Arkansas vs. (17) Iowa
WHAT Las Vegas Tournament
WHEN 3 p.m. Central
WHERE South Point Resort, Las Vegas
RECORDS Arkansas 4-0; Iowa 5-0
SERIES Arkansas leads 2-0
RADIO Because of a conflict with the Arkansas-Missouri football game, the women’s basketball game will not air on all of its normal stations. The Arkansas-Iowa game will be carried live on KFAY-AM, 1030, in Fayetteville. KABZ-FM, 103.7, in Little Rock will carry the game on a delayed telecast tonight after the Arkansas-North Texas men’s basketball game. TELEVISION None
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
IOWA
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Samantha Logic, 5-9, Sr. 11.0 8.2 G Melissa Dixon, 5-8, Sr. 14.4 2.8 G Whitney Jenson, 5-5, Fr. 9.4 3.4 F Ally Disterhoft, 6-0, So. 15.4 5.8 C Bethany Doolittle, 6-4, Sr. 12.0 6.6 COACH Lisa Bluder (282-116 in 15 seasons at Iowa, 638-308 overall in 31 seasons)
ARKANSAS
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Calli Berna, 5-10, Sr. 6.0 4.8 G Kelsey Brooks, 5-9, So. 13.0 7.0 G Melissa Wolff, 5-0, Jr. 10.0 8.3 F Jessica Jackson, 6-3, So. 15.8 8.3 F Jhasmin Bowen, 6-1, Sr. 11.3 7.8 COACH Jimmy Dykes (4-0 in first season at Arkansas)
TEAM COMPARISON
Iowa Arkansas 94.8 Points for 68.5 63.8 Points against 44.8 +2.0 Rebound margin +14.3 +7.0 Turnover margin -2.2 49.8 FG pct. 41.3 44.8 3-pt pct. 34.8 72.4 FT pct. 62.0 CHALK TALK Arkansas plays Richmond (3-0) at 3 p.m. Saturday in Las Vegas as part of the two-game tournament. It will be the first time the teams have met. … The Razorbacks are holding opponents to 26.6 percent shooting and rank third nationally in field goal defense … Iowa, picked to finish third in the Big Ten preseason poll, has made seven consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and returns four starters from last season’s 27-9 team.
Christian Brothers at Arkansas State
WHEN 7:05 p.m.
WHERE Convocation Center, Jonesboro
RECORDS ASU 1-2; Christian Brothers 2-3 SERIES First regular season meeting
RADIO KNEA-FM, 95.3, in Jonesboro; KNEAAM, 970, in Jonesboro
INTERNET astateredwolves.com
TICKETS $6 (courtside) and $4
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Hanna Qedan, 5-11, Sr. 8.3 2.0 G Brittney Gill, 5-8, Jr. 5.0 3.3 G Aundrea Gamble, 5-9, Jr. 24.3 6.3 F K. Brown-Haywood, 5-11, Jr. 9.3 2.7 F Jasmine Hunt, 6-2, Sr. 8.7 4.3 COACH Brian Boyer (249-214 in 16th season at ASU and overall)
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Breanna Ridgell, 5-8, Sr. 17.4 4.2 G Courtney Banks, 5-3, Fr. 9.6 4.0 G Emily Reeves, 5-6, So. 8.0 3.0 G Rachel Lee, 5-7, Fr. 7.2 3.2 F Taylor Pugh, 6-0, Sr. 4.8 6.8 COACH Sarah Condra 37-76 in fifth season at Christian Brothers and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
ASU CB 81.3 Points for 59.4 77.7 Points against 69.8 -2.7 Rebound margin -6.6 +5.0 Turnover margin -1.8 48.1 FG pct. 35.8 16.7 3-pt. pct. 40.0 67.0 FT pct. 64.8 CHALK TALK Tonight’s game will count as
a regular-season game for Arkansas State, but Christian Brothers will count it as an
exhibition game. … Aundrea Gamble is 15th in the nation is scoring average at 24.3 points a game. She has scored at least 10 points in 23 consecutive games. … Arkansas State is coming off back-to-back losses to Mississippi State and Colorado. … Both of Christian
Brothers’ victories have come against Lane.