Men’s Hoops Preview – at Montevallo, UWF

Thursday, Jan. 23 at Montevallo, 7:30 p.m. CST
Saturday, Jan. 25 at West Florida, 2 p.m. CST

WHERE
Thursday's contest against the University of Montevallo will take place in Montevallo, Alabama at Trustmark Arena. Saturday's matchup at the University of West Florida will take place in Pensacola, Florida at the UWF Field House.

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WEST ALABAMA
The Tigers enter the weekend 13-4 on the year and 6-3 in the Gulf South Conference. UWA split last week's conference games all at home with a 65-61 loss to Alabama Huntsville Thursday night and a win over in overtime over Lee 86-84 last Saturday. UWA is 3-1 away from Pruitt Hall Gymnasium so far this season.

MONTEVALLO
The Falcons are 11-6 so far and 7-2 in the conference. Both losses in league play came last weekend for Montevallo as Lee defeated UM in Trustmark Arena 69-64 last Thursday and Auburn Montgomery beat them 74-71 in the AUM Athletics Complex. Montevallo owns a 7-3 record at home this year.

WEST FLORIDA
The Argonauts enter the weekend 9-8 on the season and 6-4 in the league. West Florida is on a four-game winning after a slow start to the season with the last win coming on the road against West Georgia, 67-53. The Argos are 6-2 at home.

COACHES
Allen Sharpe is 99-67 (.593) in his sixth season at West Alabama, 375-164 (.695) in 18 seasons as a collegiate head coach. Danny Young is 350-174 (.686) in his 17th season at Montevallo, 401-185 (.684) in his 19 seasons as a collegiate head coach. Jeff Burkhamer is 76-56 (.576) in his 5th season at West Florida, 294-208 (.586) in his 18 seasons as a collegiate head coach.

UM STAT LEADERS
Scoring: Wade Lowman, 16.5
Jonas Parker, 15.8
              Cedric Jackson, 12.4
              Xavier Malcom, 11.3
Rebounding: Wade Lowman, 7.4
Assists: Xavier Malcom, 2.7
FG% (Min. 5 FGA pg): Wade Lowman, .596 (106-178)
3FG% (Min 2 FGA pg): Cedric Jackson, .398 (43-108)
FT% (Min. 5 FTA pg): Jonas Parker, .851 (57-67)

UWF STAT LEADERS
Scoring: Jon Brown, 19.9
Rebounding: Jon Brown, 7.0
Assists: Cameron Cox, 3.5
FG% (Min. 5 FGA pg): Tarik McKelphin, .459 (51-111)
3FG% (Min 2 FGA pg): Daniel Sofield, .381 (40-105)
FT% (Min. 5 FTA pg): Jon Brown, .778 (91-117)

UWA STAT LEADERS
Scoring: LaJuan Hardy, 16.0
              Darron Johnson, 15.0
              Ricky Dunnaway, 12.8
Rebounding: Ricky Dunnaway, 6.9
   Mike Davis, 6.8
Assists: LaJuan Hardy, 5.9
FG% (Min. 5 FGA pg): Mike Davis .529 (54-102)
3FG% (Min 2 FGA pg): Darron Johnson, .428 (59-138)
FT% (Min. 5 FTA pg): LaJuan Hardy, .742 (46-62)

TIGER GSC HONORS THIS SEASON
LaJuan Hardy, GSC Co-Player of the Week, Dec. 3

NINE NINE
Head coach Allen Sharpe is sitting on 99 wins as the UWA leader and has a chance to hit the century mark this weekend on the road. In Sharpe's tenure, the Tigers are 4-0 against Montevallo and 5-4 in matchups vs. West Florida.

STILL NUMBER ONE
The UWA defense is still the best in NCAA Division II with an average of 57.9 points allowed per contest. The Tigers are one of three teams that has not given up over 1,000 points this season although that will probably change Thursday with West Alabama sitting at 984 total points allowed through 17 games.

THE PROVING GROUNDS
Although Montevallo is now 7-2 in the conference, the quick start in GSC play has been helped by a softer start to the league schedule. The combined winning percentage of conference teams in GSC play UM has defeated up to this point is .302 with the combined win percentage of the teams in the losses is .567.

WHAT BROWN CAN DO FOR UWF
Jon Brown is a dynamic wing player for the Argonauts. The 6-foot-4 native of Helena, Alabama averages 19.9 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. His point total is second in the league. Brown owns the top three scoring performances for UWF this season with 31 points against Spring Hill (Dec. 7) and 25 points each against Lee (Dec. 15) and Shorter (Jan. 16).

THE OPPONENTS
Montevallo's offense averages 70.6 points a game which is ninth the league and the Falcons defense is sixth allowing 69.5 points per contest. West Florida is 12th on offense in the GSC at 65.0 points each night, but the defense is third best in the conference and has allowed 65.6 ppg.

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Players Mentioned

#23 Ricky Dunnaway: F; 6' 8"; Senior

#1 LaJuan Hardy: G; 5' 11"; Senior

#11 Darron Johnson: G; 6' 2"; Senior

#0 Mike Davis: F; 6' 7"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#23 Ricky Dunnaway
: 6' 8"; Senior
: F

#1 LaJuan Hardy
: 5' 11"; Senior
: G

#11 Darron Johnson
: 6' 2"; Senior
: G

#0 Mike Davis
: 6' 7"; Senior
: F