Ark. State women at Appalachian St.
WHEN 4 p.m. Central WHERE Holmes Center, Boone, N.C. RECORDS ASU 10-5, 5-0 Sun Belt Cofnerence Appalachian State 7-6, 2-2 RADIO KNEA-FM, 95.3, in Jonesboro KNEA-AM, 970, in Jonesboro INTERNET astateredwolves.com
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS STATE POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Jamie Ruffins, 5-8, So. 2.0 2.1 G Aundrea Gamble, 5-9, Jr. 20.0 5.5 G Hanna Qedan, 5-11, Sr. 9.5 2.9 F K. Brown-Haywood, 5-11, Jr. 10.8 5.4 F Jasmine Hunt, 6-2, Sr. 9.1 4.9 COACH Brian Boyer (258-217 in 16th season at ASU and overall) APPALACHIAN STATE POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Joi Jones, 5-6, So. 8.7 2.9 G Katie Mallow, 5-9, Sr. 12.2 2.6 F KeKe Cooper, 6-2, Jr. 6.1 5.2 F Maryah Sydnor, 6-1, Sr. 16.9 9.1 F Mia Marshall, 6-2, So. 3.5 3.6 COACH Angel Elderkin (7-6 in first season at Appalachian State and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
ASU APP. ST
71.9 Points for 70.2
63.7 Points against 74.2
-1.3 Rebound margin -2.9
+4.3 Turnover margin -2.0
45.2 FG pct. 42.1
31.4 3-pt. pct. 31.8
68.1 FT pct. 74.2
CHALK TALK After a four-day break, Arkansas State begins today a string of five games in 10 days today, three of which are on the road. ... Aundrea Gamble is averaging a Sun Belt-best 21.4 points in conference games. ... Appalachian State’s Maryah Sydnor is averaging 11.8 rebounds in Sun Belt games.
— Troy Schulte
Arkansas State men at Appalachian St.
WHEN 6:30 p.m. Central WHERE Holmes Center, Boone, N.C. RECORDS ASU 6-8, 1-4 Sun Belt Conference; Appalachian State 4-9, 1-3 RADIO KFIN-FM, 107.9, in Jonesboro INTERNET astateredwolves.com
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS STATE POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G P.J. Hardwick, 5-10, So. 6.8 3.9 G Cameron Golden, 6-0, Jr. 15.1 3.5 G Sean Gardner, 6-5, Jr. 13.5 4.4 F Anthony Livingston, 6-8, So. 15.1 8.5 C Kelvin Downs, 6-9, Jr. 3.8 2.5 COACH John Brady (105-99 in seventh season at ASU, 386-315 in 24th season overall) APPALACHIAN STATE POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Dustin Clarke, 6-3, Jr. 7.4 4.5 G Chris Burgess, 5-8, Jr. 9.2 2.6 G Frank Eaves, 6-2, Jr. 16.2 3.2 F Michael Obacha, 6-8, Jr. 2.7 2.9 F Tommy Spagnolo, 6-7, Sr. 10.7 7.2 COACH Jim Fox (4-9 in first season at Appalachian State and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
ASU APP. ST
65.9 Points for 64.4
67.9 Points against 72.6
-1.0 Rebound margin +0.2
-0.4 Turnover margin -2.0
42.1 FG pct. 40.4
33.3 3-pt. pct. 29.9
70.2 FT pct. 71.0
CHALK TALK Arkansas State’s next loss will be its 100th in Coach John Brady’s seven seasons. ... P.J. Hardwick’s 33 assists in Sun Belt games leads the league, as does his 3.7 assist-to-turnover ratio. ... Appalachian State’s Frank Eaves has scored 20 points or more five times this season, including 22 in its 74-73 victory at ASU on Jan. 3.
— Troy Schulte
Central Ark. women at Houston Baptist
WHEN 7 p.m. Central WHERE Sharp Gym, Houston RECORDS UCA 9-7, 2-2 Southland Conference; Houston Baptist 6-9, 0-4 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. 13.1 3.3 G Jameka Watkins, 5-6, Jr. 3.8 2.5 G Brianna Mullins, 5-6, So. 10.1 5.6 G Kelsey McClure, 5-8, So. 6.1 5.8 F Terai Sadler, 5-10, Sr. 4.4 4.3 COACH Sandra Rushing (42-34 in third season at UCA, 445-289 in 26th season overall) HOUSTON BAPTIST POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Taylor Jefferson, 5-4, Jr. 10.3 2.9 G Rachel Arthur, 5-7, Jr. 10.1 2.8 G Meghan Shank, 5-8, Jr. 3.3 0.6 F Shanice Steenholdt, 6-0, Sr. 18.5 10.9 F Anna Strickland, 6-1, Jr. 4.6 6.7 COACH Donnie Finnie (18-26 in second season at Houston Baptist and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UCA HBU
58.7 Points for 71.3
57.9 Points against 67.3
+0.4 Rebound margin +8.9
-1.9 Turnover margin -2.1
38.6 FG pct. 46.2
33.0 3-pt. pct.FT. 30.1
75.4 pct.FT pct. 63.9
CHALK TALK UCA has lost by a combined 63 points over its past two games vs. Stephen F. Austin and at Lamar. ... The Sugar Bears have combined for 50 turnovers in their past two losses, before which they were averaging 14.3 turnovers per game.... Houston Baptist senior Shanice Steenholdt is the Southland Conference’s leading scorer (18.5) and leading rebounder (10.9).