Region Gameday 02.10.16
La Salle (5-16, 1-9) at Davidson (13-8, 5-5)
Belk Arena, Davidson, 7 p.m. (WMYT)
Davidson is coming off Saturday’s 93-82 win at Duquesne, which moved the Wildcats into a tie for sixth in the Atlantic 10 standings with Duquesne and Rhode Island. … Since upsetting then-No. 25 Dayton on Jan. 9, La Salle has lost eight consecutive games, the Explorers’ longest losing streak since the 1999-2000 season.
Wake Forest (10-13, 1-10) at Georgia Tech (12-11, 2-8)
McCamish Pavilion, Atlanta, 7 p.m. (FSCR)
Wake Forest has lost eight straight, its longest losing streak since the 2010-11 season when the Deacons dropped 10 straight. … Georgia Tech has lost three straight and six of its past seven. … Both teams are fighting to stay out of the ACC cellar. The Deacons are a half-game ahead of last-place Boston College, and the Yellow Jackets are a half-game up on 13th-place N.C. State (12-12, 2-9) and 1 1/2 games ahead of 14th-place Wake Forest.
LSU (15-8, 8-2) at South Carolina (20-3, 7-3)
Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
South Carolina, which fell from the Top 25 this week, has won three of its past four and is tied for second in the SEC standings with No. 15 Texas A&M and No. 22 Kentucky. … Louisiana State has won two straight and four of its past five games and leads the standings by a game. … LSU freshman Ben Simmons is fourth in the nation in rebounding (12.3 per game).
Johnson C. Smith (11-10, 6-6) at St. Augustine’s (9-13, 4-8)
Emery Gymnasium, Raleigh, 7:30 p.m.
With four games left, Johnson C. Smith and St. Augustine’s are tied with Winston-Salem State atop the CIAA’s Southern Division standings. … The Golden Bulls have won four of their past six games, including a 78-76 home victory over the Falcons on Jan. 20. … St. Augustine’s is on a four-game winning streak, a stunning turnaround for a team that had lost nine straight.
Wingate (16-6, 12-4) at Queens (20-2, 14-2)
Levine Center, 8 p.m.
The Royals, ranked No. 13 in Division II, have won six straight and eight of their past nine games, the only blemish a 71-70 loss Jan. 20 at Wingate. … The Bulldogs are third in the South Atlantic Conference standings, two games behind second-place Queens and four games behind Lincoln Memorial.
Bill Kiser
This story was originally published February 9, 2016 at 8:15 PM with the headline "Region Gameday 02.10.16."