The Weevils will represent UAM as the No. 4 seed from the GSC West and will face Montevallo on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Southaven, Miss. Montevallo makes the tournament as the GSC East’s No. 5 seed.

SAU made the game interesting, forcing a three-point margin three times late in the second half. SAU’s Cameron Butler scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half, helping the Muleriders shoot above 50 percent from the field in the half, 48 percent in the entire game.

Junior Deron Brown (Paris, Ky.) led the Weevils with 24 points after connecting on 7-of-15 field goal attempts, including two three pointers. Junior Raymond Wright (New York, N.Y.) recorded his 11^th double-double of the season after scoring 19 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.

True freshman D’Angelo Dean (Cincinnati, Ohio) was close behind with 17 points, while junior Duke Sturdivant (York, Ala.) was the other Weevil to reach double digits with 10 points.

With the win, the Weevils improve their overall record to 16-11 and 8-6 in the GSC, while the Muleriders drop to 11-16 overall and 2-12 in the GSC.

The Weevils have little time to rest, as the team will travel to Southaven for the pre-tournament meetings and practices on Tuesday, Mar. 4.

The UAM GSC tournament games will be carried live on the air at KHBM-FM 93.7, which will be streamed live through UAM’s athletic website by logging on to uamsports.com.