Arkansas women at LSU
WHEN 7 p.m. Central
WHERE Pete Maravich Assembly Center,
Baton Rouge
RECORDS Arkansas 8-10, 3-2; LSU 7-10, 1-3 SERIES LSU leads 29-14
RADIO Razorback Sports Network
INTERNET SEC Network +
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Kelsey Brooks, 5-9, Jr. 6.6 2.1 G Devin Cosper, 5-10, So. 8.0 3.1 F Melissa Wolff, 6-0, Sr. 6.2 7.9 F Jessica Jackson, 6-3, Jr. 17.4 6.9 C Alecia Cooley, 6-3, Jr. 7.3 5.1 COACH Jimmy Dykes (26-24 in second
season at Arkansas and overall)
LSU
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Rina Hill, 5-7, Jr. 6.4 2.2 G Jasmine Rhodes, 5-10, Jr. 5.1 3.3 G Shanice Norton, 5-8, Fr. 4.3 2.8 F Ann Jones, 6-3, Sr. 5.7 4.2 F Alexis Hyder, 5-11, Jr. 10.1 7.7 COACH Nikki Fargas (90-61 in fifth season at LSU, 162-87 in eighth season overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
Arkansas LSU 61.8 Points for 55.6 61.5 Points against 57.0 +3.9 Rebound margin +1.9 +1.3 Turnover margin +0.7 36.6 FG pct. 38.9 24.2 3-pt. pct. 29.5 69.4 FT pct. 64.9 CHALK TALK Arkansas was outscored by
an average of 39 points in its first two SEC road games, but they came against teams ranked in the top five (South Carolina and Mississippi State). … LSU lost its leading scorer, Raigyne Moncrief (10.3 points per game), to a season-ending injury, along with Ayana Mitchell (6.8 points, 3.7 rebounds). … Jenna Deemer leads the Tigers in scoring off the bench with 10.1 points per game
UALR men at Texas State
WHEN 7:30 p.m. Central WHERE Strahan Coliseum, San Marcos, Texas RECORDS UALR 15-2, 5-1 Sun Belt; Texas State 8-6, 2-3 SERIES UALR leads 6-1 RADIO KKPT-FM, 94.1, in Little Rock
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UALR POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Josh Hagins, 6-1, Sr. 11.5 4.1 G Kemy Osse, 6-1, Jr. 5.6 2.4 G Jermaine Ruttley, 6-3, Sr. 3.9 3.8 F Maurius Hill, 6-5, Jr. 4.9 4.0 F Lis Shoshi, 6-11, Jr. 7.2 5.1 COACH Chris Beard (15-2 in first season at UALR, 81-27 in fourth season overall)
TEXAS STATE POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Ojai Black, 6-1, Jr. 6.1 1.9 G Ethan Montalvo, 6-0, Sr. 9.9 2.1 G Anthony Roberson, 6-5, Jr. 5.8 6.0 F K. Gilder-Tilbury, 6-7, Jr. 12.4 4.5 F Emani Gant, 6-8, Sr. 14.9 7.7 COACH Danny Kaspar (30-46 in third season at Texas State, 495-239 in 25th season overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UALR TSU 69.8 Points for 67.4 56.9 Points against 60.7 -0.6 Rebound margin +2.3 +5.6 Turnover margin +3.8 42.6 FG pct. 42.9 34.5 3-pt. pct. 32.6 77.1 FT pct. 65.2 CHALK TALK UALR fell into a tie for first place in the Sun Belt after a loss to Arkansas State on Monday night. … The Trojans are 7-2 in road games this season, which is more victories than any Division I team except for Monmouth (8-3). … Guard Kemy Osse had 13 points before fouling out in Monday’s loss, his most since scoring 16 in an overtime victory at Western Kentucky on Jan. 16, 2014.
UALR women at Texas State
WHEN 5:30 p.m. Central WHERE Strahan Coliseum, San Marcos, Texas RECORDS UALR 5-10, 3-3 Sun Belt; Texas State 8-7, 3-2 SERIES UALR leads 6-3 RADIO KARN-AM, 920, in Little Rock
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UALR POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Alexius Dawn, 5-4, Jr. 11.5 2.8 G Sharde’ Collins, 5-9, Jr. 9.5 3.0 F Keanna Keys, 6-1, Jr. 4.8 4.3 F Kaitlyn Pratt, 6-1, Jr. 7.9 6.2 F Shanity James, 5-11, Sr. 14.4 7.0 COACH Joe Foley (249-141 in 13th season at UALR, 705-222 in 29th season overall)
TEXAS STATE POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Ayriel Anderson, 5-3, Sr. 6.5 2.1 G Ericka May, 5-10, So. 6.6 7.1 G Raven Burns, 5-7, Sr. 5.3 1.3 G Kaitlin Walla, 5-9, So. 12.1 4.4 F Ti’Aira Pitts, 6-1, So. 2.9 2.3 COACH Zenarae Antoine (68-72 in fifth season at Texas State and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UALR TSU 56.7 Points for 63.9 60.4 Points against 73.9 -1.1 Rebound margin -7.5 +1.5 Turnover margin -0.7 39.9 FG pct. 37.4 29.0 3-pt. pct. 33.8 63.8 FT pct. 70.0 CHALK TALK UALR forwards Shanity James and Kaitlyn Pratt combined for 67 points the last two games. … Pratt, a junior, is averaging 7.9 points per game, but 15.7 over the last three. … UALR has won three in a row in the series. … Texas State is coming off a 112-79 loss to Troy last week and is allowing 73.9 points per game, 10th in the Sun Belt.
