UAPB releases women’s basketball schedule

Twelve home games at H.O. Clemmons Arena and three Power Four road games await the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff women’s basketball team this season.

UAPB released the full schedule Friday after previously posting the nonconference slate on social media.

SWAC women’s games this season will be played on Thursdays and Saturdays, while men’s games will remain on Saturdays and Mondays, as before.

The Lady Lions will open their first season under new Coach Erica Leak on Nov. 4 at Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla. UAPB will then play at Tulsa two days later. After hosting Ole Miss last season, the Lady Lions will travel to Oxford, Miss., on Nov. 10.

The nonconference slate includes five additional road games, including Nov. 25 against ACC foe SMU.

UAPB will play three nonconference home games this year. The home opener will be Nov. 18 against Texas A&M-Texarkana, with a home game against Arkansas Baptist two days later.

The Lady Lions will host a nonconference Division I foe, North Alabama, on Dec. 1.

The SWAC opener will be Jan. 2 at Alabama State, with a road game against Alabama A&M on Jan. 4. The first SWAC home game will be against Prairie View A&M on Jan. 9, with Texas Southern coming to Pine Bluff on Jan. 11.

Former UAPB coach Dawn Thornton will return to Clemmons Arena on Feb. 13 when Alabama A&M comes to Pine Bluff.

The full SWAC home slate this year also includes Grambling State, Southern, Mississippi Valley State, Alabama State, Jackson State and Alcorn State.

The SWAC women’s basketball tournament is set for March 11-15 at Gateway Center Arena in Atlanta.