WHEN 7 p.m.
WHERE Walton Arena, Fayetteville RECORDS Arkansas 6-2, Savannah State 2-8 SERIES Arkansas leads 1-0 RADIO Razorback Sports Network TELEVISION Razorback Sports Network on KATV, channel 7, in Little Rock KNWA, channel 51, in Fayetteville and KAIT, channel 8, in Jonesboro.
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
SAVANNAH STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Keierre Richards, 6-1, Jr. 5.9 1.7 G Alante Fenner, 6-5, Fr. 5.0 1.4 G Terel Hall, 6-1, Jr. 5.2 2.9 F Jyles Smith, 6-9, Sr. 8.1 7.2 F Saadiq Muhammad, 6-7, Fr. 3.6 2.8
COACH Horace Broadnax (107-146 in nine seasons at Savannah State, 149-234 in 14 seasons overall)
ARKANSAS
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Kikko Haydar, 5-10, Sr. 4.0 0.9 G Fred Gulley, 6-2, Sr. 3.6 1.3 G Ky Madden, 6-5, Jr. 8.6 2.6 F Bobby Portis, 6-10, Fr, 11.5 4.5 F Alandise Harris, 6-6, Jr. 13.4 4.9
COACH Mike Anderson (43-29 in three seasons at Arkansas, 243-127 in 12 seasons overall)
CHALK TALK Arkansas sophomore forward Michael Qualls, who has played off the bench the past two games, is averaging team highs of 15.8 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. ... The Razorbacks have won 19 consecutive games at Walton Arena. ... Savannah State lost its sixth consecutive game 55-50 at Northern Iowa on Tuesday night. ... Tigers senior guard Deven Williams scored 18 points off the bench against Northern Iowa. ... Arkansas’ Fred Gulley has 20 assists and fi ve turnovers. ... Arkansas Coach Mike Anderson turns 54 today. ... Arkansas beat Savannah State 83-55 in Fayetteville in the teams’ only previous meeting on Jan. 3, 2012.
Sports, Pages 25 on 12/12/2013