Central Arkansas vs. Nicholls State WHEN 3:30 p.m. Central WHERE Stopher Gymnasium, Thibodeaux, La.
RECORDS Central Arkansas 5-14, 2-6 Southland; Nicholls State 9-8, 6-2 SERIES Nicholls State leads 8-7 RADIO KUCA-FM, 91.3, in Conway INTERNET ucasports.com
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
CENTRAL ARKANSAS
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G LaQuentin Miles, 6-5, Sr. 21.9 6.8 G DeShone McClure, 6-3, Sr. 13.9 2.2 G DuShaun Rice, 6-0, Fr. 2.9 1.4 G Dauoda Berete, 6-4, So. 4.0 3.5 F Phabian Glasco, 6-7, Fr. 5.5 4.1
COACH Clarence Finley (5-14 in fi rst season)
NICHOLLS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G T.J. Carpenter, 6-4, So. 9.4 2.8 G Shane Rillieux, 6-2, Jr. 6.7 2.8 G Dantrell Thomas, 6-2, Sr. 16.2 5.3 G Jeremy Smith, 6-3, Sr. 13.2 3.4 F Sam McBeath, 6-7, So. 7.7 4.3
COACH J.P. Piper (106-174 in 10th season)
CHALK TALK Central Arkansas ended an eight-game road losing streak Thursday at McNeese State. UCA has not won two consecutive games this season.
- Jeremy Muck
UALR at South Alabama WHEN 4:05 p.m. Central WHERE Mitchell Center, Mobile, Ala.
RECORDS UALR 11-10, 6-3 Sun Belt; South Alabama 7-13, 1-6 SERIES South Alabama leads 25-15 RADIO KHLR-FM, 106.7, in Little Rock INTERNET ualrtrojans.com
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UALR
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G DeVonte Smith, 5-11, Jr. 4.6 2.3 G Ben Dillard, 6-2, Jr. 6.5 2.1 G Josh Hagins, 6-1, So. 11.1 3.6 F Gus Leeper, 6-10, Jr. 4.2 2.6 F Will Neighbour, 6-10, Sr. 17.5 7.2
COACH Steve Shields (175-153 in 11th season)
SOUTH ALABAMA
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Ken Williams, 6-2, Fr. 8.1 3.6 G Antoine Allen, 6-1, Sr. 10.4 3.3 G Aakim Saintil, 6-0, Fr. 7.4 2.2 F Mychal Ammons, 6-6, Jr. 9.5 7.7 F Augustine Rubit, 6-7, Sr. 16.5 9.8
COACH Matthew Graves (7-13 in first season)
CHALK TALK Will Neighbour is 17th all-time at UALR with 1,013 career points. If he maintains his average of 17.5 points per game through the final nine regular-season games and one game in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, he’ll crack the top 10.
- Troy Schulte
ASU at Troy WHEN 7:30 p.m. Central WHERE Trojan Arena, Troy, Ala.
RECORDS Arkansas State 11-8, 4-4 Sun Belt; Troy 7-13, 2-6 SERIES Troy leads 7-5 RADIO KFIN-FM, 107.9, in Jonesboro INTERNET astateredwolves.com
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Rakeem Dickerson, 6-0, Jr. 3.9 1.8 G Melvin Johnson III, 6-6, Sr. 14.6 4.5 G Ed Townsel, 6-0, Sr. 7.5 3.4 F Kendrick Washington, 6-7, Sr. 9.8 6.6 F Kirk Van Slyke, 6-10, Sr. 17.1 6.4
COACH John Brady (373-302 in 23rd season overall, 92-86 in sixth season at ASU)
TROY
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Hunter Williams, 6-0, Sr. 12.0 3.0 G Antoine Myers, 6-3, Sr. 11.6 4.6 G Jeff Mullahey, 6-3, Sr. 8.6 4.6 F Kevin Thomas, 6-8, Jr. 9.4 7.9 F Wes Hinton, 6-8, Sr. 7.1 3.6
COACH Phil Cunningham (7-13 in first season)
CHALK TALK Melvin Johnson III scored 27 points Thursday in Arkansas State’s 72-65 loss at Louisiana-Monroe, but the rest of ASU’s guards weren’t as productive. Rakeem Dickerson, Ed Townsel, Cameron Golden and Brandon Reed combined for 15 points, eight of which were scored by Golden.
- Troy Schulte
UAPB vs. Grambling State WHEN 7:30 p.m.
WHERE H.O. Clemmons Arena, Pine Bluff RECORDS UAPB 4-15, 2-5 SWAC; Grambling State 1-15, 0-7 RADIO KUAP-FM, 89.7, in Pine Bluff INTERNET uapblionsroar.com TICKETS $15 reserved, $10 general admission, $5 general admission youth (kindergarten-12th grade).
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UAPB POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Tevin Hammond, 6-0, Jr. 13.1 2.2 G Marcel Mosley, 6-0, Jr. 11.2 2.4 G Ghiavonni Robinson, 6-3, Fr. 5.7 2.5 F Daniel Broughton, 6-8, Sr. 8.2 4.4 F Davon Haynes, 6-8, Jr. 14.5 7.4
COACH George Ivory (64-107 in sixth season at UAPB and overall)
GRAMBLING STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Antwan Scott, 6-1, Jr. 14.5 4.3 G A’Torri Shine, 6-5, Jr. 15.9 3.9 G Chase Comier, 5-11, Fr. 4.5 2.4 F Steven Danridge, 6-8, Sr. 3.8 2.9 F Richard Freeman, 6-8, Fr. 3.6 2.5
COACH Joseph Price (1-43 in second season at Grambling State and overall)
CHALK TALK Arkansas-Pine Bluff has lost five consecutive after starting 2-0 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Grambling State has lost 25 consecutive SWAC games. Its last conference victory came against Alabama A&M on March 3, 2012.
- Jeremy Muck
Sports, Pages 26 on 02/01/2014