PEMBROKE – The UNC Pembroke men's and women's basketball teams will close out a short two-game home stand on Wednesday when the Braves suit up to take on Augusta in a 5:30 p.m. doubleheader on Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court. Fans are encouraged to wear their black apparel as the Braves look to "black out" the Jaguars in front of the home crowd.
 
Fans unable to make the trip to Pembroke can follow the game for free via a live video stream on the UNCP Sports Network with Matt Sabados and Trevor Williams handling the play-by-play duties. The game can also be followed via a live statistics link provided by UNCP.

 

UNC Pembroke Women (3-7, 1-5 PBC) vs. Augusta (3-7, 1-5 PBC)
Date & Tip Time	Wednesday, January 10 at 5:30 p.m. ET
Location	Pembroke, N.C. | Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court
Live Statistics	Stat Broadcast
Video	UNCP Sports Network
Peach Belt Conference	Women's Basketball

WOMEN'S NOTES

• The Lady Braves (3-7, 1-5 PBC) got a pair of career-high point outputs from redshirt-sophomore Tee Graham (17) and junior Alecia Hardy (15) in their last time out, but fell 66-65 to Georgia College on Saturday afternoon in overtime. UNCP led by seven with under 2:30 to play, but the Bobcats used an 8-1 run to force overtime and outscored the Black & Gold 11-10 in the extra period to send UNCP to its third-straight setback.
• Allen leads all Braves with 12.0 points per game though the first 10 contests and her scoring average improves to 15.8 in the last six games, in which she has eclipsed double-digits in each. Allen is also averaging a team-high 6.3 rebounds per game and the senior has two double-doubles this season. She also has one outing with nine boards and another with eight.
• Graham chips in 8.7 points per game after her 17-point outburst on Saturday, while Hardy is averaging 8.2 points per outing. Sophomore Aliyah Farmer is second on the squad with 5.5 rebounds per game and she leads all Braves with a 47.4 shooting percentage. 
• UNCP leads the PBC 3-pointers attempted per game (23.3) and slots second in the league in free-throw percentage (72.4). The Braves sit third in the conference in 3-pointers made per game (6.4) and fourth in offensive rebounds per game (16.1), turnovers per game (18.1), steals per game (9.5) and home attendance average (412/game). 
• All three of the Braves' wins this season have come in Pembroke, where UNCP is 3-2 compared to an 0-5 mark away from home. The Black & Gold is averaging 75.0 points per game at home and just 54.0 points on the road. The Braves' are shooting 35.3 percent from behind the arc and just 24.8 percent away from Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court this season.
• UNCP and Augusta have met five 51 times since the Braves joined the PBC prior to the 1992-93 season with the Jaguars holding a 34-17 advantage in the series. The Braves are 13-11 in Pembroke against Augusta, including a 68-62 victory at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court last season.
• Head coach John Haskins needs just one more victory to reach the 275-win mark for his career, which has spanned 23+ years across both men's and women's basketball at UNC Pembroke. Haskins has compiled a 274-360 (.432) record overall, including a 169-197 (.462) mark at the helm of the women's program since 2004-05.

ABOUT AUGUSTA

• Augusta (3-7, 1-5 PBC) has dropped four-straight games dating back to Dec. 19, including a 77-72 overtime setback to Columbus State on Saturday. Augusta's lone PBC win came in its league opener on Dec. 17 in a 70-68 defeat of Young Harris. 
• Six of the Jaguars' seven losses this season have been decided by 10 points or less, with the lone exception an 81-58 loss to PBC-leading Flagler on Jan. 3. 
• The Jaguars are lethal from behind the arc where they lead the league in 3-point shooting percentage (37.8) and rank second in 3-pointers made per game (6.5). Augusta slots third in the PBC in free-throw percentage (70.4), but scores just 66.7 points per game, while allowing opponents score 72.6 points on average. 
• Three Jaguars score double-digit points per game, led by 14.3 from Joshlyn Belcher (8th in PBC). Jahmia Bradley chips in 12.1 points per tilt, while Brianna Middleton adds 10.4 points each contest. Middleton also brings in a team-high 8.1 rebounds per game which ranks ninth in the PBC, while Belcher (41.3) and Bradley (39.3) rank fifth and sixth in the league in 3-point shooting percentage.
• Saturday's contest with the Braves will kick off a three-game road trip for Augusta, who are in the midst of playing five of six games away from home. The Jaguars are 1-4 on the road this season after a 3-9 mark after bus trips last year.

