FAMU basketball at Arkansas-Pine Bluff: Start time, TV for SWAC game

• Florida A&M’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will play a doubleheader against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Saturday.
• Both FAMU teams are currently on winning streaks in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
• The women’s team has won three straight games, while the men’s team has won its last two.
• Both games will be streamed on SWAC TV, with the women’s game at 4 p.m. and the men’s at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

Florida A&M basketball is off to Arkansas-Pine Bluff to play a Southwestern Athletic Conference doubleheader this Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Hubert O. Clemmons Arena.

Women will open the day, tipping off at 4 p.m. Eastern Time. The men will follow at 6:30 Eastern Time.

Both games will stream on SWAC TV, which fans can download for free on mobile devices and televisions.

FAMU basketball teams are both enjoying winning streaks.

The Rattlers women (4-11, 3-1 in SWAC) have won three straight, last erasing a 14-point deficit to beat Mississippi Valley State on the road, 88-74.

Tahnyjia Purifoy has starred for the Rattlers, averaging 19 points over the last three outings. The 5-foot point guard was named the SWAC Impact Player of the Week on Tuesday, Jan. 13.

As for FAMU men’s basketball (5-9, 2-1 in SWAC), it has won two consecutive games.

On Monday, Jan. 12, the Rattlers spoiled their former head coach Patrick Crarey II’s homecoming by beating the Grambling State Tigers 91-84 in Tallahassee.

After missing nearly two months of action, FAMU guard Micah Octave is posting 14.3 points per game and 8.3 rebounds. He was named the SWAC Impact Player of the Year for men’s basketball.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions women’s basketball is 5-10 overall and 2-3 in the SWAC, and most recently hosted and beat Bethune-Cookman 77-54. The Golden Lions men’s basketball team is 6-11 and 3-1 in the SWAC, most recently losing 73-61 on a road trip at Prairie View A&M.

Florida A&M at Arkansas-Pine Bluff ― Basketball

• When: Saturday, Jan. 17 at 4 p.m. (women) and 6:30 p.m. (men) ― Eastern Time
• Where: Hubert O. Clemmons Basketball Arena in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
• Streaming: SWAC TV

Gerald Thomas, III is a multi-time award-winning journalist for his coverage of the Florida A&M Rattlers at the Tallahassee Democrat.

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