NEWBERRY – Newberry will travel to Wingate, N.C. to face the Bulldogs for the first round of the 2018 South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Championship.

WHO: Newberry College vs. Wingate University
WHERE: Cuddy Arena, Wingate, N.C.
WHEN: 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28
RECORDS: Newberry is the No. 7 tournament seed who finished the regular season going 16-11 overall and 11-9 in the SAC. Wingate is the No. 2 tournament seed with a regular season record of 23-4 and 17-3 in the SAC.
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN3, www.watchespn.com, WatchESPN app
LIVE AUDIO: www.newberrywolves.tv, WKDK-AM 1240 in Newberry County, www.wkdk.com, WKDK app, "WKDK" on TuneIn Radio app
LIVE STATS: www.wingatebulldogs.com

NEWBERRY STORYLINES

• Head coach Sean Page has two 1,000 career point scorers so far this season; Nicola Handreck (vs. Limestone) and Meg Essex (vs. Queens).
• Meg Essex needs 28 more blocks to tie recent Newberry Hall of Fame inductee, Tiffany Johnson at 225.
• Essex has nine double-doubles on the season to equal 12 for her career.
• Head coach Sean Page needs 21 more wins to reach 200 at Newberry.
• Kelsey McDermott set career highs in points (15), field goals (6), rebounds (7), and steals (4) in Wednesday's win over Coker.
• Against Mars Hill, Newberry set a season high in points in a period at 31, Georgia Elliott-King set a career high in points with 19, and bench set a new season high with 39 points.
• Shelby Britten had her seventh 20-plus point game of the season vs. Tusculum, scoring 24.

WINGATE STORYLINES

• Ranked No. 23 in WBCA poll and No. 17 in D2SIDA.
• Beat No. 4 (ranked at the time) Carson-Newman at home 68-54.
• Is the No. 2 seed in the 2018 South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Championship.
• Picked to finish first in the SAC with seven first-place votes.

MORE INFORMATION

For complete coverage, view game notes from the Newberry Athletic Communications staff.