Arkansas State men at Nebraska
WHEN 3 p.m. Central WHERE Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Neb.
RECORDS ASU 5-2, Nebraska 6-3 SERIES Nebraska leads 1-0 RADIO KNEA-FM, 107.9, in Jonesboro.
TV Big Ten Network
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Ed Townsel, 6-0, Sr. 5.4 3.4 G Brandon Reed, 6-4, Sr. 9.6 3.0 G Melvin Johnson III, 6-6, Sr. 17.9 4.6 F Kendrick Washington, 6-7, Sr. 8.3 6.1 F Kirk Van Slyke, 6-10, Sr. 14.7 5.6
COACH John Brady (366-296 in 23rd season overall; 85-80 in six seasons at ASU)
NEBRASKA
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Tai Webster, 6-4, Fr. 7.8 2.3 G Ray Gallegos, 6-2, Sr. 7.3 1.6 G Shavon Shields, 6-7, So. 13.1 5.2 F Terran Petteway, 6-6, So. 16.3 5.0 F Walter Pitchford, 6-10, So. 8.7 4.3
COACH Tim Miles (304-241 in 19th season overall; 21-21 in second season at Nebraska)
CHALK TALK ASU guard Melvin Johnson III leads Division I with a 64.3 three-point percentage (27 of 42). … It’s the first regular-season meeting between the schools. The only other meeting came when Nebraska beat ASU 81-79 in 1989 in the NIT in Lincoln, Neb. … Nebraska guard David Rivers, a Little Rock Hall graduate, has started six games but has not played in the past two.
Sports, Pages 25 on 12/14/2013