JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Interstat) — A spot in the NCAA Tournament will be on the line Sunday when seed Central Arkansas faces seed Queens (N.C.) in the championship game of the ASUN Men’s Basketball Tournament.

The Bears (22-11) and Royals (20-13) will meet for the third time this season, with Central Arkansas having won both regular-season matchups. The most recent was an 84-79 victory on Feb. 28 in Conway, Arkansas.

Central Arkansas, which defeated Florida Gulf Coast 73-63 in Saturday’s semifinal, is led by tournament MVP candidate Camren Hunter. The guard torched Queens for 30 points and six assists in last month’s meeting and is averaging 25.7 points over his last three games, including a 31-point performance against Bellarmine on Friday.

Queens, which advanced with a 90-83 win at Austin Peay on Saturday, counters with guard Jordan Watford. He scored 21 points in the semifinal victory and had 12 points and six assists in the loss at Central Arkansas. The Royals have won seven of their last nine games.

The Bears seek their first NCAA Tournament bid since transitioning to Division I, while Queens, in just its fourth season at the D-I level, aims for its first March Madness appearance.

The game tips off at 3 p.m. EDT at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. The winner will receive the conference’s automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Tournament.