UALR women at La.-Monroe
WHEN 2 p.m. Central
WHERE Fant-Ewing Coliseum, Monroe, La.
RECORDS UALR 12-2, 5-0 Sun Belt Conference; Louisiana-Monroe 5-9, 1-4 SERIES UALR leads 18-3
RADIO KARN-AM, 920, in Little Rock INTERNET ualrtrojans.com
PROBABLE STARTERS
UALR
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Alexius Dawn, 5-4, Jr. 11.0 2.2 G Taylor Gault, 5-8, Sr. 14.4 2.6 G K. Cobbins, 5-10, Sr. 4.5 5.1 F Shanity James, 5-11, Jr. 10.6 6.8 F Kaitlyn Pratt, 6-1, So. 8.6 5.0 COACH Joe Foley (227-128 in 12th season at UALR, 683-209 in 28th season overall)
LOUISIANA-MONROE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Jade Wharton, 5-7, Sr. 8.3 2.5 G Aundrea Davis, 5-4, Jr. 3.6 2.4 G Daja Chase, 5-10, Fr. 7.5 3.5 F Christina Gray, 5-9, Sr. 3.7 6.3 F Sharnice Brooks, 6-2, Sr. 13.9 6.8 COACH Jeff Dow (5-9 in first season at Louisiana-Monroe, 226-118 in 12th season overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UALR ULM
63.2 Points for 63.4
52.3 Points against 65.7
+0.2 Rebound margin +1.2
+5.6 Turnover margin -3.0
43.3 FG pct. 41.7
35.6 3-pt. pct.FT. 33.5
66.1 pct.FT pct. 69.5
CHALK TALK UALR is coming off its longest break since the Sun Belt season began, and this game begins a string of four games in eight days. … Ka’Nesheia Cobbins’ 71 assists are tied for most in the Sun Belt.
— Troy Schulte
UAPB women at Southern
WHEN 3 p.m. Central
WHERE F.G. Clark Activity Center, Baton Rouge
RECORDS UAPB 4-10, 2-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference; Southern 4-10, 2-2
INTERNET uapblionsroar.com
PROBABLE STARTERS
UAPB
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Ajia Richardson, 5-5, Fr. 7.5 2.9 G Destiny Brewton, 5-7, Fr. 8.3 1.6 G Carlisha Walker, 5-10, Sr. 6.7 5.9 G Shami Goodman, 5-6, Fr. 9.3 2.9 F Mollie Campbell, 6-0, So. 4.3 4.5 COACH Nate Kilbert (19-55 in third season at UAPB, 130-210 in 12th season overall)
SOUTHERN
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Briana Green, 5-11, Fr. 8.0 5.1 G Keonia Parrish, 5-7, Sr. 3.1 1.1 G Kendra Coleman, 5-7, Sr. 12.8 2.5 G Cortnei Purnell, 6-0, So. 5.2 4.4 F Jasmine Jefferson, 6-1, Sr. 9.1 4.8 COACH Sandy Pugh (241-182 in 15th season at Southern and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UAPB SU
54.1 Points for 60.6
69.4 Points against 69.4
-8.5 Rebound margin -6.1
-2.4 Turnover margin -0.1
34.4 FG pct. 36.9
23.3 3-pt. pct. 25.4
62.8 FT pct. 70.5
CHALK TALK UAPB is off to its best start to SWAC play since 2007, when it started 3-1. … UAPB has averaged 11.7 steals in three SWAC games, tops in the league, and its plus-7.0 turnover margin in SWAC games leads the conference, too. … Southern is on a three-game winning streak.
— Troy Schulte
ASU women vs. Texas State
WHEN 3:05 p.m.
