LIVINGSTON, Ala. —With post season fate still on the line, the University of West Alabama men’s basketball team will host Valdosta State on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Pruitt Hall.  Tip off between the Tigers and Blazers is set for 4 p.m.  Live stats will be available at athletics.uwa.edu.

UWA, who is coming off a 1-1 road trip last week, is still in contention to earn a berth into the 2008 Gulf South Conference Tournament in Southaven, Miss. in two weeks.  The Red and White picked up a 67-66 win last Saturday at West Georgia and suffered a hard-fought 72-64 setback at UAH on Monday night.  The Tigers enter the second meeting with the Blazers, having won four out of its last six contests.  Since the win at Montevallo to begin February activity, the Tigers are averaging 71.3 points per contest and shooting 40 percent from behind the three-point line, draining 7.8 treys per game over the six-game span. 

VSU won the first meeting between the two GSC East foes 74-62 at Valdosta back on Jan. 26.  UWA carried a five-point, 38-33 advantage into the halftime break, but the Blazers out-scored the Tigers 41-24 in the second half to pick up the win.  Freshman Demarcus King led all UWA scorers with 17 points, 5-of-7 from behind the arc.  Ricky Coleman led VSU with 16 points in the affair.  VSU stepped out of conference play on Wednesday, turning in a 99-70 win over Reinhardt.

Following the home tilt with VSU, the Tigers will travel to West Florida on Monday, Feb. 25.  Tip off is set for 7:30 p.m.  The UWF match up can be heard on the radio dial at Y104.9 FM.