TODAY’S GAMES

UALR WOMEN VS. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

WHEN 2 p.m.

WHERE Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock RECORDS UALR 4-5; South Dakota State 9-5 SERIES South Dakota State leads 2-0 RADIO KARN-AM, 920, in Little Rock INTERNET ualrtrojans.com

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

UALR

POS, NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG

G Taylor Ford, 5-9, Sr. .......................8.1 5.0 G Taylor Gault, 5-8, Jr. .....................12.7 1.8 F Kiera Clark, 5-11, Jr. ......................10.7 4.6 F Shanity James, 5-11, So...............10.1 5.7 F Kaitlyn Pratt, 6-1, Fr. .......................5.8 5.8

COACH Joe Foley (657-200 in 27th season overall, 201-119 in 11th season at UALR)

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

POS, NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG

G Gabby Boever, 5-9, Jr. ...................5.6 2.6 G Steph Paluch, 5-10, Sr. .................9.8 2.5 G Megan Waytashek, 6-1, Jr. ..........12.6 4.3 F Hannah Strop, 6-0, Sr. ...................3.4 4.9 F Mariah Clarin, 6-1, Jr. .....................8.1 6.6

COACH Aaron Johsnon (324-113 in 14th season)

CHALK TALK This is UALR’s first game in nine days after losing two consecutive. The Trojans lost to then-No. 13 LSU 58-51 on Dec. 15 and at Louisiana Tech 50-39 on Dec. 20. The Trojans’ shooting problems re-emerged in the loss at Louisiana Tech, where they were held to 24.6 percent shooting and scored only 12 points in the first half.

  • Troy Schulte

UAPB WOMEN AT ARIZONA

WHEN 2 p.m. Central WHERE McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz. RECORDS UAPB 1-8, Arizona 3-7 RADIO None

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

UAPB

POS. NAME, HT. YR.;PPG;RPG

G Cassidy Wright, 5-6, So.;9.3;2.0 G Christian Lasane 5-9, Sr.;7.7;3.3 G Destiney Ham, 5-7, Jr.;5.1;1.3 F Marion Thompson 6-0, Sr.;4.8;4.7 F Mollie Campbell 6-0 Fr.;2.6;3.6

COACH Nate Kilbert (14-26, second year at UAPB)

ARIZONA

POS. NAME, HT. YR.;PPG;RPG

G Candice Warthen 5-5, Jr.;14.4;4.0 G Karma Griffitts 6-0 Sr.;12.4;4.1 G Carissa Crutchfield 5-8, Sr.;6.5;3.8 F LaBrittney Jones 6-1 Fr.;5.7;7.0 F Breanna Workman 6-1 Fr.;6.6;5.0

COACH Niya Butts (77-80, sixth year at Arizona)

CHALK TALK UAPB has lost eight in a row since beating Philander Smith 57-42 in the season opener. … This is the Golden Lions’ last nonconference game before opening SWAC play at Mississippi Valley State on Jan. 4. … Arizona is riding a two-game winning streak, beating Texas Tech 65-56 and UC Riverside 75-59 after losing five in a row and six of seven. … This will be the third time in the past four years the teams have met. Arizona won 93-54 on Nov. 22, 2010, and 67-37 on Dec. 18, 2011.

  • Jeff Halpern

Sports, Pages 29 on 12/29/2013

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