at Limestone PPD First matchup: LR 43, Newberry 39 (1940-41) Longest winning streak: 8 (1/25/06-2/7/09) J. 27 Mars Hill PPD Lenoir-Rhyne: Longest losing streak: 4 (3/2/15-11/20/17) J. 30 Tusculum PPD Everick Sullivan F. 6 Limestone PPD Career Record: 171-90 (9th year) Record at Lenoir-Rhyne: 64-64 (5th year) F. 8 at Tusculum PPD F. 10 at Catawba PPD F. 13 Anderson L, 79-80 F. 15 Mars Hill W, 71-65 » BROADCAST INFORMATION » THE VENUE F. 17 UVA Wise L, 70-71 Web: portal.stretchinternet.com/newberry Arena: Eleazer Arena F. 22 at Catawba L, 80-91 SAC Live Address: 2100 College St. F. 24 at Tusculum L, 67-78 Announcers: Newberry broadcast Newberry, S.C. 29108 M. 1 at Newberry 7 PM Broadcast start time: 6:45 PM Location: Newberry, S.C. M. 4 SAC Tournament Semis TBA Capacity: 1,385 M. 7 SAC Tournament Champ. TBA All Lenoir-Rhyne home basketball games will be streamed on lrbears.com/watch with Built: 1981 the postgame being uploaded to YouTube Home games in RED and lrbears.com. All broadcasts go live 15 minutes prior to the scheduled tip time. » TEAM STAT COMPARISON 74.3 42.3 31.4 72.6 45.0 36.5 36.8 10.5 1.6 5.3 11.6 SCORING FG % 3PT % POINTS FG % 3PT % DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE REB. ASSISTS BLOCKS STEALS TO 76.4 45.3 31.2 75.6 46.7 34.0 31.3 15.5 2.4 7.1 12.5 1 » WEBCAST/RADIO ROSTER Damion Medwinter Davion Bradford Salle Wilson Everick Sullivan Zach Corliss Blake Simmons #0 | 6’4” | F | R-Fr. #1 | 6’0” | G | Sr. #2 | 6’4” | F | Fr. Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach » NUMERICAL ROSTER # Name Ht. Wt. Pos CL Hometown 0 Damion Medwinter 6-4 200 F R-Fr. Trumbull, Conn. 1 Davion Bradford 6-0 195 G Sr. Pontiac, Mich. 2 Salle Wilson 6-4 190 F Fr. Baton Rouge, La. 3 Mason Hawks 6-0 180 G Sr. Mount Airy, N.C. Mason Hawks Elijah Shabazz Marcus Metcalf 4 Elijah Shabazz 6-5 215 F So. Raleigh, N.C. #3 | 6’0” | G | Sr. #4 | 6’5” | F | So. #5 | 6’0” |G| R-Fr. 5 Marcus Metcalf 6-0 160 G R-Fr. Goldsboro, N.C. 10 Darius Simmons 5-11 180 G R-Sr. Raleigh, N.C. 11 Anthony Rice 5-11 190 G Sr. Atlanta, Ga. 12 Tyson McClain 5-11 170 G R-Jr. Spartanburg, S.C. 13 Zim Fields 6-4 200 F So. Savannah, Ga. 14 Marcus Owens Castrillo 6-5 190 F R-Fr. Punta Del Este, Uruguay 15 Tim Steele 6-5 250 F Fr. Conway, S.C. 20 Sam Deal 5-11 180 G So. Hickory, N.C. 21 R.J. Gunn 6-7 245 F Sr. Columbia, S.C. 23 Nas Tyson 6-1 200 G So. Wingate, N.C. Darius Simmons Anthony Rice Tyson McClain 24 Armon Muldrew 6-1 190 G Fr. Perris, Calif. #10 | 5’11” |G| R-Sr. #11 | 5’11” | G | Sr. #12 | 5’11” | G | R-Jr. 32 Percy Fyle 6-8 210 C Fr. Charlotte, N.C. 33 Cooper Fowler 6-11 275 C So. Greenville, S.C. Head Coach: Everick Sullivan; Fifth Season at Lenoir-Rhyne Assistant Coach: Zach Corliss Assistant Coach: Blake Simmons » ROSTER BREAKDOWN (BY STATE) Zim Fields Marcus Owens Castrillo Tim Steele #13 | 6’4” | G | So. #14 | 6’5” | F | R-Fr. #15 | 6’5” |F| Fr. North Carolina (7) Mason Hawks South Carolina (4) Georgia (2) Michigan (1) Marcus Metcalf Tyson McClain Zim Fields Davion Bradford Darius Simmons Sam Deal Tim Steele Anthony Rice Sam Deal R.J. Gunn Nas Tyson Elijah Shabazz R.J. Gunn #20 | 5’11” | G | So. #21 | 6’7” | F | Sr. #23 | 6’1” |G| So. Nas Tyson Cooper Fowler Percy Fyle California (1) Connecticut (1) Louisiana (1) Uruquay (1) Armon Muldrew Percy Fyle Cooper Fowler Armon Muldrew Damion Medwinter Salle Wilson Marcus Owens #24 | 6’1” | G | Fr. #32 | 6’8” | C | Fr. #33 | 6’11” |C| So. Castrillo 2 » LENOIR-RHYNE NOTES » LENOIR-RHYNE BY THE NUMBERS HISTORIC 100TH SEASON SAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY Seasons of Men’s Basketball 100 » This is the historic 100th season of Lenoir- » Lenoir-Rhyne owns a 25-22 all-time record Winning seasons 62 Rhyne men’s basketball. The program began in South Atlantic Conference Tournament Losing seasons 34 competition in 1919 but were shut down for games dating back to the first tournament in .500 seasons 3 two seasons due to World War II. The Bears 1991. Most consecutive winning seasons 16 have won 19 regular season championships » Much of LR’s conference tournament Most consecutive losing seasons 6 Wins in a season 26 (1962-63) and 12 conference tournaments in their success came early. 