LIVINGSTON, Ala. – After dropping the first conference game of the season, the University of West Alabama football team looks to draw even in the Gulf South Conference as the Tigers (5-2) travel to West Georgia on Thursday, Oct. 20 for the GSC-TV Live Game of the Week.  Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. central with the radio broadcast beginning at 5:30 p.m. The game can be viewed on CSS or ESPN3. The game can be viewed locally on Mediacom in Livingston.

The Red and White head into Thursday looking for just their third win ever in Carrollton and their first in eight tries. The Tigers last trip to UWG resulted in a 10-9, homecoming victory for the Wolves.

UWA amassed 420 yards in the setback at Valdosta State, including 301 on the ground. Junior running back Matt Willis carried the load for the Tigers offensively as the Collins, Miss., native toted the ball 31 times for 219 yards and a score. The rushing total stands second in a single game for a UWA back in program history and gives Willis two of the top three rushing performances in school history. Linebackers Gabe Poe and Deon Lacey led a defensive unit that held VSU 278 yards of total offense with 190 yards through the air. Poe led the squad with 12 total stops with Lacey tallying 11. The 11 tackles is the third consecutive game that Lacey has totaled double digit tackles.

UWG (4-2) had to depend on Davis Brackett's 35-yarder, as time expired, to lift the Wolves to a 23-21 victory over Saint Augustine's. The Red and Blue rushed for 200-plus yards for the fourth time on the season with 227 yards on the ground. The Wolves 417 yards of offense stands as the most on the campaign with the 227 rushing yards ranked second on the season.

On the season, the Tigers are averaging 29 points per game while holding the opposition to just over 17. The ground game paces the Red and White offensively as UWA averages 240 of its 400 total yards via the rushing attack. Willis continues to spearhead the ground game with 898 yards (128.3 average) with six scores on the season. Freshman signal caller Kyle Caldwell has thrown for 573 yards this season while completing 54.8-percent of his passes along with seven TDs and three interceptions. Senior wideout Gerald Worsham stands the Tigers leading receiver with 532 yards and six scores.

Defensively, Lacey paces the unit with 60 total tackles while also leading the Red and White with eight tackles for loss of yardage and four sacks. With an INT at VSU, Otha Foster improved his interception total to four –which leads the GSC.

UWG is averaging 24.7 points per outing while allowing 23.3. The Wolves are averaging 313 yards of total offense with 185.5 coming from the ground game. 11 of UWG's 14 touchdowns this season has come on the ground. Quarterback Emmanuel Taylor stands as a dual threat for the Red and Blue with 767 yards through the air and 318 on the ground – both tops on the squad – and 10 total scores. Jenoris Darby stands at the team's leading tackler with 38 total stops while Bobby Liggins has a team-best 8.5 tackles for loss.

Following Thursday's tilt at UWG, West Alabama returns home for its second GSC-TV Live Game of the Week as the Tigers look to Red Out in-state foe North Alabama. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.