WHERE Convocation Center, Jonesboro RECORDS ASU 10-6, 5-1 Sun Belt; Texas State 9-6, 4-2
SERIES ASU leads 3-0
RADIO KNEA-FM, 95.3, in Jonesboro; KNEA-AM, 970, in Jonesboro
TICKETS $6 sections A-S; $4 sections AA-VV
INTERNET ESPN3.com, astateredwolves.com astateredwolves.com
PROBABLE STARTERS
ARKANSAS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Jamie Ruffins, 5-8, So. 2.1 2.0 G Aundrea Gamble, 5-9, Jr. 20.1 5.5 G Hanna Qedan, 5-11, Sr. 9.4 3.1 F K. Brwn-Haywd, 5-11, Jr. 10.8 5.5 F Jasmine Hunt, 6-2, Sr. 8.8 5.1 COACH Brian Boyer (258-218 in 16th season at ASU and overall)
TEXAS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Ayriel Anderson, 5-3, Jr. 10.8 3.3 G Meghan Brauer, 5-7, Sr. 12.5 2.1 G Erin Peoples, 6-0, Jr. 14.7 7.5 F J. Jeffcoat, 6-2, Sr. 6.3 8.1 C Kileah Mays, 6-2, Jr. 5.6 8.5 COACH Zenarae Antoine (52-56 in fourth season at Texas State and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
ASU TSU
71.8 Points for 64.7
64.1 Points against 64.1
-1.6 Rebound margin +2.3
+4.1 Turnover margin -1.5
45.1 FG pct. 37.2
31.5 3-pt. pct. 34.7
67.3 FT pct. 64.3
CHALK TALK Guard Aundrea Gamble is 38 points away from scoring 1,000 in her career. … Texas State’s Erin Peoples, a Little Rock Parkview graduate, leads Texas State in scoring and is third on the team in rebounds.
— Troy Schulte
UALR men at La.-Monroe
WHEN 4 p.m. Central
WHERE Fant-Ewing Coliseum, Monroe, La.
RECORDS UALR 6-9, 1-4 Sun Belt; Louisiana-Monroe 10-6, 4-1
SERIES UALR leads 14-10
RADIO KHLR-FM, 106.7, in Little Rock INTERNET ualrtrojans.com
PROBABLE STARTERS
UALR
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G DeVonte Smith, 5-11, Sr. 2.7 1.9 G Ben Dillard, 6-2, Sr. 8.2 1.6 F Mareik Isom, 6-7, So. 5.7 2.9 F Roger Woods, 6-5, Jr. 12.4 6.3 F James White, 6-8, Jr. 11.9 6.6 COACH Steve Shields (185-169 in 12th season at UALR and overall)
LOUISIANA-MONROE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG C Marvin Williams, 6-8, Sr. 9.1 4.7 G Mack Foster, 6-2, Jr. 4.9 1.5 G Nick Coppola, 5-11, So. 8.6 2.5 F Tylor Ongwae, 6-7, Sr. 14.0 6.5 F Majok Deng, 6-10, Jr. 8.8 6.8 COACH Keith Richard (34-96 in fifth season at Louisiana-Monroe, 184-213 in 14th season overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UALR ULM
70.1 Points for 66.8
71.5 Points against 61.2
-3.1 Rebound margin +2.8
+2.3 Turnover margin -0.1
41.9 FG pct. 44.4
34.7 3-PT. pct. 29.1
70.6 FT pct. 71.0
CHALK TALK UALR has held their last two opponents to 32.8 percent shooting and are holding Sun Belt teams to 41.6 percent shooting, fourth in the league. … ULM has won four games in a row and a victory would give it its longest Sun Belt winning
streak since 2002.
— Troy Schulte
UAPB men at Southern
WHEN 5:30 p.m. Central
WHERE F.G. Clark Activity Center, Baton Rouge
RECORDS UAPB 3-14, 0-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference; Southern 6-12, 3-1
INTERNET uapblionsroar.com
PROBABLE STARTERS
UAPB
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Tevin Hammond, 6-0, Sr. 7.4 2.9 G Marcel Mosley, 6-0, Sr. 16.8 2.5 F Devin Berry, 6-7, So. 2.2 2.6 F Thaddeus Handley, 6-6, Jr. 3.9 2.1 F JoVaughn Love, 6-9, Jr. 11.6 5.5 COACH George Ivory (81-126 in seventh season at UAPB and overall)
SOUTHERN
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Chris Hyder, 5-11, Jr. 3.7 3.3 G Adrian Rodgers, 6-4, Jr. 12.5 4.1 G Trelun Banks, 6-1, So. 11.0 1.7 F Jared Sam, 6-9, Fr. 5.7 5.1 C Frank Snow, 6-10, Sr. 3.6 3.2 COACH Roman Banks (65-49 in fourth season at Southern and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UAPB SU
55.7 Points for 62.6
69.5 Points against 65.5
-8.4 Rebound margin -0.5
+0.9 Turnover margin +0.8
37.8 FG pct. 41.7
31.1 3-pt. pct.FT. 30.1
65.6 pct.FT pct. 66.2
CHALK TALK A loss tonight would equal UAPB’s worst SWAC start since George Ivory took over as coach in 2008. … The Golden Lions have lost their three SWAC games by a combined 10 points. … Tevin Hammond leads the SWAC with 47 steals.
