PEMBROKE – The UNC Pembroke men's and women's basketball teams will play the first of two road games in three days on Saturday when the Braves trek to northeast Georgia to take on Peach Belt Conference East Division rival Augusta in a 12:30 p.m. doubleheader inside Christenberry Fieldhouse.
 
Fans can follow both games for free via a live audio stream on the UNCP Braves YouTube channel with Cameron Songer handling the play-by-play duties. The game can also be followed via live video and statistics link provided by Augusta as well.

 

UNC Pembroke Women (14-6, 9-4 PBC) at Augusta (10-9, 5-8 PBC)
Date & Tip Time	Saturday, February 4 at 12:30 p.m. EST
Location	Augusta, Ga. | Christenberry Fieldhouse
Live Statistics	Presto Sports
Audio	Braves Radio On YouTube
Video	Augusta Athletics on YouTube
Peach Belt Conference	Women's Basketball

 
WOMEN'S NOTES

• The Braves (14-6, 10-1 PBC) stretched their home win streak out to 10 games with an improbable 65-63 comeback victory over Flagler on Wednesday evening at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court. The Saints led 63-50 after a 3-pointer by Bri Roberts with 4:03 left, but UNCP scored the game's last 15 points, including a go-ahead layup by Nyla Allen with two seconds remaining.
• UNCP is 4-5 away from Pembroke this season and will look to snap a two-game road skid on Saturday. The Black & Gold has shot just 35.6 percent from the field in their last two road contests, including a 16-for-50 (.320) performance in a 62-53 setback at Francis Marion on January 30.
• The Braves are tops in the league in both offense and defense from the perimeter. UNCP is shooting a PBC-best 33.3 percent from downtown, while holding opponents to a paltry 25.3 percent from beyond the arc. Ebone Stevens has drained a PBC-best 43.7 percent of her 3-point attempts, while backcourt mate Blair Silliman ranks fifth with a 37.5 percent success rate from downtown.
• Augusta (10-9, 5-8 PBC) has now dropped three of its last four outings after Wednesday's 88-72 loss at Lander. The Jaguars are 8-2 at home this season and have scored 72 points per game inside Christenberry Fieldhouse in 2016-17.
• Breonna O'Conner ranks sixth among league leaders with 16.7 points per game this season, and has scored 22 or more points in five contests in 2016-17. She has failed to reach double-digit scoring just twice this year, including an 8-point showing in the loss to the Braves in early January. Since that contest (10 games), she is averaging 18.2 points per game while canning better than 47 percent of her field goal attempts.
• Augusta has captured 34 of the 50 previous matchups in the series, including six-straight home wins over UNCP. The Braves last tasted victory on the road in the series with a 57-47 triumph over the Jags on Jan. 20, 2010.

 

UNC Pembroke Men (15-7, 8-5 PBC) at Augusta (16-5, 9-4 PBC)
Date & Tip Time	Saturday, February 3 at 2:30 p.m. EST
Location	Augusta, Ga. | Christenberry Fieldhouse
Live Statistics	Presto Sports
Audio	Braves Radio On YouTube
Video	Augusta Athletics on YouTube
Peach Belt Conference	Men's Basketball

 
MEN'S NOTES

• The Braves (15-7, 8-5 PBC) snapped a three-game skid with an impressive 82-62 win over Flagler on Wednesday at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court. The result marked the 10^th home victory of the season for UNCP – the fourth time that the club has reached double-digit home triumphs in the last nine years under head coach Ben Miller.
• UNCP is 5-4 away from Pembroke this season, despite shooting better than 46 percent from the field in opponent arenas. All four road losses have been decided by four points or less, with the 96-92 setback at Francis Marion on January 30 marking the largest margin of defeat for the Black & Gold in true road games.
• The Black & Gold still boasts the league's top scoring offense (86.1 points/game), and the Braves also lead the league with a +8.6 scoring margin. Augusta ranks second in scoring margin (+8.5) this season, while also boasting the PBC's third-best scoring defense (71.8 points allowed/game).
• PBC-leading Augusta (16-5, 9-4 PBC) has now dropped two of its last three games following Wednesday's 76-65 loss at Lander. It was the second-straight road loss for the Jags, and the largest margin of defeat in a league tilt for the club since an 87-73 home loss to Armstrong in early February of last season.
• The Jaguars are 10-1 in Christenberry Fieldhouse this season, and will ride an eight-game home win streak into Saturday's matchup with the Braves. Keshun Sherrill, who scored a game-best 18 points in an 80-78 victory over the Braves on January 2, carries the league's second-best scoring average (22.1 points/game), while Kyle Doyle (9.2) leads the conference in field goal percentage (.621).
• Augusta has captured 41 of the 53 previous matchups with the Braves, and will ride a three-game series win streak into Saturday's outing. A total of 28 games in the series have been decided by seven points or less, including the last three matchups.