TODAY’S GAMES

— UAPB men at Texas Southern

WHEN 1:30 p.m. Central WHERE Health & P.E. Arena, Houston RECORDS UAPB: 12-13, 11-2 Southwestern Athletic Conference; Texas Southern: 11-14, 9-2 RADIO KUAP-FM, 89.7, Pine Bluff

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TEXAS SOUTHERN

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Omar Strong, 5-9, Sr. 17.3 3.4 G L. Johnson-Danner, 6-4, Jr. 8.5 3.0 G Raymond Penn, 5-9, Jr. 12.4 2.1 F Aaron Clayborn, 6-6, Jr. 7.3 5.2 F Fred Sturdivant, 6-7, Sr. 9.8 7.5 COACH Mike Davis (248-166 in 13th season overall; 11-14 in first season at Texas Southern)

UAPB

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Tevin Hammond, 6-0, Jr. 7.1 3.2 G Lazabian Jackson, 6-0, Sr. 12.1 4.6 F Davon Haynes, 6-8, Jr. 11.8 7.0 F Terrell Kennedy, 6-6, Sr. 13.6 4.7 F Daniel Broughton, 6-8, Jr. 8.2 4.5 COACH George Ivory (61-93 in fifth season at UAPB and overall)

CHALK TALK Texas Southern has won six consecutive games, and only one of those have been by fewer than 27 points. The Tigers haven’t lost since Jan. 19, when UAPB beat them 66-63 in Pine Bluff. The Golden Lions have won four consecutive games and are in a tie for the top spot in the SWAC.

  • Troy Schulte

ASU men at Louisiana-Monroe

WHEN 4 p.m. Central WHERE Fant-Ewing Coliseum, Monroe, La.

RECORDS Arkansas State 16-9, 10-6 Sun Belt Conference; Louisiana-Monroe 4-17, 3-12 RADIO KKSP-FM, 93.3, Little Rock; KFIN-FM, 107.9, Jonesboro SERIES Arkansas State leads 31-21 INTERNET astateredwolves.com

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ARKANSAS STATE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Rakeem Dickerson, 6-0, So. 5.1 2.1 G Trey Finn, 6-2, Sr. 10.0 4.9 G Marcus Hooten, 6-3, Sr. 6.4 2.0 F Kendrick Peterson, 6-7, Jr. 7.2 4.3 F Brandon Peterson, 6-8, Sr. 10.7 9.7 COACH John Brady (77-75 in fifth season at ASU; 358-291 in 22nd season overall)

LOUISIANA-MONROE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G R.J. McCray, 6-2, Jr. 7.6 1.9 G Trent Mackey, 6-4, So. 11.1 2.7 G Amos Olatayo, 6-4, Jr. 15.8 5.7 F Jayon James, 6-6, Jr. 10.0 6.4 F Millaun Brown, 6-7, Sr. 6.3 5.1 COACH Keith Richard (164-184 in 12th season overall; 14-67 in third season at Louisiana-Monroe)

CHALK TALK Arkansas State has won five of six games to take control of the Sun Belt Conference West Division and can increase its lead with favorable match ups over the next three games. Louisiana-Monroe, Troy and North Texas have combined conference records of 13-33, including just three victories against teams with winning conference records.

  • Troy Schulte

UCA men vs. Sam Houston State

WHEN 4 p.m. Central WHERE Farris Center, Conway RECORDS Central Arkansas 9-14, 4-9 Southland Conference; Sam Houston State 13-11, 6-6 SERIES Sam Houston State leads 9-0 RADIO KUCA-FM, 91.3, Conway INTERNET ucasports.com

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SAM HOUSTON STATE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Paul Baxter, 6-1, Fr. 7.0 2.3 G Darius Gatson, 5-11, Sr. 8.7 3.1 G Marquel McKinney, 6-3, So. 6.7 2.9 F Terrance Motley, 6-7, Jr. 7.3 5.8 F James Thomas, 6-5, Jr. 7.5 5.1 COACH Jason Hooten (44-43 in third season at Sam Houston State and overall)

CENTRAL ARKANSAS

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Daouda Berete, 6-4, Fr. 4.7 2.6 G Robert Crawford, 6-5, Sr. 14.0 4.4 G LaQuentin Miles, 6-5, Jr. 14.7 4.5 F Jarvis Garner, 6-7, Sr. 15.7 6.4 C Anthony Borden, 6-10, Sr. 7.1 4.5 COACH Corliss Williamson (22-59 in third season at UCA and overall)

CHALK TALK During its three-game losing streak, Central Arkansas has allowed 80.0 points per game. … In the Bears’ last meeting against Sam Houston State on Jan.

