NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference announced Wednesday that the University of South Alabama men's basketball team's home game vs. Texas-Arlington on Monday, Jan. 16 will be televised on ESPN2.

Game time is now set for 2 p.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The Mavericks, listed at No. 21 in the most recent NCAA RPI rankings, are the current holders of a nine-game winning streak after their victory Dec. 22 against Loyola Marymount, and currently stand at 10-3 on the season.

South Alabama (7-6) opens Sun Belt play Jan. 2 at 7:05 p.m. vs. Troy in the Mitchell Center.

The Sun Belt was the first conference to join with ESPN beginning with the 1979 men's basketball season. This season, in total, 125 Sun Belt Conference men's and women's basketball games will be telecast live on ESPN networks and available for streaming through WatchESPN and the ESPN app.

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