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UVA WISE WELCOMES CARSON-NEWMAN REMATCH TONIGHT

TIP-OFF TIDBITS- CARSON-NEWMAN- Chuck Benson and his Eagles head to Wise after snagging a 60-53 win over Piedmont division opponent Lenoir-Rhyne, despite only shooting a 27.3-percent from three-point range.

- The Eagles have lost six of their last seven contests, yet still maintain a second-place ranking in the mountain division — tied with Tusculum (5-4)

PLAYERS TO WATCHBryant Thomas: the senior center leads the Carson-Newman squad with 15.1 points per game and 2.4 blocks per game

Caleb Bridgewater: sits in third in the conference with a 48.2 three-point field goal percentage

Ren Dyer: sits in fifth in the conference rebounds per game category with 7.3

UVA WISE NEWS & NOTES- The Cavaliers head back to their home ground after the program's most successful weeks in their South Atlantic Conference tenure — UVA Wise has now won back-to-back conference contests by at least 20 points, taking dubs from Southwest Virginia foe Emory & Henry and Gaffney, S.C. squad Limestone.

- This will be the Cavalier's second meeting with the Eagles this year. On Dec. 10, 2022, Carson-Newman snuck away in the last three minutes of the contest to solidify a 81-77 win in Jefferson City. Five Cavaliers snagged double-digits with Bradley Dean putting up four three-pointers and ended the night with 17, while Calen Lightford and Rron Ukaj each scored 13. Ben Bryson threw in 10 of his own, including three three-point buckets.

-As of Jan. 21, the Cavaliers sit in second as a team in points per game with 85.7 while Carson-Newman averages 79.1, worthy of sixth place in the conference.

- Conversely, Carson-Newman sits in second place in rebounds per game in the conference with 39.3 while the Cavs average 36.7.

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