17, seniors Robert Crawford and Jarvis Garner were held to eight and six points, respectively, in a 63-52 loss.

  • Jeremy Muck

UALR men vs. Middle Tennessee

WHEN 7 p.m. WHERE Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock RECORDS UALR 15-11, 9-6 Sun Belt Conference; Middle Tennessee 22-4, 14-1 SERIES UALR leads 13-10 RADIO KABZ-FM, 103.7, Little Rock INTERNET ualrtrojans.com

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MIDDLE TENNESSEE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Bruce Massey, 6-3, Sr. 5.6 3.2 G Marcos Knight, 6-2, Sr. 12.6 5.8 G Kerry Hammonds, 6-5, Jr. 6.2 3.3 F Shawn Jones, 6-8, Jr. 8.9 5.6 F JT Sulton, 6-8, Sr. 6.1 3.8 COACH Kermit Davis (339-212 in 18th season overall; 202-137 in 11th season at Middle Tennessee)

UALR

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Josh Hagins, 6-1, Fr. 8.4 2.7 G Ben Dillard, 6-2, So. 6.2 1.5 G Leroy Isler, 6-5, Jr. 6.9 3.0 F Will Neighbour, 6-10, Jr. 11.1 6.9 F Michael Javes, 6-10, So. 5.6 3.8 COACH Steve Shields (162-139 in 10th season at UALR and overall)

CHALK TALK Coach Steve Shields said he isn’t sure of reserve guard Taggart Lockhart’s status. In his first game back after missing two with a concussion, Lockhart hit his head on the floor in the second half Thursday.

Shields said he had a magnetic resonance imaging done Friday but wasn’t sure of his status for today.

  • Troy Schulte

UAPB women at Texas Southern

WHEN 11 a.m. Central WHERE Health & P.E. Arena, Houston RECORDS UAPB 9-14, 5-8 Southwestern Athletic Conference; Texas Southern 14-9, 11-1 RADIO KUAP-FM, 89.7, Pine Bluff

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TEXAS SOUTHERN

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Brianna Sidney, 5-9, Fr. 9.8 2.7 G Te’era Williams, 5-10, Fr. 11.3 6.5 G Kayla West, 5-5, So. 10.1 2.5 F Gianne Fleming, 6-1, Sr. 9.7 5.0 F Morgan Simmons, 6-1, So. 6.8 7.0 COACH Yolanda Wells-Broughton (47-97 in fifth season overall and at Texas Southern)

UAPB

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Christina Lasane, 5-8, Jr. 7.2 3.5 G Cassidy Wright, 5-6, Fr. 10.6 2.0 G Lakendra Marsh, 5-3, Sr. 11.2 2.3 F Chi Chi Okwumbua, 6-0, Sr. 11.4 5.3 F Marion Thompson, 6-0, Jr. 3.7 4.6 COACH Nate Kilbert (120-170 in 10th season overall; 9-14 in first season at UAPB)CHALK TALK UAPB has won two consecutive games but is playing the league’s best team today. Texas Southern, which won 10 games combined the past two seasons, hasn’t lost since Jan. 2, a string of 11 consecutive victories. UAPB held a late lead over the Lady Tigers before a 65-61 loss in Pine Bluff last month.

  • Troy Schulte

ASU women at Louisiana-Monroe

WHEN 2 p.m. Central WHERE Fant-Ewing Coliseum, Monroe, La.