 

UNC Pembroke Men (9-3, 5-1 PBC) vs. Augusta (7-5, 4-2 PBC)
Date & Tip Time	Wednesday, January 10 at 7:30 p.m. ET
Location	Pembroke, N.C. | Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court
Live Statistics	Stat Broadcast
Video	UNCP Sports Network
Peach Belt Conference	Men's Basketball

 
 
MEN'S NOTES

• The Braves (9-3, 5-1 PBC) strung together their fourth-straight victory with an 82-75 victory over Georgia College in double overtime on Saturday evening. The Bobcats hit late game-tying 3-pointers in both regulation and the first overtime period, but the Black & Gold used an 8-0 run in the second extra frame to key the win.
• UNCP has posted an impressive 83-22 (.790) record at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court over the past eight seasons, and has captured 10 of its last 11 outings in Pembroke heading into Wednesday's tilt with Augusta. The Braves are 19-3 at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court since the close of the 2015-16 campaign.
• The Braves have outscored opponents by nearly 10 points per game (81.3 to 71.4) at home this season, while also out-rebounding those same foes by nearly 12 boards an outing (+11.6).
• The Black & Gold is holding opponents to just a 38.0 percent shooting clip over its current four-game win streak, while also registering 9.0 steals and 5.8 blocks over that span as well. Conversely, UNCP has connected on nearly 42 percent of its shots from the field during that time, while also putting up 81.5 points an outing.
• Brandon Watts (17.0 points/game), Nigel Grant (15.5) and James Murray-Boyles (13.5) have combined to score 46.0 points per game during UNCP's current win streak, while also combining to shoot better than 49 percent from the field. That shooting performance also includes a 16-for-40 (.400) success rate from the perimeter for the trio.
• The Braves are just 13-41 against the Jaguars in a series that dates all the way back to the 1992-93 campaign, but UNCP has picked up five wins over the Jaguars since the start of the 2011-12 season. Twenty of the 54 previous meetings between the two clubs have been decided by five points or less, including the last six matchups. Augusta has won six of the last eight contests with the Braves, but UNCP snapped a four-game series losing streak with a road win over the Jaguars in February.
• In the midst of his 10th season at the helm of the Black & Gold in 2017-18, Ben Miller needs just nine more wins to match former Pembroke State legend Lacey Gane (1965-75) atop the program's all-time wins list. Miller has led the Braves to a 160-118 (.576) record in 9+ seasons as head coach.
  
  ABOUT AUGUSTA
• The Jaguars (7-5, 4-2 PBC) have dropped two of their last three outings, including a 66-60 home setback to Columbus State on Saturday inside Christenberry Fieldhouse – the first home loss for Augusta in the series since the 2003-04 campaign. The Cougars used a 20-9 run to start the second half, as well as a 12-for-15 clip from the charity stripe, to fuel the victory.
• Augusta has registered a Peach Belt Conference-best 48.4 percent shooting from the field this season, including a PBC-best 41.3 percent success rate from the perimeter. The Jaguars commit a league-low 10.2 turnover per game (10^th NCAA), but force just 11.9 turnovers per game (11^th PBC) in return.
• Senior Tamyrik Fields has posted a team-best 16.2 points per game through 12 outings this season, but is well-supported offensively by both Deane Williams (15.8 points/game) and Tyvez Monroe (14.2) as well. Three players – Monroe, Mikkel Kolstad and Aaron Byrd) – have combined for 50-for-134 (44.7 percent) shooting from downtown this season, with Monroe knocking down 2.4 perimeter shots per game.
• Augusta is 39-20 (.661) away from Christenberry Fieldhouse since the close of the 2012-13 season, and has posted a winning record on the road in each of the last four seasons. The Jags are 28-14 (.667) on the road against PBC opponents during that span, including a 3-1 mark against the Black & Gold at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court. The Jags have captured 15 of the last 19 against UNCP in Pembroke.