LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The University of West Alabama women’s basketball team will face the University of Alabama on Wednesday, October 31 in an exhibition at Coleman Coliseum. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

UWA enters the contest off a 19-9 season that placed them in the Gulf South Conference Tournament a year ago.

Marks’ squad is led by 2007 Pre-Season GSC East Division First Team selection Ashton Washington. Washington, a native of Lexington, Miss., was named to the GSC East Division First Team last season while leading the Tigers in scoring (12.0 ppg) and rebounding (9.4 rpg) during her junior campaign.

The 2007 women’s basketball team will see a mixture of returning players along with newcomers to the program. Six letter winners return for the season, along with six new faces. Seniors Jessica Thompson, Ayonna Procter and Irimar Hernandez join Washington with sophomores Jenni Thomley and Amber Walker rounding out the returning players.

Four Mississippi JUCO players make up a majority of the newcomers to the team. Omeshia Frost, Valerie Harris, Danielle Baldwin and Dominique Whitfield all made their way to Livingston and are joined by sophomore Jordana Crowdis and freshman Hannah Phillips.

West Alabama will open the regular-season on Friday, November 16, when the Tigers travel to Montevallo, Ala. for the UM Coca-Cola Classic. UWA will open the tournament against Auburn University at Montgomery. Tip-off is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.