Men's Basketball 3/2/2020 9:55:00 AM

Tigers Host Union for GSC Tournament Opener

LIVINGSTON, Ala. – It's win or go home territory as the regular season is over and the University of West Alabama men's basketball team is set to host the Union Bulldogs in the quarterfinals of the 2020 Gulf South Conference Championship Tournament Tuesday night in Pruitt Hall Gymnasium at 7 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at the gate and are $10 for adults and $3 for students. UWA students will be admitted free of charge with a valid student ID. All sport season passes cannot be honored for this GSC event.

The Tigers (21-7, 14-6) enter the tournament as the fourth seed and have won four of the last five coming into Tuesday. Union (19-9, 13-7) is the fifth seeded team and is almost as hot coming in with a 3-2 record over the last three weeks.

LaJuan Hardy is the offensive leader for West Alabama with averages of 15.1 points and 5.3 assists. Hardy's 149 total assists is second in the conference. Ricky Dunnaway is at 13.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. Darron Johnson is averaging 12.4 points while Mike Davis is the leading rebounder at 7.5 boards a night while scoring 9.5 points.

Tyree Boykin leads the Bulldogs and the entire conference with 19.9 points per game. Terrandus Smith is scoring 11.1 points a contest and Tylandrius Smith is averaging 10.4 points and is the leading rebounder at 6.5 boards per night.

This is the third meeting between the two teams this season. UWA held off a furious comeback attempt by Union to get a 73-68 win on the road on Jan. 14. The Tigers led wire-to-wire in Livingston with a 76-59 win on Feb. 15.

The winner of this contest will face the winner of the Valdosta State and Montevallo matchup Saturday at the Pete Hanna Center on the campus of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.

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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