— Troy Schulte
ASU men vs. Texas State
WHEN 7:05 p.m.
WHERE Convocation Center, Jonesboro RECORDS ASU 7-8, 2-4 Sun Belt Conference; Texas State 10-5, 4-2
SERIES ASU leads 2-0
TICKETS $6 children and seniors, $8 upper level wings, $10 upper level sides; $12 upper level center; $25 lower level.
RADIO KFIN-FM, 107.9, in Jonesboro INTERNET astateredwolves.com
PROBABLE STARTERS
ARKANSAS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G P.J. Hardwick, 5-10, So. 7.1 4.2 G Cameron Golden, 6-0, Jr. 15.4 3.4 G Sean Gardner, 6-5, Jr. 13.2 4.5 F A. Livingston, 6-8, So. 15.0 8.7 F Charles Waters, 6-6, Jr. 2.7 2.5 COACH John Brady (106-99 in seventh season at ASU, 387-315 in 24th season overall)
TEXAS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G D.J. Brown, 6-2, Sr. 8.4 2.1 G Wes Davis, 6-3, Sr. 8.1 3.5 G Ethan Montalvo, 6-0, Jr. 7.9 1.4 F Emani Gant, 6-8, Jr. 14.3 6.6 F Kavin Tilbury, 6-7, So. 8.1 4.4 COACH Danny Kaspar (18-28 in second season at Texas State, 483-221 in 24th season overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
ASU TSU
65.4 Points for 65.3
66.7 Points against 58.1
-1.1 Rebound margin -1.0
-0.3 Turnover margin +3.5
41.7 FG pct. 44.1
33.7 3-pt. pct.FT. 34.9
70.7 pct.FT pct. 68.7
CHALK TALK This is the sixth of 11 games in January for ASU. That’s the most games ASU has played in one month since it played 11 in January during the 1986-1987 season.
No. 19 Arkansas men vs. Ole Miss
WHEN 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Walton Arena, Fayetteville.
RECORDS Arkansas 13-3, 2-1 SEC; Ole Miss 10-6, 1-2.
SERIES Arkansas leads 42-30
RADIO Razorback Sports Network
TELEVISION ESPNU
TICKETS $35 game day. Loft (sections 207-2011) $30.
PROBABLE STARTERS
OLE MISS
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Jarvis Summers, 6-3, Sr. 14.3 1.9 G Stefan Moody, 5-10, Jr. 14.9 3.3 F LaDarius White, 6-6, Jr. 12.1 3.2 F M.J. Rhett, 6-9, Sr. 6.6 5.3 F Sebastian Saiz, 6-9, So. 7.3 4.9 COACH Andy Kennedy (181-107 in 10 seasons at Ole Miss, 202-120 in 11 seasons overall).
ARKANSAS
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Ky Madden, 6-5, Sr. 9.3 2.5 G Jabril Durham, 6-3, Jr. 2.6 1.3 G Michael Qualls, 6-6, Jr. 15.8 5.3 F Bobby Portis, 6-11, So. 18.1 8.0 F Jacorey Williams, 6-8, Jr. 6.7 3.4 COACH Mike Anderson (72-42 in four seasons at Arkansas, 272-140 in 13 seasons overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
Ole Miss Arkansas
73.6 Points for 83.0
66.1 Points against 70.1
+3.5 Rebound margin +4.7
+0.8 Turnover margin +4.3
43.2 FG pct. 47.0
35.6 3-pt pct.FT. 39.0
78.9 pct.FT pct. 72.7
CHALK TALK The ESPN announcers for tonight’s game, John Brickley and Corey Alexander, will call it from a studio in Bristol, Conn.