UAPB men, women face tests in Texas

HOUSTON — The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff women’s and men’s basketball teams will continue Southwestern Athletic Conference play starting at 5:30 p.m. today at Texas Southern.

The UAPB Sports Network radio broadcast begins at 5:15 p.m. on KPBA-FM 99.3 The Beat, online at uapblionsroar. com/live and on the free UAPB Athletics app. The Texas Southern video stream of the games can be viewed at uapblionsroar.com/tsu.

The women’s basketball team erased an eightpoint deficit in the final minute to force overtime before losing to Prairie View A&M 79-71 Tuesday night. Trasity Totten, who scored a career-high 23 points, scored with 0.8 second to play to force overtime and complete a 10-2 run to end regulation.

Maya Peat recorded her second career double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds, career highs in both categories.

Texas Southern is coming off a 78-66 home win over Mississippi Valley on Tuesday night. Ataiya Bridges leads the Tigers in scoring at 15.3 points per game (sixth in SWAC).

On the men’s side, the Golden Lion men will look to bounce back after a 73-56 loss at Prairie View. The Golden Lions had two players score in double figures, led by Nicholas Jones, who had 11 points and four assists, and Markedric Bell with 10 points and nine rebounds.

After a slow start, UAPB rallied against the twotime defending SWAC regular-season champion Panthers. The Golden Lions cut a 17-point deficit to seven early in the second half, before Prairie View pushed the margin back to double figures for the remainder of the game.

Texas Southern is coming off an 82-45 home win over Mississippi Valley on Tuesday night. Michael Weathers leads Texas Southern in scoring at 14.1 ppg (fifth in SWAC).