Men’s Hoops Preview – UM, UWF

Thursday, Jan. 30 vs. University of Montevallo, 7:30 p.m. CST
Saturday, Feb. 1 vs. University of West Florida, 6 p.m. CST

WHERE
Pruitt Hall Gymnasium in Livingston, Alabama for both contests.

ADMISSION
Tickets are $5 for Adults, $3 for Students. UWA Students with a valid ID are admitted free.

LINKS VS UM
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LINKS VS UWF
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WEST ALABAMA
The Tigers enter the weekend 14-5 on the year and 7-4 in the Gulf South Conference. UWA split last week's conference games on the road with a road win last Thursday at Montevallo 84-55 and a loss to West Florida 61-49 Saturday night. UWA has posted a 10-3 record in Pruitt Hall Gym this season.

MONTEVALLO
The Falcons are 11-7 so far and 7-3 in the conference. UM only played once last week which was the 84-55 loss to UWA. Jonas Parker scored 26 points and Cedric Jackson got to 11 points in the home loss. Montevallo is 4-3 on the road.

WEST FLORIDA
The Argonauts enter the weekend 10-9 on the season and 7-5 in the league. West Florida dropped the first game of the weekend 73-66 to Auburn Montgomery on Thursday night before grabbing a 61-49 win over UWA Saturday night. UWF is 3-4 on the road.

COACHES
Allen Sharpe is 100-68 (.595) in his sixth season at West Alabama, 376-165 (.695) in 18 seasons as a collegiate head coach. Danny Young is 350-175 (.667) in his 17th season at Montevallo, 401-185 (.684) in his 19 seasons as a collegiate head coach. Jeff Burkhamer is 77-57 (.575) in his 5th season at West Florida, 295-209 (.585) in his 18 seasons as a collegiate head coach.

UM STAT LEADERS
Scoring: Jonas Parker, 16.6
  Wade Lowman, 16.5
       Cedric Jackson, 12.3
               Xavier Malcom, 11.1
Rebounding: Wade Lowman, 7.4
Assists: Xavier Malcom, 3.0
FG% (Min. 5 FGA pg): Wade Lowman, .596 (106-178)
3FG% (Min 2 FGA pg): Cedric Jackson, .400 (44-110)
FT% (Min. 5 FTA pg): Jonas Parker, .855 (65-76)

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, 14.9
               Darron Johnson, 14.7
               Ricky Dunnaway, 12.6
Rebounding: Ricky Dunnaway, 7.1
Assists: LaJuan Hardy, 5.6
FG% (Min. 5 FGA pg): Mike Davis .532 (58-109)
3FG% (Min 2 FGA pg): Darron Johnson, .429 (66-154)
FT% (Min. 5 FTA pg): LaJuan Hardy, .750 (48-64)

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

THIS SEEMS FAMILIAR
The Tigers are facing the exact same team the faced last week as the GSC schedule moves to playing teams UWA has faced in the past three weeks except in the opposite venues. After the retread this week, West Alabama will be on the road for Alabama Huntsville and Lee; host Christian Brothers and Union the following week and will finally face a new opponent on Feb. 20 on the road against West Georgia.

HOT AND COLD
The Tigers had a weekend Katy Perry and Thanos would've enjoyed in shooting from the floor with a scorching 60.8 percent effort Thursday night against Montevallo which was the best percentage of the season. However, the scales balanced with the worst shooting effort of the season from the field Saturday against West Florida as UWA connected on a chilling 22.8 percent of field goal attempts.

BLOCK PARTY
Lost in in Saturday's defeat at the hands of West Florida, Ricky Dunnaway set a UWA career high in blocked shots with five. The number of blocks tied for the third best effort in a GSC game this season. The senior from Murfreesboro, Tennessee is third in the conference in blocks per game with an average of 1.4 a night.

THE OPPONENTS
Montevallo averages 73.6 points per game on offense and is allowing 66.2 points each time out. West Florida enters the weekend with an offensive average of 55.3 points and is allowing 63.1 points a night.

OH, IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT
No need to panic, but this week is the second of three straight weeks the Tigers will have a later than usual start. Like last Saturday, UWA vs. West Florida is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start time. Tipoff next week at Lee is slated for 6 p.m. central as well.

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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