The Matchup
Saturday:
Converse (9-3, 3-1 CC) at UNC Pembroke (9-3, 3-0 CC)
Location: Pembroke, N.C. | Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court
Time: 4:00 p.m.
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The Series:
This will be the fifth all-time meeting between Converse and UNC Pembroke dating back to the 2021-2022 basketball season. The Braves are 4-0 all-time against the Valkyries as they swept both meeting last season. However, this will be the first time both teams are regionally ranked heading into the matchup.
 
Converse Notes:

• Converse is 9-3 overall and 3-1 in Conference Carolinas action this season. The Valkyries are coming off back-to-back losses for the first time all season, following a 71-65 loss to Livingstone on Tuesday evening.   
• CJ Jamison led the team with an 18-point and 11-rebound game against the Blue Bears. Uzziah Dawkins and Kervens Yacinthe both finished second on the team with 14-points each.
• Jamison is just one point away from scoring his 1,300^th collegiate point.
• Converse is averaging 85.2 points per game, shooting 51 percent from the field, 39 percent from beyond the arch and 71 percent from the free throw line.
• The Valkyries are averaging 37.9 rebounds per game, 17.6 assists per game, 6.8 steals per game and 1.5 blocks per game.
• Dawkins leads the team with 18.7 points per game, Jamison is second on the team with 15.6 points per game, Burgess III is third on the team with 8.8 points per game this season.  
• Jamison leads the team with 79 rebounds and 21 steals on the season, while Dawkins leads the team with 39 assists.

 
UNC Pembroke Notes:

• UNC Pembroke is 9-3 overall this season and 3-0 in Conference Carolinas play. The Braves are also 6-0 at home this season.
• UNC Pembroke is coming off a 68-57 win over Tusculum on Saturday afternoon. Nygell Verdier led the team with 23-points, Bradlee Haskell finished second on the team with 13-points and Elijah Cobb contributed 12-points.
• The Braves are averaging 75.1 points per game this season, shooting 47 percent from the field, 33 percent from three-point range and 70 percent from the free throw line.
• UNC Pembroke is averaging 38.4 rebounds per game, 13.9 assists per game, 7.4 steals per game and 4.9 blocks per game.
• Haskell leads the team with 12.5 points per game, Verdier is second on the team with 11.3 points per game, Cobb is third on the team with 11.2 points per game and JaJuan Carr is fourth on the team with 10.3 points per game.
• Cobb leads the team with 93 rebounds on the season and also leads the team with 16 blocked shots. Carr leads the team with 34 assists and Haskell is the team leader with 20 steals on the year.

 
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