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The Lincoln Memorial men's basketball team will host UVA Wise on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. for Senior Night and the last regular season game on the schedule. The Railsplitters and Cavaliers last met on Jan. 4 in Wise, Va., when Lincoln Memorial cruised to a 94-69 road win. The Railsplitters are 30-9 all-time against UVA Wise, including 18-2 on the road.
 
Forward Jordan Guest and guard Quay Kennedy will be recognized in a pregame ceremony for Senior Night.
 
A shorthanded Railsplitter bunch fell 70-59 at Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday afternoon to snap a six-game win streak. Me'Kell Burries led Lincoln Memorial with 16 points while adding eight rebounds in the defeat.
 
The visiting Cavaliers boast South Atlantic Conference leading scorer Bradley Dean and versatile Luke Lawson as their 1-2 punch.
 
Lincoln Memorial dropped to No. 9 in the D2SIDA poll and No. 12 in the NABC poll released earlier this week after the setback to the Bears.
 
RAILSPLITTER STRIKES (through games played Feb. 21)

• Lincoln Memorial leads the SAC in assists per game (19.7, fourth in Division II), field goal percentage (52.2, third), rebounding margin (+8.9, eighth), scoring margin (+18.2, fourth) and scoring offense (88.3 points per game, ninth) so far this season.
• Rankin stands at first in Division II in both total assists (194) and assists per game (6.9). The graduate guard's 3.03 assist-to-turnover ratio leads the SAC and ranks tenth nationally.
• Martez Brown's 242 total rebounds leads the league and ranks No. 22 in the country.
• Matthew Sells has made 65 3-pointers this season, good for fifth in the conference.
• Rankin earned the SAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week honor on Jan. 16, while redshirt sophomore guard Me'Kell Burries won it on Jan. 9. Quay Kennedy most recently earned the honor on Feb. 6.
• Rankin advanced to being named to the Top 50 Watch List for the Bevo Francis Award on Feb. 15, which is given to the player who had the finest overall season within Small College Basketball.

SCOUTING UVA WISE: The Cavaliers enter the matchup at third in the Mountain Division with an 8-8 SAC record (16-10 overall). They have went 4-2 in February, including winning their last two against Clinton College on Saturday and at Emory & Henry last Wednesday. UVA Wise takes care of the ball, giving away only 12.1 turnovers per game (league best) and rank third in the SAC and No. 19 in Division II with 84.2 points per game.
 
Sophomore guard Dean leads the conference and ranks No. 23 nationally in scoring at 20.7 points per game, while fifth year forward Lawson ranks second in the SAC in both blocks per game (1.92) and total 3-pointers made (76).
 
SAC Men's Basketball Standings (as of Feb. 22)
 
Mountain Division                Overall           Conference
Lincoln Memorial                  25-3                 15-2
Tusculum                                13-10               9-7
UVA Wise                               16-10               8-8
Limestone                               12-14               7-9
Emory & Henry                       15-11               6-10
Carson-Newman                     12-14               6-10
Mars Hill                                  8-18                 3-13
 
Piedmont Division                Overall           Conference
Catawba                                  19-6                 14-2
Newberry                                 17-9                 10-6
Wingate                                   15-10               10-6
Coker                                      12-14               6-10
Lenoir-Rhyne                          11-14               6-11
Anderson                                 8-18                 5-11
 
Up Next
The Railsplitters will host a yet-to-be-determined opponent in the SAC Tournament Quarterfinals on Wednesday, March 1 at 7 p.m.