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HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville men's basketball team is set to host the 2016 NCAA Division II South Regional starting this weekend with the top-seeded Chargers starting tournament play at 5 p.m. on Saturday against No. 8 seed Saint Leo.
 
This will mark the third time in the past six seasons that UAH has hosted the regional with the others coming in 2011 and 2012, and it is the sixth time in seven years that the Chargers have reached the NCAA tournament.
 
In addition to the UAH and Saint Leo contest, Saturday will feature three other games played at Spragins Hall starting at noon with third-seeded Barry (23-6) taking on No. 6 seed Rollins (21-8) in an all Sunshine State Conference game that will be followed by No. 2 seed Eckerd (25-6) and seventh-seeded Union (20-10) at 2:30 p.m.
 
Following UAH's contest, fourth-seeded West Georgia (22-8) and No. 5 seed Stillman (26-5) will cap off the day at 7:30 p.m.
 
The semifinals are set for 5 and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday.
 
UAH earned the top seed after posting a 23-7 record including a terrific stretch in the final 14 games of the season in which the Chargers went 12-2 on their way to the team's sixth regular season GSC title in the past seven seasons while also reaching the GSC tournament championship game for the second straight year.
 
Seab Webster is leading the Chargers offensively, scoring 16.2 per night as he has averaged nearly 19 points and more than six rebounds per game since the calendar flipped to 2016, and the junior is joined in double figures on the season by Brandon Roberts and Greg Gardner who are scoring 14.0 and 11.3 points per game, respectively.
 
Both Webster and Gardner earned all-GSC status as Gardner is the league's leader in assists with 6.2 per game – a number that ranks 10th in all of Division II.
 
The Chargers met Saturday's opponent previously this year on the second day of the season on Saint Leo's floor, and the Lions were able to outlast UAH 93-90 in overtime even though UAH had five players score in double figures including Preston Herring's double-double showing of 13 points and 11 rebounds.
 
Caleb Stewart scored 29 to pace the Lions in the victory, while Marcus Dewberry scored 26, and that pair has gone on to lead SLU in offense on the year with Dewberry averaging 20.0 points per game and Stewart owning a scoring average of 15.1 points per night.
 
The Lions put together a 19-11 mark on the season thanks to a strong 15-2 mark at home, but SLU was 4-9 away from its home court including an 0-2 record in neutral site games.
 
Saint Leo went 10-6 in conference play, earning the fourth seeded in the SSC tournament where it reached the semifinals before ultimately falling in the semifinals to Barry.