LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The University of West Alabama women’s basketball team travels to Montevallo, Ala. with eyes set on earning its fourth consecutive and 15^th all-time berth into the Gulf South Conference Tournament. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. at UM’s BankTrust Arena. The game will be carried on WZNJ 106.5-FM with live stats available at athletics.uwa.edu.

A win over the Lady Falcons would secure the feat and avenge a 65-57 loss at Pruitt Hall earlier this season. Previous to the setback on January 29, 2009, the Red and White had rattled off seven straight wins over its eastern neighbor.

UWA is 28-14 against UM all-time and 12-8 on its in-state foes home floor. The Tigers haven’t been swept by UM since the 1998-99 season and haven’t dropped a contest at UM since 2004.

Currently UWA and UM have identical 4-7 conference records, but the Lady Falcons have already locked up a spot in Southaven, Miss., their first appearance in the conference tournament since the 2004-05 season. It marks the fourth visit to the GSC Tournament for UM.

Valerie Harris, nominee for All-GSC, paces UWA with 15.3 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, which rank eighth and seventh in the GSC respectively. Last week, the Lake, Miss.-native averaged 9.5 points and a team-leading 9.0 rebounds per contest. 9.5 scoring clip ranked second best on the team behind Danielle Baldwin’s 14 points in the two games. Baldwin, a Jackson, Miss.-product, also tallied six steals last weekend, pushing her into sixth in the GSC in swipes. Jessie Clark moved into the GSC leader’s column over the weekend, as the freshman from New Market, Ala. is seventh in three-point field goal percentage, shooting 39.7-percent from behind the arc.