It's now or never for Oakwood University.

Coach Aleshia Greene's team begins a stretch of seven games in 13 days starting today at Philander Smith College at the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Round Up at Rust College in Holly Springs, Miss. Tipoff is noon at Kinzell Lawson Gymnasium in the W.A. McMillan Center.

The Ambassadors (4-15, 2-5 GCAC) enter today's game losers of four in a row, but are just one game back of Wiley College, Dillard University and Tougaloo College, who are all 3-4 in league play.

"We control our own destiny," Greene said. "We can't win the regular season title, but we can improve our seeding for the tournament if we can win some of these games. We want to make a run down the stretch and build some momentum."

Oakwood is led by guards Nekaya Williams (Lilburn, GA), Trenisha Adams (Rome, GA), Denaj'za Jackson (Detroit, MI) and Hannah Cohn (Decatur, AL.)

Williams is averaging a team-high 13.6 points per game, while Adams, Jackson and Cohn are averaging 8.9, 7.8 and 7.7 points, respectively.

Philander Smith (14-4, 5-2) is currently second in the league behind Rust College. PSC downed Oakwood 62-51 back on Jan. 23 at Ashby Auditorium. The Ambassadors trailed by four points with just under six minutes remaining, but faded down the stretch.

Myia Yelder is one of three PSC players averaging in double figures at 16.4 points per game.

Oakwood takes on host team and league leader Rust College (14-3, 7-0) Saturday at 5 p.m.

Rust ran past Oakwood 70-50 at the GCAC Round Up at Dillard University in New Orleans, La., on Jan. 15. The Bearkats have nine players averaging five points or more per game.

Oakwood takes on Southern University at New Orleans (2-12, 0-7) on Sunday at noon. It will be the first-ever meeting between the two teams.

SUNO is led by Quiana Vasquez, who is averaging 15.9 points per game.