UALR at Georgia St.
WHEN 6:15 p.m. Central
WHERE GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, Ga.
RECORDS UALR 4-11, 1-1 Sun Belt Conference; Georgia State 9-6, 0-2
RADIO KKPT-FM, 94.1, in Little Rock
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UALR
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Andre Jones, 6-4, So. 11.1 4.1 G Jaizec Lottie, 6-1, Fr. 5.6 2.3 G Anthony Black, 5-7, Jr. 8.4 2.5 F Oliver Black, 6-9, Jr. 6.1 7.9 F Damir Hadzic, 6-9, Fr. 6.1 2.8 COACH Wes Flanigan (19-28 in two seasons at UALR and overall)
GEORGIA STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G D’Marcus Simonds, 6-3, Soph. 14.6 5.1 G Devin Mitchell, 6-4, Jr. 12.5 4.5 F Malik Benlevi, 6-5, Jr. 10.7 6.2 F Jordan Session, 6-8, Sr. 5.9 5.1 F Jeff Thomas, 6-5, Jr. 8.9 4.3 COACH Ron Hunter (132-80 in seventh season at Georgia State, 406-290 in 24th season overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UALR GSU 63.1 Points for 72.3 68.6 Points against 65.5 -0.5 Rebound margin -4.5 -0.3 Turnover margin +5.3 42.1 FG pct. 45.0 28.3 3-pt pct. 37.2 61.9 FT pct. 65.6
CHALK TALK UALR has outscored its opponents 440-346 in points in the paint through 15 games this season. … UALR junior Ben Marcus has a 78.6 shooting
percentage. That’s on pace to set the school record, which is held by Ryan Moss (65.0 in 1997-1998). Marcus needs 34 more shots to reach the 90 field goal minimum.
— Brooks Kubena
Arkansas State at
Georgia Southern
WHEN 6:30 p.m. Central
WHERE Hanner Fieldhouse, Statesboro, Ga. RECORDS Arkansas State 6-9, 1-1 Sun Belt Conference; Georgia Southern 10-5, 1-1
RADIO KFIN-FM, 107.9, in Jonesboro
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ASU
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Ty Cockfield, 5-11, Jr. 14.5 2.7 G Rashad Lindsey, 5-11, Sr. 8.5 2.5 G Deven Simms, 6-4, Sr. 16.5 5.9 G Grantham Gillard, 6-4, Jr. 8.7 2.4 F Tamas Bruce, 6-7, Sr. 10.1 5.4 COACH Mike Balado (6-9 in first season at Arkansas State and overall)
GEORGIA SOUTHERN
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Mike Hughes, 6-3, Sr. 11.5 4.5 G Tookie Brown, 5-11, Jr. 18.3 4.2 G Jake Allsmiller, 6-5, Sr. 10.5 1.9 G Quan Jackson, 6-4, Fr. 6.5 2.5 F Montae Glenn, 6-8, Jr. 9.1 8.6 COACH Mark Byington (79-65 in five seasons at Georgia Southern, 86-69 overall in six seasons)
TEAM COMPARISON
ASU GS 75.9 Points for 76.5 76.7 Points against 74.5 -0.3 Rebound margin +3.2 +0.0 Turnover margin +3.1 46.7 FG pct. 43.1 35.9 3-pt pct. 32.5 73.7 FT pct. 65.7
CHALK TALK Arkansas State is 1-8 when it is outrebounded by its opponent. Georgia Southern is ninth in the nation with 14.5 offensive rebounds per game and 20th with 40.9 rebounds per game. … ASU is 12-14 in its first conference road game since it became a member of the Sun Belt.