The men's basketball game between Saint Augustine's University and Fayetteville State University on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, will be televised by BounceTV. The game will not be shown live on Time Warner Cable in Raleigh, N.C., but it will be on tape delay on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. Directv satellite subscribers can view the contest on channel 640.
The contest will be played at Capel Arena on the campus of Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, N.C. Game time is 4 p.m.
The action gets underway at 1 p.m. when the women's teams from both schools square off. The game will not be televised, however. If you plan to attend the basketball doubleheader in Fayetteville, N.C., tickets are $12. Fans can follow both games on the following links:
Men Live Stats:
http://www.fsubroncos.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbaskbl.html?event=1204312&school=fast&sport=mbaskbl&camefrom=&startschool=&
Women Live Stats:
http://www.fsubroncos.com/gametracker/launch/gt_wbaskbl.html?event=1209230&school=fast&sport=wbaskbl&camefrom=&startschool=&
The Falcons enter the men's contest leading the Southern Division with a 4-0 record. Winners of five straight games, the Falcons have already matched last season's win total (14). They are 14-6 overall and 7-3 in the CIAA. The Falcons were picked to finish last in the Southern Division in the preseason.
Fayetteville State is 8-11 overall, 3-7 in the CIAA and 0-4 in the Southern Division. The Broncos are on a six-game losing streak. Their most impressive conference win was a 66-63 victory over Northern Division leader Elizabeth City State in early January.
Senior guard
Percy Woods (Washington, D.C.) leads a balanced offensive attack for the Falcons, who shot over 50 percent their last two games. Woods averages 12.7 points a game followed by junior guard
Joel Kindred (Raleigh, N.C.), who averages 12.1 points and a team-high 5.4 rebounds per game. Senior guard
Tyquan Stroman (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), who scored a career-high 23 points in an 85-76 win over Livingstone on Wednesday, is averaging 10.6 points an outing.
The Falcons are ranked first in the CIAA in points allowed, field-goal percentage defense and rebounding margin. They started the week ranked eighth in Division II in field-goal percentage defense.
In the first game, the Lady Falcons visit the Lady Broncos in a key Southern Division matchup. Both teams are in a three-way division tie for first place with Shaw University at 3-1. The Lady Falcons are 10-9 and 6-4 in the CIAA and the Lady Broncos are 17-3 and 9-1 in the league.
Freshman guard
Regime McCombs (Greenville, S.C.) leads the Lady Falcons in scoring with a 12.8 average. The CIAA women's rookie of the week, McCombs scored a career-high 29 points from mostly long range in a 97-71 win over Livingstone on Wednesday.
Freshman guard
Porscha Walton (Chesterfield, Va.) is scoring at 10.6 points a clip and senior forward
Temperance Jacobs (McDonough, Ga.) averages 9.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.
The Lady Falcons face a tough opponent in the Lady Broncos, who defeated defending national champion Shaw University in a close game on Wednesday. The Lady Broncos have won nine of their last 10 games while the Lady Falcons have won five of their last seven contests.