ROCK HILL, S.C. – Riding the longest winning streak among all levels of NCAA basketball, the Lincoln Memorial University men's basketball team will take its nation-leading 29-game win streak into the 2020 South Atlantic Conference Pilot Flying J Men's Basketball Tournament as the No. 1 seed.
 
The Railsplitters, who continue to elongate the program and conference-record for consecutive victories, will take on eighth-seeded Mars Hill University in the quarterfinal round of the league's postseason championship Wednesday, March 4 at 7 p.m. inside B. Frank "Tex" Turner Arena in Harrogate, Tennessee.
 
Taylor Family Chiropractic will serve as the official sponsor of LMU's 2020 postseason.
 
Wednesday's game will be streamed live via SAC Live on Stretch Internet, while live statistics of the game can be followed by visiting LMURailsplitters.com. The voice of the Railsplitters, Rusty Peace, will have the call of the game. As usual, in-game updates will be available on LMU Railsplitter athletics' official Twitter account, @LMURailsplitter.
 
Entering Wednesday night with a 29-1 overall record, the Railsplitters completed their third undefeated SAC season in five years with a 75-55 rout of Anderson University inside Tex Turner Arena Saturday. Led by sophomore guard Courvoisier McCauley's third-straight double-double of 18 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, LMU finished league play an unblemished 22-0 while improving to 17-0 in 2020 and 16-0 at home this season. The Railsplitters also went unscathed in SAC action in 2017-18 (20-0) and 2015-16 (22-0).
 
Earlier this season, LMU defeated the Lions by an average of 25 points, winning a 100-79 affair in Harrogate and routing Mars Hill 98-69 inside Stanford Arena in North Carolina. The Railsplitters have won their last 22 outings with the Lions and have not suffered a setback to Mars Hill in over 10 years. LMU is 20-4 against the Lions inside Tex Turner Arena and leads the all-time series 38-9.
 
Mars Hill closed out its regular season 12-16 overall after posting a 10-12 mark in SAC play. This past Saturday, the Lions nearly upset second-seeded and receiving-votes Queens University of Charlotte in Mars Hill, falling by just a point (72-71) on senior day. In the closing seconds, the Lions had the ball but were unable to get a shot off despite getting into the lane.
 
Queens finished second in the league race with a 17-5 conference to earn the No. 2 seed in SAC Pilot Flying J Men's Basketball Tournament. Catawba is the No. 3 seed after posting a 14-8 SAC record while Tusculum is the No. 4 seed (13-9), followed by fifth-seeded Anderson (12-10), No. 6 seed Newberry (10-12) and seventh-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne (10-12). The Wolves won the tiebreaker over the Bears and Mars Hill by virtue of its 3-1 record versus the other two teams. Lenoir-Rhyne won the tiebreaker over the Lions based on its 2-0 record versus Mars Hill. 
 
The 2020 SAC Pilot Flying J Men's Basketball Tournament quarterfinals are played at campus sites on Wednesday, March 4, before moving to Timmons Arena on the campus of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, for the semifinals and finals this Friday-Saturday, March 7-8.
 
The SAC Pilot Flying J Tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship.
 
Should the Railsplitters be victorious in Wednesday night's quarterfinal contest, LMU will take on the winner of fourth-seeded Tusculum and No. 5 seed Anderson Saturday at 5 p.m. in Greenville, South Carolina, for a spot in the 2020 SAC Pilot Flying J Men's Basketball Tournament title game Sunday, March 8 at 4 p.m. inside Timmons Arena.
 
2020 SAC Pilot Flying J Men's Basketball Tournament
 
Wednesday, March 4 (at Highest Seeds)
Game 1: #1 LMU vs. #8 Mars Hill, 7:00 p.m. | Tex Turner Arena | Harrogate, Tenn.
Game 2: #4 Tusculum vs. #5 Anderson, 7:30 p.m.
Game 3: #2 Queens vs. #7 Lenoir-Rhyne, 7:00 p.m.
Game 4: #3 Catawba vs. #6 Newberry, 7:00 p.m.
 
Saturday, March 7 (Timmons Arena, Greenville, S.C.)
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 5:00 p.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7:30 p.m.
 
Sunday, March 8 (Timmons Arena, Greenville, S.C.)
Game 7: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 4:00 p.m.
 
TICKET SALES
Semifinal and finals tickets are available for sale at the Timmons Arena box office, while tickets for Wednesday's quarterfinal game at Tex Turner Arena can be purchased at the gate. Contact the Timmons Arena box office at (864) 294-3099 with any questions. Listed below are the ticket prices. Daily tickets grant access to all of the given day's games.
 
Quarterfinal Individual Daily Tickets
Adults - $8.00 per day
Youth-12 and under/Seniors 65 + - $4.00 per day
Active & Retired Military - $4.00 per day
College Students with college ID - $2.00 per day
Under 5 years of age - Free
 
Semifinals and Finals Daily Tickets
Semifinals: Adult - $15.00
Youth - 12 and under/Senior 65+/College Student with college ID/Active & Retired Military - $8.00
Finals: Adult - $12.00
Youth - 12 and under/Senior 65+/College Student with college ID/Active & Retired Military - $6.00
Under 5 years of age - Free semifinals and finals
 
LMU has won eight SAC regular season titles since 2010-11 and 12 conference championships, including four SAC Tournament crowns, in 10 seasons. One of only four NCAA Division II basketball programs to have posted 20 wins or more for 11-straight seasons, the Railsplitters have reached the 25-win mark in nine of the last 10 years.
 
How to Follow
Stay tuned to LMURailsplitters.com, as well as LMU's social media platforms - @LMURailsplitter on Twitter, @LMURailsplitters on Facebook and @lmurailsplitters on Instagram, for complete coverage of Railsplitter basketball throughout the 2019-20 season.