TODAY’S GAMES

Arkansas men vs. Alabama WHEN 7 p.m.

WHERE Walton Arena, Fayetteville RECORDS Arkansas 13-8, 2-6 SEC; Alabama 9-12, 3-5 SERIES Arkansas leads 28-27 RADIO Razorback Sports Network TELEVISION SEC TV on KATV, Channel 7, in Little Rock, KHOG-KHBS, Channels 40/29, in Fayetteville and Fort Smith and KAIT, Channel 8, in Jonesboro.

TICKETS $25 lower and upper deck, $20 loft (west end zone above 4th row)

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

ALABAMA

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG

G Trevor Releford, 6-0, Sr. 18.3 3.4 G Retin Obasohan, 6-1, So. 11.7 3.3 G Randy Cooper, 6-6, Jr 7.4 4.6 F Shannon Hale, 6-8, Fr. 7.5 3.4 C Carl Engstrom, 7-0, Jr. 2.1 2.8

COACH Anthony Grant (95-64 in five seasons at Alabama, 171-89 in eight seasons overall)

ARKANSAS

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG

G Ky Madden, 6-5, Jr. 13.2 2.9 G Fred Gulley, 6-3, Sr. 5.0 1.7 G Anthlon Bell, 6-3, So. 6.5 1.0 F Bobby Portis, 6-10, Fr, 12.3 6.5 F Coty Clarke, 6-7, Sr. 8.7 5.6

COACH Mike Anderson (50-35 in three seasons at Arkansas, 250-133 in 12 seasons overall)

CHALK TALK Alabama is 0-8 away from home this season, including 0-5 in road games. … The Crimson Tide have won four in a row against Arkansas, but didn’t play in Fayetteville last season.

  • Bob Holt

ASU women vs. Western Kentucky WHEN 7:05 p.m.

WHERE Convocation Center, Jonesboro RECORDS ASU 13-8, 7-2 Sun Belt; Western Kentucky 14-6, 6-3 SERIES Western Kentucky leads 30-19 RADIO KNEA-FM, 95.3, in Jonesboro; KNEAAM, 970, in Jonesboro TICKETS $4 upper level, $6 lower level INTERNET astateredwolves.com

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

ARKANSAS STATE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG

G Aundrea Gamble, 5-9, So. 18.0 3.7 G Jamie Ruffins, 5-8, Fr. 2.7 1.9 G Hanna Qedan, 5-10, Jr. 11.4 3.6 F Carlisha Wyatt, 6-0, Sr. 4.4 4.7 F Jane Morrill, 6-2, Sr. 11.5 3.8

COACH Brian Boyer (240-207 in 14th season)

WESTERN KENTUCKY

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG

G Bianca McGee, 5-9, Sr. 11.1 2.5 G Micah Jones, 5-8, So. 10.2 2.7 G Chanell Lockhart, 5-10, Jr. 3.9 3.2 G Kendall Noble, 5-11, Fr. 7.2 4.2 F Chastity Gooch, 6-0, Jr. 17.7 9.6

COACH Michelle Clark-Heard (60-49 in fourth season overall; 36-17 in second season at Western Kentucky)

CHALK TALK Arkansas State is trying to maintain sole possession of first place in the Sun Belt Conference. A loss would put ASU and Western Kentucky in a tie at the top, but a victory would give ASU a two-game lead over WKU and keep it 1½ games ahead of Georgia State. … The Red Wolves are looking to rebound from their second conference loss after losing Saturday at Troy.

  • Troy Schulte

Sports, Pages 22 on 02/05/2014

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