LIVINGSTON -- The University of West Alabama will open its 14-game 2007-08 home basketball slate on Wednesday, Nov. 21, in a Thanksgiving Day Eve tilt with Gulf South Conference Western Division foe Delta State. Tip off is set for 4 p.m. at Pruitt Hall on the UWA campus.

The Tigers successfully opened the 2007-08 season and the Eddie McCarter era with an 88-82 overtime win this past Saturday on the road at Stillman College. The Tigers were led by guard Brian Murphy and Forward Maurice Naylor. The junior duo each posted 20 points in the season lid-lifter. UWA had three other players register double figures in the scoring column.

UWA is looking to snap a three-game losing streak to the Statesmen of DSU. Last year the Green and White claimed both contests between the two schools on the hardwood. Wednesday's contest will be the first of two meetings between the GSC foes. UWA travels to Cleveland, Miss. on Jan. 5.

DSU, 1-1 on the early season, opened with a win over Tuskegee and dropping a contest to Loyola-New Orleans on Monday night.