LITTLE ROCK — UALR men vs. Louisiana-Monroe
WHEN 7 p.m. Central WHERE Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock RECORDS UALR 5-3, 1-0 Sun Belt Conference; Louisiana-Monroe 0-3, 0-1 SERIES UALR leads 12-8 RADIO KHLR-FM, 106.7, in Little Rock INTERNET ualrtrojans.com
CHALK TALK UALR improved its subpar rebounding margin by 0.6 after Thursday’s victory over Troy, when it held a 38-36 rebounding edge. The Trojans appear to have a good chance to improve the statistic even more today against a Warhawks team that has a minus-9.3 rebounding margin.
Louisiana-Monroe was outrebounded 49-30 in a season opening loss to Oklahoma and 36-28 in Thursday’s loss to Western Kentucky.
- Troy Schulte
Arkansas State men at Florida Atlantic
WHEN 7 p.m. Central WHERE FAU Arena, Boca Raton, Fla.
RECORDS Arkansas State 4-2, 0-1 Sun Belt Conference; Florida Atlantic 2-4, 0-1 RADIO KFIN-FM, 107.9, Jonesboro INTERNET astateredwolves.com
CHALK TALK Arkansas State’s four-game winning streak ended Thursday night.
Leading scorer Ed Townsel had 13 points in the loss to Florida International, but he was just 5 of 15 from the field. The Red Wolves allowed the Panthers to shoot 60 percent from the field.
- Troy Schulte
UAPB men at Oregon
WHEN 5:30 p.m. Central WHERE Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, Ore.
RECORDS UAPB 1-5; Oregon 8-1
CHALK TALK UAPB is still waiting for All-Southwestern Athletic Conference forward Daniel Broughton to get healthy. The junior has missed every game this season with a knee injury. Coach George Ivory hopes to get him back for today’s game. Davon Haynes and Terrell Kennedy have picked up the slack.
- Troy Schulte
UALR women vs. Louisiana-Monroe
WHEN 4:30 p.m. Central WHERE Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock RECORDS UALR: 5-1, 1-0 Sun Belt Conference; Louisiana-Monroe 1-5, 0-1 SERIES UALR leads 14-3 RADIO KARN-AM, 920, in Little Rock INTERNET ualrtrojans.com
CHALK TALK UALR has won its past three home games by at least 23 points. Leading scorers Janette Merriex and Taylor Gault struggled offensively Thursday night against Troy, but UALR forced 23 turnovers to help spark the offense. UALR should be able to create turnovers again today.
Louisiana-Monroe averages 25.8 turnovers per game and had 36 on Thursday in a loss to Western Kentucky.
- Troy Schulte
ASU women at Florida Atlantic
WHEN 11 a.m. Central WHERE FAU Arena, Boca Raton, Fla.
RECORDS Arkansas State 1-5, 1-0 Sun Belt Conference; Florida Atlantic 4-2, 1-0 RADIO KNEA-AM, 970, in Jonesboro SERIES Arkansas State leads 6-4 INTERNET astateredwolves.com
CHALK TALK Arkansas State got its first victory of the season Thursday against Florida International. But it still struggles to rebound and leading scorer Jane Morrill was limited over the past two games. Morrill had 12 points Thursday but was held scoreless in the first half. She had 10 in a loss to Southern California.
- Troy Schulte
UCA women at Tenn.-Martin
WHEN 4 p.m. Central WHERE Skyhawk Arena, Martin, Tenn.
RECORDS Central Arkansas 3-1; Tennessee-Martin 2-5 SERIES Tennessee-Martin leads 2-1 RADIO/INTERNET ucasports.com
CHALK TALK Central Arkansas has not played since a 65-63 loss Nov. 20 at Louisiana Tech, but the Sugar Bears will face a familar nonconference opponent today in Tennessee-Martin, which it beat 69-65 in overtime last season in Conway. Senior forward Megan Herbert leads the nation in rebounding with an average of 15.8 per game.
- Jeremy Muck
Sports, Pages 25 on 12/01/2012