12 of the 25 wins came Longest winning streak 24 (1956-57) history. from 1991-95, inclduing three tournament Regular Season Championships 19 (last in 2008-09) » The Bears are just two wins shy of 1,400 titles. Conf. Tournament Championships 12 (last in 2003) » as a program and own an all-time winning Since winning their fourth, and most Longest home winning streak 25 (1955-58) percentage of .552 in the first 99 years of recent, SAC tourney title in 2003, the Bears All-time games played 2,530 basketball. own an 8-13 mark. All-time record 1,398-1,132 » 62 of the first 99 seasons have been » Lenoir-Rhyne enters the tournament as All-time SAC record 293-227 winning seasons for the Bears. Last year, the the number five seed and own an all-time 1,000 point scorers 55 Bears went 14-14 which is only the third time record of 2-5 as the five seed. This is the sixth 20+ win seasons 20 (last in 2018-19) in history that LR finished a season exactly appearance as a five-seed in the tournament LR 100-point games 83 (last in 2019-20) at .500. for the Bears. All-Americans 8 (last in 2015) » The Bears are searching for their first SAC All-Conference players 81 (last in 2019-20) BUZZER-BEATERS BOTH WAYS Tournament win over the Wolves. The Bears SAC Players of the Year 5 (last in 2015-16) » Cooper Fowler hit one of the most are 0-4 all-time in the tournament against SAC Freshmen of the Year 4 (last in 2005-06) memorable shots in Shuford Gym history as Newberry with two losses coming in overtime. NCAA Tournament appearances 7 (last in 2019) his offensive rebound putback from the free One of those two losses was in double NCAA Tournament record 3-7 throw line as the buzzer sounded gave LR overtime back in 2000 with the Wolves Highest national ranking 11 an 86-85 win over Wingate on Jan. 20. The escaping with a 95-91 victory. Weeks in national rankings 15 Most consecutive weeks in national poll 5 play earned a spot on SportsCenter’s Top 10 » Coincedentally, all five of the SAC Games played at Shuford Gym 738 plays. Tournament matchups between LR and Total seasons at Shuford Gym 65 » However, the Bears have been on the losing Newberry have been a 4-seed vs. 5-seed. This Winning seasons at Shuford Gym 50 end in two of their past three losses, both will be the third time that Newberry enters as the four seed and hosts the game. Losing seasons at Shuford Gym 10 coming by one point. Undefeated seasons at Shuford Gym 3 » Lenoir-Rhyne has never won the SAC » On Monday, Feb. 13, Alex Keel’s baseline .500 seasons at Shuford Gym 4 Tournament as a number five seed. In their jumper wiht under five seconds to go gave Longest home winning streak 25 (1955-58) four championships, they entered as a one Anderson an 80-79 win. Most home wins in a season 14 (1966-67) » Four days later, Cameron Whiteside sent seed once, a two seed twice and a three seed Most home losses in a season 10 (2010-11) UVA Wise to a 71-70 uspet victory over the one time. Most home wins in a two-year span 24 (1965-67) Bears with a driving basket with 2.9 seconds » LR has been a five seed twice in the past Most home wins in a three-year span 35 (1964-67) left. three years. In 2019, the Bears made a run to the championship game before falling to Catawba 71-67.