Jordan Howard scored 26 points to lead the University of Central Arkansas men's basketball team to a 73-64 victory over South Carolina State on Tuesday night in Orangeburg, S.C.
Howard made four of the Bears' seven three-pointers against the Bulldogs.
UCA (3-2), which has won two consecutive games since an overtime loss Nov. 15 at UCLA, shot 44.6 percent (25 of 56) from the floor. Darraja Parnell finished with 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Mathieu Kamba added nine points and five rebounds.
The Bears trailed 30-28 at halftime but used a 14-0 run to take a 51-40 lead with 9:11 remaining, with three-pointers from Howard and Parnell highlighting the spurt. It was UCA's largest lead of the game.
South Carolina State (0-5) was led by Donte Wright, who scored 23 points and made six three-pointers. Ian Kinard had 11 points while Janai Rayner-Powell chipped in with eight points.
SUN BELT WOMEN
ARKANSAS STATE 84, TENN.-MARTIN 73
Jada Ford scored 23 points and made five three-pointers as the Arkansas State University women's basketball team defeated Tennessee-Martin at the Convocation Center in Jonesboro.
Also for the Red Wolves (2-2), Akasha Westbrook finished with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Peyton Martin and Payton Tennison each had 11 points.
ASU shot 50 percent (29 of 58) from the floor, 8 of 20 from three-point range and 18 of 19 from the free-throw line.
The Skyhawks (1-3) were led by Chelsey Perry's 18 points. Perry also had seven rebounds and two steals. Myah Taylor scored 13 points and Janekia Mason added 12 points for Tennessee-Martin, which shot 47.5 percent (29 of 61) from the floor.
The Red Wolves trailed 38-37 at halftime but outscored the Skyhawks 47-35 in the second half. Tennison's three-pointer with 9:50 remaining in the third quarter gave ASU a 40-38 lead, which it never relinquished. ASU led 61-53 at the end of the third quarter.
Today’s state games
MEN
DIVISION I
Arkansas State at Indiana, 6 p.m.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Texas State in Stockton, Calif., 9 p.m.
WOMEN
DIVISION I
UALR at Texas A&M, 6 p.m.
DIVISION II
Southern Arkansas at Northeastern Oklahoma State, 2 p.m.
Sports on 11/22/2017