PEMBROKE – The UNC Pembroke men's basketball will open the home portion of its 2016-17 regular season schedule on Wednesday when the Braves suit up to battle region nemesis Wingate at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
 
Fans can follow the game for free via a live video stream on the UNCP Braves YouTube channel with Cameron Songer handling the play-by-play duties. The game can also be followed via a live statistics link as well.
 

UNC Pembroke (1-1) vs. Wingate (1-1)
Date & Tip Time	Wednesday, November 16 at 7 p.m. EST
Location	Pembroke, N.C.. | Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court
Live Statistics	Stat Broadcast
Video	YouTube

 
 

• The Braves lifted the lid on the recent campaign with by registering a 1-1 record at the PBC/SAC Challenge on Friday and Saturday evening inside Lenoir-Rhyne's Shuford Gymnasium. The Black & Gold registered an 81-76 victory over the host Bears on Friday evening, before suffering a 98-91 setback to Catawba on Saturday.
• Four players will head into Wednesday sporting double-digit scoring averages, including sophomore James Murray-Boyles who averaged 17.5 points, 4.0 rebounds 1.5 steals and 1.0 assists in two games off the bench over the weekend. Murray-Boyles scored 15 points in just 18 minutes against Lenoir-Rhyne on Friday, and then put up a team-best 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting in Saturday's loss to Catawba.
• The Black & Gold has shot 48 percent from the field through two games so far, and has canned better than 70 percent of their attempts from the charity stripe. That tally includes a 22-for-28 performance from the free throw line in Friday's win over the Bears.
• Wingate will bring a 1-1 record into Wednesday's contest as well after splitting two games at the Mars Hill-hosted Tip-Off Challenge over the weekend. The Bulldogs opened the season with a 77-69 victory over Limestone on Friday, before suffering an 80-77 setback to Belmont Abbey on Saturday.
• Josh Dominguez and Zerig Lolar both led the Bulldogs with 20.5 points per game over the two-game stretch in Mars Hill and combined to shoot nearly 54 percent from the field as well. The duo combined for 51 of Wingate's 77 points in the setback to the Crusaders.
• UNCP leads the all-time series, 24-23, but the Braves are just 3-7 in the series since both schools joined the NCAA Division II ranks prior to the 1992-93 campaign, including a 1-3 series clip on Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court. The Braves registered a 79-69 victory in the last meeting in Pembroke, but fell to the Bulldogs, 66-54, last season in Wingate.