UALR at La.-Monroe
WHEN 7 p.m. Central WHERE Fant-Ewing Coliseum, Monroe, La. RECORDS UALR 6-23, 3-13 Sun Belt Conference; Louisiana-Monroe 14-13, 8-8 RADIO KKPT-FM, 94.1, in Little Rock
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UALR POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Cameron Corcoran, 6-1, Fr. 7.0 0.6 G Jaizec Lottie, 6-1, Fr. 6.9 2.4 G Ben Marcus, 6-5, Jr. 6.4 3.4 F Oliver Black 6-9, Jr. 6.3 6.8 F Wadly Mompremier, 6-11, Sr. 4.0 3.2 COACH Wes Flanigan (21-40 in second season at UALR and overall)
LOUISIANA-MONROE POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Marvin Jean-Pierre, 6-3, Sr. 10.7 5.3 G Sam McDaniel, 6-6, Sr. 15.6 5.5 G Michael Ertel, 6-2, Fr. 11.4 3.1 F Travis Munnings, 6-6, Jr. 16.1 7.3 C Sam Alabakis, 6-11, So. 3.1 2.8 COACH Keith Richard (91-155 in eighth season at Louisiana-Monroe, 241-272 in 17th season overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UALR ULM 64.1 Points for 70.8 70.3 Points against 69.0 -1.6 Rebound margin -0.7 -0.7 Turnover margin +1.4 43.2 FG pct. 44.0 32.4 3-pt pct. 36.9 61.3 FT pct. 71.6 CHALK TALK UALR lost its 10th game out of its past 11, 69-67, to Appalachian State on Saturday night. Another loss would lead to the 12th seed in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. … Trojans senior forward Wadly Mompremier started for the first time against Appalachian State, scoring nine points and recording six rebounds. … UALR beat Louisiana-Monroe 71-62 on Dec. 31. … Louisiana-Monroe lost its five-game winning streak with a 73-67 loss at Troy on Saturday. … UALR has the lowest scoring offense in the Sun Belt (64.1 points per game), and Louisiana-Monroe has the fourth-ranked scoring defense in the conference (69.0 points allowed per game).
ASU at La.-Lafayette
WHEN 7:15 p.m. Central WHERE Cajundome, Lafayette, La. RECORDS Arkansas State 10-19, 5-11 Sun Belt Conference; Louisiana-Lafayette 25-4, 15-1 RADIO KFIN-FM, 107.9, in Jonesboro
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS STATE POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Rashad Lindsey, 5-11, Sr. 8.6 2.3 G Andrew Riley, 5-10, Sr. 2.0 0.5 G Marquis Eaton, 6-2, Fr. 6.2 1.6 F Tristan Walley, 6-7, Jr. 6.0 4.1 F Tamas Bruce, 6-7, Sr. 9.1 5.8 COACH Mike Balado (10-19 in first season at Arkansas State and overall)
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Frank Bartley, 6-3, Sr. 17.4 3.4 G Malik Marquetti, 6-6, Jr. 8.8 3.6 G Artur Labinowicz, 6-4, Soph. 11.2 4.4 F Jakeenan Gant, 6-8, Jr. 14.7 6.3 F Bryce Washington, 6-6, Sr. 10.6 10.7 COACH Bob Marlin (153-108 in eighth season at Louisiana-Lafayette, 378-239 in 20 seasons overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
ASU ULL 74.2 Points for 84.8 78.4 Points against 70.8 -2.1 Rebound margin +7.7 +0.8 Turnover margin +1.5 44.3 FG pct. 47.1 33.8 3-pt pct. 37.1 70.2 FT pct. 76.8 CHALK TALK Arkansas State needs to win its final two games to have a chance to reach as high as the eighth seed in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. The Red Wolves are currently 11th and have lost four of their their five games, including an 88-81 loss to Coastal Carolina on Saturday. … Louisiana-Lafayette has the Sun Belt’s top scoring offense (84.8 points per game), and Arkansas State ranks last in the Sun Belt in scoring defense (78.7 points per game). … Louisiana-Lafayette needs one more victory to set an all-time record for victories in a season. The Ragin’ Cajuns last won 25 games in 1999-2000, when they lost to No. 4 seed Tennessee in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.