TODAY’S GAMES

UALR men vs. South Alabama

WHAT Sun Belt Tournament WHEN 7:30 p.m. Central WHERE Lakefront Arena, New Orleans RECORDS UALR 13-17, South Alabama 11-20 RADIO KHLR-FM, 106.7, in Little Rock INTERNET ESPN3, ualrtrojans.com

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

UALR POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G J.T. Thomas, 6-1, Jr. 6.3 1.8 G James Reid, 6-3, Jr. 8.0 2.3 G Ben Dillard, 6-2, Sr. 7.6 1.7 F Maurius Hill, 6-5, So. 6.4 4.4 F Gus Leeper, 6-10, Sr. 4.1 2.8 COACH Steve Shields (192-177 in 12th season at UALR and overall).

SOUTH ALABAMA G Ken Williams, 6-2, So. 15.9 3.5 G B. Stevens, 5-10, Jr. 7.2 2.8 G J. Williams, 5-7, Sr. 0.0 0.1 F Abdul Lewis, 6-9, Fr. 7.1 6.8 F Dionte Ferguson, 6-6, Sr. 11.4 6.5 COACH Matthew Graves (22-40 in second season at South Alabama and overall)

TEAM COMPARISON

UALR USA 69.7 Points for 69.6 70.8 Points against 74.4 -2.3 Rebound margin -1.0 +2.8 Turnover margin -3.2 42.1 FG pct. 42.3 34.7 3-PT. pct. 34.0 70.7 FT pct. 70.6

CHALK TALK South Alabama won both meetings between the teams in the regular season. … UALR is playing on the first day of the Sun Belt Tournament for the second consecutive season. The Trojans beat Troy in the first round last year before losing to Arkansas State. … UALR’s Josh Hagins was named third-team All-Sun Belt, while South Alabama guard Ken Williams was named to the second-team.

UCA women vs. Northwestern (La.) State

WHAT Southland Conference Tournament WHEN 1:30 p.m. Central WHERE Merrell Center, Katy, Texas RECORDS UCA 17-13, Northwestern State 15-14 RADIO KUCA-FM, 91.3, in Conway INTERNET ucasports.com

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

CENTRAL ARKANSAS POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Brianna Mullins, 5-6, So. 11.2 5.4 G Maggie Proffitt, 5-7, So. 13.7 3.5 G Jameka Watkins, 5-6, Jr. 3.8 4.0 F Kendara Watts, 5-10, Jr. 11.7 3.6 F Terai Sadler, 5-10, Sr. 4.9 4.7 COACH Sandra Rushing (50-41 in third season at UCA, 453-296 in 26th season overall)

NORTHWESTERN STATE POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Janelle Perez, 5-2, Jr. 14.7 3.2 G Keisha Lee, 5-5, Jr. 10.5 3.4 G Arianne Ausmer, 5-5, Sr. 2.4 2.8 G Chelsea Rogers, 5-9, Sr. 7.4 5.9 F Presley Owens, 6-1, Sr. 7.8 4.3 COACH Brooke and Scott Stoehr (48-45 in third season at Northwestern State and overall)

TEAM COMPARISON

UCA NSU 58.7 Points for 60.4 57.1 Points against 61.7 +0.1 Rebound margin -6.5 -0.9 Turnover margin +3.4 40.8 FG pct. 38.5 34.3 3-pt. pct. 29.5 72.0 FT pct. 70.9

CHALK TALK Central Arkansas hasn’t won a Southland Conference Tournament game since 2011 when it beat Lamar in the semifinals before losing to McNeese State in the championship game. … Northwestern State won last year’s Southland Tournament title. … UCA and Northwestern State split the season series, with UCA winning 63-46 on Jan. 28 in Conway and Northwestern State earning a 54-52 victory on Feb. 12 in Natchitoches, La.

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