UALR vs. Texas-Arlington
WHEN 6:30 p.m.
WHERE Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock
RECORDS UALR 9-15, 4-7 Sun Belt Conference; Texas-Arlington 12-12, 8-3
SERIES Texas-Arlington leads 6-4.
RADIO KKPT-FM, 94.1, in Little Rock
INTERNET ESPN-Plus
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UALR
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Rayjon Tucker, 6-5, Jr. 20.5 6.7 G Deondre Burns, 6-2, Jr. 10.4 2.8 G/F Dani Koljanin, 6-8, Sr. 2.5 1.7 F Kamani Johnson, 6-8, Fr. 5.3 4.8 F Nikola Maric, 6-10, Fr. 9.9 4.0 COACH Darrell Walker (9-15 in first season at UALR, 54-33 in third season overall)
TEXAS-ARLINGTON
POS. NAME, HT, YR. PPG RPG G Brian Warren, 5-9, Jr. 14.5 2.5 G Edric Dennis, 6-0, Jr. 15.1 4.9 G T. Jackson-Young, 6-3, Jr. 7.0 3.4 F Andres Ibarguen, 6-5, Jr. 7.3 7.3 F Ayoub Nouhi, 6-5, Fr. 1.6 1.0 COACH Chris Ogden (12-12 in first season at Texas-Arlington and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UALR Texas-Arlington 77.1 Points for 68.0 76.8 Points against 69.8 -0.2 Rebound margin +2.4 -1.2 Turnover margin -1.2 49.3 FG pct. 39.9 36.4 3-pt pct. 28.2 65.6 FT pct. 74.0 CHALK TALK The Mavericks rank last in the Sun Belt in scoring offense at 68.0 points per game, and second in scoring defense at 69.8 ppg.
— Christian Boutwell
ASU vs. Texas State
WHEN 7 p.m.
WHERE First National Bank Arena, Jonesboro RECORDS Arkansas State 10-14, 4-7 Sun Belt Conference; Texas State 19-5, 8-3
SERIES Texas State leads 6-3.
RADIO KFIN-FM, 107.9, in Jonesboro
INTERNET ESPN-Plus
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ASU
POS. NAME, HT, YR. PPG RPG G Ty Cockfield, 6-0, Sr. 21.1 4.0 G Grantham Gillard, 6-4, Sr. 9.5 5.4 G Marquis Eaton, 6-2, So. 11.7 3.4 F Tristin Walley, 6-7, Sr. 7.7 5.3 F Salif Boudie, 6-8, Jr. 1.2 1.6 COACH Mike Balado (21-35 in second season at Arkansas State and overall)
TEXAS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR. PPG RPG G Nijal Pearson, 6-5, Jr. 18.2 5.2 G Tre Nottingham, 6-2, Sr. 14.0 3.7 G Jaylen Shead, 6-1, Jr. 7.5 4.4 F Alex Peacock, 6-7, Sr. 8.3 6.4 F Eric Terry, 6-8, Jr. 8.2 3.5 COACH Danny Kaspar (93-93 in sixth season at Texas State, 558-286 in 28th season overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
ASU Texas State 73.9 Points for 74.8 77.2 Points against 63.8 +2.9 Rebound margin +5.8 -1.6 Turnover margin +1.8 41.6 FG pct. 46.4 34.4 3-pt pct. 35.8 71.8 FT pct. 63.5 CHALK TALK Texas State, which is tied for
first in the Sun Belt, defeated ASU 77-64 on Jan. 19 at Texas State. … Ty Cockfield had 21 points in the game for Arkansas State,
while Nijal Pearson had 29 for Texas State.
— Christian Boutwell