UALR women
at No. 16 Oklahoma
WHEN 7 p.m. Central
WHERE Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Okla. RECORDS UALR 1-1, Oklahoma 1-0
SERIES Oklahoma leads 5-1
RADIO KARN-AM, 920, in central Arkansas
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UALR
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Monique Townson, 5-6, Jr. 12.5 2.0 G Sharde Collins, 5-9, Sr. 10.0 5.0 G Raeyana DeGray, 6-0, So. 2.0 1.0 F Ronjanae DeGray, 6-0, So. 3.0 5.5 F Kaitlyn Pratt, 6-1, Sr. 9.0 8.0 COACH Joe Foley (265-145 in 14th season at UALR, 721-256 in 30th season overall)
OKLAHOMA
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Peyton Little, 5-11, Sr. 4.0 5.0 G Gabbi Ortiz, 5-9, Jr. 6.0 7.0 G Maddie Manning, 6-2, Sr. 4.0 2.0 G Gioya Carter, 5-9, Sr. 16.0 8.0 C Vionise Pierre-Louis, 6-4. Jr. 18.0 6.0 COACH Sherri Coale (443-217 in 21st season at Oklahoma and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UALR OU 43.0 Points for 71.0 50.5 Points against 56.0 +2.0 Rebound margin +9.0 -2.5 Turnover margin +12 29.3 FG pct. 44.8 21.7 3-pt. pct. 21.1 69.2 FT pct. 75.0 CHALK TALK UALR is playing a ranked opponent for the first time this season three days after a 57-31 loss to Wisconsin-Green Bay on Sunday. … The Trojans fell behind 15-0 in the loss, which came in the second round of the preaseason WNIT. … UALR will play Saturday at Fordham in a consolation game of the preaseason WNIT. … Oklahoma beat Southern Illinois 80-48 in its season opener on Sunday. … The Sooners beat the Trojans 65-52 last season, a game in which Sharde Collins scored 13 points.
— Troy Schulte
ASU women at
Austin Peay
WHEN 7 p.m. Central
WHERE Winfield Dunn Center, Clarksville, Tenn. RECORDS ASU 0-1; Austin Peay 1-1
SERIES ASU leads 8-1
RADIO KNEA-FM, 95.3, in Jonesboro
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Tahlon Hopkins, 5-11, Fr. 2.0 1.0 G Dominique Oliver, 5-6, Sr. 7.0 5.0 G Starr Taylor, 5-6, Fr. 7.0 3.0 F Akasha Westbrook, 5-10, Jr. 6.0 6.0 F Lauren Bradshaw, 6-2, Jr. 2.0 2.0 COACH Brian Boyer (299-230 in 18th season at Arkansas State and overall)
AUSTIN PEAY
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Bri Williams, 5-4, Jr. 5.0 3.0 G Keisha Gregory, 5-10, So. 6.0 0.0 G Falon Baker, 5-8, So. 11.0 6.0 F Beth Rates, 5-11, Sr. 13.0 8.0 C Tearra Banks, 6-2, Sr. 10.0 10.0 COACH David Midlick (11-21 in second season at Austin Peay, 56-37 in fourth season overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
ASU APU 34.0 Points for 67.0 76.0 Points against 65.0 -14.0 Rebound margin +5.0 -3.0 Turnover margin +4.5 20.0 FG pct. 38.1 13.3 3-pt. pct. 24.0 44.4 FT pct. 60.5 CHALK TALK Arkansas State was held to 34 points in its season opening loss to Oklahoma State, which is tied for the second fewest in program history, but it forced 21 turnovers in the game. … Austin Peay lost its season opener to Miami (Ohio), but rebounded to beat Division II Christian Brothers. … The Governors, a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, went 10-20 last season, when ASU won 66-55 in Jonesboro. … Brittany Fowler scored 3 points in last year’s victory over Austin Peay, the only current ASU player to score in that game.