Lincoln Memorial, Queens, Carson-Newman & Newberry Earn Bids to SAC Men’s Basketball Championship Semifinals

No. 1 LINCOLN MEMORIAL 71, No. 8 BREVARD 56 | BOX SCORE 
HARROGATE, Tenn. - In a near replica of the last meeting between the two teams, the No. 3 nationally ranked and top-seeded Railsplitters (28-1) outscored the eight-seeded Brevard Tornados (12-17) by 13 points in the second half to fuel a 71-56 win in the quarterfinal round of the South Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Championship on Wednesday at Tex Turner Arena. FULL STORY 

No. 4 QUEENS 84, No. 5 WINGATE 66 | BOX SCORE 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte men's basketball team (17-12), seeded fourth in the South Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Championship, advances to the semifinal round after defeating fifth seeded Wingate University (15-14) by a score of 84-66 in Curry Arena this evening. The Royals will face top-seeded and third nationally ranked Lincoln Memorial University in Greenville, S.C., on Saturday, March 7. FULL STORY

No. 2 CARSON-NEWMAN 69, No. 7 Coker 63 | BOX SCORE
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Second-seeded Carson-Newman (16-13) held seventh-seed Coker (12-15) six minutes without a field goal late in the second half while utilizing a 13-3 run in the interim to procure a 69-63 win over the Cobras and lock up a spot in the SAC tournament semifinals Saturday.  FULL STORY 

No. 3 NEWBERRY 98, No. 6 CATAWBA 87 | BOX SCORE
NEWBERRY – Junior Mitch Riggs led the Newberry College men's basketball team into the South Atlantic Conference semifinals as they defeated the Catawba College Indians 98-87 inside Eleazer Arena on Wednesday evening. FULL STORY