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The Lincoln Memorial men's basketball team hosts Coker on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Tex Turner Arena for a South Atlantic Conference Tournament Quarterfinal. The Railsplitters (No. 1 seed in Mountain Division) and Cobras (No. 4 seed in Piedmont Division) last met on Feb. 11 in Harrogate when Lincoln Memorial cruised by Coker for an 83-68 road win. The Railsplitters are 18-0 all-time against the Cobras, including 9-0 at home.
 
Behind a career-high 31 points from Me'Kell Burries, Lincoln Memorial defeated UVA Wise 92-79 in the regular season finale last Wednesday night at Turner Arena. Burries was named the SAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week for his efforts.
 
The visiting Cobras boast junior guard Jordan Jones who ranks in the Top 10 nationally in assists and steals.
 
Lincoln Memorial is No. 9 in the most recent National Association of Basketball Coaches and D2SIDA polls.
 
RAILSPLITTER STRIKES (through games played Feb. 27)

• Lincoln Memorial leads the SAC in assists per game (19.9, fourth in Division II), field goal percentage (52.1, second), rebounding margin (+9.1, fifth), scoring margin (+18.0, fourth) and scoring offense (88.4 points per game, ninth) through the regular season.
• Rankin stands at first in Division II in both total assists (208) and assists per game (7.2). The graduate guard's 3.20 assist-to-turnover ratio leads the SAC and ranks eighth nationally.
• Martez Brown's 255 total rebounds leads the league and ranks No. 29 in the country.
• Matthew Sells has made 67 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 and Feb. 28. Quay Kennedy 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 COKER: The Cobras won a three-way tie with Anderson and Lenior-Rhyne with a 6-12 SAC record (12-16 overall) to earn the Piedmont Division's No. 4 seed. Coker went 1-6 in February to close the regular season losing 10 of their last 12 games. The Cobras are second in the SAC in turnover margin (+2.4) thanks to being third in the league in steals per game (8.2) and turnovers forced per game (16.25, 23^rd in Division II).
 
Jones trails only Rankin in assists per game in the SAC (6.5, sixth nationally), while his 2.52 steals per game are second in the conference and fourth in Division II.
 
Final Regular Season SAC Men's Basketball Standings
 
Mountain Division                Overall           Conference
Lincoln Memorial                  26-3                 16-2
Tusculum                                15-10               11-7
UVA Wise                               17-11               9-9
Carson-Newman                     14-14               8-10
Limestone                               13-15               8-10
Emory & Henry                       15-13               6-12
Mars Hill                                  9-19                 4-14
 
Piedmont Division                Overall           Conference
Catawba                                  20-7                 15-3
Newberry                                 19-9                 12-6
Wingate                                   15-12               10-8
Coker                                       12-16               6-12
Lenoir-Rhyne                           11-15               6-12
Anderson                                  9-19                 6-12
 
Up Next
The winner of this game will face either Newberry or UVA Wise in the SAC Tournament Semifinals on Saturday, March 4 at 5 p.m. in Timmons Arena in Greenville, S.C.