RECORDS Arkansas State 13-12, 10-6 Sun Belt Conference; Louisiana-Monroe 7-17, 5-10 SERIES ASU leads 17-13 RADIO KNEA-FM, 95.3, Jonesboro; KNEA-AM, 970, Jonesboro INTERNET astateredwolves.com

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ARKANSAS STATE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Quinishia McDowell, 5-8, Sr. 5.4 2.9 G Ashley Olvera, 5-8, Sr. 8.6 3.0 F Jane Morrill, 6-2, Jr. 14.9 5.8 F Hanna Qedan, 5-11, So. 8.6 4.3 F Jalen O’Bannon, 6-1, Fr. 8.3 3.3 COACH Brian Boyer (224-197 in 14 seasons at ASU and overall)

LOUISIANA-MONROE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Elexar Tugler, 5-9, Jr. 7.1 3.3 G Alexar Tugler, 5-10, Jr. 10.4 4.7 G Jasmine Shaw, 5-10, Jr. 10.7 5.0 G Christina Gray, 5-9, So. 5.1 4.2 F Ashleigh Simmons, 6-1, Jr. 10.9 7.5 COACH Mona Martin (249-268 in 18 seasons at Louisiana-Monroe and overall)

CHALK TALK Arkansas State would like to see sophomore guard Hanna Qedan bounce back from a rough game Wednesday night against UALR. Qedan was held scoreless on 0-for-2 shooting in the Red Wolves’ 54-50 loss. Going into that game, Qedan had scored 10 or more points in seven of the previous eight games.

  • Troy Schulte

UCA women vs. Sam Houston State

WHEN 2 p.m. WHERE Farris Center, Conway RECORD Central Arkansas 13-11, 6-7 Southland Conference, Sam Houston State 13-11, 9-3 SERIES Tied 4-4 RADIO KUCA-FM, 91.3, Conway INTERNET ucasports.com

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SAM HOUSTON STATE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Jasmine Johnson, 5-7, Jr. 7.5 3.4 G Chanice Smith, 5-9, Sr. 8.9 4.3 F Nyha Carter, 5-10, Jr. 2.1 2.8 F Britni Martin, 6-0, Sr. 16.7 4.1 F Sequeena Thomas, 6-0, Sr. 13.5 12.8 COACH Brenda Welch-Nichols (55-115 in sixth season at Sam Houston State; 188-263 in 17 seasons overall)

CENTRAL ARKANSAS

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Tracey Parsons, 5-7, Sr. 6.0 3.2 G Britney Gowans, 5-11, Sr. 5.5 2.8 F Megan Herbert, 5-11, Sr. 19.1 11.4 F Desiree Rogers, 5-11, Sr. 8.0 5.0 C Courtney Duever, 6-1, Jr. 13.4 8.3 COACH Sandra Rushing (13-11 in first season at UCA; 416-266 in 24 seasons overall)

CHALK TALK Central Arkansas senior forward Megan Herbert scored 35 points on 12-of-23 shooting in the Sugar Bears’ 60-58 overtime loss to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday, but Herbert didn’t have much help as the rest of the team made 7 of 29 en route to their fifth consecutive loss, the longest losing streak of the season for UCA.

  • Jeremy Muck

UALR women vs. Middle Tennessee

WHEN 4:30 p.m. WHERE Convocation Center, Jonesboro RECORDS UALR 13-11, 10-5; Middle Tennessee 18-6, 13-2 SERIES Middle Tennessee leads 17-6 RADIO KARN-AM, 920, Little Rock INTERNET ualrtrojans.com

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS MIDDLE TENNESSEE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Shanice Cason, 5-6, So. 4.7 4.3 G Kortni Jones, 5-9, Sr. 15.3 3.2 F Icelyn Ellie, 6-1, Sr. 14.2 7.1 F Ebony Rowe, 6-1, Jr. 21.3 10.8 C KeKe Stewart, 6-1, Jr. 3.2 2.1 COACH Rick Insell (192-60 in eighth season overall and at Middle Tennessee)

UALR

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Taylor Ford, 5-9, Jr. 9.5 5.3 G Ka’Nesheia Cobbins, 5-10, So. 5.1 3.4 F Kiera Clark, 5-11, So. 7.6 4.6 F Shanity James, 5-11, Fr. 6.5 5.0 F Hannah Fohne, 6-2, Jr. 6.5 6.7 COACH Joe Foley (646-193 in 26th season overall; 190-112 in 10th season at UALR)

CHALK TALK This could be the last time the two rivals meet as Sun Belt Conference members. Middle Tennessee is moving to the Conference USA after this season, meaning the teams that have combined to win eight of the past nine Sun Belt Conference tournaments might not meet after today if they don’t meet at this year’s tournament.

  • Troy Schulte

Sports, Pages 26 on 02/16/2013

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