Arkansas State women vs. La .-Monroe
WHEN Noon Central WHERE Lakefront Arena, New Orleans RECORDS ASU 20-10; La.-Monroe 11-19 SERIES Arkansas State leads 20-13RADIO KNEA-FM, 95.3, in Jonesboro KNEA-AM, 970, in Jonesboro INTERNET astateredwolves.com, sunbeltsports.org
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS STATE
POS., NAME, HT., YR. PPG RPG
G Aundrea Gamble, 5-9, So. 18.7 6.2 G Jamie Ruffins, 5-8, Fr. 2.4 1.9 G Hanna Qedan, 5-10, Jr. 10.7 3.3 F Carlisha Wyatt, 6-0, Sr. 5.1 5.3 F Jane Morrill, 6-2, Sr. 12.9 3.7
COACH Brian Boyer (246-210 in 15th season)
LOUISIANA-MONROE
POS., NAME, HT., YR. PPG RPG
G Alexar Tugler, 5-10, Sr. 10.8 4.3 G Elexar Tugler, 5-9, Sr. 8.7 3.3 G Jasmine Shaw, 5-11, Sr. 9.4 4.3 F Christina Gray, 5-9, Jr. 3.9 3.5 F Ashleigh Simmons, 6-1, Sr. 15.0 7.7
COACH Mona Martin (263-290 in 19th season)
CHALK TALK Arkansas State opens the Sun Belt Tournament playing a team it beat 107-57 last week. That game marked the first time the Red Wolves scored 100 points in a game in more than a decade. ASU lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament last year and hasn’t been to the tournament final since 1992.
- Troy Schulte
UALR women vs. Troy
WHEN 8:30 p.m. Central WHERE Lakefront Arena, New Orleans RECORDS UALR 17-11; Troy 12-17SERIES UALR leads 12-1 RADIO KARN-AM, 920, in Little Rock INTERNET ualrtrojans.com
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UALR
POS., NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Taylor Ford, 5-9, Sr. 9.4 4.1 G Di’Mond Jackson, 5-7, Fr. 2.2 1.5 F Kiera Clark, 5-11, Jr. 9.9 6.0 F Keanna Keys, 6-1, Fr. 4.6 2.4 F Shanity James, 5-11, So. 10.1 6.0
COACH Joe Foley (670-206 in 27th season overall; 214-125 in 11th season at UALR)
TROY
POS., NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Ashley Beverly-Kelley, 5-6, So. 13.4 5.6 G Joanna Harden, 5-7, Sr. 25.7 4.0 G Brooke Bowie, 5-10, Sr. 8.0 5.3 F Kourtney Coleman, 6-0, Jr. 6.6 3.5 F Dominique Ross, 6-0, Sr. 4.4 4.1
COACH Chanda Rigby (19-41 in second season)
CHALK TALK UALR has won six consecutive first-round Sun Belt Tournament games and is 13-4 in the tournament since 2008. UALR lost to Troy the last time the teams played, 86-77 on Feb. 26, when Joanna Harden scored 33 points. UALR won the team’s first meeting 69-52 on Jan. 11.
Sports, Pages 24 on 03/12/2014