Harrogate, TN - Three days after downing Limestone on the road in conference play, the Lincoln Memorial men's basketball team will put its national-best 63-game home winning streak on the line against out of conference opponent and 14th ranked North Georgia on Tuesday in Harrogate. The Railsplitters come into the game with a 7-3 record, with a 2-1 mark in conference play. The Nighthawks are 8-1 on the season and will open conference play following their match up with Lincoln Memorial.

North Georgia is led in scoring by Frank Champion, who is averaging 22.4 points-per-game to go along with 9.1 rebounds-per-game. He is followed closely in scoring by AJ White, who is averaging 21 points-per-game. Eric Jones is the only other North Georgia player who is averaging double figures in scoring, averaging 12.8 points-per-game. Lincoln Memorial has four players averaging double figures, led by Me'Kell Burries with 15 points-per-game. Chase Rankin is the team's second leading scorer, averaging 12.8 points-per-game to go along with 4.9 assists and 4.6 rebounds-per-game. Martez Brown is the team's third leading scorer, and leading rebounder, and is the only player in the South Atlantic Conference to average a double-double with 12.4 points-per-game and 12.8 rebounds-per-game. Matthew Sells is the only other Lincoln Memorial player currently averaging double figures in scoring with 10.7 points-per-game. Burries and Sells are the team's greatest threat from beyond the arc with Burries shooting a 45% mark and Sells with a 40% clip from long range.

Lincoln Memorial is outscoring its opposition by an average of 5.6 points-per-game, while North Georgia wins by an average of 9.8 points-per-game. Both teams also outrebound their opposition. The Railsplitters average 3.1 more rebounds-per-game than their opposition, while the Nighthawks outrebound their competition by an average of 5 boards-per-game. Both teams share the ball extremely well. Lincoln Memorial averages 16 assists each game with North Georgia averaging 19 per-game. The assist/turnover margin is identical for the two teams with the Railsplitters sitting at a 1.4 ratio, and the Nighthawks with a 1.4 ratio as well.

Tuesday's match up is slated to tip at 2:00pm and can be found on FloSports at: https://flosports.link/45AVtcd
Live stats will begin broadcasting at tip, and can be found at: http://statb.us/b/485452