CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (February 6, 2026) – The University of North Alabama men's basketball team will end a five-game road stretch on Saturday at Austin Peay, as the Lions and Govs will tip off inside F&M Bank Arena at 4 p.m.
North Alabama and Austin Peay are on opposite ends of the Atlantic Sun Conference standings heading into Saturday, but the Lions have won the last three meetings. This includes both regular season games and the 2025 ASUN Quarterfinal Round.
This will be the only regular season meeting between the Lions and Govs this season.
The game air on ESPN+ with Barry Gresham and Ethan Schmidt on the call. Fans can also tune into the local broadcast with "Voice of the Lions"
Benjamin Ray. Coverage will begin at 3:40 p.m. with the Countdown to Tipoff.
Fans can purchase tickets by calling 931-221-7329 or
at this link.
GAMEDAY INFO
Game: North Alabama vs. Austin Peay
Date: Saturday, February 7
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Clarksville, Tennessee
Venue: F&M Bank Arena
Capacity: 5,500
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NOTES
LAST TIME OUT: Playing shorthanded on Wednesday night, the Lions struggled to keep pace with the depth of Central Arkansas in the second half of an 81-60 loss in Conway, Ark. The Lions trailed just 40-39 at the half and traded 11 leads, but the Bears began to inch away early in the second half. Despite the loss,
Donte Bacchus scored 20 or more points for the third straight game, finishing with 21 to lead all players.
SCOUTING THE LIONS: UNA has a 7-14 overall record and a 2-8 record in league play. The Lions have four players averaging double figures —
Corneilous Williams,
Donte Bacchus,
Canin Jefferson and
Kevin de Kovachich. Williams remains the top rebounder in the ASUN at 9.7 PPG. UNA ranks among the top 100 teams in the ASUN for fewest fouls (31st), fewest turnovers (97th) and most blocks per game (69th).
SCOUTING THE GOVS: Austin Peay sits atop the ASUN standings with a 16-6 overall record and a 10-1 record in league play. Outside of a road loss to Lipscomb, the Govs have been perfect since January and have a perfect 10-0 record at home this season. Austin Peay rides a five-game win streak into Saturday and average 80.7 PPG with just 70.9 PPG allowed. The Govs thrive on pace, ranking fourth in the NCAA in steals and 37th in fastbreak scoring. Collin Parker has been the star of the show with 16.4 PPG and 5.9 RPG.
SERIES HISTORY: This will be the 34th meeting between UNA and Austin Peay, dating back to 1935. The Govs have a 24-9 record in the series. Only seven of the meetings have come since UNA's move to Division I in 2018. The Lions are 4-3 against Austin Peay in the Division I era. UNA won the first of those meetings in 2023 with a 70-59 win in Florence. Each team completed a three-game sweep the last two seasons with APSU winning all three in 2024 and UNA winning all three in 2025.
ICE STORM TROOPERS: Just before tipoff at Queens on Jan. 21, the ASUN approved the rescheduling of UNA's game at home against Central Arkansas from Jan. 24 to Feb. 9 due to the ice storms that affected much of the Southeast region. As a result, UNA had eight days between the Queens game and the FGCU game. In this current stretch, UNA will end a five-game road trip in Clarksville with 23 days between home games. The Feb. 9 game will be a black out at CB&S Bank Arena.
WATCH WILLIAMS: Corneilous Williams ranks atop the ASUN with 9.7 rebounds per game. He currently ranks 23rd in the NCAA in rebounds per game and 14th in offensive rebounding with nearly four per game. He is also one of 41 players in the NCAA with eight or more double-doubles this season.
SIX YEARS, NEW HEIGHTS: Last month, sixth-year senior
Dallas Howell passed Jamari Blackmon for the second-most career Division I games in a Lion uniform in a start against North Florida. One game prior to that, Howell scored a career-high 24 points in a win over Bellarmine. He recently scored 18 points and had a career-high four blocks in the win over Stetson.
SIX YEARS OF HOWELL: Howell has been with the program since 2020, earning a COVID season and an injury redshirt last season. He is one of just seven known players in Division I this season to play for six seasons. However, Howell is the only one of those seven to do it at the same school. The other schools with a sixth-year player include Oklahoma, Iowa State, USC, Texas, Bowling Green and Tarleton State.
CAJUN-SIZED GAME: New Orleans native
Canin Jefferson finished with 10 points and a career-high 10 assists in a 68-66 win over Stetson last Saturday. Jefferson became the first Lion to reach 10 assists since
Jacari Lane last season against Bellarmine. Lane also holds the Division I school record of 11 assists, set Dec. 3, 2023 at Kansas State.
CARDIAC LIONS: Last season, UNA finished with an 0-8 record when trailing at halftime. All 24 wins came when tying or ahead at the break. This season, however, UNA has a 4-10 record when trailing at the break, including a 33-32 deficit at the break against Bellarmine. UNA also overcame halftime deficits against Jax State, San Francisco and Lane College.
TRENDS TO WATCH: UNA is 6-2 when outscoring opponents in the paint and 6-1 when outrebounding opponents this season. The Lions, oddly, are 1-4 when shooting over 40 percent behind the arc while 6-9 when shooting under 40 percent. UNA shot just 28.6 percent from three in the win over Stetson, going 6-21.
SHOWING UP: UNA looks to lead the ASUN in average attendance for a second straight season, currently averaging 2,300 fans per game. The Lions averaged 2,367 fans per game last season, ranking ahead of FGCU and Lipscomb in second and third, respectively. Austin Peay currently ranks second on the list with 1,789 fans per game.
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