Union vs. Vanguard

When: Tonight, 7:30

Where: Vanguard

Breakdown: The nonconference game features the NAIA’s top two teams as No. 1-ranked Union from Jackson, Tenn. comes in 10-0 ... Vanguard (5-0) handled No. 7-ranked Lee of Tennessee, 74-66, Friday at home ... This is a rematch of last year’s NAIA Tournament semifinals, in which Vanguard upset the Bulldogs, then 35-0 and top-ranked, 74-72, in Jackson, on its way to the program’s first national championship ... Vanguard Coach Russ Davis said it is the first time Nos. 1 and 2 have met west of Tennessee ... Junior guard Rachel Copeland paces Vanguard (20.2 points per game), while senior forward Lauren Gregory and junior guard Diana Neves both average 13.6 ... Union has five players averaging double figures, including 6-foot-4 senior Josephine Owino, last season’s national Player of the Year.

— Barry Faulkner