— Troy Schulte
ASU men at Texas-Arlington
WHEN 7:15 p.m. Central WHERE College Park Center, Arlington, Texas RECORDS Arkansas State 9-8, 5-1 Sun Belt; Texas-Arlington 13-3, 4-1 SERIES ASU leads 39-14 RADIO KFIN-FM, 107.9, in Jonesboro; KASRFM, 92.7, in Conway/Little Rock INTERNET ESPN3.com
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS STATE POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Devin Carter, 6-5, Jr. 16.2 4.8 G Sean Gardner, 6-5, Sr. 9.8 3.4 G Donte Thomas, 6-3, Jr. 13.5 6.8 F Charles Waters, 6-6, Sr. 4.2 3.8 F Anthony Livingston, 6-8, Jr. 15.3 9.2 COACH John Brady (119-117 in eighth season at ASU, 400-333 in 25th season overall)
TEXAS-ARLINGTON POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Erick Neal, 5-11, So. 12.7 3.5 G Drew Charles, 6-2, Jr. 9.1 3.3 G Jalen Jones, 6-3, Jr. 11.0 4.7 F Kevin Hervey, 6-7, So. 18.1 9.8 F Jorge Bilbao, 6-8, Jr. 6.2 6.7 COACH Scott Cross (166-131 in 10th season at Texas-Arlington and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
ASU UTA 76.8 Points for 81.8 74.2 Points against 66.8 +1.5 Rebound margin +10.4 +0.3 Turnover margin +6.0 43.4 FG pct. 42.1 31.6 3-pt. pct. 32.2 71.3 FT pct. 69.9 CHALK TALK ASU enters the game tied for first place in the Sun Belt with UALR, and Texas-Arlington trails both by a 1/2 game. … ASU’s Anthony Livingston averaged 18.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in two games against the Mavericks last season. … Texas-Arlington’s Kevin Hervey is averaging 19.4 points and 9.8 rebounds against Sun Belt teams.
— Troy Schulte
ASU women at Texas-Arlington
WHEN 5 p.m. Central
WHERE College Park Center, Arlington, Texas RECORDS Arkansas State 12-3, 6-0 Sun Belt; Texas-Arlington 7-8, 2-3
SERIES ASU leads 12-5
RADIO KARN-AM, 920, in Little Rock; KNEAFM, 95.3, in Jonesboro
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Aundrea Gamble, 5-9, Sr. 17.5 4.1 G Brittney Gill, 5-8, Sr. 7.4 5.5 G Jessica Flanery, 5-10, Sr. 7.3 2.5 F K. Brown-Haywood, 5-11, Sr. 15.9 9.1 F Amanda Lawson, 5-10, Sr. 10.8 4.5 COACH Brian Boyer (284-226 in 17th season at ASU and overall)
TEXAS-ARLINGTON
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Cierra Johnson, 5-9, So. 11.5 3.7 G Lashanda Green, 5-7, Sr. 6.3 2.5 G Amara Wainwright, 5-7, Sr. 9.4 2.8 F Toma Zaleckaite, 6-3, Sr. 3.7 4.8 C Rebekah Vadijk, 6-5, So. 9.9 8.1 COACH Krista Gerlich (28-46 in third season at Texas-Arlington, 196-99 in 10th season overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
ASU UTA 72.8 Points for 60.3 58.5 Points against 56.3 +0.3 Rebound margin +2.5 +5.1 Turnover margin +0.8 45.1 FG pct. 39.0 32.0 3-pt. pct. 33.9 72.2 FT pct. 70.6 CHALK TALK A victory would give ASU its second 7-0 start in Sun Belt Conference play and first since 1996-1997. … Aundrea Gamble was held to 12 points or less through the first four Sun Belt games, but has combined to score 47 in the last two. … Texas-Arlington is first in the Sun Belt in three-point shooting at 33.9 percent and second in scoring defense at 56.3 points allowed per game.
— Troy Schulte
UCA women at New Orleans
WHEN 7 p.m. Central WHERE Lakefront Arena, New Orleans RECORDS Central Arkansas 13-2, 4-1 Southland; New Orleans 5-10, 2-4
PROBABLE STARING LINEUPS
CENTRAL ARKANSAS POS. NAME, HT., YR. PPG. RPG G Maggie Proffitt, 5-11, So. 14.3 1.9 G Brianna Mullins, 5-6, Sr. 9.4 4.6 G Sandy Jackson, 5-8, Jr. 4.7 3.9 F Kendra Watts, 5-10, Sr. 6.8 4.5 F Taylor Baudoin, 5-11, So. 7.0 6.0 COACH Sandra Rushing (64-43 in fourth season at Central Arkansas, 318-101 in 14 seasons overall)
NEW ORLEANS POS. NAME, HT., YR. PPG. RPG G Randi Brown, 5-7, So. 16.3 3.5 G Alexis Martin, 5-7, Jr. 3.4 3.5 G Danielle Davis, 5-8, Sr. 4.9 2.6 F Yasmin Taylor, 5-10, Sr. 4.4 4.3 F Mathilde Fogelstrom, 6-2, Sr. 2.2 3.4 COACH Keeshawn Davenport (16-106 in fifth season at New Orleans and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UCA NO 61.8 Points for 63.1 47.3 Points against 69.7 +8.6 Rebound margin +5.2 +1.9 Turnover margin -0.9 39.1 FG pct. 37.1 32.5 3-pt. pct. 20.8 71.7 FT pct. 68.5 CHALK TALK UCA has won four consectuive games and is a game behind Abilene Christian for the Southland Conference lead. … UCA is coming off a victory over Houston Baptist, in which it overcame 23.7 percent shooting. … UCA is holding conference opponents to 52.4 points per game, while New Orleans is scoring just 53.2 points against conference teams.
— Troy Schulte