ASU men vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
WHAT Sun Belt Conference Tournament
WHEN 2 p.m. Central
WHERE Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, Fla.
RECORDS Arkansas State 16-15; Louisiana-Lafayette 19-13
SERIES Louisiana-Lafayette leads 62-30
TV None
RADIO KFIN-FM, 107.9, Jonesboro
STREAMING ESPN-Plus
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
Arkansas State
POS. NAME, HT, YRPPGRPG
G Taryn Todd, 6-4, Jr.12.63.3
G Caleb Fields, 6-0, Sr.12.12.8
G Derrian Ford, 6-3, So.10.44.6
G Freddy Hicks III, 6-6, Jr.9.84.9
F Izaiyah Nelson, 6-10, So.9.16.9
COACH Bryan Hodgson (16-15 in first season at Arkansas State and overall)
Louisiana-Lafayette
POS. NAME, HT, YRPPGRPG
G Brandon Hardy, 6-3, Fr.4.21.2
G Michael Thomas, 6-1, Jr.6.01.2
F Kobe Julien, 6-6, Jr.17.44.8
F Joe Charles, 6-7, Jr.11.59.8
F Hosana Kitenge, 6-8, Jr.11.86.6
COACH Bob Marlin (266-188 in 14th season at Louisiana-Lafayette, 491-319 in 26th season overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
ASUULL
79.0Points for76.3
77.6Points against71.1
+2.0Rebound margin-0.6
-1.5Turnover margin+3.2
44.2FG pct.45.5
34.93-pt pct.34.1
69.6FT pct.72.9
CHALK TALK After securing a No. 4 seed and a double-bye in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, Arkansas State opens tournament play against No. 5 seed Louisiana-Lafayette. ... The Ragin' Cajuns advanced to the quarterfinal round with a 80-66 win over No. 13 seed Coastal Carolina on Thursday. ... Louisiana-Lafayette won both of the meeting between the two teams in the regular season.
-- Mike Harley