HARROGATE, Tenn. – On the heels of a dramatic win this past weekend, the Railsplitters return to Tex Turner Arena to host Hiwassee on Wednesday night for the final nonconference tune-up of the 2018-19 campaign. 
 
Cornelius Taylor swished a buzzer-beating three-pointer to send Lincoln Memorial (16-6, 11-4 SAC) past the Wingate Bulldogs in a crucial South Atlantic Conference road game on Saturday evening, keeping the Railsplitters solidly in second place in the league standings. 
 
Hiwassee (12-14) is coming off an 88-80 loss against Johnson University on Monday. The Tigers will be playing their third game in five days after securing a 92-80 win over Fisk at home on Saturday. 
 
The Railsplitters will be seeking their 21st consecutive win over the Tigers when the two teams tip off at 7 p.m. in Harrogate. Live stats and video links are available at www.lmurailsplitters.com, while fans can also follow along with in-game updates at the official LMU athletics Twitter page, @LMURailsplitter. 
 
Notes on Hiwassee
 
- The Tigers have faced five Division I foes this season, suffering a 109-66 loss to Winthrop, a 97-60 setback at Tennessee Tech, a 95-62 loss at Tennessee Chattanooga, a 94-55 loss at Western Carolina and a 109-44 loss at East Tennessee State. 
- Hiwassee does not share a common opponent with Lincoln Memorial this season. 
- Toure Fudge led Hiwassee in its loss to Winthrop, dropping 18 points on 7-of-15 shooting over 22 minutes of work. Jamal Weaver added 13 points, while Ben Snider had 12 points in only 17 minutes of action. 
- Bryant Bernard carried the load for the Tigers against UTC, scoring 24 points on a 4-for-8 mark from three while grabbing seven rebounds. He was the only Hiwassee player with more than eight points in that contest. 
- In Saturday's Senior Day win over Fisk, Weaver paced Hiwassee with 21 points, including 15 in the second half alone. Snider added 20 points, while NaeQuon Newman chipped in 19. 
- Hiwassee is led by fifth-year head coach Will Raby, who also serves as the Tigers' golf coach. Raby took over the program from Hugh Watson, who previously served as the head men's basketball coach at Lincoln Memorial. 
- Wednesday is the penultimate game of the season for the Tigers, who conclude the 2018-19 campaign on Friday at home against Johnson & Wales University. 
 
Last Time Out 
 
In a game that featured seven ties and 11 lead changes and saw neither team lead by more than six points, the Railsplitters escaped Wingate with a 67-64 win on the back of Taylor's last-second three-pointer on Saturday evening at Cuddy Arena. 
 
Lincoln Memorial trailed by six points with less than nine minutes to go, but used an 8-0 run powered by threes from Taylor and Julius Brown to take the lead. 
 
The Railsplitters never trailed again as Cameron Henry buried four clutch threes down the stretch to keep the Bulldogs at bay. However, Wingate made a late 6-0 run to tie the game with six seconds to go, setting up the dramatic finish and Taylor's heroics. 
 
Brown led LMU off the bench with 17 points and four assists, while Henry scored all 14 of his points in the second half to go along with eight rebounds. Taylor produced nine points, though he went 3-for-16 from the field and 3-for-13 from three. Kamaran Calhoun grabbed a game-high 16 rebounds and handed out four assists. 
 
The Railsplitters beat the Bulldogs for the 15th consecutive time and improved to 5-5 in road games this season with the victory. 
 
Tip-Ins 
 
- The Railsplitters have not lost a regular-season home game to a nonconference opponent since suffering a 76-74 overtime loss against Ohio Valley on December 9, 2008 in head coach Josh Schertz's first season at the helm. 
- After Wednesday's game, Lincoln Memorial will close out the regular season by playing three of its last five on the road, starting with a trip to Newberry on Saturday. 
- Four of LMU's top-seven scorers are either freshmen or sophomores. Redshirt-freshman Henry is scoring 10.1 points per game, while sophomore Alex Dahling is contributing 9.2 points per game while shooting 42 percent from three. True freshmen Courvoisier McCauley and Julius Brown are adding 7.6 and 7.4 points per game, respectively. 
- The Railsplitters are 10-1 at Tex Turner Arena this season. 
- Lincoln Memorial is 5-2 against nonconference opponents this season with a run of four straight out-of-conference wins. 
 
Series History 
 
- The Railsplitters are 27-2 all-time against Hiwassee and have not lost to the Tigers in 82 years, as the Tigers last beat Lincoln Memorial in February 1937. 
- LMU has won the last nine matchups by a minimum of 25 points, including a 109-69 shellacking in February 2018 and a 105-63 beatdown in November 2015 in the two most recent meetings. 
- The Railsplitters are 20-1 all-time at home in the series.