UCA women vs. Central Baptist
WHEN 6 p.m. WHERE Farris Center, Conway RECORDS UCA 3-3, Central Baptist 5-5 RADIO KUCA-FM, 91.3, in Conway INTERNET ucasports.com
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
CENTRAL ARKANSAS POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Maggie Proffitt, 5-7, So. 13.8 2.8 G Kendara Watts, 5-10, Jr. 12.5 4.5 G Brianna Mullins, 5-6, So. 10.7 6.2 G Kelsey McClure, 5-8, So. 3.3 5.3 F Brittany Agee, 5-11, Sr. 5.0 3.8 COACH Sandra Rushing (36-30 in third season at UCA, 439-285 in 26th season overall)
CENTRAL BAPTIST COLLEGE POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Deanna Adkins, 5-6, Fr. 8.4 1.7 G Rachel Medina, 5-5, Fr. 7.6 1.9 G Audrey Moran, 5-5, Fr. 9.4 3.9 F Abbi Stearns, 5-10, Sr. 7.1 5.6 F Aaliyah Block, 5-11, So. 5.9 6.9 COACH Lyle Middleton
TEAM COMPARISON
UCA CBC
57.2 Points for 72.1
56.0 Points against 59.4
+1.0 Rebound margin n/a
-3.8 Turnover margin n/a
37.1 FG pct. 38.2
33.0 3-pt. pct. 28.8
79.8 FT pct. 68.9
CHALK TALK Both teams are coming off their most lopsided victories of the season, but against what is likely their weakest competition. Central Baptist beat Bible Baptist College 107-26, and UCA beat Alcorn State 62-36. Kendara Watts has led UCA in scoring in each of the past three games. The Mustangs have no player averaging at least 10 points a game, but eight averaging 5.9 points or better.
— Troy Schulte
UALR men at Missouri State
WHEN 7:05 p.m. Central
WHERE John Q. Hammons Arena, Springfield, Mo.
RECORDS UALR 4-1, Missouri State 3-3
SERIES Missouri State leads 6-0
RADIO KHLR-FM, 106.7, in Little Rock
INTERNET ualrtrojans.com
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UALR
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G J.T. Thomas, 6-1, Jr. 7.6 4.0 G Ben Dillard, 6-2, Sr. 7.8 1.8 G James Reid, 6-3, Jr. 7.0 2.4 F Roger Woods, 6-5, Jr. 13.2 7.8 F James White, 6-8, Jr. 15.0 8.6 COACH Steve Shields (183-161 in 12th season at UALR and overall)
MISSOURI STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Dorrian Williams, 6-3, Jr. 9.3 4.3 G Marcus Marshall, 6-3, Jr. 24.0 2.3 G Austin Ruder, 6-3, So. 9.7 2.3 F Loomis Gerring, 6-5, Jr. 7.5 3.8 F Camyn Boone, 6-6, Jr. 8.2 5.8 COACH Paul Lusk (50-54 in fourth season at Missouri State, 52-77 in fifth season overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UALR MSU
78.2 Points for 69.8
69.8 Points against 64.7
+0.8 Rebound margin +2.2
+2.2 Turnover margin +0.7
44.2 FG pct. 43.6
33.7 3-pt. pct. 36.0
72.4 FT pct. 69.2
CHALK TALK UALR hasn’t started 5-1 since the 2008-2009 season, when it finished 23-8. The Trojans average of 78.2 points per game ranks first among Sun Belt teams and features seven players averaging at least 7.0 points. Five different UALR players have scored 10 points or more. Fayetteville native Tyler McCullough is averaging 3.5 points and 2.3 rebounds as a sophomore for Missouri State.