UALR men vs. Tennessee State
WHEN 3:30 p.m.
WHERE Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock
RECORDS UALR 5-15, 1-6 Ohio Valley Conference Tennessee State 11-9, 3-4
SERIES Tied 2-2
TV None
RADIO KBZU-FM, 106.7, in Little Rock
INTERNET ESPN-Plus
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UALR
POS. NAME, HT, YR.PPGRPG
F DeAntoni Gordon, 6-8, Sr.11.25.5
G D.J. Smith, 6-0, So.10.32.3
G Jordan Jefferson, 6-4, So.9.91.5
G C.J. White 6-5, Sr.4.94.3
F Ante Beljan, 6-8, Fr.1.90.8
COACH Darrell Walker (56-78 in fifth season at UALR, 102-98 in seventh season overall)
Tennessee State
POS. NAME, HT, YR.PPGRPG
G Jr. Clay, 6-0, Sr.18.24.1
G Marcus Fitzgerald Jr., 6-2, Sr.14.63.4
C Adong Makuoi, 6-9, Sr.10.25.7
G Dedric Boyd, 6-4, Sr.10.22.7
F Zion Griffin, 6-7, Sr.8.14.7
COACH Brian "Penny" Collins (57-81 in fifth season at Tennessee State and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UALRTenn. State
71.8Points for77.6
77.7Points against73.7
-2.1Rebound margin+1.0
+0.6Turnover margin+1.4
42.4FG pct.44.7
32.23-pt. pct.33.8
71.3FT pct.71.4
CHALK TALK Tennessee State routed UALR 94-69 on Dec. 31 in Nashville, Tenn. ... Myron Gardner, the Trojans' leading scorer, missed Thursday's loss to Tennessee Tech with an illness. ... UALR was without four players against the Golden Eagles -- Gardner and Nigel John via illness, Chris Walker and Jovan Stulic with injuries. ... Trojan opponents have gone 45 of 85 at the free-throw line in the past four games while UALR has attempted 47 and made 37.
-- Mitchell Gladstone