COLUMBUS, GA - The Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Basketball team's storied run continues tomorrow as they take on UNC Pembroke for a chance to win the Southeast Regional Title and advance to the Elite Eight in Evansville, Indiana.
Tomorrow's game is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Lumpkin Center in Columbus, Georgia, on the campus of Columbus State University. If you can't make the game, the official watch party is being held at Kickback Jacks in Hickory.
The Bears are having arguably the best season in school history, as they set a school record with 28 wins and advanced to the NCAA DII Sweet 16 for just the second time in program history (2016). The furthest any Bear squad has ever gone was the NAIA Quarterfinals during the 1992-93 season. This season Lenoir-Rhyne captured their first SAC Tournament Championship since 2003, taking down Anderson, Catawba, and Lincoln Memorial. They advanced to the regional championship thanks to a 94-79 win over Augusta on Saturday and a tight, come-from-behind 91-87 victory over USC Aiken Sunday evening.
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Lenoir-Rhyne Info
- Making just their second trip to the Sweet 16 in school history.
- Wins vs. Augusta and USC Aiken gave them five all-time NCAA Tournament victories.
- 28 wins is a school record.
- Head Coach Brent Owen advanced to the national semi-finals as an assistant coach for Southern Indiana in 2019 and is seeking first Elite Eight appearance as a head coach.
- The Bears are led by All-Conference performers Ziare Wells, Hantz Louis-Jeune, and Conrad Luczynski.
- Luczynski's 25 points against USC Aiken set a new school record for points in an NCAA Tournament game.
- Julian Dozier has scored in double-figures in eight straight games, all Bear wins.
- Lenoir-Rhyne ranks 10th in DII with a 50% field goal percentage.
- Dozier ranks 15th in total assists and 19th in total steals.
UNC Pembroke Info
- Have a record of 25-6 and are making their first Sweet 16 appearance in school history.
- Riding a 14-game winning streak, including a Conference Carolinas Tournament victory.
- Took down #4 seed Lincoln Memorial (90-88) and #1 seed Columbus State (91-80) to advance to the regional championship.
- Bradlee Haskell, JaJuan Carr, and Dallas Gardner were All-Conference honorees while Elijah Cobb was named Conference Carolinas Defensive Player of the Year.
- Team ranks second in the country with a +10.5 rebounding margin and fifth with a 14.1 point scoring margin.
- Head Coach Drew Richards (Missouri State '08) is 104-24 in five seasons with the Braves.
- Hold a 16-9 all-time lead in the series, including winning the last matchup in 2017.
